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Newcastle (also New Castle) is a census-designated place in southwestern Iron County, Utah, United States. It lies along State Route 56 southwest of the city of Parowan, the county seat of Iron County. Its elevation is 5,312 feet (1,619 m). The population was 247 at the 2010 census.
The predominant religion is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which church's members settled the area.
Newcastle is a small farming community which has a dairy, orchard, greenhouses producing house plants and tomatoes, and several fields. Crops produced include wheat, oats, alfalfa, corn and potatoes.
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Holiday Glow event. Robert Allerton donated his estate to the University of Illinois. The gift includes surrounding farmland that to generate enough income to maintain the mansion and its surrounding park. The prices of agricultural goods have declined relative to the costs of maintaining a historical property, so the park has diversified its revenue streams.
My Brother Terry Nelson Spent a tout in South Vietnam in 1971-72. I got ahold of some of his slides from his tour, unfortunately he is no longer around to ask
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Victorian Heritage Register information
Extent of Registration
1. All the buildings marked as follows on Diagram 2098 held by the Executive Director
B1 Bathhouse consisting of the original bathhouse (1895), brick extension (1922) and brick chimney (1936)
B2 Pavilion and Kiosk (1907, 1939)
B3 Sound Shell (1971)
B4 Caretaker's Cottage (early 20th Century)
2. All of the structures marked as follows on Diagram 2098 held by the Executive Director
S1 Soda Spring
S2 Locarno Spring
S3 Sulphur Spring
3. The tree marked as follows on Diagram 2098 held by the Executive Director
T1 Sequioadendron giganteum
4. All the land marked L1 on Diagram 2098 held by the Executive Director including Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve Crown Land Parcel P109606, Mineral Springs and Public Park Reserve Crown Land Parcel P109666 and Hepburn Springs Spa Complex Parcel 31D24
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve is approximately 30 hectares of public land adjacent to Hepburn Springs township that includes the Hepburn Mineral Springs Spa Complex. The reserve contains a series of mineral springs that have been in continuous public use for drinking and bathing since the mid-19th century are the best known of the large concentration of more than 100 mineral springs in Victoria's Central Highlands first systematically inventoried by the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1910 under Director of E.J. Dunn (1904 - 1912). A reserve of 0.5 hectares was first created on the site in 1868 to protect the springs from surrounding gold mining activities. The extent of the reserve was increased to its present size in the early 20th century as a result of local pressure for protection of the mineral springs local pressure and on the recommendation of Dunn that a network of Mineral Springs Reserves of standard size be established throughout Victoria.
Although the local community, in particular the Swiss-Italian migrants, had regularly used the springs since at least the 1870s, it was the construction of the rail line to nearby Daylesford in 1880 that markedly increased the accessibility of the springs to tourists who came in increasing numbers to 'take the waters'. By the 1890s a bath house had been established at the springs offering a range of hydrotherapies, reflecting the popularity of health tourism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The popularity of the Springs continued through the first decades of the 20th century and into the inter-war years, but declined rapidly after the Second World War. In the 1980s resurgence in the popularity of the Hepburn Mineral Springs led to substantial renovation of the spa bath house. The Reserve continues to be a major Victorian tourist destination.
The topography of the Reserve is dominated by a gully, through which Spring Creek runs and along which the Reserves' three main springs, the Soda, Locarno and Sulphur springs are located. The springs have been modified over time, with infrastructure in place from the early 20th century to permit water to be collected by efficient and sanitary means for use in the bath house and for drinking. The Locarno Spring, identified in 1914 and named in honour of a prominent Swiss-Italian community member, is permanently set aside for public use. Members of the local Swiss community were also responsible for construction of the swimming pool on Spring Creek in the south of the reserve in the late 1920s (H1865).
The landscape, once reflecting mining activities, is now a picturesque combination of regrowth native vegetation and exotic trees on the higher land while along the creek are cultivated parklands of lawn, exotic deciduous trees and conifers and ornamental plantings and paving, much of which is Castlemaine slate. Many of the exotic trees were planted by local communities in an effort to beautify the reserve, provide shade in summer and create a landscape reminiscent of European spa centres. The main lawn area or Picnic Park, is dominated by a single Sierra Redwood (Sequioadentrum giganteum) specimen planted in 1901 to commemorate Federation.
Within the garden landscape along the creek are a number of buildings associated with the recreational use of the mineral springs since late 19th century including the only extant 19th century mineral springs bathhouse in Victoria. This brick building was erected in 1895 and extended in the 1920s with the addition of further baths and waiting room (1922) followed by a boiler house. This structure continued in use until the late 1980s when major renovations and additions were undertaken creating the Hepburn Springs Spa Complex in which external fabric of the original bath house and 1920s extension was retained along with a brick chimney from the boiler house. To the south of the bath house a timber pavilion was erected in 1897 to provide shelter for visitors. This was replaced in 1908 by the extant Edwardian red brick hexagonal pavilion in which community dances and other social functions were held in the inter-war period and which continues to serve as a shelter for visitors. An adjoining kiosk, also in red brick was added on the north side of the pavilion in 1939.
