{"id":2203,"date":"2010-12-06T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2010-12-06T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:21:14","slug":"freight-cargo-passengers-and-the-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/freight-cargo-passengers-and-the-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight, cargo, passengers and the Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Georgiana at New London\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nanosphoto.com\/gallery\/albums\/wpw-20101123\/thumb_18-20101123-420204365-_MG_1365.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/>A couple weeks back on my way into work, I noticed a freighter sitting at the New London State Pier getting ready to unload. \u00a0I figured it was worth a shot to try and get out and get a few shots of the ship a little later that morning &#8211; it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve seen or shot a ship unloading at the pier. I guess I will send some photos to my friend who works for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrittsupply.com\">Merritt Supply<\/a>. I like to tease him from time to time sending such photos, as this ship really needs some fairings and fillers. And of course, I&#8217;d try to get some railroad action as well. \u00a0Well, I got that, and a bit more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The freighter Georgiana was at the New London State Pier unloading what looked to be some rather long sheet pilings for a cofferdam. \u00a0Not really sure where they&#8217;d end up going &#8211; the only thing that springs to mind is the Niantic River Bridge replacement project Amtrak is doing, but I&#8217;m not entirely positive. \u00a0But I got a few shots of the ship unloading its cargo on the pier, as well as Providence &amp; Worcester train NR-2 heading south along the Thames at Mill Cove and the USS Nautilus. \u00a0And while shooting the Georgiana, I also got a frame of a passing Amtrak Acela, and a US Army Blackhawk flying overhead. \u00a0Nothing earth shattering, but also not a bad morning overall.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:810]\n<p>Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks back on my way into work, I noticed a freighter sitting at the New London State Pier getting ready to unload. \u00a0I figured it was worth a shot to try and get out and get a few shots of the ship a little later that morning &#8211; it&#8217;s been a while since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,2],"tags":[83,13,14,418,68,21,25,59,22,8,97,24,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-2203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nautical-photography","7":"category-rail_photography","8":"tag-acela","9":"tag-amtrak","10":"tag-connecticut","11":"tag-goss-cove","12":"tag-groton","13":"tag-ledyard","14":"tag-mill-cove","15":"tag-new-london","16":"tag-nr-2","17":"tag-providence-worcester","18":"tag-submarine","19":"tag-thames-river","20":"tag-uss-nautilus","21":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}