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A view of the three main buildings of the Peoria Waterworks constructed between 1890-91 and 1913. On the left is the Richardsonian Romanesque Pumping Station #1, and on the right i the Main Well House. Both structures were erected in 1890-91. The center building, Pumping Station #2, was erected in 1913. All three buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
History: In 1843 the Illinois State legislature chartered the Peoria Water Company. The system remained publicly owned until 1890 when the entire system belonging to the City was sold to two eastern capitalists who agreed to straighten out the utility's finances and construct needed additional facilities.
The new owners reconstructed the entire water system at this site along the Illinois River less than 5 miles north of downtown Peoria. The three principle buildings are shown above. The complex is still in use today and is owned and operated by American Water, a public utility company operating in the United States and Canada founded in 1886.
With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.
A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.
One of the best locations to view Fall color along the Illinois River is from Peoria's famous Grandview Drive atop the Illinois River bluffs. Grandview Drive is a two and a half mile scenic road with adjacent parking areas through Peoria and Peoria Heights, Illinois. One of the first "linear parks" of its time, the park was designed by landscape architects Oscar F. Dubius and Frederic Klein. The residential area on the west of Grandview Drive, opposite the river, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district in 1996.
While in his post-presidency, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Peoria's Grandview Drive as the "World's Most Beautiful Drive" during a 1910 visit. An exaggeration, the drive nevertheless offers gorgeous views of the Illinois River and its valley, along with views of some of the most prestigious and historic homes in the area.
In this view the camera is pointed toward the ENE, and on the other side of the river is the northwestern Tazewell County. The white tower seen in the distance along the right edge of this frame reveals the location of the Caterpillar Proving Ground. Caterpillar Inc. is the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer, and this location is the company's heavy equipment playground.
With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.
A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.
In 1843 the Illinois State legislature chartered the Peoria Water Company. The system remained publicly owned until 1890 when the entire system belonging to the City was sold to two eastern capitalists who agreed to straighten out the utility's finances and construct needed additional facilities.
The new owners reconstructed the entire water system at this site along the Illinois River less than 5 miles north of downtown Peoria. The three principle buildings were constructed between 1890-91 and 1913. This view shows the Richardsonian Romanesque style Pumping Station #1, which was constructed in 1890-91. I encourage you to zoom in and check out the gargoyles on the roof!
Pumping Station #1, along with Pumping Station #2 and the Main Well House were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The complex is still in use today and is owned and operated by American Water, a public utility company operating in the United States and Canada founded in 1886.
With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.
A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.
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"Peoria Waterworks" and "Peoria, Illinois" on Wikipedia, both retrieved on June 9, 2022.
While in his post-presidency, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Peoria's Grandview Drive as the "World's Most Beautiful Drive" during a 1910 visit. An exaggeration, the drive nevertheless offers gorgeous views of the Illinois River and its valley, along with views of some of the most prestigious and historic homes in the area.
Grandview Drive is a two and a half mile scenic road with adjacent parking areas through Peoria and Peoria Heights, Illinois. One of the first "linear parks" of its time, the park was designed by landscape architects Oscar F. Dubius and Frederic Klein. The residential area on the west of Grandview Drive, opposite the river, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district in 1996.
With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.
A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.
Kayal jolted awake as the ground convulsed beneath her—this quake was no ordinary tremor. It was deeper, angrier, and unmistakably targeted.
As she picked up her belongings that were knocked to the floor she thought to herself the reptilians must have detected her arrival yesterday and were zeroing in on her VDD signal. How long would her shelter last?
Adrienne’s cryptic notes had pointed to a desert mound south of the Four Corners—a possible threshold into the underground network. That would be her starting point.
In the meantime, she’d monitor her VDD for jump activity from her double and Adrienne. She had to link up with them soon.
She recalibrated the signature on her VDD—ensuring it diverged from the one her double carried. A safeguard to prevent the devices from interfering with each other again, when and if she was able to meet up with her and Adrienne.
Then she keyed in the coordinates from Adrienne’s notes adjusting to land a quarter mile from the mound and jumped.
But when she recovered from the jump, there was no mound.
Instead, the horizon bristled with earthmoving equipment and clouds of dust. She crouched low, inching forward through the sand, watching as crews excavated the spot where the mound should’ve stood. Military vehicles jammed the distant road, and among the soldiers, reptilians moved freely. No disguises. No hesitation. Their infiltration was complete.
She jumped between dimensions where she couldn’t be detected and hiked toward the activity.
The terrain was scarred and unnatural. Craters pocked the earth, some scorched black, others fused into glassy hollows. A chemical stench hung in the air, acrid and alien.
