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The four arch span Viaduct that spans the Cample water between Thornhill and Closeburn. 41ft in height and 204 ft in length.
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Humber Bay Park was created through the dumping of 5.1 million cubic metres of lakefill in the 1970s. Humber Bay Park West is home to the Mimico Cruising Club, Etobicoke Yacht Club, and Humber Sailing and Powerboating Centre.
Light Station established in 1895 and the lighthouse was built in 1898. The lighthouse was moved to the Mimico Cruising Club in 1981.
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Focal Plane: 12 meters (39ft) above water level
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NOTE: I had sent a e-mail to the club a week before I went to Ontario, I asked if I could go inside for 10 minutes to get close and get some pictures of the lighthouse - they NEVER responded.
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This is the tower that replaced the lighthouse, new technology - I prefer the old style.
Skeletal tower was built in 2006 (station established 1871).
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Focal Plane 15 meters (50ft) above water level
Light: continuous white light
It is still an active aid to navigation
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Location: On Sheet Rock (island), entrance to Sheet Harbour
First Light: Square white wooden tower with a dwelling attached
Began and Lit: 1879
Current Light: White circular fiberglass tower with no lantern
Began and Lit: 1988
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 22.9 meters (75ft) above water level
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Getting closer....
Location: On Sheet Rock (island), entrance to Sheet Harbour
First Light: Square white wooden tower with a dwelling attached
Began and Lit: 1879
Current Light: White circular fiberglass tower with no lantern
Began and Lit: 1988
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 22.9 meters (75ft) above water level
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The remains of an old 41ft Watson Class (?) lifeboat resting on the shores of Strangford Lough. The tide was in and the paintwork's a bit rough so not able to get an id for it?
New info. She's a 46ft Watson Class called City of Bradford 2, built in 1929.
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Location: On Sheet Rock (island), entrance to Sheet Harbour
First Light: Square white wooden tower with a dwelling attached
Began and Lit: 1879
Current Light: White circular fiberglass tower with no lantern
Began and Lit: 1988
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 22.9 meters (75ft) above water level
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The old lighthouse now on private property is next to the new square skeletal tower.
Skeletal tower was built in 2006 (station established 1871).
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Focal Plane 15 meters (50ft) above water level
Light: continuous white light
It is still an active aid to navigation
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This lighthouse is a white wooden tapered square tower built in 1907. It was built on the western side of the Bass River entrance. The light was the eastern most lighthouse on Cobequid Bay, the eastern section of Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy.
The lighthouse was deactivated in 1991 and was then sold in 1994. A one-story dwelling was built into the base of the tower and is used as a summer home.
Tower Height: 9.75 meters (32ft)
Focal Plane: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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This was the closest point to see the lighthouse...
Location: On Sheet Rock (island), entrance to Sheet Harbour
First Light: Square white wooden tower with a dwelling attached
Began and Lit: 1879
Current Light: White circular fiberglass tower with no lantern
Began and Lit: 1988
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 22.9 meters (75ft) above water level
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I finally arrived at the shoreline and saw the lighthouse in the distance.
Location: On Sheet Rock (island), entrance to Sheet Harbour
First Light: Square white wooden tower with a dwelling attached
Began and Lit: 1879
Current Light: White circular fiberglass tower with no lantern
Began and Lit: 1988
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 22.9 meters (75ft) above water level
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The old lighthouse now on private property is next to the new square skeletal tower.
Skeletal tower was built in 2006 (station established 1871).
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Focal Plane 15 meters (50ft) above water level
Light: continuous white light
It is still an active aid to navigation
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In the distance is where I had come from.....
Platform on the side of the building was for a fog horn that use to be here.
Here I checked for cell phone service but there was none. A point to remember is to make sure your cell phone is fully charged before you start on a hike. Mine was fully charged when I left home about 5 and a half hours ago. I still had plenty of charge left but turned off the phone encase I really need it.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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RNLI Mary Ann Hepworth sets out from Whitby harbour on another pleasure trip around the harbour and out to sea, 24th August 2017. In April 1938 Whitby received a new lifeboat which was to become one of the longest serving lifeboats in the RNLI fleet. Named the Mary Ann Hepworth by the Marchioness of Normanby it is 41ft Watson class lifeboat fitted with two 35hp petrol engines. Although not self-righting, the Mary Ann Hepworth was state of the art for her time and remained in service until 1974 being launched 372 times and credited with saving 201 lives. After being sold by the RNLI, the Mary Ann Hepworth spent some time on the Norfolk Broads and the River Trent until returning back to Whitby in 1988. On arrival back at Whitby the Mary Ann Hepworth was restored as close as possible to its original condition and licenced for pleasure trips.
