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The New Merwede River: protection through depolderization
The Netherlands has long been associated with polders, ever since its engineers became renowned for developing techniques to drain wetlands or reclaim land from the sea and make them usable for agriculture and other development. This is well illustrated by the English saying: “God created the world but the Dutch created Holland.” In an unusual project, one of the famous Dutch polders is being handed back to nature. To reduce the risk of flooding on the New Merwede River, water has to flow faster when its level rises. A large-scale ‘depoldering’ project was embarked upon.
Taking place between 2011 and 2015, this project involves creating a floodplain at the ‘Noordwaard’. This is an area covering approximately 4,450 hectares — approximately 6,000 soccer pitches — in the province of Noord Brabant. Part of the Noordwaard will be ‘depolderized’, restructured and transformed into an intertidal area, through which large amounts of river water will flow to the sea.
Work includes the construction of creeks, dikes, mounds, bridges, pumping stations, roads and channels and a range of soil remediation operations. Sustainable solutions are characteristic features of the approach. Cooperation with local residents, businesses and stakeholders has been crucial to the success of this project.
The number of areas with dike protection in the Noordwaard was reduced and a new ‘Green Wave reducing dike’ was built. To spare the local residents from having to look out onto a higher newly-built dike, a 100 meter-wide willow forest was planted on the river side of the dike. Every other year the willows will be pruned back so that the stumps produce shoots which will catch a large part of the wash. By regularly replacing the willows they are expected to be able to absorb up to 80 per cent of the waves’ energy. Farmers and local residents were given the option of staying in the ‘depolderized’ Noordwaard by relocating their houses and some buildings to the tops of mounds to protect them.
The new landscape will be a resting place for birds throughout the year and the combination of the river discharge and the tides will create opportunities for major nature developments that are unique in Western Europe.
Just a simple candid street style Snapograph captured at London UK of a guy going about his important business of helping to keep our streets clean.
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My first ride in the cab of a steam locomotive. The engineer was kinda young. Niles Canyon Railway near Sunol, California.
Doug Harrop Collection • March 1989
With Mr. Harrop at the throttle of a B39-8E locomotive, SP 8038 departs the Ogden, Utah area at West Weber on another journey through the Great Basin to the crew change in Carlin, Nevada.
Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5411 leads an 84-car Salt Lake City to Helper coal train through Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Narrows on Oct. 8, 1994. The engineer is holding a system timetable, which he tossed out the window for me to enjoy as a gift. In my humble opinion, Rio Grande guys were and continue to be the BEST.
В тени на территории Знаний.
Malus prunifolia (Will.) Bork. Яблуня сливолиста. Вік (приблизнийЇ 120 років.
(Ідентифікація проведена співробітниками НААН України.
I think all women in the post-apocalypse CAN have it all...depending on how fast they can run....
* Miss Hottie Runner Up Speech excerpt...
Pic Location: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pine%20Lake/30/54/28
Tralalas Diner @ Pine Lake
Post-apocalyptic Photo Op Sim
Stuff:
(Boob things) MetaTheodora Weapons of Mass Distraction
Scrap Metal Road Sign .:Space Engineer:.
Sign on the roof of Treg Trailers, a local engineering workshop and showroom for household domestic trailers and custom built trailers. The sign on the roof is accompanied by a life-sized red trailer.
The title refers to the only engineer's name that I automatically recall from a classic Dr Who episode. Unfortunately Engineer Eckersley was a bad 'un, in league other bad 'uns to steal the valuable mining deposits.
66078 heads south through the Lune Gorge towards Dillicar with 6K27, the 14.43 Carlisle - Crewe Engineers on Thurs 11th August 2022.
Warmest day so far this year presented a CSX “Powder” Mac in front of a manifest down the former EJ&E. Real friendly crew, called in like 4 people.
The Claymills Victorian pumping station is keen to encourage the next generation of engineers. This young man took us down to the the space above the boilers and explained the restoration project he was working on with his team .
This is an old one from the vault. He was a regular personality who rode his tricycle fitted with a mock-up steam engine around the ByWard Market. Haven't seen him around for over 5yrs.
Note: Rocky Mountain is at the old location of ByWard Market.
Rolleiflex Automat MX Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3,5
Kodak TMAX 400 (EI 1600), XTOL (1:1) 20C, semi-stand development
1st minute continuous agitation
18 minutes stand-development with 1 agitation half-way.
CanoScan 9000F
Sometimes my mind goes blank when it comes to titles. This title is referring to a review of the lens I was using for this photo. In this review they call this Leica Elmarit 60 mm f2.8 lens for a soulful engineer. I think it is quite fitting to this photo which I actually think have some soul to it. What do you think?
