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Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is a small unincorporated village located in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as "Taylorsville," it is most famous for Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. It is also the location of the headquarters of Washington Crossing Historic Park. It is directly across the river from Titusville, New Jersey, to which it is connected by the Washington Crossing Bridge.
45231 crossing the Weaver Navigation at Northwich with The North Wales Express. The railway style semaphores here once controlled access to the locks. 4th August 2013
When I first spotted this interesting limpet arrangement it immediately reminded me of a massive herd of nervous and agitated, migrating Wildebeest, amassed in their tens of thousands, at a Mara river crossing, desperate to cross the dangerous, crocodile infested, waters, so to continue on with their epic, annual migratory journey towards the Serengeti plains.
It's on my bucket list to someday witness such an event but I'm sure the limpet version is probably as close to a Maasai Mara safari trip as I will ever get. Excuse me while I go and check my lottery ticket, again :-)
"7 Days of Shooting" "Week #7" "Crossings" "Shoot Anything Saturday"
We were goofing off... I was taking pictures and Eric making faces...
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...and when I downloaded and saw this shot, it reminded me of a one-page short story I wrote back in 2004! I won't quote the whole thing but here is the beginning of the story ~
He smiled seraphically as the tiny creature flared out lightly onto the tip of his long aquiline nose. His usual response would have been to brush the creature aside with only a cursory glance and return to his reading. After all, Jonathan was an outstanding entomologist, and could identify hundreds of thousands of little creatures on the fly. However, the touch of this creature’s feet
— he supposed that they weren’t paws — gave him a thrill of pleasure. His nose tingled, but didn’t itch. His ears chimed quietly. His nostrils took in the faint aroma of newly opened rose buds and nutmeg.
“What on earth can this be?” he wondered. His eyes crossed as he tried to focus on the end of his nose. His eyes were myopic, but not that myopic. All he could make out was a fuzz of something slightly golden and something slightly pink. Maybe, too, there was a blur of what could have been insect wings. “Well,” he murmured to himself, “It’s not a bluebottle (Calliphora vicina) or a dragonfly (suborder Anisoptera)!”
“The very idea!” The voice was so quiet it seemed to come from inside his head. “I’m not a dragon and I’m not a bottle!” Quiet, it was, but indignant...
I noticed this elderly woman, carefully navigating her way across Columbus Avenue at 72nd Street. She moved pretty slowly, but made it all the way across before the light changed...
In a hustly-bustly city like New York, it's very easy to become impatient with slow-moving elderly people like this, especially when they're navigating their way in and out of crowded places like subway entrances or busses. But I've often been struck by how resolute and determined they are, in their efforts to get from their lonely little apartments to the grocery store down the street, where they can use their discount coupons to purchase meager meals on a limited Social Security income.
Most of them are quite alone, without any assistance at all; and I think it's very brave of them to operate so independently, even though it often takes them hours to accomplish a small errand that younger people could zoom through in a matter of minutes. So I try to cut them some slack, offer them some patience and a smile, and make sure I hold the door open for them a little longer than I normally would...
Note: this photo was published in a Mar 12, 2009 blog entitled "Study: Seniors Hit By Cars 40 Times More Often Than Kids...." It was also published in a Dec 14, 2010 blog titled "Getting Your Content Thing Started – A Newsletter Article." And it was published in a Jan 5, 2011 blog titled Discount Computer Warehouse, The Exact." It was also published in an undated (early Dec 2011) Discount Coats blog titled "Images of the fresh coats Discount Women."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an Apr 4, 2013 blog titled "Making cities work better for the aged." It was alsop ublished in a Dec 22, 2013 blog titled "In order to derive the maximum benefit the wise thing is to take care of others."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Every year when summer arrives in Dubai (yes, it’s already 40 Celsius outside!), my mind starts to wonder, thinking about all the places with better weather that I could be enjoying. Photography in Dubai over the summer also slows down a lot so I get a chance to post more images from my recent (and not so recent) trips.