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Finally I saw the lighthouse in the distance, wow, but it seemed so far away and on the other side of a cove.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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This lighthouse is a white wooden tapered square tower built in 1907. It was built on the western side of the Bass River entrance. The light was the eastern most lighthouse on Cobequid Bay, the eastern section of Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy.
The lighthouse was deactivated in 1991 and was then sold in 1994. A one-story dwelling was built into the base of the tower and is used as a summer home.
Tower Height: 9.75 meters (32ft)
Focal Plane: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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This range light was put into operation in 1904.
It is a wooden tower, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by square wooden lanterns, all painted white.
The tower stands on the south side of the harbour, about 6.1 meters (20ft) back from the edge of the bank, on land 4.9 meters (16ft) about high water level.
The tower is 9.14 meters (30ft) high from its base to the ventilator on the lantern.
Light Type: Front Range Light
Location: On northeast extremity of McFarlane Point
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is operational
Began and Lit: 1904
Structure Type: Square white wooden tower
Tower Height: 9.14 meters (30ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Another ferry ride from Freeport to Westport, the cost of the ferry rides is $7.00 but you only pay in one direction.
Type: Passenter-Car Ferry
Material: Steel
Length: 34 meters (112ft)
Beam: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Draft: 1.31 meters (4ft 3in)
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This is the last shot as I had to head home, approx. a 4 hour drive to Halifax. It was a great day trip but had more fog than I had expected. Next will be another day trip to another part of the great province (Nova Scotia) I live in.
I am a very luck person who has been in 64 countries in the world but being honest, to me there is not better country than Canada and the province of Nova Scotia is a gem.
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Margaret's Justice (Ferry)
Type: Passenter-Car Ferry
Material: Steel
Length: 34 meters (112ft)
Beam: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Draft: 1.31 meters (4ft 3in)
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Vought F4U-1D Corsair :
By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft's distinctive inverted gull-wing design allowed ground clearance for the huge, three-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, which spanned more than 4 meters (13 feet). The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine and Hydromatic propeller was the largest and one of the most powerful engine-propeller combinations ever flown on a fighter aircraft.
Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair Sun Setter, a Marine close-support fighter assigned to the USS Essex in July 1944.
Transferred from the United States Navy.
Manufacturer:
Date:
1940
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 460 x 1020cm, 4037kg, 1250cm (15ft 1 1/8in. x 33ft 5 9/16in., 8900lb., 41ft 1/8in.)
Materials:
All metal with fabric-covered wings behind the main spar.
Physical Description:
R-2800 radial air-cooled engine with 1,850 horsepower, turned a three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller with solid aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch; wing bent gull-shaped on both sides of the fuselage.
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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Kittyhawk IA):
Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that Gen. Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" flew in China against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. P-40E pilot Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II when he shot down six Japanese aircraft in the Philippines in mid-December 1941.
Curtiss-Wright built this airplane as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk I in 1941. It served until 1946 in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. U.S. Air Force personnel at Andrews Air Force Base restored it in 1975 to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.
Donated by the Exchange Club in Memory of Kellis Forbes.
Manufacturer:
Date:
1939
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 330 x 970cm, 2686kg, 1140cm (10ft 9 15/16in. x 31ft 9 7/8in., 5921.6lb., 37ft 4 13/16in.)
Materials:
All-metal, semi-monocoque
Physical Description:
Single engine, single seat, fighter aircraft.
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Again so many times I had to stop and rest as walking on the rocky shoreline was hard - I was thinking to myself just look down and put one foot in front of the other.
Berry Head Lighthouse
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Located on the south bank of the river just off the Chemin du Chenal du Moine in Saint Anne De Sorel in a trailer park. The front (river side) face of the tower is painted orange with a black vertical stripe on the range line.
Built: 1905
Heigth: 8 meters (30ft)
Focal Plane: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
Light is still an active aid to navigation.