She weaved between machinery, noting the depth of the excavation—stories deep, a monumental effort. Then came the shout: “Passage reopened!”
She froze as a cluster of reptilians emerged from the pit.
Nearby, a group of officers and reptilians conferred. Their words drifted toward her: reinforcements were being sent to secure Site 39N. One reptilian hissed about a critical event expected to start in the next 6 days and the place must be absolutely secure. Kayla was curious.
Then came the helicopters.
Three massive CH-47 Chinook helicopters thundered in from the north. About ninety soldiers had assembled and boarded with full gear. Kayla, still hidden, slipped onto the last one.
The rotors roared, kicking up a massive dust cloud and the desert shrank beneath them, they veered west—toward something she hoped would be a clue to the nest
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A former waterpark in the Mojave Desert 20 miles east of Barstow, CA, has been abandoned several times since it opened in 1962. It last closed in 2004 and devolved into a destination for graffiti artists and skateboarders. We have stopped here several times, each time the buildings were different. During our last visit, earlier in 2022, we spoke with a woman who said her company was redeveloping the location into a racetrack, concert venue and graffiti contest site. A large portion of the former waterpark had been demolished and earthmoving equipment was busy pushing dirt around the area. I tried to determine whether her plans for the site had come to fruition but was unable to determine anything in a google search. If these buildings still stand, I am confident more graffiti will recover the surfaces again.
Ground, Road and Water Works. Grond-,Weg- en Waterwerken. Boden-, Straßen- und Wasserarbeiten.Travaux terrestres, routiers et hydrauliques.
Grond-,Weg- en Waterwerken.
The Art Deco touches on a brilliantly Gordon Buerhig designed 1934 J MURPHY LWB CUSTOM BEVERLY SEDAN, One of 12 Murphy Beverlys built.
Launched at the 1928 New York Auto Show, the Duesenberg Model J was the result of a design process influenced by both Duesenberg's rich racing heritage and owner Errett Lobban Cord's demands. Cord envisioned the new Duesenberg to be the greatest American car ever. No expense was spared and a legend was created by the design team led by Fred Duesenberg. Today the name Duesenberg alone makes many automotive enthusiasts' hearts beat faster.
Duesenberg first stunned the world in 1921 by winning the French Grand Prix, the first and only American manufacturer to ever win the event. The three litre racer featured a state of the art eight cylinder engine and hydraulic drum brakes all-round. In the same year Duesenberg entered the passenger car market with the Model A. Many of the features that made the Grand Prix racer successful were found on the road car as well. The Model A was the first road car ever to be fitted with hydraulically operated drum brakes all-round.
Unlike the racing Duesenbergs, the road cars were not an immediate success. The Duesenberg brothers were great designers and engineeers, but their business and marketing talents were limited. Poor sales results pushed Duesenberg on the verge of bankruptcy. E.L. Cord stepped in and bought the company in 1926. Cord decided to abandon the nimble Model A and requested Fred Duesenberg to design a large, luxurious and powerful chassis to be bodied by various coach-builders.
Dubbed Model J, the new Duesenberg was equipped with a wide variety of technical novelties.
An ingenious lubrication system was installed, which automatically started lubricating various parts of the chassis after sixty to eighty miles. Two lights on the dashboard indicated the lubrication progress and two others lit up at 750 and 1500 miles indicating the need for an oil change and battery check respectively.
It's the engine that really made the Model J stand out from its competition. With 32 valves, double overhead camshafts and a detachable head the eight cylinder engine was the most advanced engine ever designed in the United States. Displacing just under 6.9 litres, the engine produced an earthmoving 265 bhp, more than could be tested on any contemporary dynometer. Although the engine was designed by Fred Duesenberg, it was constructed by specialised engine-builder Lycoming, which was also recently acquired by E.L. Cord. An increase of 55 bhp was achieved by adding a Supercharger. Only a handful of supercharged Model Js were constructed and they are today commonly known as the Model SJ, a name never used by Duesenberg themselves.
Officially Duesenberg constructed rolling-chassis for coach-builders to body. A rolling chassis usually included all mechanical parts, the dashboard, front fenders, radiator grille, running boards, bumpers and optional swiveling spotlights. The chassis were shipped to coach-builders to be fitted with a body or the other way around. To make sure a wide variety of bodies was available at the launch, a blue-print of the upcoming car was sent to all major coach-builders six months before the New York show. From 1930 Duesenberg ordered bodies in small batches and offered complete cars.
