OPRRMS Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > Jon Porter Wrote:
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> > Any
> > > idea how bridge tenders and material got out
> > there
> > > and up the two stories to the building?
> >
> >
> > There is also road that goes out to a building
> at
> > the Hetch Hetchy pipes and from there there is
> a
> > stairway up to the trestle on the east end that
> > has been mostly removed. I believe that was the
> > more common way for the bridge tenders to get
> to
> > the swing span. From the swing span to the
> house
> > there is a very narrow walkway up to the house
> > with Sara Winchester mystery house like short
> > steps.
>
> That's correct. The incoming employee would park
> his or her private vehichle at Newark Tower and
> drive a company vehicle west on old Hwy. 84 to the
> access road that led to the end of the trestle,
> then walk west on the bridge. After doing their
> turnover, the outgoing employee would reverse the
> process.

Anyone know what was the boat used for that hung on the side of the eastern span?