{"id":31221,"date":"2021-05-19T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31221"},"modified":"2021-05-18T21:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:53:57","slug":"fabyan-truss-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/fabyan-truss-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabyan Truss Inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week I accompanied Bridge Inspector Wayne Duffett on his inspection of the unusual truss bridge on the former Maine Central Mountain Division at Fabyan, NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge dates from the 1890s. It originally served the Boston &amp; Maine&#8217;s branch to Mount Washington that had run parallel to Maine Central for a few miles. 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Images processed digitally in Adobe Light room to improve contrast, color and color saturation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greater bridge inspections were undertaken down the line! Stay tuned . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#6187df\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Every Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I accompanied Bridge Inspector Wayne Duffett on his inspection of the unusual truss bridge on the former Maine Central Mountain Division at Fabyan, NH. The bridge dates from the 1890s. It originally served the Boston &amp; Maine&#8217;s branch to Mount Washington that had run parallel to Maine Central for a few miles. 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