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NOTE: I feel horrified watching the unjust war in Ukraine and see the damage being done by cluster bombs and land mines on civilians. BUT THEN I see the hypocrisy of the USA news condemning the use by saying many countries of the world have banned these weapons (approx. 116+ countries) - BUT NOT THE USA who has stockpiles of them ready to use if it suits them.
United States is also not a member the International Criminal Court, another sign of American hypocrisy. They want to condemn the world but please don't condemn them, LOL.
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Picture taken from the waters edge....
This range light was put into operation in 1904.
It is a wooden tower, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by square wooden lanterns, all painted white.
The tower stands on the south side of the harbour, about 6.1 meters (20ft) back from the edge of the bank, on land 4.9 meters (16ft) about high water level.
The tower is 9.14 meters (30ft) high from its base to the ventilator on the lantern.
Light Type: Front Range Light
Location: On northeast extremity of McFarlane Point
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is operational
Began and Lit: 1904
Structure Type: Square white wooden tower
Tower Height: 9.14 meters (30ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko (Moonlight) IRVING:
Originally designed as a three-seat, daylight escort fighter plane by the Nakajima Aeroplane Company, Ltd., and flown in 1941, the IRVING was modified as a night fighter in May of 1943 and shot down two American B-17 bombers to prove its capability. The Gekko (meaning moonlight) was redesigned to hold only two crewmen so that an upward firing gun could be mounted where the observer once sat. Nearly five hundred J1N1 aircraft, including prototypes, escort, reconnaissance, and night fighters were built during World War II. A sizeable number were also used as Kamikaze aircraft in the Pacific. The few that survived the war were scrapped by the Allies.
This J1N1 is the last remaining in the world. It was transported from Japan to the U.S. where it was flight tested by the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1946. The Gekko then flew to storage at Park Ridge, IL, and was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. The restoration of this aircraft, completed in 1983, took more than four years and 17,000 man-hours to accomplish.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
Manufacturer:
Date:
1942
Country of Origin:
Japan
Dimensions:
Overall: 15ft 1 1/8in. x 41ft 11 15/16in., 10670.3lb., 55ft 9 5/16in. (460 x 1280cm, 4840kg, 1700cm)
Materials:
All-metal, monocoque construction airplane
Physical Description:
Twin-engine, conventional layout with tailwheel-type landing gear.
Armament: (2) 20 mm fixed upward firing cannon
Engines: (2) Nakajima Sakae 21 (NK1F, Ha35- 21) 14- cylinder air-cooled radial 1,130 horsepower (metric)
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Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay":
Boeing's B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Although designed to fight in the European theater, the B-29 found its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a variety of aerial weapons: conventional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.
On August 6, 1945, this Martin-built B-29-45-MO dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, Bockscar (on display at the U.S. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day. A third B-29, The Great Artiste, flew as an observation aircraft on both missions.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
Manufacturer:
Date:
1945
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 900 x 3020cm, 32580kg, 4300cm (29ft 6 5/16in. x 99ft 1in., 71825.9lb., 141ft 15/16in.)
Materials:
Polished overall aluminum finish
Physical Description:
Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and high-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish overall, standard late-World War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial number on vertical fin; 509th Composite Group markings painted in black; "Enola Gay" in black, block letters on lower left nose.
Out of 15,660 P-47 Thunderbolts produced for the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII, perhaps the least known operational variants were the Curtiss-built P-47G’s. To meet expanded wartime production goals for the P-47D Thunderbolt, the New York-based Republic Aviation Company built a 2nd plant in Evansville, Indiana.
It also licensed the Curtiss-Wright Company to produce the airplane under the P-47G designation. Between December 1942 and March 1944, Curtiss-Wright made 354 P-47G Thunderbolts, identical to the Republic-built "Razorback" P-47D models. The P-47G was powered by a 2,300hp P&W R-2800 18-cylinder radial air-cooled engine and could reach a top speed of 433mph at an altitude of 30,000ft. The aircraft had a service ceiling of 40,000ft and a maximum climb rate of 2,750 ft/min.
The Thunderbolts' empty weight was 9,000 lbs, their average loaded weight was 13,500 kg, and their maximum weight was 15,000 lbs. The Thunderbolt was one of the heaviest single-engined fighters of WWII. It had a wingspan of 41ft., a length of 36ft., and a height of nearly 15ft.
