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Railroad Bridge Support
- C. Shoup
“Standing in the Kankakee River, just west of Warner Bridge, are a series
of old railroad bridge supports. I spent my childhood driving across the
Warner Bridge, looking at the supports, and I daydreamed about the
steam locomotives that must have traveled over them…
“I later learned that no—not a single train ever passed atop the
supports. Why? Because the company that intended to build the train
line from Chicago to St. Louis had a fire in its Chicago warehouse ; the
company went bankrupt; the train bridge across the supports was never
erected…
“But they’re such fascinating structures—like Mayan ruins. One
October, when the river was at its lowest point, I strapped my camera
equipment to my back, waded to the middle support, climbed the 25
feet to its top, and I photographed it from the top down.
“Here are two tiled pieces that resulted from that day.”
Railroad Bridge Support #1
Sixteen 35mm photographs; framed in cherry
Collection of Carol Chatburn
Railroad Bridge Support
Railroad Bridge Support #2
Sixteen 35mm photographs; framed in cherry
Railroad Bridge Support