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Devil's Doors and Mai Henti Valley


Kristina Palsson's Thesis Cover Page Photograph.
It appears that the Devil's Doors was the most frequently photographed area on the railway.  There are a couple of reasons for this.  The first is that it is very photogenic.  The second is that it is very close to Asmara.  Kristina's  picture was taken in 1997.  This is pretty much how the site exists today. This is the same area in pictures by several sources and have put them on their own page.

Picture Courtesy of Jerry Pry
 
 


Photo courtesy of Tom Johnson
I believe this picture is taken from about the same location as the opening graphic on this site. The bridge is probably the second most frequently photographed locations on the line.


Photograph courtesy of the Italian Minstry of Agriculture--Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare
The picture above is taken during the Italian colonial era.  It is interesting to note that the coaches are painted a lighter color than they were during my time.  This is more sensible to the desert.  The green color with black roofs may have been chosen by the Ethiopians, but my guess is that it was chosen by the British.

Photo courtesy of Tom Johnson
I believe that the view above is looking back across the valle to where the previous picture was taken.

A photo of Charles Moulton as taken in 1972.  He captioned this as being in the Python Valley.  As I have cited above, this was the more common name among the GIs for the Mai Henti Valley.  Chuck said that they went out around the corner from the ristorante to take this picture..












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