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Subject: [Leica] Ceylon Covered Bridge
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 00:10:09 -0600
References: <D8F6A8A1-FFF7-4409-894E-275DE7DCFC7D@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <C4E7FA2F-A76B-445E-811C-8DDFB7AEA544@frozenlight.eu> <CAFfkXxuhdHr-Yr7VE+8piZGONXVk5-8LtEURJSrautmOYjSsYQ@mail.gmail.com>

Also, the cover protects the bridge structure from the elements as the
bridges were built from wood.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 12:04 AM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bridges tend to ice over even if the roads don't.   The cover helps
> prevent that.
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:38 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
>
>> It?s beautiful!
>>
>> But actually, what is the point of those covered bridges, beyond making
>> them look pretty? I mean, in case of bad weather you would be wet by the
>> time you arrived at the bridge, so the fact that you were covered while
>> crossing the stream had no practical benefit. Just wondering.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> > On 29 Nov 2022, at 14:16, Christopher Crawford <
>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > One of only a handful of covered bridges left in northern Indiana, the
>> Ceylon Bridge is just outside Geneva, Indiana.
>> >
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> Sonny
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
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In reply to: Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Christopher Crawford) ([Leica] Ceylon Covered Bridge)
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