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Little Wagon Bridge
Little Wagon Bridge
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Challenge: Bridges II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Jim Falls Wisconsin
Date: Feb 12, 2005
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125th
Galleries: Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 15, 2005

 The Cobban Bridge, constructed in 1908 by the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, is a two~span Pennsylvania overhead truss type and is the oldest of its kind in Wisconsin. Originally it crossed the Chippewa River just upstream from its junction with the Yello River. The bridge was dismantled during the construction of the Wissota Dam in 1916, and through the efforts of Oscar Anderson, a Cobban store owner, the bridge was acquired to be placed on the land donated by S.C.F. Cobban. During the winter of 1916 and 1917, the disassembled bridge was hauled here by horse and sled, with the movers receiving one dollar per ton for the fifteen mile trip. The ferry that had provided a crossin to Cobban was discontinued, replaced by the Cobban Bridge, which soon was nicknamed the "Little Wagon Bridge."
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2005 09:39:27 PM
slight asymmetries are distracting... the shot is derivative
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 02/21/2005 11:48:48 PM
You didn't lose any of the design detail, or the art of this engineering marvel. The 2nd arch appears at the the far end.
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 02/21/2005 02:22:31 PM
A good pattern spotted here.
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 02/20/2005 06:40:21 PM
Good photo, but I would have zoomed out a little, to increase the perspective.
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 02/19/2005 05:56:08 AM
Nice composition, but it's missing something for me. Maybe if the trusses stoood out against the sky even more? Overall, I like this entry, mainly because of the depth.
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 02/18/2005 11:48:37 AM
I like the lines and the centered composition; however, the image would have benefited from increased contrast -- to provide greater tonal variation.
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 02/17/2005 02:02:50 PM
Superb symmetry.
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 02/17/2005 10:20:57 AM
great perspective and perfect in black and white.
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 02/17/2005 03:00:48 AM
nice shot
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 02/17/2005 01:12:04 AM
good composition....I love the perpective and the crop job
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