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This is seriously this owl's third day outdoors. He was looking everywhere, taking everything in.
Canon EF100mm f/2.8 USM
cropped
1/320
f/3.5
ISO 200
Title: 3rd Group
Digital Publisher: Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Physical Publisher: Physical: Graphic Services, Texas A&M University
Date Issued: 2011-08-17
Date Created: 1971
Dimensions: 4 x 5 inches
Format Medium: Photographic negative
Type: image
Identifier: Photograph Location: Graphic Services Photos, Box 27, File 27-109
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Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s, with Battersea B Power Station to its east in the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing the well known four-chimney layout.
The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the best known landmarks in London and is Grade II* listed. The station's celebrity owes much to numerous cultural appearances, which include a shot in The Beatles' 1965 movie Help!, appearing in the video for the 1982 hit single "Another Thing Comin´" by heavy metal band Judas Priest and being used in the cover art of Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, as well as a cameo appearance in Take That's music video "The Flood."
In addition, a photograph of the plant's control room was used as cover art on Hawkwind's 1977 album Quark, Strangeness and Charm.
The station is the largest brick building in Europe and is notable for its original, lavish Art Deco interior fittings and decor. However, the building's condition has been described as "very bad" by English Heritage and is included in its Buildings at Risk Register. In 2004, while the redevelopment project was stalled, and the building remained derelict, the site was listed on the 2004 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund. The combination of an existing debt burden of some £750 million, the need to make a £200 million contribution to a proposed extension to the London Underground, requirements to fund conservation of the derelict power station shell and the presence of a waste transfer station and cement plant on the river frontage make a commercial development of the site a significant challenge. In December 2011, the latest plans to develop the site collapsed with the debt called in by the creditors. In February 2012, the site was placed on sale on the open property market
through commercial estate agent Knight Frank. It has received interest from a variety of overseas consortia, most seeking to demolish or part-demolish the structure.
Built in the early 1930s, this iconic structure, with its four distinctive chimneys, was created to meet the energy demands of the new age. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott – the man who also designed what is now Tate Modern and brought the red telephone box to London – was hired by the London Power Company to create this first of a new generation of ‘superstations’, with the building beginning to produce power for the capital in 1933.
With dimensions of 160 m x 170 m, the roof of the boiler house 50 m tall, and its four 103 m tall, tapering chimneys, it is a truly massive structure. The building in fact comprised two stations – Battersea ‘A’ and Battersea ‘B’, which were conjoined when the identical B section was completed in the 1950s, and it was the world’s most thermally efficient building when it opened.
But Battersea Power Station was – and is – so much more besides. Gilbert Scott lifted it from the prosaic into the sublime by incorporating lavish touches such as the building’s majestic bronze doors and impressive wrought-iron staircase leading to the art deco control room. Here, amongst the controls which are still in situ today, those in charge of London’s electricity supply could enjoy the marble-lined walls and polished parquet flooring. Down in the turbine hall below, meanwhile, the station’s giant walls of polished marble would later prompt observers to liken the building to a Greek temple devoted to energy.
Over the course of its life, Battersea Power Station has been instilled in the public consciousness, not least when Pink Floyd famously adopted it for its Animals album cover and launch in 1977. As a result of its popularity, a great deal of energy has been expended in protecting this landmark.
Following the decommissioning of the ‘A’ station in 1975, the whole structure was listed at Grade II in 1980 before, in 1983, the B station was also closed. Since that time, and following the listing being upgraded to a Grade II* status in 2007, Battersea Power Station has become almost as famous for plans heralding its future as for its past. Until now, that is.
The transformation of Battersea Power Station – this familiar and much-loved silhouette on the London skyline – is set to arrive, along with the regeneration and revitalisation of this forgotten corner of central London. History is about to be made once more.
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Happy 3rd Birthday Austin! Rubble from Paw Patrol. Chocolate cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting. Chocolate crumb dirt and lots of chocolate rocks.
One of a kind handmade sculpture, made entirely from scratch out of polymer clay over a wire and foil armature. No molds were used in the making of this sculpture nor were any made. Painted with acrylic paint. The hair is mohair.
The third of four parallel faults intersecting Paria Canyon, 3rd Crack is remote and rarely seen. It begins suddenly at the slope of a sand bank, drops into Paria Canyon, and then continues on the north side of the Canyon. This shot taken from the Blimp Hangar in Sept 2019 shows the Thumb on the horizon.
For my 3rd night out last week, Thursday 28th October we went to Paris, not really, just Paris restaurant in Nottingham. June and Rachel.
With the evening shadows growing longer by the minute as 66618 Railways Illustrated Annual Photographic Awards - Alan Barnes approaches Toton with an Immingham – Ratcliffe power station loaded coal duty, 3rd September 2013.
Early November in Moray is not supposed to look like this! A stunning, warm and sunny day in Lossiemouth.
Watching the Leafs & Lightning play and messing with the self timer on the camera , set it for 10 sec and was on my way to the couch to pose when the Leafs scored their 3rd goal ! So a snap shot of me as I spun around to cheer !
March allocated 31262 ambles along side Stratford station light engine, 3rd June 1976.
Locomotive History
31262 was originally D5690 and it was built at the Brush Falcon works, Loughborough, entering traffic in March 1961, allocated to Darnall MPD. It was originally fitted with a Mirrlees 12 cylinder power unit, however after a couple of years in service this engine started to develop major problems and it was decided to re-engine all two hundred and sixty two locomotives of the class with a 1470bhp English Electric 12SVT power unit. D5690 left Doncaster works with its new power unit in May 1967. After eleven years an Eastern Region engine in July 1972 it transferred to the Western Region (Old Oak Common) as part of the run down of the diesel hydraulic fleet. It returned to the Eastern Region in October 1975, initially allocated to Immingham and was transferred to March in February 1976. Just over five years after this photograph on the 17th May 1983 31262 leading 31292 were running light engine at Dullingham, south of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire when they were in collision with a Plasser and Theurer track machine. The track machine was destroyed in the collision, 31262 suffered sever damage and 31292 a damaged cab. The driver of the track machine was killed. Both locomotives were taken to Cambridge where 31262 was withdrawn prior to them both being moved by road to Doncaster works around the 25th June 1983. On arrival at Doncaster works 31262 was immediately broken up, 31292 was repaired.
Praktica LTL, Orwochrome UT18
Early summer on Woodland Fell in the South West Lake District National Park. It's a great area, quiet and full of ancient remains if you look close enough.
This was an 8 shot panoramic taken on the D800E with 50mm f1.4G attached.
Got some new neighbours - appeared last night outside the bedroom window and have been making themselves at home since!
Scavenger Hunt - Laugh
Taking down the Christmas tree this afternoon, Virago decided she wanted to help
Or hinder
Not sure which
We lost about half the field maples I planted in the storms in late winter, and I do mean "lost", their wee protectors got blown off and I couldn't find the saplings sticking out the ground - sticks in a field of sticks! So today I topped up with 5 hornbeams!
I want a couple of real wet conditions specialists next, willow or something perhaps, to soak up some manky wet ground. Them some hazel and rowan to form a lower hight periphery before moving on to some gorse and juniper to dot around the field. We may use some more hazel and rowan along with the shrubby stuff further up the field too once work is complete on site and I will then sow the remaining grassland with meadow flowers.
We may only have a couple of acres to rewild, but it rewilded it will be. Kinda.