Gears from the Penn's Neck Bridge

jziegler

When I entered LPS#15, I went with one of the most colorful sites that I know of around my town. There are some gears that were from an old drawbridge that were placed on a concrete wall in a park where the old bridge approach was after a new bridge was built.

Here's the whole wall



I took shots of the gears from lots of different angles:




And finally, I choose this one


It was cropped and rotated for the final entry.

I have a few other images in the gallery as well, including closeups of the plaques on the bridge. http://jziegler.smugmug.com/gallery/3831407/1/221551641

Of particular interest to me is that the general contracter listed is my wife's great-grandfather. Her family has lived in this area for many years.

Regards,
James

Skippy

jziegler wrote:

When I entered LPS#15, I went with one of the most colorful sites that I know of around my town. There are some gears that were from an old drawbridge that were placed on a concrete wall in a park where the old bridge approach was after a new bridge was built.

Here's the whole wall
I took shots of the gears from lots of different angles:
And finally, I choose this one
It was cropped and rotated for the final entry.
I have a few other images in the gallery as well, including closeups of the plaques on the bridge. http://jziegler.smugmug.com/gallery/3831407/1/221551641

Of particular interest to me is that the general contracter listed is my wife's great-grandfather. Her family has lived in this area for many years.

Regards,
James

Looks interesting James, I like how all the gears make it look like a big toy.
Nice work .... Skippy
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jziegler

Skippy wrote:

Looks interesting James, I like how all the gears make it look like a big toy.
Nice work .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy!

While they were building it, I thought that it looked like some interactive exhibit at a science museum, so I agree with the toy comment. Pretty cool way to preserve some of the history.

Regards,
James

xris

Neat!

jziegler wrote:

When I entered LPS#15, I went with one of the most colorful sites...

Interesting stuff. I bet you could get some really cool close-ups too. Perhaps in afternoon or early morning direct light when the shadows are really sharp and the colours are warm.

Where exactly is 'Penn's Neck?' I'd like to tell a friend of mine who's name happens to be 'Penn.'

jziegler

xris wrote:

Interesting stuff. I bet you could get some really cool close-ups too. Perhaps in afternoon or early morning direct light when the shadows are really sharp and the colours are warm.

Where exactly is 'Penn's Neck?' I'd like to tell a friend of mine who's name happens to be 'Penn.'

Thanks Xris.

Penn's Neck is the little bit of land leading from Pennsville, NJ into Salem, NJ. Here it is on Google maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=salem+nj&ie=UTF8&ll=39.579877,-75.474594&spn=0.010188,0.019398&t=h&z=16&om=1

The bridge shown on that arial view is the old on the gears come from. It's at least 5 years old at this point.

xris

Kool!

jziegler wrote:

Thanks Xris.

Penn's Neck is the little bit of land leading from Pennsville, NJ into Salem, NJ....

Thanks so much. I'm not familar with that part of NJ. So much history. I'm sure!