Thanks to Terrie Watson for these images… she writes:
“Here are the pics of the damaged rail road bridge near Demopolis on the Black Warrior River.
One of the Pics you can see the large counter balance is about 4 feet in the air…..The other Pic shows the other counter balance sitting directly on the rail road tracks.
This Rail Road Bridge was put into service about 1927.
There are several cables seen swinging in the breeze. The Rail Traffic is shut down until…..
The Black Warrior River traffic is also shut down because of repairs to the lock system in Demopolis and Seldon Locks.”
Terrie
