BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Patapsco Valley State Park (and Thomas Viaduct)

MD -- Patapsco Valley State Park (and Thomas Viaduct):

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1. PATAP_031101_04.JPG: You're only seeing one arch but there are six of them. The archival pictures that they have before the trees grew all over are impressive.
2. PATAP_031101_11.JPG: There's an incredibly unsafe staircase that you can use to reach the top of the viaduct. The hand-railings are rusting and in some cases missing. The tree overgrowth and leaves sometimes leaves you with just a foot-wide passage. It's quite exciting going up there. When you reach the top, however, you realize you could have taken the side road and walked directly onto the top without doing the hazardous route at all.
3. PATAP_031101_14.JPG: And the top of it isn't any safer. The rusty sticks on the right are the handrail's that long disintegrated.
4. PATAP_031101_38.JPG: The other end of the viaduct is in the Patapsco Valley State Park
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Wikipedia Description: Patapsco Valley State Park
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Patapsco Valley State Park is located in Maryland and extends along 32 miles (51 km) of the Patapsco River, encompassing 14,000 acres (57 km�) and five developed recreational areas. Recreational opportunities include hiking, fishing, camping, canoeing, horseback riding and mountain bike trails, as well as picnicking for individuals or large groups in the park's many popular pavilions. It is one of Maryland's first state parks (1907), the valley and its natural resources have been enjoyed by the Native Americans, explorers, settlers and present-day citizens. With its source in Frederick and Carrol counties, the Patapsco serves the Port of Baltimore, and empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The Avalon Visitor Center houses exhibits spanning over 300 years of history along the Patapsco River. Housed in a 19th century stone dwelling in the Avalon Area, the center includes a re-creation of a 1930's forest warden's office.

Environmental concerns:

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has always set a high priority on the environment. Patapsco Valley State Park was planned with this concern in mind. The Patapsco Valley was set aside as a protected land in 1907 to protect the Patapsco River. The Patapsco River is a vital resource for fish that swim its waters and the wildlife that lives on its shores. The first parcel of land was the Avalon/Orange Grove area in what is now Ellicott, City, which was designated in part to protect the land from development. Keeping the shores and hillsides vegetated minimized erosion thus minimizing the amount of silt that could clog the turbines of Bloede's Dam which generated electricity for many of the surrounding areas. Other sections along the river were soon added making the Patapsco Valley State Park is one of the largest parks in the state of Maryland. The Maryland DNR still takes great pride in protecting the environment in all of the state parks and propert ...More...
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2003 photos: Equipment this year: I decided my Epson digital camera wasn't quite enough for what I wanted. Since I already had Compact Flash chips for it, I had to find another camera which used CF chips. That brought me to buy the Fujifilm S602 Zoom in March 2003. A great digital camera, I used it exclusively for an entire year. Trips this year: Three-week trip this year out west, mostly in Utah. Number of photos taken this year: 68,000.
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