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Trafalgar Square crossing, heading towards Big Ben and Westminster in the distance.
I love this city.
Manulla Junction to Ballina Railway Line - MP Dublin 146 3/4.
Level Crossing (XX1) on the N5 at Manulla, Mayo 18th March 2012.
6A runs Bunker First back to Belgrave and is seen from the train crossing Emarald-Beaconsfield Road.
A ride on Puffing Billy - November 2015.
45125 approaches York as it crosses the River Ouse on 27th December 1985 heading the 09:55 Scarborough to Liverpool service.
The well kept Block Shelf inside the diminutive box at Woodgate Crossing in Sussex, showing the standard SR Block Instruments and Block Switch. This lovely little Saxby & Farmer box is now history.
Mallow to Tralee Railway Line - MP Killarney Junction 46 3/4.
Level Crossing (XT121) in Ballybrack Station, Kerry 4th April 2013.
Centralia Crossing (50,724 square feet)
9801 Chester Road, Chester, VA
This shopping center was built in 1991.
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!
GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66715 'Valour' passes the former Twydall Crossing between Rainham and Gillingham at the rear of the Sittingbourne to Swanley section of the 6S03 Tonbridge to Tonbridge snow train.
GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66759 is on the front of the train.
Crossings
Part of an exhibition @OSCC13 & InWorldz
MetaTrame Project-PralineB.
Photos are taken in Dakar, Senegal & in the metaverse.
Box sign
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.
Corpach Level Crossing on the West Highland Line, in 2010 when it was an automatic open crossing (AOCL), it was converted to automatic half-barriers (AOCL+B) in 2013.
Southwark Cathedral is unique among English Anglican cathedrals in being separated by little more than a mile and the River Thames from it's neighbouring diocesian church, St Paul's. This odd arrangement derives from Southwark being a young diocese, since despite being one of London's oldest churches, it has only had cathedral status since 1905. Surprisingly the new Southwark diocese wasn't even carved out of the London one, since everything south of the Thames had traditionally been part of the Diocese of Winchester.
The site goes back to Roman times, with remains of a villa beneath the present building. A church has probably existed here since the 10th century (first recorded in the Domesday book in 1086) though the present cruciform building is mostly the result of 13th century rebuilding. The church was then known as St Mary Overie ('over the river') and served a college of priests.
Following the Reformation it was stripped of it's collegiate function and redesignated as the parish church of St Saviour. For a while the parishoners rented the building from the Crown until they were able to buy it for their own use in 1614. Certain chapels ceased to be used and the building suffered a long decline, culminating in the early 19th century when neighbouring London Bridge was being rebuilt, and road enlargement encroached on the churchyard. There were calls to demolish the church but luckily preservationists won the day, though two projecting chapels were lost at this time.
Though the east end was repaired the neglect had taken it's toll on the nave and in 1832 it's roof was removed, leaving it open to the elements for seven years until it was tragically demolished and replaced with a cheap and nasty brick substitute. Happily this was itself replaced in 1890 by the present nave by Sir Arthur Blomfield, a very successful attempt to replicate the surviving medieval choir which restored harmonyt and dignity to the building in preparation for it's rise to cathedral rank in 1905.
Today the church is a haven of peace in one of the most unsympathetic settings of any English cathedral, hemmed in by roads, car parks and a railway viaduct that passes through the former churchyard! Somewhat choked by all this developement, the exterior looks mostly Victorian, thanks to the new nave and general refacing of the older parts, except for the 15th century central tower.The interior however is a delight, and transports the visitor back to the 1200s, despite the newness of the nave and it's aisles, which blend beautifully with the medieval choir and transepts. The focal point of the interior is the high altar screen of c1520, adorned with niches containing statues (all Victorian replacements).
There are many tombs and monuments in the cathedral spanning all periods and styles, and several have been recoloured (thanks to a slightly over enthusiastic campaign in the 1960s). The most notable tombs include that of the poet John Gower (14th century) in the north aisle, and 16th century Anglican divine, Bishop Lancelot Andrewes in the choir.There is a modern monument to Shakespeare bearing his effigy (he is believed to have worshipped here,being close to the Globe and Rose theatres, his brother Edmund is buried nearby). Further medieval and later monuments are in the choir aisles, and a rich collectionn of Baroque wall tablets adorn the transepts.
The furnishings are generally Victorian, whilst the stained glass is mostly later, the most prominent being Ninian Comper's 1950s east window of Christ in glory and Henry Holiday's superb Pre-Raphaelite west window on the theme of Creation. Most of the Victorian glass was lost to wartime bombing, in it's place we have some fine modern windows in the south choir aisle by Lawrence Lee and Alan Younger, and the Shakespeare window by Christopher Webb.
At the west end is a display of medieval wooden roof bosses from the old nave (more have been reintegrated into the tower ceiling, which has a modern design by George Pace). To the north a large suite of rooms has recently been constructed to serve the cathedral's administrative functions.
A pedestrian crossing installed on Queen's Park Road in Handbridge has proved a great success with local residents.
Local Councillor Razia Daniels said: "Local people were telling me how they really needed a pedestrian crossing as the traffic can be so very busy.
Read further information on this press release: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news_and_events/press_r...
One of the most ridiculous pedestrian initiatives are the provision of bright orange flags for pedestrians to take when crossing at a marked crosswalk. This crosswalk in Dartmouth (Halifax) has signs, a zebra crossing, and even flashing lights. Yet they expect pedestrians to use these flags. That's not Zero Vision.
L to R: Sera-Lys McArthur, Gavin Hoffman, and Nathalie Standingcloud in Crossing Mnisose at The Armory.
Photo by Patrick Weishampel/blankeye.tv/Courtesy of Portland Center Stage at The Armory
Crossing Mnisose
By Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Molly Smith
Scenic Designer Todd Rosenthal
Costume Designer Alison Heryer
Lighting Designer Sarah Hughey
Composer & Sound Designer Roc Lee
Text Director &
Vocal Coach Anita Maynard-Losh
Assistant Director Devon Roberts
Fight Director Kristen Mun
Dramaturg Benjamin Fainstein
Cultural Consultant,
Yankton Sioux Nation Glenn Drapeau
Cultural Consultant,
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Lauren Cordova
Stage Manager Susan R. White
Stage Manager Mark Tynan
Production Assistants Lilo Alfaro
Alexis Ellis-Alvarez
April 13 — May 5, 2019
On the U.S. Bank Main Stage
Crossing Mnisose (“minne-show-she”) tells the story of one of America's first feminists, Sacajawea, and draws a line from a completely original view of Lewis and Clark to the present day, as descendants of the Dakota and Lakota Nations continue their fight for the Mnisose (or what Europeans named the “Missouri River”) and the lands that contain the burials of their ancestors. From celebrated playwright, activist, and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee Nation), whose Manahatta captivated audiences at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Commissioned by Portland Center Stage at The Armory | World Premiere