More than a year ago, I spent a few days on a safari in Tanzania and the experience was every bit as amazing as I have imagined. During the first day while driving through the Tarangire National Park, we came across this heard of elephants crossing one of the many rivers. In the group there were a couple of baby elephants who were way to small compared to the depth of the river and it was so cool to see the full-grown elephants waiting for them or trying to find a new route suitable for the little ones.
To view the original shot (straight from the camera) visit the blog entry here: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/?p=3488
Much of the world has similar, but distinctively different, signs for road crossings. So, I want to build a collection of them.
I currently have the following taken by myself:
France + France (2),
Hungary + Hungary (2) + Hungary (3),
Kosovo + Kosovo (2),
Plus some unofficial variations:
I also know of the following others on Flickr:
Help me find a complete set. Please comment or message me if you know of others!
Harlescott Crossing box interior
Harlescott Crossing box is situated on the edge of Shrewsbury and in theory worked to Crewe Bank but this had effectively been switched out for the previous five years when this photo was taken thus it normally worked to Crewe Junction. In the opposite direction it worked to Wem. The box again is clearly of London North Western origin containing a 38 lever stirrup handle frame. It dates from 1882 but looks as if it has been extended at some stage in it's life.
Seen on Thursday 4th October 2012 in it's 130th year.
Over the weekend of Friday 11th October 2013 to Monday 14th October 2013 the boxes at Nantwich Station, Wrenbury, Prees, Wem, Harlescott Crossing and Crewe Bank between Crewe Gresty Lane and Shrewsbury Crewe Junction were abolished. Whitchurch box had been demolished some time previously although the signals were still extant but bagged over. Crewe Bank had not been rostered since August 2007.
The last train to be signalled under AB working was 6V71 the Carlisle – Margam limestone, the signaller at Crewe Junction knocked out at 23.13 with the possession granted at 23.58. Harlescott Crossing sent 7 5 5 at midnight for the final time and absolute block working formally came to an end at 00.20 on Saturday 12th October 2013 after something in the region of 130+ years.
The Crewe – Shrewsbury line was chosen as one of two test lines for the installation of “modular signalling” which as I understand it aims to significantly reduce the cost of re signalling. Cheap single head fibreglass post signals devoid of ladders allied to obstacle detection level crossings all controlled and monitored from a new IECC (integrated electronic control centre) or ROC (Route operating centre) seem to form the backbone of the system. The system clearly was not straight forward as the implementation of the scheme has been postponed several times and indeed when I took these photo’s in October 2012 the closure was expected two weeks later, in reality it was deferred by a further year.
I remember a book,Two Log Crossing, as a teen, it discussed a dangerous journey in the Alaskan winter. It railed about the danger of a single log crossing over water. As if a two log crossing would not be dangerous! I think I will stay on this side of James Creek, thank you. It does not look like much of a stream but it is way overloaded now and could immediately sweep you off your feet and kill you an boulders is a few feet. I'll pass.
This shot is taken from the old Ward Road which runs just next to the tumult at places. The road is closed to motorized travel above Jamestown and is near the last habitable cabin above the closure. There are still several weeks of run off until the stream settles down. Summer in the high country often waits until July.
The canyon is steep and narrow and it seems like the winds don't reach down into the twisting canyon. I find the fly fishing is better when the drop approaches 6% and slows as the grade flattens. When encountered the Merc's Happy Hour, residents of Jamestown call the area a banana belt. I'd like to think a summer spent here would be mellow. I need to make another foray up the creek sometime soon.
Old wagons would have been in SLOW freight service on the old Ward Road where I am standing, supplying goods to the area mining camps like New Providence up ahead and Ward, on Peak-to-Peak Hwy. Recently, Phil and I could not spot the remains of New Providence on Google even though we have been there and poked around the remains.
I drove to the old mining town of Jamestown, Boulder County, Colorado and after shooting "The Merc," headed up James Creek carrying the big camera. I was on a mission to snag some shots at Jamestown. Early on I spied this scene near the creek. It is nearly surrounded by green. Originally, James Creek did not carry the water it does today. I suspect that a water diversion added water to the creek originally to run the Wano ore mill above the town. There is a second diversion a short way up the stream. It directed water around to the mill on the hillside. The old Wano mill is long gone now. A lot of this camp probably dates from after the demonitization of silver and attention returned to gold.