There are a number of other buildings in the Reserve including the caretakers cottage, a single storey weatherboard cottage probably dating to the early 20th century, and the Sound Shell, a small concrete block structure in the Picnic Park erected in 1971 by the Hepburn Springs Progress Association to provide an open air performance space.
How is it significant?
The Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is of historic, social, aesthetic and scientific significance to the State of Victoria
Why is it Significant?
Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve is of historical significance as an intact and authentic expression of 19th and early 20th century nature and health tourism in Victoria, made popular through the development of the country rail network and also reflected in the construction of the Mount Buffalo Chalet in 1910 (H0901) and development of the Buchan Caves Reserve in the first decades of the 20th century (H1978). The rapid rise in the popularity of the Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve in the late 19th century was specifically related to the then popular belief in the recuperative and invigorating powers of 'taking the waters'.
The Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is of historic significance as the best known and most popular of Victoria's mineral springs, in continuous use since at least the 1870s. Hepburn Springs is the only mineral spa development with a surviving 19th century bath house.
Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is of scientific significance for the geological feature of the mineral springs themselves, each of which has a unique chemical composition, and for the Reserve's association with the establishment of the network of Mineral Reserves in Victoria in the early 20th century through the Geological Survey of Victoria and its Director E. J Dunn (1904 - 1912).
The Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is of aesthetic significance as a constructed picturesque and evocative cultural landscape combining exotic, European, plantings with indigenous vegetation, exhibiting a high degree of authenticity especially in the largely intact pavilion and surviving fabric of the 19th century bath house set amid the garden landscape.
Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve is of social significance to the people of Victoria as a highly popular place of recreation and source of mineral water for public use.
Hepburn Springs Mineral Reserve is of social significance for its association with European migrant communities in Victoria, in particular the Swiss-Italian community who recognised the therapeutic value of the springs in the 19th century, who continue to have a strong attachment to the place and who contribute to the conservation of the springs through community action.
Tangnag to Khare (5100m)
Elevation: 4252m – 4940m
From Tangnag the valley becomes steeper and bends sharply to the east where we trek through the valley floor and slowly make our way past stunning high altitude peaks, amazing lakes and glaciers, in one of the great Himalayan valleys.
The path follows the lateral moraine of the Dig Glacier to Dig Kharka close to the foot of the Hinku Nup Glacier. From Dig Kharka the path passes through moraines of the Hinku Nup and Shar Glaciers before climbing steeply to Khare (5100m).
We are camping at the height of Mont Blanc!
After another soaking at Ramsbottom, we were fortunate to capture one run past in full sun at Irwell Vale.
The AMT used to run one train a day each on the Lakeshore line all the way to Rigaud, Quebec (not too far from the Ontario border). They cut this train back to Hudson in 2010. The last train to Rigaud ran on June 30, 2010. These photos were taken on the train to Rigaud 2 months before. I travelled with my girlfriend (now wife), her father (a railway consultant) and a business partner of his, as well as Marc Chouinard, a railfan and regular user of this train.
The afternoon "Garden Job" is about to cross the Mississippi River in Minneapolis MN. Red nose on the engine is a sign that the Soo Line has taken over and number 2 main out of service is another.
Check out my set "Most Interesting 500" here!
Visit my Waldorfschool/Steinerschool related pinboards here!
Approaching storm clouds over the Monitor and Merrimac buttes. The Monitor and Merrimac Buttes are 600 feet high monoliths which are so-named because of their resemblance to the two Civil War ironclad ships. .Near Moab,Utah ...3 exp hdr
Container terminal on the right and more land reclamation going on. Auto approach ILS 25R @ Barcelona.
on-screen image as seen by the Airbus A340-600's tail camera and captured by the lovely LUMIX ... more relaxing and fascinating than watching an aquarium full of fish ...
when it started raining the droplets' shapes and manic movement across the camera lens made me laugh it was so unexpected ... (so did the little girl across the aisle from me who was watching the plane on her screen as well )
... probably didn't make the pilot laugh, but then again we were just the loopy passengers who couldn't sleep in the darkened airplane cabin ... so we could be excused ... maybe!
a small wave is approaching in the very south of Mahe Island
lens: Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 mm 3.5-5.6 Asph. OIS
The view over the nose on approach to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. The massive 12,000 foot runway stretches out ahead, the Grissom Air Museum is just on the perimeter to the right and the 434th Air Refuelling Wing facility is beyond.