Topsail Island Her Last Days is a photograph by Betsy Knapp which was uploaded on November 23rd, 2015.
Topsail Island Her Last Days
Edit: 2016 aerial images of Topsail Island will be available soon. Images include the south end to the swing bridge. We also received military... more
by Betsy Knapp
Title
Topsail Island Her Last Days
Artist
Betsy Knapp
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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Edit: 2016 aerial images of Topsail Island will be available soon. Images include the south end to the swing bridge. We also received military clearance to buzz and photograph the north end. Photographs are being selected now for personal purchases, and will be posted soon. If you have interest in a specific area/house aerial, you can contact me to see if it's available.
As most Topsail Islanders know, the swing bridge pictures here will be replaced with a high rise bridge. Here as we fly over, the swing bridge is just beginning its maneuvers to pivot, letting the boats to the north pass through. The swing bridge, during the day time, opens on the hour every hour if boats are present. How many passes this iconic gateway has left is certainly numbered, and will come to an end soon. When will her last swing happen? Her iron rigging silent with the last lock into place, and she will be taken away, erased from the island, her service known by those who have experienced the click-clank of crossing her. One of the island's most identifying characters gone, yielding to the pressure of bigger and better--more efficient, some people supportive of this massive effort to build a newly designed bridge--their reasoning is that the swing bridge causes too much of a traffic impediment and is too costly to maintain. How much will the high rise bridge cost to maintain over the years? Regardless, there are a great number of island-lovers that will miss one of Topsail's most definitive characteristics--The Iron Lady.
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November 23rd, 2015
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