As always, thank you for your faves, comments and views!
Having dropped the ballast overnight, 70810 sits silently at Alvechurch station, with fellow classmate 70814 on the opposite end. Locos along the Redditch branch, aside from the test train, are a rarity, with these two being the first Class 70s on the branch, to my knowledge.
Utah Railway engineer Stu Turner commands the controls of the RUT311 local as it rumbles into North Salt Lake, Utah, on May 15, 2012. Stu was one of the kindest railroaders I've ever met, offering a friendly wave or a trackside chat. He was tragically taken from us in July 2020 due to brain cancer.
I went for a bike ride this morning and passed the site of the old Totley Tunnel Box around the same time as an engineers train having run from the Huddersfield area. First time I've seen the new livery in action.
66537 on 6Y33 0905 Bradley Jn to Toton North Yard
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7058311686 JNA, 7058310399 JNA
7058312536 JNA, 7058310746 JNA
7058311330 JNA, 7058310209 JNA, 7058310274 JNA, 7058310902 JNA
NLU 29471 JNA, 503074 MLA
503576 MLA, NLU 29344 JNA
7059324381 MLA, 503589 MLA
7059324514 MLA, NLU 29532 JNA, 503565 MLA, NLU 29310 JNA
503577 MLA
Almost disappointing to shoot this from ground level. So much one does not see from this perspective.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Posing in front of the Polar Bear Express is engineer Rob Selman, on ONT 1808 which is painted in the Every Child Matters paint, painted in honour of the Indigenous Children and Indigenous People.
Posted with permission from Rob.
"Remember the fallen. Honor those who serve. Teach the next generation the value of freedom."
These are the words from Wreaths Across America's (WAA) website noted as "Our Mission". And, it is clearly observed in their commitment to the soldiers buried across the country in the many "national cemetery's" with the wreaths placed against the headstones. However, this is just one of the many ways that WAA remembers, honors, and teaches the next generation about our fallen. Please check out their website for more information about the many ways they accomplish this goal...
Additionally, the location of the photograph above is the Nashville National Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee (just north of Downtown Nashville) which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). More information about this "national cemetery" can be found here:
npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96001516
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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Large Logo 66789 "British Rail 1948-1997" passes through Mottisfont and Dunbridge station on 12/Sept/24 with 6O39 10.14 Westbury Down T C to Eastleigh East yard engineers via Chandlers Ford.
Engineer Rengo leads a morning bird around the bends at 65 a couple months ago during our first real snow of the year.
the universe is built from simple things.
a single thread, drawn from nothing.
a patient waiting. a precise geometry.
from this, a world is spun.
a map of forces, a trap for the unwary,
a fragile, shimmering home.
it is the work of a silent engineer,
drawing a new reality
out of the darkness.
From Engineer Pass (el. 12,800 ft) on the Alpine Loop in the San Juan Mountains, the view to the north east is dominated by (from left to right) Wetterhorn Peak (14, 021 ft), Matterhorn (13,590 ft) Peak and Uncompahgre Peak (14,321 ft).
Fall colors always make me think of the thanksgiving season and all the reasons we have to be thankful...just as all these leaves, while showing all their beautiful colors in death, they will return in the spring as part of God's perfact plan. We, too, are a part of that perfect plan and should always be thankful for that fact...
Image taken with my LG G4 and tweaked with Photoshop Express on my phone.
"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
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Engineer Gary has his quintet of EMD geeps well in hand as they pull a 30+ car loaded grain train north leveling out after climbing a stiff grade from Ebenezer. Georgia Northeastern GP10 #7562 is in the lead position this afternoon followed by GP9 #6576, GP18 #8705, GP38 #9708 & GP20 #4125.
On August 31st, 2023, well known railroader Mike Del Vecchio passed away after a battle with cancer. Although I didn't know Mike too well personally, I never heard a bad word spoken about him. Seen here is him posing as the engineer on #4109 during the United Railroad Historical Society's photo shoot in Boonton.
NJTR GP40PH-2 #4109
Winter presents all kinds of interesting challenges as a photographer. The cold, snow, and ice all provide risks and rewards. I decided to brave those elements recently and hiked through a foot of powder to the top of a ridge near Durango, Colorado. My reward was quite special. The last light of the day kissed the top of 12,968 ft. Engineer Mountain while the soft pink light at the end of the day illuminated the snow below in Animas Valley.
This beautiful swinging bench was built by he graduating class of 2010 at Hanover College which was founded in 1827. This beautiful college has only had one major tornado in it's history. The grounds, buildings and landscaping were magnificent. It is written that Texan Woody Harrelson graduated from this college as did Indiana's Mike Pence. Both chose different paths from the same school.