My father worked for a regional bridge construction company. This is a project photo from his files of their jobs.
There is work going on in this photo which has not been seen in the USA in many decades. As part of a DOT contract, the bridge contractor is forming and pouring his own reinforced (not prestressed) concrete piles for driving on the project.:
“B” (below) shows concrete placement underway for three piling. Note the worker by the crane, with the concrete bucket. He is ready to receive concrete from a mixer truck, then the crane will lift the filled bucket to the work area:
Latexman - That bridge is most likely in, or near Morehead City… if it has not been replaced. The company did a lot of work there in the late 1950s & early 1960s. The bridge will probably be fairly good size (long), and definitely over water.
Have you ever eaten at the “Sanitary Seafood Market”?
I’ve never dined there but I heard about it from my wife and kids. It seems there was one grade at our school where everyone in that grade went on a “field trip” to Morehead City. The wife was a chaperone. Anyway, a meal at Sanitary was part of the field trip.
I have been to the original* Calabash Seafood Restaurant by the docks, where plates are mounded with delicious seafood at a reasonable price. Yum, yum! Have you eaten there? If not, I highly recommend it.
*Of course EVERY restaurant in Calabash claims to be the original.
Haven’t been to the Calabash / Little River region too much, just passing through from time to time. We tend to stay south of the Myrtle Beach area because of so much traffic congestion there.
A couple of my (New York) cousins are staying at Topsail Beach this summer; same time we will be at Pawleys Island. Am looking for a restaurant to meet them for lunch that is between the two beaches… Calabash could be a possibility, will look into it. Thanks.
Know what you mean about restaurants that are “the original”. Our area is full of pork barbecue places that all claim be “The Original Duke’s”. I was casually acquainted with the Mr. Earl Dukes in the 1970’s who made renowned barbecue… and founded several different restaurants. I suppose that means there is a nugget of truth to the claims.
