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I haven't been in Hopeman since this occassion. From 2007 onwards they were doing harbour works and coastal protection projects for the Highland and Moray Councils. I guess that's what is going on here.
Power to the people.
The pylons march like metal giants across the countryside to bring power to the city.
This view of the Roosevelt Bridge was seen from the boardwalk in downtown Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
I can't believe how lazy i have been in the past to go to New York to take some photos. boy that place is full of photo opportunities. i should start looking to buy a private jet which can fly me over there from Miami for sunsets and sunrises . but for now i will keep my eyes closed and keep on dreaming :-)
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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.
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.(wiki)
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George Washington Creef Memorial Park in Manteo, North Carolina is a picture perfect location nestled into the calm waters of the Shallowbag Bay, making it a local attraction for those visiting the revitalized downtown Manteo. The park contains a several attractions of interest that include the centerpiece that is the fourth version of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, the Manteo Weather Tower once used to display signal flags to warn mariners of any weather concerns, a floating gazebo with an excellent view of the Elizabeth II replica ship docked at the Roanoke Island Festival Park, and a Helical Screw Pile (as seen in the photograph above) used in the 3rd version of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse constructed in 1877 and decommissioned in 1955. There is a informational panel (also seen above) that gives some details and shows 'drawings' of the screw pile from different views (plan view, profile view, a cutaway view, and end views). In each corner is The Town of Manteo logo and the Coastal Studies Institute of the University of North Carolina logo.
Seeing this historic piece of engineering, especially as a civil engineer myself, is fascinating! Understanding the engineering behind the item seen above and how it is the structural component that 'holds up' a lighthouse sticking up out of the water in the middle of the Croatan Sound (original location of the 3rd version of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse) is just a small part of the fascination...the real interest is in the fact that the piece of engineering seen above is nearly 150 years old, was recovered from its original location at the bottom of Croatan Sound where it supported the lighthouse, and is now on display in Manteo. That is also an interesting feat of engineering by itself...I hope you all enjoy as much as I did!
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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View of the Metro Bridge across the River Tyne nearing completion, June 1978 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/CN11163A).
Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turners Ltd.
The firm had an excellent reputation and was regularly commissioned by local businesses to take photographs of their products and their premises. Turners also sometimes took aerial and street views on their own account and many of those images have survived, giving us a fascinating glimpse of life in the North East of England in the second half of the Twentieth Century.
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i Just love the way this sunset photo turned out. that evening i spent in Brooklyn bridge park was one of most cooperative evenings i could have asked for :)
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Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South Korea
Shot from the water looking westward, this frame captures the Bay Bridge's eastern span in a way that reveals something most commuters never appreciate: the sheer sequential drama of its tower geometry. What reads from shore as a single continuous structure is actually two distinct bridge types stitched together at Yerba Buena Island — a suspension span on the west side connecting to San Francisco, and a cantilever truss on the east. This photo catches the western suspension segment mid-frame, with the characteristic X-braced towers — a detail that differentiates the Bay Bridge from the cleaner, more iconic A-frame pylons of the Golden Gate. Charles Purcell's 1936 engineering achievement was, at the time of completion, the longest steel high-level bridge in the world. The low waterline vantage flattens the deck against the sky, making the cable catenary curves sing against those wispy cirrus formations. The Oakland Hills rolling behind the anchorage and the faint East Bay industrial waterfront bleeding into haze on the right give the image genuine geographic specificity — this isn't just any bridge shot, it's unmistakably the working crossing of the Bay.
Chantier d'élargissement à 3 voies de l’autoroute A3 au niveau de Livange Roeser avec le réaménagement de l'échangeur de Livange et l'élargissement du viaduc de Livange.
P R É S E N T A T I O N
Aménagements : 2025 → 2026
Coût : 30 000 000 €
L O C A L I S A T I O N
Pays : Luxembourg🇱🇺
Ville : Livange Roeser
This is an older photo of The London Eye that I love even though the Perspex in top left of photo is smeared with dirt. The pods are really roomy, airconditioned for comfort and not overpacked with people. As I said above the outside of my pods Perspex needed cleaning but I still had a great view of London.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. It has been featured numerous times in popular culture.
The structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft). When it opened to the public in 2000 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel, until the 160-metre (525 ft) Star of Nanchang in China surpassed it in 2006. Unlike taller wheels, the Eye is cantilevered and supported solely by an A-frame on one side. The Eye was the highest public viewing point in London until 2013, when it was surpassed by the 245-metre (804 ft) View from The Shard observation deck.
The London Eye adjoins the western end of Jubilee Gardens (previously the site of the former Dome of Discovery), on the South Bank of the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge beside County Hall, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The nearest tube station is Waterloo.
Design and construction
Supported by an A-frame on one side only, the Eye is described by its operators as a cantilevered observation wheel.
The London Eye was designed by the husband-and-wife team of Julia Barfield and David Marks of Marks Barfield Architects. The rim of the Eye is supported by tensioned steel cables and resembles a huge spoked bicycle wheel. The lighting was re-done with LED lighting from Color Kinetics in December 2006 to allow digital control of the lights as opposed to the manual replacement of gels over fluorescent tubes.
Mace was responsible for construction management, with Hollandia as the main steelwork contractor and Tilbury Douglas as the civil contractor. Consulting engineers Tony Gee & Partners designed the foundation works while Beckett Rankine designed the marine works.
Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners assisted The Tussauds Group in obtaining planning and listed building consent to alter the wall on the South Bank of the Thames. They also examined and reported on the implications of a Section 106 agreement attached to the original contract, and also prepared planning and listed building consent applications for the permanent retention of the attraction, which involved the co-ordination of an Environmental Statement and the production of a planning supporting statement detailing the reasons for its retention.
The spindle, hub, and tensioned cables that support the rim
The wheel was constructed in sections which were floated up the Thames on barges and assembled lying flat on piled platforms in the river. Once the wheel was complete it was lifted into an upright position by a strand jack system made by Enerpac. It was first raised at 2 degrees per hour until it reached 65 degrees, then left in that position for a week while engineers prepared for the second phase of the lift.
The project was European with major components coming from six countries: the steel was supplied from the UK and fabricated in the Netherlands by Hollandia, the cables came from Italy, the bearings came from Germany (FAG/Schaeffler Group), the spindle and hub were cast in the Czech Republic, the capsules were made by Poma in France (and the glass for these came from Italy), and the electrical components from the UK
Today we were organised and headed out to go for a family day at Anderton Boat Lift.
Sat Nav managed to direct us to a domestic housing estate and proudly declared that Anderton Boat Lift was on the right... we had stern words with it and a quick google of the correct postcode got us to our destination.
My daughter has since been telling her friends that we've been on a cruise today... I haven't the heart to break it to her.
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 cross northward. These photos were taken after the first Covid-19 lockdown and London was empty of tourists and locals. It was like a ghost town. If you have seen the Harry Potter Films you would have seen the bridge with wizards flying under and over it.
Tunkhannock Viaduct
Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Viaduct is a concrete deck arch railroad bridge on the Nicholson Cutoff rail segment of the Norfolk Southern Railway Sunbury Line that spans Tunkhannock Creek. Measuring 2,375 feet long and towering 240 feet when measured from the creek bed (300 feet from bedrock), it was the largest concrete structure in the world when completed in 1915.
Originally constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the structure was designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1975. The bridge continues to be used daily for regular freight railway service.
This image was derived from an original Kodachrome slide that I shot on February 17, 1989.
The new bridge rising over the St. Johns River next to the lower old bridge. No more waiting for the bridge to go up (if you're a boat) or come down (if you're a car). Shot in digital infrared.
The longest Pleasure Pier in the World, Southend Pier. Waiting to watch the starling murmurations, they were at this point huddled on the pier.
The remains of the old (1932) railway bridge over the St Johns river in DeBary, Florida. Shot in digital infrared.
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.