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The water was choppy on the Indian River in this early morning view of the Jensen Beach Causeway in Jensen Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The El Ferdan Railway Bridge: the longest swing bridge in the world (340m), crosses the Suez Canal connecting Sinai to the rest of Egypt - constructed 2001 to replace that destroyed in 1967 (Six-Day War)
At the start of 2016 I'll share a sunrise over the city of Izmir, that used to be Smyrna during the Greek period. Sunsets are more about what's ended, sunrises look forward. The words of the Risen Christ to the church in this town were "I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich!"
As a civil engineer, my contribution to the celebration of Thomas Telford's life (born 260 years ago). The bridge was built in 1809 and still does the job !
This AIA drawbridge over the Hillsboro Inlet was photographed on a cloudy day in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. See this, and more, on my werbsite at tom-claud.pixels.com.
The Fort Point lighthouse standing under the Golden Gate Bridge's arch, with the steel overhead and a quiet terrace below. The small tower looks tiny beside the huge bridge. Fort Point is a National Historic Site.
Another of my over one hundred photos of St Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Footbridge over the river Thames in London.
The bridge links Bankside to the area know as The City of London and has a beautiful view of St Paul's Cathedral as you cross northward. This photo was taken with my Canon DSLR Camera at low tide on the Thames. The photo retains it's EXIF but it's another photo where I lost the camera details downsizing it! If you have seen the Harry Potter Films you would have seen the bridge with wizards flying under and over it. I have included a link below to St Paul's wiki page for those interested in history.
Photograph of the Forth Bridge works at Inchgarvie from wind gauge on castle ruins. Here we have a picture not unlike many others, but with a rather different foreground and less detail. The staging being partially removed, the lower portion of the structure stands out boldly, and the general effect is pleasing. Sheds to the right in the foreground are those containing electric light machinery, &c, while the platform to the left is the landing stage for passenger boats, with a background conspicuous in which will be noticed top of a temporary Caisson still intact. The method adopted for supporting diagonal struts independently of chains, is here shown in the shape of the small lattice girders running parallel to the portion of bottom members directly underneath. Transcription from: Philip Phillips, 'The Forth Railway Bridge', Edinburgh, 1890.
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. Originally known as Boulder Dam from 1933, it was officially renamed Hoover Dam, for President Herbert Hoover, by a joint resolution of Congress in 1947. Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium called Six Companies, Inc., which began construction on the dam in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule. Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States by volume (when it is full). The dam is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction; nearly a million people tour the dam each year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened. As the United States developed the Southwest, the Colorado River was seen as a potential source of irrigation water. An initial attempt at diverting the river for irrigation purposes occurred in the late 1890s, when land speculator William Beatty built the Alamo Canal just north of the Mexican border; the canal dipped into Mexico before running to a desolate area Beatty named the Imperial Valley. Though water from the Imperial Canal allowed for the widespread settlement of the valley, the canal proved expensive to maintain. After a catastrophic breach that caused the Colorado River to fill the Salton Sea, the Southern Pacific Railroad spent $3 million in 1906–07 to stabilize the waterway, an amount it hoped in vain would be reimbursed by the Federal Government. Even after the waterway was stabilized, it proved unsatisfactory because of constant disputes with landowners on the Mexican side of the border. As the technology of electric power transmission improved, the Lower Colorado was considered for its hydroelectric-power potential. In 1902, the Edison Electric Company of Los Angeles surveyed the river in the hope of building a 40-foot (12 m) rock dam which could generate 10,000 horsepower (7,500 kW). However, at the time, the limit of transmission of electric power was 80 miles (130 km), and there were few customers (mostly mines) within that limit. Edison allowed land options it held on the river to lapse—including an option for what became the site of Hoover Dam. In the following years, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), known as the Reclamation Service at the time, also considered the Lower Colorado as the site for a dam. Service chief Arthur Powell Davis proposed using dynamite to collapse the walls of Boulder Canyon, 20 miles (32 km) north of the eventual dam site, into the river. The river would carry off the smaller pieces of debris, and a dam would be built incorporating the remaining rubble. In 1922, after considering it for several years, the Reclamation Service finally rejected the proposal, citing doubts about the unproven technique and questions as to whether it would in fact save money.
