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If you knew how rarely I come across a Hawk of any kind perched on a fence post near the side of a road! Or else I see one, but can't stop on a busy road. So, I was delighted when I saw this young Swainson's Hawk basking in the sun, when I was on my way home from photographing a Great Gray Owl, NW of the city. I had noticed that my photos weren't coming out "right" when I checked them in camera, so I decided to take my chance and get out of the car. Fortunately, the Hawk stayed right there and my out-of-car photos were totally different. I'm not sure why the earlier shots, taken from inside my car, came out dark and horribly grainy. Just so glad I decided to get out.
My thoughts are with Americans everywhere, today, as they celebrate Memorial Day. I, too, thank all those who have made sacrifices, around the world, so that the rest of us can live in freedom.
Sometimes when you're taking photos in the street you get lucky when someone wearing the perfect coat (for a black and white photograph) walks in to shot.
A coop in western SD took over a small power company, and several of the towns in this coop's system have 2400V distribution systems.
And yes, that is a 35kV-class post supporting the jumper wire!
I never understood why they doubled up on the conductors down below and not on the posts up above.
And yes, it was VERY windy that day!
This is what I call a "turret" switch - two 2-way switches mounted back to back on the same tower. These turn up once in a great while across Minnkota's vast territory. I know of a pair of such towers elsewhere in ND on their 69kV system I need to get a good shot of.
The branch going off to the left serves a small 115/41.6kV sub for Otter Tail Power while the branch on the right is a new 115kV circuit that was erected in 2001 and links two sections of Minnkota's 115kV system.
For Our Daily Challenge - Light Source
Johnson City Texas
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Nothing like a pile of dachshunds for Christmas portraits. (L to R: Gracie, Freckles, ZigZag (front), Roxie (back)). .
An interesting pole where the line comes up, passes through a set of reclosers (circuit breakers), then returns underground.
Deserted and derelict empty Cooperative store in Furnival Gate.
This store has been empty for 20 (?) years. It was used briefly by TK Maxx when they refurbished their Church Street store but otherwise its only use has been as a gallery with photos presented in the large windows.
It would have been demolished had the original Sevenstone city centre redevelopment gone ahead pre-2008 slump
being a locomotive geek this engine has been on my "to shoot" list for awhile. United Cooperative ( ex FFG&C, ex Kyle , ex IC ) GP28 # 1828 at Dewey, IL November 11th 2013. Thanks to the folks at United Coop for firing unit up and pulling it outdoors for photos
I visited Choshi, Chiba, Japan where it is one of most famous place for its fish. There are a large society of fisheries cooperative(Gyokyo in Japanese) that fisherman in Choshi belongs. There are a lot of building of Fisheries cooperative and people working there. I found it fun to viewing and watching them, as fish is my favourite food :)
日本屈指の漁港として有名な銚子に行ってきました。海の無い県で生まれた魚好きな私にとって、銚子の風景は新鮮で興味深いものでした。
[ Nikon D4, Nikon Ai AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED, f/4.0, 1/1250sec, ISO100 ]
Most of the cooperativefarm communitys have also their own stores and shops beside their agriculture enviroments, theathers, schools and kindergardens.
DPRK, Sept 2011, (scanned slide)
This one almost landed to close for my focal length. You can get some nice feather detail when they're this cooperative.
A crossarm-hung transformer - something not often seen in this day and age. Also note the insulator brackets on the streetlight pole.
Built in 1956 as ATSF EMD GP9 #710, in early 19070’s renumbered to 2910, then rebuilt in late 1970’s as a GP9u and renumbered #2256. Retired in 2000 and sold to the Harvest States Cooperative in Mitchell, South Dakota. The elevator is in view behind the engine on the right side of the photo.
A pole with a glass insulator on the tap lead and a glass-cased arrester on an old Line Materials can.
The remains of a branch pole East River Electric added to an Otter Tail Power circuit around 2009.
East River built a new branch of its own 69kV system in 2020 to take over service to their substation across the road. The splices mark the location of one of the two switch poles removed from the line after the cutover.
One of the more interesting coop subs I've seen, with each circuit exiting the low side and then making a vertical corner.
A transposition structure on a line near the Jamestown substation. My guess is they realized the phase sequence was different when they built a line into this substation from another one further north.
In the background are a pair of 230kV lattice towers heading west to Bismarck on the way to the Garrison Dam.
Right City -Cooperative at Wright,KS just east of Dodge City, KS uses this unusual duo to load cars at there elevator on BNSF Lajunta subdivision. ex Norfolk Southern TC10 # 101 and ex Burlington Northern GP9B # 1702 May 19th 2013
Visit to Hershey Gardens. Not much growing outside, but the butterfly and orchid exhibits inside were lovely.
Photograph by Beth Hayes (P.H.S) Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/
A well stocked shop at the Chonsam Cooperative Farm near Wonsan. There are things to buy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
A heavy transformer bank downtown, and in the back is a line that has been modified over the years to use the coop's preferred 24.9kV-class insulation, while the other poles remain as they were while the system was owned by Central Electric & Telephone Co.
It is rare to see a 4-way line junction and even rarer to have all three phases connected by a nearly circular jumper. Someone took pride in their work putting this together.
Also known as the Vurnik House. Designed by Ivan Vurnik (in the 1930s) and painted by his wife Helena. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This was probably the last line in the state to use tie-top, 3-part multiparts. There are a few other lines using 3-part multipart insulators, but those run at 69kV and have a clamp to hold the wire.
Cream terracotta faience was the choice for the new central premises of Stockport Industrial Co-operative Society in 1926. The design was by local architectural partnership Wrathmell and Blackshaw.
an eight-spotted skimmer, Libellula forensis. Thanks to Jim McCulloch for the I.D.! The dragonflies were most cooperative that day. It was such fun!
Delano, Jack,, photographer.
FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative, planting tomatoes on his farm in the hills, vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico
1942 Jan.
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Tomatoes
Cooperatives
Farm relief
United States--Puerto Rico--Yauco
Format: Slides--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-25 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34048
Call Number: LC-USF35-494
Part of a grounding line for the 400kV DC system. It seems that given the ongoing mining in the area, they cannot risk the ground for the DC converter being in an area liable to be excavated for mining, so this line runs to a point a few miles northwest of the plant.
Cassin's 13-year Cicada - Magicicada tredecassini (female, male)
This mating pair was located conveniently next to a trail just below waist height. One of many thousands of this species at this site, as I saw in 2011 and 1998.
Video of this pair at:
References
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/510851
The triple-circuit end structure doesn't look so impressive without the third line. Now that Central Power took its circuit out of the middle, I am almost certain that ownership of the remainder of the line has passed to Otter Tail Power, as the two remaining lines go right into their system.
Vintage postcard view of the Hawarden Apartments, an historic landmark at 1419 R Street NW. Architect and builder George S. Cooper constructed the building in 1901.
This is part of a larger Album about a feeding frenzy involving over 100 American white pelicans. See:
www.flickr.com/photos/dcstep/albums/72157658338880184/wit...