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A Hitachi 1200 digs ditches to ready the site for upcoming casting basin excavation. More than 260,000 cubic yards of material will be removed.
Casting basin foundation piles are driven 135 feet into the ground. To reach this depth, two 75-foot piles must be connected.
Secretary Peterson views the float-out of SR 520 pontoons in Aberdeen on April 28, 2013. She is joined by (left to right) Kiewet-General project director Phil Wallace, SR 520 program director Julie Meredith, and SR 520 pontoon project director Tom Baker.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
A crew guides a huge culvert section into place.
The new concrete culvert passes beneath all lanes of SR 520 and will improve fish migration. It is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
After the first pair of pontoons are floated out of the basin, four remain. These pontoons will be floated out in pairs over the next couple of days, with the help of the high tides.
In July 2012, the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project floated out the first set of pontoons for the floating bridge replacement.
Vintage Postcard
CAPTION ON BACK:
"The Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the world's longest pontoon bridge, is the start of U.S. Highway 10 to the East. It takes one from downtown Seattle across Lake Washington toward Snoqualmie Pass."
Dirt and rock from a 30-foot-deep trench on SR 520 is piled during the full weekend closure of the highway.
From June 17-20, 2011, crews closed SR 520 for construction on the east side of Lake Washington. The centerpieces of the work included the demolition of a pedestrian bridge near Medina and the installation of a massive prebuilt concrete fish-passable culvert in Bellevue.
The trench crosses all lanes of SR 520 west of Bellevue Way Northeast and will contain a new, larger culvert that will improve fish migration. This is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
Kiewit-General pontoon construction crews prepared the deck of cross pontoon A before pouring concrete. In this photo, a worker uses compressed air to clean out the intricate web of steel rebar and post-tensioning ducts. Photo taken March 5, 2013 in Aberdeen, Washington.
Construction is complete on the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews built six total pontoons:
• Three longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• One cross pontoon (270 ft. x 75 ft. x 33 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Seattle's I-90 floating bridge over Lake Washington (taken from above the entrance to the Mt. Baker tunnel into Seattle). Mercer Island shown on the other side.
Polaroid mosaic created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Directly adjacent to the Concrete Technology Corp. basin is the site where rebar cages are being assembled to reinforce the next set of pontoons.
A 38-foot pleasure boat was found to be wedged underneath the SR 520 floating bridge, near the west highrise at 8 p.m. on March 21, 2011.
Fire crews and the Seattle Harbor Patrol did their job and extricated the two people on board the boat. When that was done, a WSDOT bridge maintenance team began its work - inspecting the bridge for damage. They could not see much in the dark so they returned in the daylight hours of March 22, 2011.
With only about five feet of clearance between the water and the concrete beams under the bridge, the maintenance crew used a small workboat to get under the bridge. The space was so tight, the crew needed to lower the windshield on their boat to squeeze underneath.
They determined the boat/bridge collision did not lead to any structural damage. The scrapes and scuffing are cosmetic and superficial.
It’s unclear why the boaters tried to pass under the bridge near the sculptures at the west end where the underside of the bridge is only a few feet off the water. The clearance under the west highrise for boaters is 45 feet. Navigation information for the bridge can be found at www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/bridges/sr520/marineinfo.htm
The rescue of the boaters required the closure of one eastbound lane of SR 520 for several hours. WSDOT will submit a bill for the costs incurred for blocking off a lane and evening inspection work to the boater or insurance company.
I came across this guitar as I was shopping around for a new one to add to my small arsenal. I had never seen this body style before (not that I'm a guitar body aficionado) and when I did, I totally wanted one. You may recognize the body style from this music video of the late Robert Palmer's song "Addicted to Love." That is the HM-80; the prototype of the HM-20. I remember watching that back in the 80's, so the previous statement I had made about never seeing the body style isn't entirely true. I just don't recall ever seeing one. Besides, who was really paying attention to what the girls were (fake) playing, anyway?
Aside from its aggressive body style, it features dual humbuckers, double locking tremolo and body, neck & headstock binding. This is a great guitar, but here's the only problem it has, in my experience. The 23rd and 24th frets are difficult to access because the cutaway is too small for my hands to reach comfortably. Otherwise, it seems a quality guitar for the price I paid, which was around $400. In capable hands, one would be able to melt the faces right off one's listeners with this axe.
