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.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour141.jpg MP 10.5: Lone star Cement. For many years there was a large cement dealer here. There is a little jaunt in the supports for the Whitehurst Fwy. to allow the siding to branch out from beneath the freeway.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour142.jpg Located along the wharf here, there are large iron tie-downs still in place. A silent reminder of the history of this place.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour143.jpg Another tie-down.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour144.jpg Looking East from the waterfront. Whitehurst Fwy. to the left, Potomac River to the right.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour145.jpg A bit farther East, looking at Georgetown. So many of the old waterfront structures have disappeared, but some remain. The light colored structure, for example, is the old Flour Mill. Washington Flour was located there.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour146.jpg Another tie-down. Reads: "F.FERGUSON & SON, HOBOKEN, NJ".
	2004_09_13-gb_tour147.jpg Looking at Georgetown, you can see the wharf wall.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour148.jpg Another tie-down.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour149.jpg This one gives you a good idea of placement in the wall.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour150.jpg Georgetown.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour151.jpg The Flour Mill. Buildings to the right are very old as well and show up in some photos taken down here long ago.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour152.jpg Here is some girder rail, most likely from the DC Traction street trackage. Note that it is not "heavy" girder rail which would be appropriate for freight trains. This rail is supported on relatively lightweight I-beams. * Thanks to Peter Espy for the info.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour153.jpg "Re images 152, 153, 154 of girder rail: This is girder rail but it is streetcar track stuff, not railroad track. It may have come from M Street, Wisconsin Avenue, or one of the carhouses/repair shops nearby in Georgetown." - Peter Espy.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour154.jpg "That item in image 154 is the remains of a ceramic hanger for a power rail that was suspended from the slot rails that were located between the running rails for Washington's conduit power system. Those Z shaped pieces in the images are the slot rails". Thanks again Peter Espy!
	2004_09_13-gb_tour155.jpg View along wharf. To the left was at one point some building supply & fuel dealers. Later, it became the location for the "new" B&O Team Track yard in 1948.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour156.jpg Some rail is poking thru the pavement here. This was a tail track for the locomotive ready track, I believe. The "new" freight house was located behind me.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour157.jpg Wider shot.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour158.jpg Walking East, and looking back now, you can see where the track branched off heading toward the main line located beneath the Whitehurst Fwy.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour159.jpg A wider shot. Located about where I'm standing was an overhead gantry crane for unloading flat cars and other heavy machinery.
	2004_09_13-gb_tour160.jpg Where those rolling green hills are was once located an enormous power plant built for the Capitol Traction Co. It was not used for a long period of time, but stood until the 1970's, I believe. The structure was one of the main reasons for the B&O to build to Georgetown; coal deliveries. The small concrete structure to the right is a water level monitoring structure, I believe, one of the oldest structures in this area by the water. It is now owned/maintained by the USGS.
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