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Robinson Switch

Posted by
Steve Carey (Fairhope, United States) on 24 June 2019 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

In a hidden part of south Alabama along a rural dirt road is a ghost town known locally as Robinson (or Robinson's) Switch. Perhaps not so much a ghost town as a crossroads alongside the railroad where the buildings suggest warehouses, stores, and storage buildings. The site was a likely gathering area for local farmers to store and ship their products to market. In any case, the site has been abandoned for many years. The site may be named after William Robinson (or his son Eli Ware) who became a wealthy planter who lived in the area in the early 1800's.

OLYMPUS E-620 1/160 second F/8.0 ISO 200 38 mm