Buffalo Water Intake
I had to get out of the house for a bit today, so after the first bit of rain came through I headed down towards the Lake Erie & Niagara River shoreline. The clouds were breaking for just about twenty minutes and constantly changing. I got one color image with my 75-200mm lens (200mm) and a B&W with the 24-120 (120mm). For my friends that aren't here in Buffalo, the silo looking building out on the water is the water intake for the Colonel Ward pumping station. The 1907 building takes in 125 million gallons of drinking water for Buffalo every day. Water rushes into the round brick and concrete building through grates and collects in a circular pool. The water drops 60 feet to a 12-foot diameter, mile-long concrete tunnel burrowed under the river bed. It ends up at the Col. Ward Pumping Station at the foot of Porter Avenue, where it is treated at the filtration plant and sent throughout the city. Atop the red roof is a guard light for passing ships. Around the exterior wall is a balcony embroidered by curving wrought iron. via 500px ift.tt/2hslUxi
Buffalo Water Intake
I had to get out of the house for a bit today, so after the first bit of rain came through I headed down towards the Lake Erie & Niagara River shoreline. The clouds were breaking for just about twenty minutes and constantly changing. I got one color image with my 75-200mm lens (200mm) and a B&W with the 24-120 (120mm). For my friends that aren't here in Buffalo, the silo looking building out on the water is the water intake for the Colonel Ward pumping station. The 1907 building takes in 125 million gallons of drinking water for Buffalo every day. Water rushes into the round brick and concrete building through grates and collects in a circular pool. The water drops 60 feet to a 12-foot diameter, mile-long concrete tunnel burrowed under the river bed. It ends up at the Col. Ward Pumping Station at the foot of Porter Avenue, where it is treated at the filtration plant and sent throughout the city. Atop the red roof is a guard light for passing ships. Around the exterior wall is a balcony embroidered by curving wrought iron. via 500px ift.tt/2hslUxi