Production ceased in 1937 because of the depression and for a number of specific reasons. The Model J's development grounded to a halt in 1932, when Fred Duesenberg died from the results of a car crash. By 1937 the chassis and gearbox were ancient compared to the competition and a thorough redesign was needed to bring Duesenberg back on top once more. The Cord company had lost interest in Duesenberg, E.L. Cord had left the company and with him went the enthusiasm required to keep a brand like Duesenberg alive.
Today the Model J is considered to be one of the most legendary cars ever constructed.
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Ground, Road and Water Works. Grond-,Weg- en Waterwerken. Boden-, Straßen- und Wasserarbeiten.Travaux terrestres, routiers et hydrauliques.
It's no Lou Noble portrait but the model was good to work with.
At the moment, I find it more difficult to find a Desert Tortoise than a Desert Bighorn Sheep. This is my only wild Desert Tortoise portrait. Before this, I'd only seen them in zoos. This photo was shot at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reservation along State Route 58 near Barstow, California. Minutes before I arrived, someone else had gotten too close and made this animal pull into its shell. After they walked away, I snapped on a long lens and shot this from maybe fifteen or twenty feet away. I walked a very wide circle around it. The animal was starting to relax after being startled by earlier fans. I don't feed 'em. If I get close enough to make them change direction, I'm too close.
It's surprising how many miles of tortoise fence have been installed in the Mojave Desert so these animals can avoid contact with Michelins, Goodyears, and Bridgestones. There are miles and miles of 1-foot-tall, small mesh wire fence attached to the base of the barbed wire roadway fence. Somewhere, there must be a thick paper mitigation report where some academics determined the fence was going to contribute to the success of these animals. Avoiding the tire treads of 40-ton trucks seems like a good idea, doesn't it?
Years before the BLM took over stewardship of this land, Hawes was a military reservation with a 1,200 foot steel lattice tower. Everyone who drove State Route 58 saw the building about 1 mile south of the highway. I think the US Air Force had treaty obligations to destroy the facility in the 1980s. People say a demolition crew came out and destroyed an underground concrete bunker here. Photos of the companion site in Nebraska here. There are a few remnants of the facility. For one thing, anytime you run earthmoving equipment across the ground, the desert gets scarred. This scarring is geologic and seems to last for hundreds of years. If you fly over the Mojave at 2,000 feet, you can see all sorts of linear scars from buried pipelines and old roads.
It's good to know the truth and speak it, but it is better to know the truth and speak of palm trees.
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Journalism Grade Image.
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Chatsworth House
Chatsworth is home to the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.
Grade I Listed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House
Paine's Bridge
by James Paine
c.1759–c.1761.
The three-arch bridge carries the main drive over the River Derwent up to the house.
The bridge was carefully angled so as to be seen from the house and oriented in such a way as to provide a striking view of the house from the entrance driveway.
On the south side of the bridge, the two cutwater pedestals support late C17 sculptures by Caius Gabriel Cibber.
Grade I Listed
River Derwent
The largest river in the Peak District and a major tributary of the River Trent, which it joins just South of Derby.
The Derwent rises on the Eastern flank of Bleaklow and is approximately 50 miles long, draining a large proportion of the county of Derbyshire.
The Park
The 1,000-acre park was chiefly designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown between c.1760 and c.1764.
Lancelot Brown and his foreman Michael Millican oversaw an extensive programme of earthmoving, drainage, levelling and tree planting in the park.
His signature features of rolling green slopes and trees carefully placed singly or in clumps particularly on hills to enclose the view can all still be seen today.
The park is enclosed by a 15-kilometre dry stone wall and is home to red and fallow deer, sheep, cattle and many wild animals.
The Marlborough Sounds have a coast of 1000 km length on the north side of the southern peninsula New Zealand. They were caused by earthmoving as the ground subsided and water entered the deep valleys. In the mythology of the Maoris, the confusing labyrinth of islands, archipelago, peninsulas, fjords and lakes is due to a truce between Tangaroa, the god of the sea and Tane, the god of the countries. They both got their rights. - It is a unique beautiful landscape and belongs to the most beautiful coasts of New Zealands.
Leica IIIf, Nikkor C 35mm f/3.5 lens ane 720nm infrared filter.
JCH Streetpan 400 film.
Inman, Georgia
Chatsworth House
Chatsworth is home to the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.
Grade I Listed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House
Paine's Bridge
by James Paine
c.1759–c.1761.
The three-arch bridge carries the main drive over the River Derwent up to the house.
The bridge was carefully angled so as to be seen from the house and oriented in such a way as to provide a striking view of the house from the entrance driveway.
