Wednesday, April 2, 2025

1892,1972,2007 CSX/Pennsy/Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington over Anacostia River in Washington, DC and Control Tower

Bridge: (BridgeHunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)
Tower: (Satellite?)

Boat View, Sep 2014


Boat View, Sep 2014

W Brown, Mar 2017

Tim Evanson via BridgeHunter

Darren Reynolds posted
Conrails ( Ex-PRR) 
"Anacostia" tower 
Washington DC 
This tower is at the Junction of the CSX Capital Sub. 
It's still there as a bridge tenders Office for the Local Lift bridge ( Mostly in the summer)
Photo by: Brad Taylor  2002
Tim Shanahan shared

Richard Maguire commented on Darren's post
Here is a photo of the tower I shot from the train, during one of my many trips from Potomac Yard. This was during the Chessie System era and prior to CSX. I am not sure of the exact date.

The fence messed up the autofocus, but there appears to be a second story roof on the right side of this view. That is the location I selected for the satellite link at the top. However, that location is on the north side of the tracks. However, the bridge and yard tracks in Richard's photo implies the tower was on the south side of the tracks. But the only thing I saw there was the Benning Yard Office, which clearly looks different.
Bike View, Jun 2023

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