Guitar and Headstock:
Nikon D40 | 1/500 | 18mm @ f/3.5 | ISO 200
Body:
Nikon D40 | 1/500 | 135mm @ f/6.3 | ISO 200
Lighting:
Nikon SB-25 & Vivitar 285HV @ full power,
pointing straight up and bounced off a white ceiling
Also nestled atop the inspection barge are two "decompression chambers." This photo shows one of these chambers. The chambers are used by divers after very deep dives. For this project these are typically used after divers conduct inspections of fluke anchors in water nearly 200 feet deep.
As the new SR 520 floating bridge takes shape, crews continue thorough inspections of the concrete pontoons that will serve as the floating foundation. On Nov. 30, 2012, a photographer snapped these shots of an underwater inspection in progress on Lake Washington. The diver scanned the underside of Pontoon W, the eastern cross pontoon, and kept in constant communication with an inspector who maps out the condition of the pontoons. WSDOT will continue to inspect the new pontoons as part of its commitment to delivering a safe, durable bridge that will last 75 years or more.
For more information on the project, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR520Bridge/BridgeAndLandings/D...
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake Trail:
The trail wraps around the lake so you can choose what area you would like to begin your walk. However, from White Pine Beach area as you walk down the short hill towards the beach, the lake comes into full view giving a sense of the entire area and the distance around the lake. Go right towards the end of the beach area where the paved trail turns to gravel and heads into the forest.
For the first section the well maintained trail hugs the shoreline offering occasional glimpses of the lake from different angles. As you continue, the trails goes up a set of wooden stairs and merges with the gravel road above. Follow this road to the left towards the Sasamat Outdoor Club, a facility that offers many outdoor programs for community groups and local schools within the Belcarra Park area.
Cross the driveway and walk down the steps as the trail continues toward Bedwell Bay Road. After crossing a bridge over a small stream, the trail reaches a junction. Walking right takes you to Woodhaven Swamp and going left will continue along the trail that circles the lake.
Go right as the trail follows Bedwell Bay Road for a short distance before going up a set of wooden stairs to the road. Carefully cross the road to the sign on the other side and continue up the trail between the two residential houses. The trail is well maintained and easy to follow through the second-generation of Douglas Fir and Western Cedar trees.
After hiking for 2km, the trail arrives at another small road with the Woodhaven Swamp partially visible between the trees on the other side. Cross the road and continue along the trail to a sign on the left. Walk down the steps and follow the path as it loops around the swamp area.
After enjoying the scenery, return to the road area and cross back to the trail that leads back down towards Sasamat Lake.
www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/sasamat-lake/
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Having taken a whole load of portrait model photos (which I will try and get around to) at this weeks meet-up at the East Cowes club; a brief break outside to try and catch the last of the sunset over the broken floating bridge.
The small amount of flowers at the Bridge gave a small amount of foreground subject to the sunset which seemed a bit of a lost cause over West Cowes.
After the diver was suited up, he continued the underwater inspection of Pontoon W, the easternmost 240-foot-long cross pontoon on Lake Washington. Photo taken Nov. 30, 2012.
As the new SR 520 floating bridge takes shape, crews continue thorough inspections of the concrete pontoons that will serve as the floating foundation. On Nov. 30, 2012, a photographer snapped these shots of an underwater inspection in progress on Lake Washington. The diver scanned the underside of Pontoon W, the eastern cross pontoon, and kept in constant communication with an inspector who maps out the condition of the pontoons. WSDOT will continue to inspect the new pontoons as part of its commitment to delivering a safe, durable bridge that will last 75 years or more.
For more information on the project, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR520Bridge/BridgeAndLandings/D...
The chain ferry which crosses the River Medina between East Cowes and West Cowes on the Isle of Wight, saving a 10 mile detour via Newport, seen mid-river.
The 6th such ferry owned by the council, though there were 9 ferries in all, dating back to 1859.
Built 2017 Mainstay Marine
20 car capacity plus pedestrians
15Feb2023
This artist rendition shows what a tolling gantry would look like on the SR 520 bridge.
All-electronic tolling starts on the SR 520 Bridge summer 2011. With no tollbooths, drivers will be able to travel across the bridge just like they do today. As drivers pass through the tolling area at highway speeds, the system automatically reads their Good To Go! Pass or license plate, and deducts the proper amount from their account. Those without the Pass — such as visitors or other infrequent
users of the bridge — will be billed for their tolls by mail.
For more information on SR 520 tolling please visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Tolling/520tolling.htm.
Crews have been hard at work to build the sturdy concrete pontoons for the new SR 520 floating bridge. In total 44 supplemental stability pontoons will be built in Tacoma for the new bridge.
A pontoon bridge is a collection of specialized, shallow draft boats or floats, connected together to cross a river or canal, with a track or deck attached on top. The water buoyancy supports the boats, limiting the maximum load to the total and point buoyancy of the pontoons or boats.[2] The supporting boats or floats can be open or closed, temporary or permanent in installation, and made of rubber, metal, wood, or concrete. The decking may be temporary or permanent, and constructed out of wood, modular metal, or asphalt or concrete over a metal frame.
it is claimed that the first pontoon bridge was invented during the 9th or 8th century BC in China.
in this particular situation the pontoon bridge is ideal since it can be dismantled during heavy storms and flooding
source: wikipedia
A worker waits to receive a large lid piece of a 130-foot-long culvert that that will run underneath SR 520 in Bellevue.
The new, larger culvert will improve fish migration and is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
As construction crews prepare for the float-out of SR 520 cycle 2 pontoons from Aberdeen on April 28, 2013, two birds soar above the site.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
Don't tell anyone, but this is a drive by shooting and I was behind the wheel coming home from Bellevue, camera balanced on the dashboard. I was surprised it didn't have the shakes. That dramatic sky! There are two floating bridges across Lake Washington which link Seattle with the Eastside. You can read about this one's controversy and anticipated changes here. And to see all participants in Louis la Vache's Sunday Bridges, click here.
A former Cowes chain ferry is tied up here awaiting her fate. Probably scrap.
A rainbow is forming over Old Portsmouth
Like a paintbrush on canvas, an SR 520 pontoon concrete worker ensures a smooth surface of a new interior precast panel destined for a Cycle 3 pontoon in Aberdeen, Washington.
Construction is complete on the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews built six total pontoons:
• Three longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• One cross pontoon (270 ft. x 75 ft. x 33 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Local, state and national elected officials made remarks to project staff, community leaders and the media during a pontoon float-out event in Tacoma, Washington.
Seen in the Elephant Boatyard,Bursledon, What is now "The Ferry Restaurant " was a chain link ferry which crossed the River Itchen between Southampton and Woolston. Called by the locals "The Floating Bridge " it made its last trip across the river in 1977.
Hand crafted rebar cages await installation into the third cycle of pontoons being built in Tacoma. This photo was taken while the second cycle was being prepared for float-out on Jan. 28, 2013.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
This is one of the warmest lakes in Metro Vancouver ! There is a nice easy trail around the lake, with minimal elevation gain. This place can get very crowded in the summer because it has two great sandy beaches (White Pine Beach). There is a very sturdy floating bridge across the lane with two wharves for fishing or jumping off. The lake has an area of about 45 ha (111 acres) and a perimeter of 3.2 kms.
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As traffic moves across Lake Washington on the current highway the new SR 520 takes shape along the shoreline. Once complete, the new SR 520 corridor will improve safety and mobility on the Eastside.
The skiff works in tandem with the powerful tug boats to carefully navigate the pontoons out of the basin and into the Blair Waterway.
In July 2012, the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project floated out the first set of pontoons for the floating bridge replacement.
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge aerial in Seattle, Washington - © 2018 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions aerial photography archives - www.performanceimpressions.com
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Connie Bacon, Commissioner for the Port of Tacoma celebrates the completion of the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons by speaking at an event on Jan. 28, 2013.
Iron workers were up early in the morning of Jan. 28, 2013 to keep up the good progress on the third cycle of pontoons that will be built in Tacoma.
A crew repaves a section of SR 520 after installing a massive culvert 30 feet under the highway.
The new, larger culvert crosses all lanes of the highway. It will improve fish migration and is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
On the 26th July I made my way to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight by coach trip. The day was in the heat wave we had during July 2018 and was very hot and humid. The trip over by Red Funnel Ferries was great, their ferries are very comfortable and much larger than the ones at Lymington, no criticism intended. Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Prince Albert designed the house himself in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company built the main facade of Buckingham Palace for the royal couple in 1847. An earlier smaller house on the site was demolished to make way for a new and far larger house, though the original entrance portico survives as the main gateway to the walled garden.
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House in January 1901. Following her death, the house became surplus to royal requirements and was given to the state, with a few rooms being retained as a private museum to Queen Victoria. From 1903 until 1921 it was used as a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy, known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In 1998 training programmes consolidated at the Britannia Royal Naval College which is now at Dartmouth, thus vacating Osborne House. The House now under the watchful eye of English Heritage is now open to the public for tours.