On the south side of the bridge, the two cutwater pedestals support late C17 sculptures by Caius Gabriel Cibber.
Grade I Listed
River Derwent
The largest river in the Peak District and a major tributary of the River Trent, which it joins just South of Derby.
The Derwent rises on the Eastern flank of Bleaklow and is approximately 50 miles long, draining a large proportion of the county of Derbyshire.
The Park
The 1,000-acre park was chiefly designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown between c.1760 and c.1764.
Lancelot Brown and his foreman Michael Millican oversaw an extensive programme of earthmoving, drainage, levelling and tree planting in the park.
His signature features of rolling green slopes and trees carefully placed singly or in clumps particularly on hills to enclose the view can all still be seen today.
The park is enclosed by a 15-kilometre dry stone wall and is home to red and fallow deer, sheep, cattle and many wild animals.
The array of farming and earthmoving equipment sprinkled across this field near Nowra, Australia, makes the scene look like a mechanical graveyard. Some of the vehicles seemed to be in working order, but as I explored the area, I saw that most of the items were broken, rusting, missing parts and appearing to be very much abandoned.
Useable or not, all of these inanimate inhabitants were treated to the grand spectacle of the night sky’s wonders on this night in June of 2020. Jupiter and Saturn made their way up and across the Australian sky, trailing the grand swathe of the Milky Way as they displayed their beauty for my camera to capture. You’ll have to squint and zoom to see Saturn since it had only cleared the horizon–to the left of the distant shape of Coolangatta Mountain–a minute or so before I snapped this shot.
I used my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera for this shot, as well as the Rokinon 24 mm lens that’s served me well for several years. My camera’s shutter speed was set to 15.0 seconds, and I chose an ISO setting of 6400 with the lens’ aperture at f/2.4.
Travaux de désamiantage, déconstruction et gestion des pollutions de l'ancien site Elis à Malzéville.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Malzéville (54220)
Adresses : rue du Port / rue Thiers
Fonction : Industrie
Déconstruction : 2023
► Entreprises : Lingenheld / Verdipole
Used this in a Seattlest Retake. Go check that out to read about Seattle vs. Mother Nature.
Long analogy. I didn't watch Twin Peaks when it was originally on TV. I watched Fire Walk With Me and then watched the episodes on cassette. So during all of the slow parts of the series, all of the angelic small-town scenes, I was freaked out and often screaming "RUN!"
That's how I feel when I see old photos of 1929. In December, the stock market crashed and ushered in the Great Depression and eventually World War Two. But for 11 heady months, the world enjoyed the peak of one of our greatest - and perhaps most fake - economic bubbles.
Our photo is from March 20, 1929. The Seattle Times of that day is a great case in point. On the front page, one story tells of a couple getting divorced in Chicago. The rich, "December" wife claimed that it was the bathing suit parties at her apartment that were the cause. The "May" husband said she just got angry when he made fun of her plans to buy a limousine, have it painted Persian pink, and add solid gold door handles. The debauchery and decadence seem only enhanced by page after page of alcohol-fueled organized crime stories.
In the old shot, Seattle has the hubris to make a third and final attempt to completely level Denny Hill. They succeeded, creating "the regrade" neighborhood.
Ads in the Seattle Times for W. A. Irwin realtors proclaimed "Down comes Denny hill, up go Realty Values!" It went on to say "Seattle is growing Northward, as are all the larger American cities. In twenty short years the retail center has moved from Yesler Way to Times Square... ever Northward."
Behind me is a parking lot at the northwest corner of 5th and Lenora. In August of 1929 it was sold for $180k to Eugene Gillman. Gillman (or Gilman) bought and sold properties furiously during the regrade time, turning them over in six months for 25% profit. But he tellingly dropped out of the news after the start of the Depression. The Times of August 25th said that he planned a "very fine improvement" for the lot. More than 80 years later, it still sits empty and is still owned by an investment company. The value had only quintupled to a million by 1980, and has quintupled again since. How long will they sit on it as an investment?
This area was killed by the city's attempt to make it valuable. First, landowners were taxed to pay for the regrade based on the increase in land value. Second, properties were leveled with attractive landmarks such as Sacred Heart Church (finally replaced in 1960) and the Denny School destroyed. Third, real estate speculators started exchanging property and jacking up land values. This created a black hole that was not filled in until Paul Allen quietly amassed enough property to personally choose to take action.
Sibbella Court, the lonely brick building, was completed in 1923. For three decades after the stock market crash the only news of this intersection was burglaries, car accidents, and boxing at the Western Athletic Club. Finally the monorail and trees planted for Century 21 turned the neighborhood, but development was still slow coming. The only exception was the simple masonry building next to Sibbella. An engineering firm built it in 1950. Now it's home to Seattle's favorite donuts, Top Pot.
