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In 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte or Boney as he was called here,set his sights on invading England using Ireland as a back door. We of course hoped that he would come to free us from England`s grasp after nearly 600 years of occupation.. It was decided to build these wonderful Martello [ or Joycean towers-after James Joyce`s Ulysses ] towers around the coast as a defence against such an attack. There were 50 of them in all and 103 in England and they were complete with battlements, gun rooms, ramparts and constructed from local stone with walls up to 8ft thick. The entrance was 8ft up off the ground and only accessable by ladder..However, Boney never came and they were never used. Many are now in ruins but 20 are still standing. Some are in private hands and have been tastefully restored and converted into wonderful houses and they are fantastic structures with the best one in Sutton. See link below.
The one at Sandycove is now a James Joyce museum as he actually lived in it for a while. This tower here is in Donabate and is not used but the council maintain it. I think it should be open as a tourist office or something like that. Its pretty wonderful building.
This Baywatch doesnt have a red bathing suit in sight or a carpet chested David Hasselhopper either but I suppose that type of thing has its place too!! Come back Pamela!!!!
Joking aside, I do hope you like my baywatch and the bit of history stuff!
Ill be watching out for all of you my friends!
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www.martellotowersutton.com/Tower_History.html
And heres the link to the photo of James Joyce`s tower
at Sandycove. Ive included a fair bit of history with it and it should give you a laugh!
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DLWR #1804 & DL #2002 lead PO74 east by Snag Pond in Gouldsboro with 2 cars for Rocktenn in the Delaware Water Gap.
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Die heutige Kirche wurde Ende des 16. Jh. erbaut. An der Kirche steht die Jahreszahl 1648. Wahrscheinlich wurde diese Kirche nach dem 30jährigen Krieg instandgesetzt. Prüfungen im Archiv in Schwerin ergaben jedoch das diese Fachwerkkirche wohl als Nachfolgebau
kurz vor 1700 erbaut wurde.
Die Fachwerkkirche wurde von 1984 bis 1990 restauriert
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Happy weekend friends.
Recalling a Space Odyssey
Date: May 23, 2024
Camera: Leica M10-P
Lens: Summicron 50 v5
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/350 @ f/11
Full Frame
-Thomas
Location: Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019.12.26
ALCO's in the mountains, it's something that never gets old.
DLWR #1804 and DL #2002 lead 2 cars for Westrock where the power will also be left (east of the Henryville) to switch customers on that side of the line due to the washout in Henryville.
1804 heads west for Butler, NJ on a local. I usually kept good notes, even going back to the mid-80s, but in this case I'm not sure where exactly this photo was taken. I suspect the area has changed today. Based on a sequence of photos, I'm thinking this was around Pompton Lakes. After the train arrived at Butler the power ran around and returned east. I was always partial to this (second) paint scheme on the GP18s. It just seemed to suit them well. Those oil streaks pouring down off the roof adjacent to the exhaust stacks was a common occurrence. If anyone can determine the location of this very tight shot, feel free to share in the comments.
NYSW 1804 GP18
Parallel arrival and departure at Horsham with Southern 377136 leading 1C20, 13:06 London Victoria – Portsmouth Harbour arriving and 377405 bringing up the rear of 2C82, 14:00 Horsham – London Bridge departing, 17th April 2018.
East Penn's Perkiomen Branch job slowly rolls into view near Zionsville in Lower Milford Twp, PA while heading south with five loads out of Emmaus.
ESPN 1804 GP18 (ex-NYSW GP18)
CFL 1804 with the 1820 in tow, hauls the M2-coaches of a train from Liège (or Luik or Lüttich) to Luxembourg.
Bellain frontière (L), 17-3-1990.
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El cotxe 1804 de Casas (Grup Moventis) és un dels nous Irizar i4 Integrals que s'han incorporat recentment a la flota.
2890 departs from the run round loop at 50 steps bridge on what was the Great Central Main Line and heads up the MOD branch to the site of the current Ruddington station located on what use to be the MOD depot, 14th April 2018. In the summer of 1964 and 1965 I would regularly sit on the 50 steps bridge watching the traffic (Black Fives, 8F’s, 9F’s and maybe a B1 or two) however I no longer have any records from that time. Interestingly the “highlight” of any visit was the Darnal/Tinsley class 37 on the Bournemouth - York in the afternoon!!!! In 1966 at the age of ten I was allowed to go further from home on my bike as far as Lenton South Junction on the Midland which being far busier meant I no longer visited 50 steps bridge in that last summer before the Great Central effectively closed as a main line and through route.
Locomotive History
2890 was built as a 0-6-0 tank engine and converted to a tender engine in 2000. It was built in 1943 by the Hunslet Engine Company for the War Department (Works No. 2890). When built it was a 50550 class 0-6-0 tank engine, the standard war time steam shunting engine type built in significant numbers. It entered service with the War Department as 75041, later becoming 107. In the early 1960’s it was sold back to Hunslet who rebuilt it and sold it to the National Coal Board for use at allocated to Maesteg washery until withdrawal in 1973. It entered preservation in 1976 and following overhaul was used on the South Devon Railway. The locomotive was purchased for use on the Mid Hants Railway in the late 1990s and was then rebuilt and converted from a saddle tank to an 0-6-0 tender engine. The tender frame was formerly an Midland Railway Fowler 3,500 gallon tender which had been purchased from British Railways. After several years on the Mid Hants Railway the locomotive moved to the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston in 2012. Following another overhaul the locomotive returned to steam numbered 2890 at the Ribble Steam Railway in September 2017.