This P-47G-15-CU, BuNo 42-25234, was contracted for in the 1942 fiscal year budget and spent most of her military career as a fighter trainer in the western part of the U.S. After the war, this Thunderbolt was used as an instructional airframe at Grand Central Airport in Glendale. In 1952, Ed Maloney obtained the aircraft and stored it at his home to eventually display it in his projected air museum.
The Thunderbolt was finally reassembled at the Air Museum’s Ontario International Airport, California base in 1963. It took part in several West Coast airshows until it was damaged in a forced landing at NAS Point Mugu, California, in 1971. Maloney then stored the damaged aircraft until 1980, when it was restored to static display condition at the Museum’s new location in Chino, CA. Although the primary goal was to get the Thunderbolt back into flying condition, the lack of a suitable replacement engine delayed that until 1985.
With the prospect of a new engine becoming imminent, Steve Hinton’s Fighter Rebuilders crew, together with museum volunteer workers, began bringing the Thunderbolt up to flying condition again in early 1985. In May, they finally took delivery of a custom-built R-2800 engine from John Sandberg’s JRS Enterprises, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based company specializing in engine overhauls for warbirds. The engine is fitted with a Hamilton Standard propeller, which is reportedly more reliable than the aircraft’s original Curtiss Electric unit and for which spare parts are more readily available.
For increased reliability, Hinton’s crew replaced TBM Avenger wheels and multiple disc brakes with the Thunderbolt’s original shoe brakes and installed modern radio equipment. The aircraft’s starboard wing, badly damaged in the forced landing at Point Mugu, was replaced with one from a postwar South American P-47D as part of a spare parts deal. A jump seat was added behind the pilot’s seat to accommodate a passenger.
Over the years, this aircraft has appeared in many different color schemes. During the war, it carried the standard Army Air Corps olive and grey camouflage scheme, which was changed to a yellow and black finish when the aircraft was at Grand Central. In 1963, the Thunderbolt was painted in overall olive (not accurate) and carried the markings of the P-47D that 56th Fighter Group ace Bud Mahurin used.
In 1968, the aircraft was repainted in olive and grey camouflage and carried the markings of 42-26387 "Miss Behave," a 78th Fighter Group P-47 in World War II. The Thunderbolt was restored to a natural metal finish in 1980 to eventually add the markings of Penrod and Sam, the last operational P-47D, which ace Robert S. Johnson flew with the 56th Fighter Group.
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This lighthouse is a white wooden tapered square tower built in 1907. It was built on the western side of the Bass River entrance. The light was the eastern most lighthouse on Cobequid Bay, the eastern section of Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy.
The lighthouse was deactivated in 1991 and was then sold in 1994. A one-story dwelling was built into the base of the tower and is used as a summer home.
Tower Height: 9.75 meters (32ft)
Focal Plane: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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I finally made it - at this time even though I had come to the lighthouse to get pictures I did not want to get the camera out of the bag - I was just to exhausted and laid down for 10 minutes in the grass. Finally I got up and took some shots but would have taken more if I was not so exhausted.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Another ferry ride from Freeport to Westport, the cost of the ferry rides is $7.00 but you only pay in one direction.
Type: Passenter-Car Ferry
Material: Steel
Length: 34 meters (112ft)
Beam: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Draft: 1.31 meters (4ft 3in)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
tug / barge
flag: Canada [CA]
owner: Gordon's Shoreline Marine, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
length: 41ft
built: 19544
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Platform was for a fog horn that use to be here.
Here I checked for cell phone service but there was none. A point to remember is to make sure your cell phone is fully charged before you start on a hike. Mine was fully charged when I left home about 5 and a half hours ago. I still had plenty of charge left but turned off the phone encase I really need it.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Finally I reached the lighthouse and just sat for a while enjoying the view. As you can see there were no birds in the area at all, probably because there were no houses or fishing villages near. Took a few shots and started the walk back to the car, had to get to the next lighthouse, lol
The first lighthouse was established here in 1875 but is no longer standing. This tower was built in 1950 to replace the first light.
Location: On cape, north entrance to St. Peter's Inlet
Began and Lit: 1950
Tower Height: 8.23 meters (27ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
Scenic Drive: Bras d'Or Lakes
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This lighthouse is on Rook Island at the entrance to Queensport Harbour. The first light was built here in 1882 and was lit by kerosene. This second lighthouse combination dwelling was constructed in 1936.
