good catch & correct photo analysis
so obviously this qualifies as a hottie too
the high speed chase cum chnmtx visit reported in messages
12634 & 12635 began in a parking area on the left bank between
the 2 railroad bridges & proceeded across the private road
bridge just below them & into the dead end parking area
adjacent to monument 1
the river was much lower on that day than here in the aerial pic
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Whoa! There's a serious geographical error at
http://tinyurl.com/6bwgj on this
> Tex-Mex border bridge pics site.
>
> The two railroad bridges in this photo are not international
bridges between the
> USA and Mexico, but rather interstate bridges between Texas
and New Mexico.
> They are about a quarter-mile north of the dry boundary coming
in from the west.
> Neither are these bridges Santa Fe (properly Burlington
Northern Santa Fe).
> They are Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific). The two
railroad bridges in
> the site's "Santa Fe II" photo are international, and the US
portions of both
> are Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
>
> For proof of the error, please see the topographic map at
> http://tinyurl.com/5jewe .
>
> I have sent a message of correction via the site's contact form.
>
> While we are on this subject, I note that TerraServer now has
given us "Urban
> Area" aerial photos of greater El Paso since we last visited
CHNMTX
> (Chihuahua-New Mexico-Texas) in BP. These urban aerials
are much more zoomable
> than the regular aerials. If you will go to http://tinyurl.com/6rnza
, you will
> see dry MXUS coming toward the river just above the dark
grove of trees near the
> lower left. That would put the tripoint in the middle of the river
channel
> below the dam. Isn't that Boundary Monument No. 1 almost
under the northernmost
> point of the dark trees? You can click it to zoom in one more
level to see.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tex-Mex border pix - listen up,
Lowell.
>
>
> >
> > This is great stuff! Thanks, Len!
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@c...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:39 PM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Tex-Mex border pix - listen up,
Lowell.
> >
> >
> > > I don't know if anyone exposed this official Texas website
before.
> > > Super aerials of the border.
> > >
> > >
http://bordercross.tamu.edu/plans_docs/railroads_bridges.stm
> > >
> > > LN
> >
> >
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> >
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