Mark, going by the book "Dream Street: W Eugene Smith's Pittsbirgh Project" there seem to be a number of bridges of that general type in and around Pittsburgh. Not surprisingly many of them appear to connect steel mills. The title page features one such bridge, captioned as "Union Railroad Bridge connecting Homestead with Swissvale and Rankin, Monongahela River". There is another very similar to yours in the background of one of the photos on p.88. It seems to be around Mt. Washington. I have absolutely no idea if that is anywhere even remotely near Braddock, PA.
I've always thought Pittsburgh looks like an interesting place, ever since I first saw "The Deer Hunter". -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 November 2005 22:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: another harassment by police story > > "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I shot this pano > >> this morning: > >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/bridge.jpg > >> > >That bridge looks familiar. Am I right in thinking that W E Smith > >photographed it quite a lot? > > I'm not even sure what bridge it is. It's actually in > Braddock, PA, just upstream from Pittsburgh on the > Monongahela river and home to the area's only (I think) > surviving steel mill. This bridge is abandoned. It's a > railroad bridge that connects nothing to nothing else. There > are tracks on both sides of the river, but neither set > connects to this bridge any more. Just out of frame to the > left is an abandoned steel mill: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/mill.jpg > > I'd love to be able to photograph both the bridge and the > mill seriously, but I don't think I'll be able to get near > enough to either > :) > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > > >
