Looking at the North side of the Merrimack River bridge.
Here is the drawspan.
Our team employes a dog to search for railroad remains. So far results
have been not been that encouraging.
Another view of the drawspan.
Lisa is making a personal inspection of the bridge.
South end of the bridge.
Here are some high res pics fo the bridge.
Nice high res pic of the drawspan.
South end of the bridge.
Nice view of the drawspan from the other side of the bridge.
That's Powow Hill in Amesbury, the hill in the background with the
cell towers.
City RR used to run right by this building. The photographer is standing
in the former gauge.
Little bit of iron.
Some city rr iron left in the ground. On the other side of that building.
City RR ran through here and along side building.
Old city rr iron.
some old ties from city rr.
Was that a real lighthouse?
City RR right of way.
This building looks remarkably like an old station. My information
so far is that it is not a former station.
Even has the bay window.
City RR right of way approaching Merrimack St Crossing.
Looking towards Merrimack St.
Old ties near the coast guard station.
Near the Merrimack St crossing.
Looking back towards the end of the line.
This picture was taken from the City RR, the line went right through
where those boats are.
View of City RR from Merrimack St crossing.
View of City RR from Merrimack St crossing looking the other way, towards
Harrison St.
Another view from Merrimack St.
Former Merrimack St crossing, looking away from water.
Iron left in Harrison St.
Iron left in Harrison St.
Lisa is commanding the operation and making a full inspectin of this
crossing.
Former Purchase St crossing. Harrison St crossing in distance.
Looking from Purchase St towards route 1a.
Looking back towards Purchase St.
Looking across Purchase St towards Harrison.
View of the cut heading up to route 1a. Veiw is from 1a bridge looking
towards the water.
Note the support for the old telltale.
Lookign towards the water from the City RR right of way. Not much clearance,
Clarence. That's the route 1a bridge.
Ringpost.
What are the indentations in the wall for?
Looking away from the water from the underpass.
Hangover St crossing. 35 miles from Boston.
Looking up the right of way, that looks like the old trolley flyover
abuttments.
The City Railroad used to go off to the right. Now it leads to the
layover facility.
City RR looking towards Route 1.
Looking away from route 1. Not overly passable.
Abandoned portion of route 95. From Hale St. Looking north.
Ditto
road leading down to the abandoned 95 from route 113. This is the north
end of the abandoned section.
North end of abandoned section of 95.
That's it for this trip. Next time we plan on covering the Eastern from north of the river.