In 1903, the new stable block became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Initial training began at about the age of 13, and after two years studies were continued at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The college closed in 1921, with the last students leaving on 9 April 1921. The traditions of Osborne helped inspire the operations of the Nautical College Pangbourne, after its founding in 1917. The NCP has now become Pangbourne College, but its students continue the tradition of wearing naval uniform, and maintaining certain naval traditions.
One of the buildings called Swiss Cottage in the grounds, here you will find inside, the story of the life of a Victorian royal child. Thanks to funding from donors including the Heritage Lottery Fund, vivid new displays, a garden trail and a new play area enable families to experience for themselves how the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert played and learnt in this unique and special place. Osborne House is famous for its selection of formal gardens containing rare and unusual plants, and there is also plenty of space to run around. Enjoy the formal walled gardens, visit the sheltered the Walled garden, admire the view the Solent from the Palm Terrace or visit the charming gardens which surround the miniature Swiss Chalet. As well as a stunning array of plants, rare red squirrels can be spotted amongst the trees. Gravel, tarmac and concrete provide access for all abilities. Benches and rest points are dotted throughout the grounds.
The organisers of the London Capital & Finance were holding an event day on the 25th and 26th July 2018. This meant many parts of the gardens could not be visited on these two days having been reserved for the visitors to these trials. Osborne Horse Trials hope to attract a new audience to the sport and to the Isle of Wight with this easy to follow two day eventing format. Horses will perform dressage and show jumping on the House lawns, before setting out across the estate parkland. Each phase will finish before the next commences, enabling spectators to see 70% of the action from one spot. Both days will feature two classes at open intermediate level with a Grand Prix class and three further categories tailored to either top level or less experienced horses. Pictures can be taken inside the house but not using flash. However Videos cannot be made while in the house itself.
Cowes Floating Bridge seems to have had lots of problems since it was introduced to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. But hopefully now its working as it should.
March 14, 2013: Pontoon construction crews used power tools to prepare the forms to be used on the third cycle of concrete pontoons. Photo taken at the SR 520 pontoon construction site in Aberdeen, Washington.
Construction is complete on the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews built six total pontoons:
• Three longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• One cross pontoon (270 ft. x 75 ft. x 33 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Work on the test pontoon at the SR 520 test pontoon site in Satsop wraps up April 16, 2010 during the final concrete pour. The work gives WSDOT a leg up on upcoming pontoon construction in Grays Harbor County, during which 33 new pontoons will be built in order to replace the SR 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington. The test pontoon section is 120 feet long, 75 feet wide and 28.5 feet tall, roughly one-sixth the size of the largest of the final pontoons WSDOT will build for a new SR 520 floating bridge. A new bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in 2014.
An old one from the archives from 40 years ago on my favourite Kodachrome, one that I did not know I had until thinning out some old slides and negatives in the process of downsizing everything. The Itchen river crossing at Woolston in Southampton, for many years my alternate way home from school by way of the back and forth yellow floating bridges seen here on the right, here soon to be made redundant by the new Itchen bridge being constructed along side in 1975. Always slower to cross by the floating bridge but every time an adventure from the days I was a small child. Part of me, taken on a return trip after I had been working in Leicester for three years prior to coming to Canada.
Olympus OM1, 50mm f1.4. just amazed how great the slides look after all these years, good old Kodak.
On the 26th July, I made my way to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight by coach trip. The day was in the heat wave we had during July 2018 and was very hot and humid. The trip over by Red Funnel Ferries was great, their ferries are very comfortable and much larger than the ones at Lymington, no criticism intended. Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and retreat. Prince Albert designed the house himself in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, a London architect and builder whose company built the main facade of Buckingham Palace for the royal couple in 1847. An earlier smaller house on the site was demolished to make way for a new and far larger house.
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House in January 1901. Following her death, the house became surplus to royal requirements and was given to the state, with a few rooms being retained as a private museum to Queen Victoria. From 1903 until 1921 it was used as a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy, known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In 1998 training programmes consolidated at the Britannia Royal Naval College which is now at Dartmouth. In 1903, the new stable block became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Initial training began at about the age of 13, and after two years studies were continued at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The college closed in 1921, with the last students leaving on 9th. April 1921. The NCP has now become Pangbourne College, but its students continue the tradition of wearing a naval uniform and maintaining certain naval traditions. The House is now under English Heritage and is now open to the public for tours.
