{"id":2030,"date":"2013-04-13T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2013-04-10T08:49:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T12:49:30","slug":"metro-norths-westport-connecticut-drawbridge-november-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metro-norths-westport-connecticut-drawbridge-november-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro-North\u2019s Westport Connecticut Drawbridge, November 2002."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Metro-North Bridge 44.32.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Officially known as Metro-North Bridge 44.32, this spans Saugatuck River and includes a pair of parallel Scherzer rolling bascule lifts built circa 1904\u20131905. I featured this bridge with a photo by Patrick Yough in my 2007 book Railroad Bridges published by Voyageur Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made this unusual view of Metro-North\u2019s former New Haven Railroad Westport Drawbridge using my Contax G2 rangefinder with a 16mm Hologon lens. When kept perfectly level this lens allows for non-converging perspective of vertical lines, however off-level it produces extreme vertical convergence.<\/p>\n

The antique electrification on this movable span was an ideal subject to explore this lens\u2019s peculiar perspective. My vantage point was from a public walkway easily accessed from the westbound platform MN\u2019s Westport Station. I\u2019d first photographed this drawbridge in November 1985 using my dad\u2019s old Rollei Model T with black & white film. Bright sunlight and low fair-weather clouds add depth and contrast.<\/p>\n

Working with Westinghouse, New Haven Railroad had pioneered high-voltage alternating current overhead electrification for mainline use in the early years of the 20th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

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