Photograph of the Forth Bridge under construction, birds'-eye view of Inchgarvie and surrounding country. A result obtained from the apex of Queensferry cantilever after it had reached its full height, and a novel effect well worth securing both from an engineering and artistic point of view, the occasion being that of a visit of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, as a record of which event this panoramic illustration was selected. The weather proving favourable, the Ochil Hills and the high ground in the proximity of the Firth of Tay and far beyond is shown very plainly, whilst looking across Inverkeithing Bay and to the north shore, objects appear to be immediately beneath us. The structure of Inchgarvie, and indeed the island itself, presents a most interesting spectacle, and one that will not in all likelihood be secured again for a very long time to come. Transcription from: Philip Phillips, 'The Forth Railway Bridge', Edinburgh, 1890.
Photograph of the Queensferry cantilever and 8 spans of approach viaduct. One of the few views showing approach viaduct south side, but has a slight defect in its perspective, on which account a better view was afterwords secured, and is therefore to be preferred. Transcription from: Philip Phillips, 'The Forth Railway Bridge', Edinburgh, 1890.
The Roosevelt Bridge disappears in the fog is Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
A large crane for lifting heavy concrete bridge sections alongside the new bridge over the St. Johns River at Deland, Florida, in Volusia County.
Two people working on the new highway 44 bridge over the St. Johns River in the early morning fog. The new bridge replaces the old drawbridge allowing both road and river traffic to flow unimpeded.
The lights sparkle at night at the Saint Lucie Lock and Dam in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
A view of Tower Bride up the River Thames towards central London. Photo taken on a bright, beautiful & hot day in London from Butlers Wharf with my Canon Camera. It all looks so cramped together to hence my use of "Urban Jungle"
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.
So many Yanks and others get Tower Bridge mixed up with London Bridge for some reason!
The Roosevelt Bridge glows gold on a foggy night in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
This view was photographed under the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
Pylon and beams (concrete) of the new Hwy 44 bridge over the St. Johns River at DeLand, Florida. Shot in digital infrared.
A street portrait of a civil engineering worker with a hammer in hand. He is in his years, he is skilled and experienced. His look is somewhat sly and ironic. A true master never fades away. Black and white photo.
This graffiti was photographed under an old rusty railroad trestle in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
The new Hwy 44 bridge over the Saint Johns River as seen from below. The two cranes in the background are to lift the concrete beams into place on the pylons. Shot in digital infrared where the bridge crosses the river west of DeLand, Florida.
Upper structure of the 1932 railroad swing bridge over the St. Johns River at Lake Monroe. Shot in digital infrared.
The Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum (Map) is an accredited Canadian Forces Museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum, more commonly known as The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) 'Ferret Club', traces its roots in Oshawa to 1980, having grown to become the Historic Vehicle Section of the Ontario Regiment (RCAC) Museum. The museum's maintainers are a uniquely skilled and dedicated group of volunteer civilian military vehicle enthusiasts and include several current and former members of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC), other units of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa_Military_and_Industrial_Museum]
This architectural photograph captures the monumental scale of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge from the Saint Lawrence River. The symmetrical composition uses the massive concrete piers to frame a lush green shoreline and the urban skyline of Montreal in the distance. The intricate steel and concrete structure of the bridge's underside creates a rhythmic pattern of leading lines and geometric shapes.
A Golden Gate Bridge pier rising from foggy water, with the red steel disappearing into the mist above. The still water and the pale haze give the picture a quiet, dreamlike feel. The bridge is a National Historic Landmark.
Calm water reflects the bright lights in this night shot at the Saint Lucie Lock and Dam in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The Golden Gate Bridge's steel arch rising above a rocky beach, with the sea fading into a hazy sky behind it. The red steel looks bold against the soft gray water.
The concrete beams holding up the roadbed of the new fixed bridge over the Saint Johns River at highway 44 just west of Deland, Florida. Shot in digital infrared.
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier La Cristall'in comprenant 2 bâtiments (R+2 et R+5) pour 120 logements séniors ainsi que 60 places de parking.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Est
Adresse : rue de la Digue
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2019 → 2022
â–º Architecte : Cabinet Rabolini-Schlegel
â–º Gros Å“uvre : Costantini
PC n° 54 395 18 R0074 délivré le 04/04/2019
PC modificatif n° 54 395 18 R0074 M01 délivré le 20/09/2019
PC modificatif n° 54 395 18 R0074 M02 délivré le 18/12/2019
PC modificatif n° 54 395 18 R0074 M03 délivré le 28/06/2021
Niveaux : R+2 / R+5
Hauteur R+2 : 9,07 m
Hauteur R+5 : 18,00 m
Surface de plancher : 7 566 m²
Superficie du terrain : 8 363 m²