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The Falkirk Wheel is a unique boat lift in the world. It replaces a series of 11 locks linking the canals from Glasgow to Edinburgh. The Falkirk rotary lift has a diameter of 35 metres and lowers or raises ships to a height of 25 metres. A set of double doors allows the boat to enter on one side and to leave on the other side. The wheel turns the two caissons, each weighing 300 tonnes, while the gearing system keeps them perfectly horizontal.
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Eight bronze statues, each twice life size, were installed on Vauxhall Bridge in 1907. A year after the bridge was completed. They represent Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering (seen here), Pottery, Education, Fine Arts, Science, and Local Government.
They were designed by F.W. Pomeroy and Alfred Drury and are mounted on the bridge's piers. Each weighs about two tons.
This steam engine is a real vintage among vintages. Made by Fowler and Company in Leeds, England in 1880, it has been perfectly restored to its former glory. This is a close up of the engine that was pulling the trailer in my previous shot.
"Wheels within wheels..." Notice that flywheel turning.
With no train interchanging with the Freeport McMoRan (during our visit Fridays were engineering work on the FM) we decided to checkout the AZER South Siding yard....
4005 & 4012 tied down at South Siding, 1 Nov 2019.
* drone pic
This detail of the little engine, "Wee Georgie Wood", shows how beautifully cared for it is. Precision engineering at its best, the full flowering of the industrial revolution.
It's not hard to find places of historic significance in downtown Launceston. It is Australia's third oldest city after all. But behind this modern shopfront lies a very famous local firm. No we are not in Glasgow, but the engineering firm that is based in these buildings was founded in 1892 by Scottish immigrants James Scott and John Clark.
Glasgow Engineering - 125 Years
During a full-weekend engineering possession on the Caerphilly branch (presumably at Heath Junction), Freightliner 'Shed' 66621 heads a rake of discharged ballast wagons back to Westbury early on Sunday morning running as the 9.00am departure from this station, Cardiff Queen Street. Out of sight and tailing the formation is sister unit 66592.
For what is an incredibly busy station during the week, Sundays seems to start slowly here with barely a handful of passengers distributed around the place. In fact the first train to the main Central station wasn't due out until 9.11am.
The chap on platform 4 studying his phone while waiting for a train up to the Valleys, doesn't seem too impressed by the presence of a proper diesel locomotive. Maybe he should be - with the recent demise of regular coal traffic through the station, the appearance of proper locomotives is a pretty rare event here these days.
Much has changed in the city, even over the last 5-10 years, with many new buildings gracing the skyline, and more currently being built. And, with the Welsh Senedd based here, it does have the feeling of a city on the rise.
9.03am, Sunday 9th June 2024
This is Engineering on a Small Scale..........it was by my nephew Stephen who is suffering from Parkinson's disease................
This is in the back garden of the house we have lived in for about 40 years, and this is first time I have noticed the manufacturer's name on the manhole cover (unless I've seen it before and forgotten).
One of the most vivid memories I have from my primary school years was visiting the Dover Engineering Works with my school. It's not surprising that seeing molten iron poured from a ladle into a mould from close quarters would make a lasting impression on a child. I can still see clearly in my mind the wooden pattern they had made of our school's badge being pressed into the compacted black sandy material in the mould. The pattern was then removed and the top half of the mould filled with more compacted material was fitted. Small holes to allow the escape of burning gas were made in the material. When the molten iron was poured into the mould, sure enough, jets of flame appeared from these holes. When the mould was eventually stripped, there was the grey/silver replica of the wooden pattern.
When the company was established in 1830 it was on the outskirts of Dover in the parish of Charlton, with a supply of water from the adjacent River Dour. Charlton has since been absorbed by Dover, and the engineering works is of course gone - with the site now occupied by a supermarket.
by Johannes van den Broek, Jaap Bakema
Aula Technical University Delft.
The Aula of the Technical University in Delft located on the north side of the campus was built from 1959 to 1966 by the Dutch practice Van den Broek & Bakema. The building houses an auditorium with 1300 seats, four trapezoid lecture halls with 250 to 350 seats, the senate hall and the university cafeteria. The auditorium is connected via a walkway to the Physics Department. In an earlier draft, the project from 1958 the project included an administrative tower which was not realised.
The auditorium looms above the main entrance. The hall is shaped like a saucer (hence the building's nickname "the UFO") and is supported by triangular concrete columns. The lecture halls at the rear are supported by a similar construction. To support the 15 metre overhang prestressed concrete had to be used. The ends of the prestressing cables are left exposed. The building has a collapsed roof. Steel frames were used for the exterior walls.
Besides the auditorium Van den Broek and Bakema also designed the campus' boiler house and thee Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The cafeteria on the ground floor was refurbished in 1998/99 according to a design by Mecanoo.
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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Not happy with this one, but will have to do for now as I wanted a general shot of the department building and I did find the staircase interesting!
Some oddly over-engineered stairs and fencing for flats above the Old World Deli on State St. in Bellingham. Guess the builder didn't want to pay for any engineering, so just beefed it up until he said, "That ought to hold anything."
genetic engineering
could create the perfect race
could create an unknown life-force
that could us exterminate
introducing worker clone
as our subordinated slave
his expertise proficiency
will surely dig our grave
it's so tempting
will biologists resist
when he becomes the creator
will he let us exist
bionic man is jumping
through the television set
he's about to materialise
and guess who's coming next
x ray spex - genetic engineering (germ free adolescents, 1978)
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Computer Science & Engineering student Dave Call and instructor Eric Karl working with newly donated equipment valued at around $500,000.
Direct Rail Services 66431 working 6k05 Carlisle yard - Crewe Basford Hall yard,photographed at Woodacre on 20/09/2016
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) engineering inspection vehicle TC82, manufactured by Plasser, is seen crossing Borden Ave in Long Island City, Queens as it starts an inspection run back out to points east. This is clearly an unusual sight, as even other rail road employees at the adjacent facility are looking on!
The second room of the Classic Space Monorail Station I am currently working on. What do you think of the power generators?
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An unusual mid-week engineering possession on the ECML between Grantham and Doncaster has resulted in diversions to long distance passenger trains via the joint line through Lincoln.
One such diversion is 1D06, the 07:30 London King's Cross - Leeds service which is pictured passing Peakirk formed of LNER liveried IEP “Azuma” bi-mode units 800208 and 801103.
UP 2666 and another Tier 4 ET44AH lead northbound UP Engineering Special PJCPR2 through Villa Grove after a heck of a rainstorm. Luckily, its late departure out of Jefferson City, MO allowed me to get a shot of it after work.