I've been away for several years, but thought I'd let anyone here who is interested know that Howard Curry's book "High Bridge: A Pictorial History" is available again, first reprint since its 1983 issue. It's about High Bridge, in central Kentucky, and has a lot of images of it in its early and modern form. I assume that a railroad bridge over 300 feet high and around a quarter mile long would be impractical to model... but it is still a nifty book. And no, I don't make anything off it, I just got a copy from the Jessamine County Historical Society in Nicholasville, KY. It should also be available through the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY. I think it's about $18 by mail.
It's a neat turn-of-the-century cantilever bridge, a massive undertaking back then, probably even more so now. And since they stopped painting and maintaining it, I assume it will eventually have to be done all over again someday... I don't want to be on the train that finds out it's time!
And my question... I have an old topo map I want to print out at original size, which is about 2' by 3 1/2 feet. Obviously, I will have to piece it together. My printer won't do the breaking up, so I need to find some (preferably freeware) software that will do this. Any suggestions?
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