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The Coventry Canal Basin sits in an elevated position terraced into the hillside just to the north of the City Centre ring road. The basin locality contains the highest density of historic canal-side structures within the proposed Conservation Area and includes the Leicester Row Warehouses, the Weighbridge Office, the Coal Vaults, and the Canal House along with the Draper’s Field Bridge. The only significant loss from the group is the Coventry Canal Company offices that would have stood at the top of Bishop Street, but which were demolished to allow for the construction of the ring road in the late 1950s.
The distinctiveness of the Canal Basin topography can be ascribed to the cut-and-fill earthmoving operation that was required for its construction. The slope to the north was cut away, creating an upper terrace retained by the brick wall which contains the coal vaults. Some of the earth was re-deposited down slope to extend the terminus of the canal which explains why the canal sits above the level of the neighbouring ring road
Thomas Yeoman House and John Sinclair House were built in the 1990s as part of a regeneration scheme for the basin. Both buildings are of brown brick and designed in a vernacular / industrial style and blend in well with the scale of the original canal buildings and make good use of the changes in level around the basin to add visual interest. The more recent block added in 2004 in a contemporary style is less successful because of its size and the materials used. The scale of the Canal Basin buildings is in stark contrast to the neighbouring high rise blocks that surround the basin. The historic and modern buildings along with good quality paving and street furniture combine well to give the basin a pleasant feeling of enclosure with views along the canal closed by the Draper’s Field Bridge. The views looking out of the basin area to the west are less attractive with poor quality 1960s buildings along St Nicholas Street and St Columba’s Close with the exception of the historic Admiral Codrington public house. There is, however, a very important vista of the City Centre and the spires from the basin entrance on St Nicholas Street.
CPKC 148 gets a route through Grey Cloud Dunes SNA on the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision after Amtrak's Borealis exited the Twin Cities. I like that there is traffic ready to go after the Borealis consistently, so that I can get a bonus train somewhere whether it's the BNSF or CPKC. It had been a while since I had visited Grey Cloud Dunes. There is a large residential development encroaching on my peace and serenity here, so I have been hesitant on revisiting since the earthmoving and construction started. CPKC 148 was a good motivator to hustle down the hill to this spot and catch it passing the 4167 intermediate signal.
It's always fun to tag along with Rob and Mike as they scout locations for videos that they are considering. We wind up in the most interesting places.
I'm not always sure what they have planned, but this was one of the more interesting places where we found ourselves. It's kind of like going on urban safari with these two guys.
Me, I'm just content to record the places we've been. This was a major construction site in I-35W that runs through Minneapolis. The view from above gave me a great (and more age appropriate) vantage point for this photo.
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great detail and patina on this old truck. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm, 2min exposure under full moon, light painting with protomachines flashlight.
Una pala gommata "recente" nelle cave maltesi...
Maltin Tour 2016...Fototour a Malta con Marvin345 (www.flickr.com/photos/30797788@N03)cercando vecchi camion, macchine movimento terra e automobili.
Malta, 22-11-2016
Fiat Hitachi FR220
A "recent" shovel in a Maltese quarry.
Maltin Tour 2016...phototour in Malta with Marvin345 (www.flickr.com/photos/30797788@N03)searching old trucks, construction equipment and cars.
Malta, 22-Nov-2016
Last few shots for September Assignment: Houston...
Snapped this one out of the car window on the Beltway between Fairbanks & Fallbrook. Got lucky and caught the dirt dumping out!
The Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP) is a business park in the Dutch cities of Leiden and Oegstgeest, which focuses on companies and knowledge institutions in the biotechnology sector.
The 110-hectare park currently houses about 60 companies and knowledge institutions, making it the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands. The area lies largely within the municipality of Leiden, west of Leiden Central station, sandwiched between Wassenaarseweg in the north and Plesmanlaan in the south.
The park focuses on the use of biotechnology for medical and biopharmaceutical purposes. (Source: Wikipedia)
6-2-08 - Pictured here at Protrans (not associated with Protranz Earthmoving in ChCh) yard in South Canterbury (Can't remember exact location - may be near Mayfield?) in reasonably tidy condition. See adjoining picture for current condition.
Heading back to Perth from my Wheatbelt trip I, and the rest of the southbound traffic, was corralled to the side of the Great Northern Highway by two of these huge earthmoving machines.
Each was on a low loader being towed by two prime movers. My guess is they were heading for a mine site in the North West.