With the disused millrace behind the photographer, this reverse-to-tour-direction
view from the area of the original B&S alignment finds a retaining wall.
Its construction appears too modern to be of B&S origin, so likely was
related to an access road to/from Woodberry Quarry. Even so, it retraces
the curve B&S trains previously did, as does the paved path on the right
which is part of Jones Falls Trail.
Off photo-right stands the candelabra broadcasting tower shared by several
Baltimore television stations. To keep in shape, age-defying WJZ-TV
weatherman Bob Turk climbed the roughly 1000-foot tower daily to check the
rain gauges. (No, not really.) Bob retired in 2022 after almost 50 years
at WJZ, a duration in television accomplished by few.
Links:
TV Hill history,
scale model of antenna,
Bob Turk
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