RE: (erielack) Dover's "Moller's Rock" view - then and now

["Philip Martin" <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>]

Not much sign of the "Klan" in Doverico these days. 

Philip Martin
martinpl3_@_earthlink.net
Why Wait?  Move to EarthLink.


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_optonline.net>
> To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 11/15/2003 11:39:17 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Dover's "Moller's Rock" view - then and now
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> I dragged my poor wife (OK, not exactly "dragged"; she enjoys hiking,
> too :) down the street, now that the leaves are down, to look at the
> beautiful view from the Moller's Rock overlook here in Dover. Moller's
> Rock is more infamously known as the location where the KKK would burn
> crosses over the town of Dover back in the 1920s, a history the town
> would rather forget. Alas, there is still the concrete foundation here
> of where the crosses would be mounted, a sign of the Klan's horrible
> hold on the locals.
>
> Fortunately, sanity and intelligence prevailed, and this pox on the town
> has long since vanished. Moller's Rock then became a terrific overview
> point for the DL&W/EL/NJT passenger yard in town. With camera in hand, I
> snapped a number of photos from up here. I remembered a Bob Bahrs shot
> that appeared in "EL in Color, Vol. 3 - The East End" taken from this
> same location, so vaguely remembering that shot, I tried to duplicate it
> today.
>
> Much to my surprise, I did a pretty good job duplicating Bob's shot
> (albeit 33 years later!), and equally surprisingly, the look of the
> location has little changed (well, the equipment is all new, but the
> "feel" is there.
>
> With Bob's permission, I've attached his shot ("then") and my shot
> ("now"). Bob's shot shows the RS3 along the yard ladder, which today is
> heavily blocked by a taller tree line (nature stops for no one!), but
> you can definitely see the "then and now."  I will scan some more
> overview photos shortly.
>
> 	- Paul
>

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