Location: On Rook Island, entrance to Queensport Harbour
Tower Height: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Light Height: 16.5 meters (54ft) above water level
Scenic Drive: Marine Drive (All Nova Scotia is divided into scenic drives)
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This range light was put into operation in 1904.
It is a wooden tower, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by square wooden lanterns, all painted white.
The tower stands on the south side of the harbour, about 6.1 meters (20ft) back from the edge of the bank, on land 4.9 meters (16ft) about high water level.
The tower is 9.14 meters (30ft) high from its base to the ventilator on the lantern.
Light Type: Front Range Light
Location: On northeast extremity of McFarlane Point
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is operational
Began and Lit: 1904
Structure Type: Square white wooden tower
Tower Height: 9.14 meters (30ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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I zoomed in on the lighthouse, sure wish I could have zoomed over to it.
Berry Head Lighthouse
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Platform was for a fog horn that use to be here.
Here I checked for cell phone service but there was none. A point to remember is to make sure your cell phone is fully charged before you start on a hike. Mine was fully charged when I left home about 5 and a half hours ago. I still had plenty of charge left but turned off the phone encase I really need it.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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This lighthouse is a white wooden tapered square tower built in 1907. It was built on the western side of the Bass River entrance. The light was the eastern most lighthouse on Cobequid Bay, the eastern section of Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy.
The lighthouse was deactivated in 1991 and was then sold in 1994. A one-story dwelling was built into the base of the tower and is used as a summer home.
Tower Height: 9.75 meters (32ft)
Focal Plane: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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The granite obelisk commemorates the founding of Fort Ville-Marie, later to become Montreal close to this spot on May 17, 1642. The obelisk is made from a block of granite that stands 12.5m (41ft) tall and is 0.91m (3ft) square at its base. It took 40 horses to drag the shaft into the city in 1893. The monument was unveiled on May 17, 1894.
It has been moved a number of times before it was placed in its present location in 1999. The monument's present location is believed to be where Montreal's first mass was held.
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Another ferry ride from Freeport to Westport, the cost of the ferry rides is $7.00 but you only pay in one direction.
Type: Passenter-Car Ferry
Material: Steel
Length: 34 meters (112ft)
Beam: 12.5 meters (41ft)
Draft: 1.31 meters (4ft 3in)
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This range light was put into operation in 1904.
It is a wooden tower, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by square wooden lanterns, all painted white.
The tower stands on the south side of the harbour, about 6.1 meters (20ft) back from the edge of the bank, on land 4.9 meters (16ft) about high water level.
The tower is 9.14 meters (30ft) high from its base to the ventilator on the lantern.
Light Type: Front Range Light
Location: On northeast extremity of McFarlane Point
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is operational
Began and Lit: 1904
Structure Type: Square white wooden tower
Tower Height: 9.14 meters (30ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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In the distance is where I had come from.....
Platform on the side of the building was for a fog horn that use to be here.
Here I checked for cell phone service but there was none. A point to remember is to make sure your cell phone is fully charged before you start on a hike. Mine was fully charged when I left home about 5 and a half hours ago. I still had plenty of charge left but turned off the phone encase I really need it.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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This is the bridge which kickstarted by interest in London Bridges.
I visited it for the first time over 10 years ago but lost track of it until I went in search of it last year and in the process, took pictures of various London Bridges. Some of these bridges I have put online.
This was shot handheld with my 30mm Prime Lens because it is my only lens with a Polarizing Filter. It was meant to be "test shot" for exposure but I liked how it turned out anyway.
I hope to revisit this work but with a Tripod.
From WikiPedia :
"The Albert Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Thames from Chelsea to Battersea in London, England, named in memory of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria.
Although authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1864, construction did not commence until 1870, delayed by work on the Chelsea Embankment. The bridge opened first on the 31st December 1872, soon thereafter closing to re-open on 23 August 1873. The designer was Rowland Mason Ordish, who conceived a rigid suspension bridge with a length of 710 feet, width of 41ft. and a centre span of 400ft. Construction costs are estimated at £90,000.
The Albert Bridge Company also owned the adjacent Battersea Bridge, but neither bridge generated sufficient toll income to cover their maintenance costs. In 1878, both were purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works and both ceased to be toll bridges the following year.
In 1884 Sir Joseph Bazalgette strengthened and modernised Albert Bridge, rendering it more like a conventional suspension bridge.
