(September 26, continued.)
This railroad underpass is not too far north from the site where the Edward Jackson blockhouse may have been. I suppose you could say it’s in the valley of the Great Miami River, though the water level is quite a bit lower than the road, even. The structure reminds one that railroad builders, like canal builders, went to a lot of trouble to make their routes as level as possible.
This underpass, inside the Sidney city limits, is a nicer looking one.
I like these old signs that can be seen here and there in Ohio. It’s interesting to learn what someone once thought was the most significant, sign-sized piece information about a place.
If Sidney was a railroad center, I presume those raised railways came down to earth somewhere in the vicinity.
Railroad engines and canal boats do best on level courses. Bicycle engines do, too. At least the mechanical parts do. This is looking back on one of the routes I took to places east of Sidney.
This much flatness was too much of a good thing, though. I try to enjoy all types of terrain, but I still haven’t warmed up to this part of Shelby County.
I’ll try it again someday. Maybe someday when the wind is at my back and my head is full of information about the history of the houses along the way, I’ll come away with a different outlook. This time my head was full of the history of places a few miles further ahead.
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