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Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2011
Weekend Reflections
Happy Weekend Reflections to everyone. Click on over to http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com to see lots more reflections.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Day Trip #3
This will be the 3rd in a series of a day trip we took to Ashtabula, Ohio along the shores of Lake Erie.
The railroad cars coming up from Kentucky and West Virginia bring the coal to the Ashtabula Harbor. Here they are emptied and the coal is carried across the harbor on conveyor belts and here is a huge bull-dozer that levels this gigantic coal pile.
The apparatus in the rear of the picture loads the coal into lake freighters to be shipped on the Great Lakes.
This shot shows just how mammoth this coal pile is and how small the dozer now looks. Up close this dozer is over 8ft. high.
This is another shot taken from in back of the Marine museum. We'll go back when it is open after Memorial Day.
Nautical effect along the parking lot.
This is the lift bridge I posted yesterday. It is being repaired right now, and the cars aren't allowed on it. They will raise it for tall boats however. 
Another shot of the bridge. In the background you can see a long line of black coal cars loaded with coal. These are at least 6-8 cars deep.
Lots of pleasure boats waiting for better weather, will travel under the lift bridge and be on their way out to Lake Erie. 
Toward the back of the parking lot is this beautiful old Victorian house. All refinished it looks over the harbor. I love the colored glass in the turret. I was too close to it to get a full view.
The finial is really decorative.
My 4th and last post will be from the beach where we went to search for beach glass. It was just around the corner from this park where we watched the coal trains. Until then have a wonderful start to your new week. As I type it is Sunday night around 11:00 and it is SNOWING here ! ugh!
The railroad cars coming up from Kentucky and West Virginia bring the coal to the Ashtabula Harbor. Here they are emptied and the coal is carried across the harbor on conveyor belts and here is a huge bull-dozer that levels this gigantic coal pile.
The apparatus in the rear of the picture loads the coal into lake freighters to be shipped on the Great Lakes.
This shot shows just how mammoth this coal pile is and how small the dozer now looks. Up close this dozer is over 8ft. high.
This is another shot taken from in back of the Marine museum. We'll go back when it is open after Memorial Day.
Nautical effect along the parking lot.
This is the lift bridge I posted yesterday. It is being repaired right now, and the cars aren't allowed on it. They will raise it for tall boats however. 
Another shot of the bridge. In the background you can see a long line of black coal cars loaded with coal. These are at least 6-8 cars deep.
Lots of pleasure boats waiting for better weather, will travel under the lift bridge and be on their way out to Lake Erie. 
Toward the back of the parking lot is this beautiful old Victorian house. All refinished it looks over the harbor. I love the colored glass in the turret. I was too close to it to get a full view. 
The finial is really decorative.
My 4th and last post will be from the beach where we went to search for beach glass. It was just around the corner from this park where we watched the coal trains. Until then have a wonderful start to your new week. As I type it is Sunday night around 11:00 and it is SNOWING here ! ugh!Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Watery Wednesday
Last summer we took a ride to Ashtabula, Ohio to see the coal docks. You can see the trains at the coal docks on Gary's blog http://steamacrossthetrestle.blogspot.com/.
This is the lift bridge on the Ashtabula River that will lift up to let tall boats out to Lake Erie.
The bridge in it's up position while a boat passes through. 
Thanks so much to 2sweetnsaxy for hosting this wonderful site.
This is the lift bridge on the Ashtabula River that will lift up to let tall boats out to Lake Erie.
The bridge in it's up position while a boat passes through. 
Thanks so much to 2sweetnsaxy for hosting this wonderful site.Click on http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ to see plenty more wet photos.
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