The bridge came close to being replaced after World War II, but a concerted campaign led by, among others, Sir John Betjeman led to its conservation. In the 1970s, central supports were added by the Greater London Council to save the strcture from collapse. Weight restrictions have been in place since Bazalgette's time, as have notices urging soldiers from nearby Chelsea Barracks to break step when marching over the bridge for fear that vibrations caused by marching might damage the structure."
The folly at the end of the Gorseddau Tramway. The old formation wanders delightfully via a small slate slab bridge to the mine buildings at this top level. These mostly date from 1876 and are, of course, ruinous but picturesque. A massively constructed masonry wheelpit is the first structure encountered (41ft) with the crusher house remains alongside. There's also a barracks and a crazy magazine. Various other structures are mysterious, perhaps a winder house...all structures have been buttressed in one way or another, perhaps due to the boggy ground.
Clippesby mill, also known as Lower Davies mill, stands beside the River Bure. It is one of the older mills on the Broads, being built possibly in 1770, originally with older type narrow red bricks before being heightened by 8ft. to a total height of 41ft. to the top of its cap, using a more modern style of wider brick, possibly in 1814. The mill has four storeys and an overall base diameter of approximately 21ft and a 13ft. diameter at the top of the tower below the cap. Up to waist height, the ground floor walls are 3ft. thick. The mill had a Norfolk boat shaped cap with a petticoat and gallery.
It is not know exactly when the mill finally stopped working but it's function was usurped by an engine in a brick shed over a culvert to north of the mill, probably around 1900.
The mill was converted as a weekend retreat in 1958 , but in 'spartan' manner. By the 1970's a modern brick pumphouse had been built close by to take over the work of the earlier engine.
In January 1978 the mill was struck by lightning and the part burnt sail stocks were subsequently removed. In 1990 the mill still has its windshaft, clasp-arm wooden brake wheel, all cast-iron wallower, one piece pine upright shaft and all cast-iron crown wheel with spur teeth. The scoop wheel, pit wheel and wheel shaft had all been removed.
As of September 2020, a planning application was submitted for the restoration of Clippesby mill, to incorporate a small visitors centre and some short stay visitor moorings for visitors of the mill.
On the 4th. December 1987 the mill received Grade: II listed building status. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 227675).
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I finally made it - at this time even though I had come to the lighthouse to get pictures I did not want to get the camera out of the bag - I was just to exhausted and laid down for 10 minutes in the grass. Finally I got up and took some shots but would have taken more if I was not so exhausted.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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Notice the power poles - more about them later....
Platform on the side of the building was for a fog horn that use to be here.
Here I checked for cell phone service but there was none. A point to remember is to make sure your cell phone is fully charged before you start on a hike. Mine was fully charged when I left home about 5 and a half hours ago. I still had plenty of charge left but turned off the phone encase I really need it.
Location: East point of Berry Head, West side entrance to Tor Bay
Operating: This light is operational
Began & Lit: 1978 - replaced tower of 1876
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
Tower Height: 5.8 meters (19ft) high
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
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I did find a path that I foliowed hoping it would lead to the lighthouse and it did, not a really difficult walk and about 10-15 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know these are not great shots (sun in my face and washed out) but decided to post them to show you how hard it is to get to some of these lighthouses. The paths are often overgrown and there are lots of bugs to bother you - bring bug spray, LOL
The first lighthouse was established here in 1875 but is no longer standing. This tower was built in 1950 to replace the first light.
Location: On cape, north entrance to St. Peter's Inlet
Began and Lit: 1950
Tower Height: 8.23 meters (27ft)
Light Height: 12.5 meters (41ft) above water level
Scenic Drive: Bras d'Or Lakes
At first I had no idea what those funny pointy thingies are at LAX and wondered whether they serve a purpose... Then I remembered that in the 21st century we do not wonder: we Google...
They are LED light poles. Google — well... actually DuckDuckGo... — tells me that there are 91 of them, that they are 41ft (12.5m) tall and that they are supposed to offer “a cohesive aesthetic experience.” Well all-righty then!
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The Ancient Roman Cisterns at Carthage are an impressive example of Roman engineering. The La Malga cisterns, built by the Romans at the beginning of the second century AD, to store water brought from the Zaghouan hills in an aqueduct 132km (82mi) long. Only 15 of the original 24 cisterns are now left, each 95m (312ft) long, 12.5m (41ft) wide and 11.50m (38ft) high.
Bus shot...