Exploring Montgomery

The storytelling continues… a collection of stories and photos from Exploring Montgomery!

bridge

as seen from under the old L&N train shed. Its bow-string truss spans 125-feet over the CSX tracks, which even today carry considerable RR traffic. The left elevator/stair tower is an appendage of the City’s new “Intermodal Parking Deck” , and the right end “view” tower, located on the river […]

Riverfront Access Bridge

April 2, 2018 in Places and Things tagged access / bridge / railroad / river

Above is the pedestrian bridge over the main (former L&N) railroad tracks that run thru Montgomery. The bridge connects the Trenholm Tech Library to the remainder of the Trenholm campus, and thus circumvents what was a tortuous 5-minute auto trip for students to reach the school Library. Of course, all this […]

Trenholm Bridge

December 29, 2017 in Education tagged bridge / trenholm

MA Bridge — The Montgomery Academy was founded in 1959 by a small group of well-off Montgomery families who were determined to provide a quality substitute for the doomed public school system. For the first few years it held classes on Perry Street in the former “Sable Governor’s Mansion“. Just ahead of I-85 […]

Montgomery Academy

February 22, 2016 in Education tagged academy / bridge / MA / montgomery