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Yesterday we had a rental car and the four of us drove into St. Louis to visit the Arch. Before we took the tram to the top we watched a movie of the actual construction. The tram consisted of 8 small pods connected together. It took 4 minutes to go from underground to the top which is 630' high. It took 3 minutes to come down. The views from the top were unbelieveable!
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| Our pier in Alton Marina. |
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| The Arch |
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| The tram pod. |
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| At the highest point! |
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| The views!! |
Afterwards we went to the Anheuser Bush Brewery. This is the oldest and largest brewery in America. We took a walking tour which took us to see the Clydesdales horses, the brewing room and the fermentation tank room.
After that we took a tour of the Melvin Price Lock and the museum there. It is the next lock that we will go through and we can see it from the marina. This one has 2 chambers, 1 for the pleasure craft and 1 for the commercial.
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| Debris in the chamber from the flooding. |
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| A small tow. |
Hey youse guys , the pics are great , I have been following your course for sometime !! So Cool !! Michael@Heather
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