Richard

Joe Page Bridge, Hardin

Monday, 28. September 2009, 01:55:14

misadventure, Hardin, Illinois River, vertical lift bridge, photography, Joe Page Bridge

Finally...

After many visits to Hardin, Illinois, I caught the Joe Page vertical lift bridge up. A barge has just passed underneath it.

Quite a sight!

Here's another shot from April in its lowered position.

It was a rather more eventful excursion than I wished - not long after taking this photograph, and driving down a remote country lane in pursuit of a natural area, the entire exhaust of the car broke away from the engine, hanging by the muffler and scraping away on the road with an appalling sound while the engine turned into a roar.

I stopped the car, and managed to unhook the muffler. No way could I repair or even carry the exhaust, so I abandoned it and drove home sounding like a flock of Harley-Davidsons! Fortunately, I made it home without problem. Ah well, more business for our local garage.

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Comments

Stardancer # 28. September 2009, 02:43

Glad your car trouble was nothing more than an exhausted exhaust. (Get it, huh, get it?

)

Those lift bridges are really cool, aren't they? There are a few of them in Arkansas, with RR tracks. Fun to watch.

Richard # 28. September 2009, 03:05

Believe me, *I* was exhausted when I got home too!

Yes, those bridges really are fun. I've always loved feats of engineering skill.

Linda # 28. September 2009, 06:21

I have never seen a lift bridge. Only the draw kind. Technology and engineering!

I have lost muffler before. Sounds like world coming to an end----or the sound an armadillo makes when you run over it and it bounces all the length of your car!

Richard # 28. September 2009, 12:40

That it does!!

Allan # 28. September 2009, 12:59

I remember a previous photo you made of a bridge like that. I am still fascinated.

Edward Piercy # 28. September 2009, 18:55

So did you get a gritty, B&W photo of the muffler on the side of the road?

Linda # 28. September 2009, 19:15

Maybe one of you with muffler in arms

Richard # 28. September 2009, 19:53

No, I was so frustrated that I just drove away! Especially as I had been planning to photograph the setting sun and instead found myself using the last remaining light to scramble under the car and unhook the pipe.

Edward Piercy # 28. September 2009, 20:16

I guess that's

and

at the same time. Oh well, gorgeous sunsets are a dime a dozen. Good tailpipe stories aren't so common -- and probably a lot more interesting to tell at the pub.