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Tetrachloride

(7,839 posts)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 12:15 AM Jun 2022

Breakneck Road

Been there. the owners stopped allowing visitors for reasons of safety and trash.

Geographically and local dialect there is not “a ledge.”. It’s “The Ledge.”

Its also part of The Niagara Escarpment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Escarpment


https://www.wkow.com/news/man-falls-30-feet-from-ledge-in-oakfield/article_59a5c390-e41b-11ec-a71e-3f992d3c504d.html

OAKFIELD (WKOW) -- A man was injured after falling 30 feet from a ledge in Oakfield late Friday evening, according to a news release from City of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue.

The release says around 11:45 p.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to an area off of Breakneck Road in Oakfield for a male that had fallen off the ledge there.

Emergency crews located the injured male patient with the help of information from witnesses at the scene. Crews determined that he fell approximately 30 feet off the ledge onto a rocky area below.

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Breakneck Road (Original Post) Tetrachloride Jun 2022 OP
The Niagara Escarpment is an interesting read. 3Hotdogs Jun 2022 #1
St. Mary Springs Jimbo S Jun 2022 #2
St Mary's had a dress code of earth colors Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #3

Tetrachloride

(7,839 posts)
3. St Mary's had a dress code of earth colors
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 11:49 AM
Jun 2022

if i recall correctly, the reasoning was to reduce jealousy.

my uncle taught at Fond du Lac Goodrich in the 1960s to 80s or 90s.

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