We need to talk about this pic of the DLRR

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  1. Dr Hans Reinhardt

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    I like the theming of the telephone pole. It's got a real "Old West" vibe to it. :)
     
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    It's actually the MOTORBOAT CRUISE.
     
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    From which year is the picture above?
     
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    It needs another boat ride where creepy dolls sing you a song over and over and over again. Lets throw in some smog creating go karts on rails.
     
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    Not sure, but it appears to be sometime between 1957 and 1959, before the Monorail was installed.
     
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    Thanks. It's always great to see old pictures of the Disney parks.
     
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    The picture also dispels the oft-repeated myth that the DRR was placed "on top of" the berm; in fact, for much of the route, the railroad is inside the berm, as seen here.
     
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    FYI, it was very common for telegraph (and later, telephone) lines to run right alongside railroad tracks.
     
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    It also dispels the myth that the berm completely blocked out the surrounding neighborhood as evidenced by the lovely telephone pole.
     
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    Sounds like Barry Braverman's justification of seeing Katella and the Anaheim Convention Centrr from the new Disney's California Adventure - "it lets the real California into the park."

    Riiiiiigggghhhhhhht
     

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