(rshsdepot) Fw: good bye Larkspur trestle.

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

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From: "Jeff Cloninger" <jc_clone_@_yahoo.com>
To: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: good bye Larkspur trestle.


> Lucky,
>
> Remember that trestle I asked you about a few months
> ago in Larkspur?
>
> I saw on the news last night that the City of Larkspur
> began dismantling it last night -- at least the sectio
> that passes over Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
>
> The section of the trestle on which Clint Eastwood
> jumped from onto a passing school bus in the climatic
> scene for "Dirty Harry" is now gone.  On the news they
> said they'll be working on it the next five nights.
> Hopefully, they are only taking down the section over
> Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
>
> According to the news report, a few weeks ago a
> trailer truck carrying a crane hit the trestle and
> moved it four feet.  When you consider that the
> trestle visibly had very little clearance (less than
> 14 feet) and is well marked, you would have to imagine
> that the truck driver was drunk, on drugs or employed
> by the City of Larkspur.
>
> I say this, because it is well known that the city has
> long wanted to knock the trestle down and widen the
> road underneath.  According to RR preservationist that
> were protesting last evening, the city is using this
> as an excuse to knock the trestle down.  In contrast
> to the city engineer who claims that the trestle is
> now in danger of collapsing on cars or people, the
> preservationist's engineer says there is no danger of
> it collapsing.
>
> Anyway, it is sad that we care so little about our
> history here in California and the USA in general.
> That trestle, according to the news report, was built
> in the 1880's.
>
> Sure, it was an inconvenience driving around it, but
> it was cool seeing it every day going to work and on
> the way home.  I was conspiring to climb over the
> fence some day to get the Clint Eastwood point of view
> from the top of the trestle, but now I won't have that
> chance.
>
> I took some photos of it for you a few months ago, but
> I don't think I ever sent them.  I'll get them copied
> and send  them as soon as possible.
>
> jc
>
> =====
> Jeff Cloninger
>
> There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee -- that says, fool me once -- shame on -- shame on you. You fool
me, you can't get fooled again.
>
> --George W. Bush, speaking at the East Literature Magnet School,
Nashville, Tennessee, Sep. 17, 2002
>
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