Sunday, June 17, 2018

To the Mountains, Part Four

The River and Bridges

Looking under the railroad bridge






Notice that the railroad track has cogs, for the mountain slopes. Notice also the story illustration with the fierce devil painted on the side of the mountain.


These are the two Teufel's Bridges, the lower being the older stone bridge, snaking around the mountain, and the upper being the newest highway bridge tunnelled through the mountain. This narrow gorge is where the original wooden bridge was built several hundred years ago.

Railroad bridge, old stone bridge, new stone bridge





Over the rushing Reuss river




3 comments:

  1. where are the pictures from, (country.)

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  2. These pictures are in Switzerland, where the bridge story took place. The town is called Andermatt, in the canton of Uri.

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