The Georgetown Branch - Ben Sullivan
The Georgetown Branch: Gallery: Tour: From Little Falls Rd. to Georgetown

09/24/2004 - On my commute to work I decided to snap some pics. I took quite a few. Some are of remaining infrastructure and others are of the right-of-way.
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MP 4.8. The r-o-w just South of River Rd.
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MP 5.0. Action shot, approaching Mass. Ave.
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MP 5.9. B&O Bridge #13. Concrete, crossing a stream that feeds into Little Falls creek. View is West, below the bridge.
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The Northeast abutment. Wood cribbing is in place to prevent the spalling concrete from falling on pedestrians below.
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South end.
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Another view of the South abutment, from the West side.
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North abutment from west side.
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Overall view, facing East. Railing atop bridge was added when hiker-biker trail was built.
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Overall view from the East side, facing West.
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Approaching Bridge #13 from above now.
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Approaching B&O Bridge #14 and the Dalecarlia Tunnel.
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B&O Bridge #14, East side. Steel through girder type bridge, constructed to protect the water conduit which feeds the Dalecarlia Reservoir, which is in the distance.
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Another shot, a bit lighter.
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On the West side, the "14" stencil is still visible.
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West side.
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Northeast abutment to bridge. Concrete.
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Northwest corner of bridge. I don't know what color this bridge was painted. Black? The numbers seem to be painted right on the bare metal.
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West side, one of the braces.
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Southeast corner. Also reads "14".
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Facing North now, overall view of the approach to Bridge #14.
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