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I rarely shoot the full sun. But it happened to be in the path of where I was shooting – just behind this park bench.
Now an award winning set of holiday cottages, this was just one of Scarborough Corporation Waterworks Pumping Station's, built in 1871.
This Benchmark style table was customized to be 42"wide x 120"long x 42"h with the standard 2" thick top. Planking, medium distressing, hand worn edges, and Ruff Sawn sanding were options chosen.
The coordinating stools chosen were 10) 30"h Richland stationary sides with wood seats. Medium distressing and worn edges were done to match the table.
Brown Maple/Kona stain
There is a benchmark on the NW end of the main farm house. The farm stands at the southern end of the parish of Shipton under Wychwood.
In the fields behind the farm stands the Gibbet Tree, a place where wrong doers were displayed in the Middle Ages.
A Global Positioning System setup on a benchmark on the top of the NOAA Sentinel at Shell Beach, Louisiana. NOAA Sentinels are water-level observing stations which have been strengthened to deliver real-time storm tide data during severe coastal events. Built to withstand category four hurricanes, these structures maintain an incredible presence, given their size and stature, along the Gulf coast.
To learn more about benchmarks and observing water levels, visit:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
What Are Tides?, (Diving Deeper audio podcast)
(Original source: National Ocean Service Image Gallery)