Thunder storms were slowly building. Jamestown has the hill in the background up to the Golden Age mine, There is one tree remaining on the hiill, left from a recent serious fire. Jamestown was an early mountain town started just after the gold rush. I wanted to look for possible scenes I have yet to discover. I opted for this scene under the coming overcast. I hoped the sky would present possibilities later. I knew I'd have some work to try to contain the range so I extracted three layers. I wandered up the creek and took some detail shots that were available,
The famous Shibuya street crossing outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Every few minutes, hundreds of people mass at the busy metropolis roadsides, ready for the green light to cross. This photo tries to capture that hectic moment during a busy Tokyo afternoon.
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Transport for Wales Maesteg to Gloucester service with 153361 and 153910 approaches Lydney crossing whilst diverted CrossCountry 221133 heads in the opposite direction bound for Bristol temple Meads from Manchester Piccadilly. 20 December 2023.
Hall Road crossing being converted into locally controlled barriers on Sunday 6th March 1983.
The PPE of 41 years ago was a world away from today. No hard hats, glasses, full coats or over-trousers - all obligatory stuff whilst working in an engineering environment on the modern railway. Even the HV vests that the P/way blokes are wearing in this shot are of the button up type, superseded by Velcro ones sometime in the late eighties.
Taken at 2032 hrs this evening, 66546 (again!) approaches Norwood Crossing with 6F98 2000 Thoresby Colliery to West Burton. First time I have ever managed a north bound shot here, could really do with one an hour earlier but hey ho, it'll have to do! 29th May 2015.
Chapel Lane Crossing signal box by the Up line alongside Chapel Lane level crossing at Parbold. Tuesday 30th June 1987
Chapel Lane Crossing was a London Midland & Scottish Railway Company hut fitted with a 5 lever London Midland Region Standard frame that was opened by British Railways as a non block post in 1952 or 1953 replacing an 1877 installation. The hut was demolished and a portable building was placed around the lever frame in December 2000. The signal box closed on 10th October 2024 and was replaced by a MCB-OD level crossing controlled from Parbold signal box
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Dublin to Galway (MGWR) Railway Line - MP Broadstone 62 3/4.
Level Crossing (XG074) in Lisnagree, Westmeath 25th May 2013.
Fitzroy Crossing is a small town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 400 km east of Broome and 300 km west of Halls Creek. It is approximately 2,524 km from the state capital of Perth.
It is 114 m above sea level and is situated on a low rise surrounded by the vast floodplains of the Fitzroy River and its tributary Margaret River. In 2006 the population of the Fitzroy Crossing town-site was approximately 1,500, with a further 2,000 or so people living in up to 50 aboriginal communities scattered throughout the Fitzroy Valley. About 80% of the Fitzroy Valley population were indigenous Australians with a split of closer to 60/40 (aboriginal/settler) in the townsite. Tourism, cattle stations and mining are the main industries in the area.
One of the first European explorers of the Kimberly area was Alexander Forrest and his party in 1879, following the Fitzroy River to its junction with the Margaret River at Geikie George. The party then travelled east as far as Darwin. Following this exploration, around 1882, the first sheep stations were established around the mouth of the Fitzroy and the next couple of years saw the stations move out west with Noonkanbah and Quanbun opening up in 1886.
The area was finally settled in 1886 by Mr McDonald when he set up the Fossil Downs cattle station. This was following a three-year, 3,500 mile trek from Goulburn, New South Wales.
Fitzroy Crossing received its first bridge in 1935; which was built up into a more substantial structure in 1958. However this bridge could be closed for months during the monsoonal summer. In 1974 a new bridge was built 200 meters south of the crossing which moved the focus of the settlement from its original site.
The town was gazetted in 1975, but had been shown on maps since 1903.
Crossings
Part of an exhibition @OSCC13 & InWorldz
MetaTrame Project-PralineB.
Photos are taken in Dakar, Senegal & in the metaverse.
I loved the crazy looks of that little girl, with the huge sunglasses in a completely cloudy day and how they crossed Canal St. when they were not supposed to do it.