Can't an Old Bridge Get a Break?

Subject: Can't an Old Bridge Get a Break? Wed 28 May 2008, 9:31 pm

Okay, maybe it never would seek such a thing, but I'd thought that when the Old Alton Bridge (Denton County, 1884) was spared, largely through the generous soul of the late Mildred Hawk -- to continue to serve only human and equine traffic, as it originally was envisioned -- the road ahead for the vintage span would be a quiet one. But it seems that the Pratt-truss beauty has been discovered (remembered?) by para-normalists .... its iron reaches newly electrified on the Web as a haunted place. No doubt, 'explorers' are drawn to Old Alton -- to learn more; to investigate -- by means of a mysterious reputation. Barring graffiti, is this such a bad thing?

For, there are few frontiers left to explore in 2008. Perhaps the boundaries between past and present within our geography are the last unknowns; the last 'understoods.' At least the Old Alton Bridge is sought out and considered. If paranormal researchers approach its documented past in addition to its ethereal, evocative reputation, continuity of memory may be underscored.

http://tinyurl.com/6pozfc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_truss#Pratt_truss

http://bridgehunter.com/tx/denton/old-alton/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Alton_Bridge

http://www.fatemag.com/issues/2000s/2007-12article3.html

etc.
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