Canal
bridges in the Chesapeake City area – circa 1907 – 1949: Teacher on the Lift
Bridge
Posing here on the
lift bridge is my remarkable sixth grade teacher, Helen Titter. She was supposed to
have been an excellent swimmer. She used to meet a friend at Randalia by
swimming all the way down Back Creek with the outgoing tide; she would visit
long enough for the tide to change before catching it back home to Chesapeake
City. She was a super teacher. I remember her spelling tests every Friday and
the way she used to play the piano and have us sing. Every so often she would
even check our teeth.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
North view of the lift bridge
Canal
bridges in the Chesapeake City area – circa 1907 – 1949: North View of Lift
Bridge
This
is a 1941 north view of the lift bridge. The small house there just left of the
bridge was where the operators stayed to raise and lower the span. At far left
is the Rio Theater and above the car is the front of Jumping Jim’s barber shop.
At right is the sign for Shine Crawford’s Gulf station. I remember being here
with my father in his ’41 Ford and waiting there by Jumping Jim’s for the span
to lower so we could cross on our way to Elkton. My dad said: “Well, boy, you
see those huge weights? When they start going up that’ll bring the road-way
down, and when they reach the top we’ll be able to cross.”
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Lift bridge, north west view
Canal
bridges in the Chesapeake City area – circa 1907 – 1949: The Lift Bridge
Seated
here on the porch of the Harriot Hotel (now the Bayard House) is John Breza,
who helped to build the lift bridge he’s looking at. This is a North West view
so you can just make out Schaefer’s store
and restaurant in the distance. This porch has been renovated and is now
enclosed. The photo is circa 1940.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Canal
bridges in the Chesapeake City area – circa 1907 – 1949: The Lift Bridge
This
is a south west view of the lift bridge
that opened for traffic in 1926. Notice the heavy weight at right. There was
one at left also (out of the picture). These weights balanced the structure
somewhat, allowing less stress on the electric motor that powered the raising
and lowering of the span. In the distance stands the Masonic Hall and above that on the span is the shack from which men
used to operate the bridge. After a ship destroyed the St. Georges bridge in 1939
(killing Mr. Oaks and Mr. Quinn), our bridge was operated from a small building
on the South Side.
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