One of the buildings called Swiss Cottage in the grounds, here you will find inside, the story of the life of a Victorian royal child. Thanks to funding from donors including the Heritage Lottery Fund, vivid new displays, a garden trail and a new play area enable families to experience for themselves how the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert played and learnt in this unique and special place. Osborne House is famous for its selection of formal gardens containing rare and unusual plants, and there is also plenty of space to run around. Enjoy the formal walled gardens, visit the sheltered the Walled garden, admire the view the Solent from the Palm Terrace or visit the charming gardens which surround the miniature Swiss Chalet. As well as a stunning array of plants, rare red squirrels can be spotted amongst the trees. Gravel, tarmac and concrete provide access for all abilities. Benches and rest points are dotted throughout the grounds.
The organisers of the London Capital & Finance were holding an event day on the 25th and 26th July 2018. This meant many parts of the gardens could not be visited on these two days having been reserved for the visitors to these trials. Osborne Horse Trials hope to attract a new audience to the sport and to the Isle of Wight with this easy to follow two-day eventing format. Horses will perform dressage and show jumping on the House lawns, before setting out across the estate parkland. Each phase will finish before the next commences, enabling spectators to see 70% of the action from one spot. Both days will feature two classes at open intermediate level with a Grand Prix class and three further categories tailored to either top level or less experienced horses. Pictures can be taken inside the house but not using flash. However, Videos cannot be made while in the house itself.
Cowes Floating Bridge seems to have had lots of problems since it was introduced to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. But hopefully, now it's working as it should.
One point I would like to add is that videos cannot be taken in the house itself. Photos yes without flash but not videos.
On the 26th July, I made my way to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight by coach trip. The day was in the heat wave we had during July 2018 and was very hot and humid. The trip over by Red Funnel Ferries was great, their ferries are very comfortable and much larger than the ones at Lymington, no criticism intended. Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and retreat. Prince Albert designed the house himself in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, a London architect and builder whose company built the main facade of Buckingham Palace for the royal couple in 1847. An earlier smaller house on the site was demolished to make way for a new and far larger house.
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House in January 1901. Following her death, the house became surplus to royal requirements and was given to the state, with a few rooms being retained as a private museum to Queen Victoria. From 1903 until 1921 it was used as a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy, known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In 1998 training programmes consolidated at the Britannia Royal Naval College which is now at Dartmouth. In 1903, the new stable block became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Initial training began at about the age of 13, and after two years studies were continued at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The college closed in 1921, with the last students leaving on 9th. April 1921. The NCP has now become Pangbourne College, but its students continue the tradition of wearing a naval uniform and maintaining certain naval traditions. The House is now under English Heritage and is now open to the public for tours.
One of the buildings called Swiss Cottage in the grounds, here you will find inside, the story of the life of a Victorian royal child. Thanks to funding from donors including the Heritage Lottery Fund, vivid new displays, a garden trail and a new play area enable families to experience for themselves how the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert played and learnt in this unique and special place. Osborne House is famous for its selection of formal gardens containing rare and unusual plants, and there is also plenty of space to run around. Enjoy the formal walled gardens, visit the sheltered the Walled garden, admire the view the Solent from the Palm Terrace or visit the charming gardens which surround the miniature Swiss Chalet. As well as a stunning array of plants, rare red squirrels can be spotted amongst the trees. Gravel, tarmac and concrete provide access for all abilities. Benches and rest points are dotted throughout the grounds.
The organisers of the London Capital & Finance were holding an event day on the 25th and 26th July 2018. This meant many parts of the gardens could not be visited on these two days having been reserved for the visitors to these trials. Osborne Horse Trials hope to attract a new audience to the sport and to the Isle of Wight with this easy to follow two-day eventing format. Horses will perform dressage and show jumping on the House lawns, before setting out across the estate parkland. Each phase will finish before the next commences, enabling spectators to see 70% of the action from one spot. Both days will feature two classes at open intermediate level with a Grand Prix class and three further categories tailored to either top level or less experienced horses. Pictures can be taken inside the house but not using flash. However, Videos cannot be made while in the house itself.
Cowes Floating Bridge seems to have had lots of problems since it was introduced to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. But hopefully, now it's working as it should.
One point I would like to add is that videos cannot be taken in the house itself. Photos yes without flash but not videos.
Operators work quickly to excavate the final section of a deep trench crossing all lanes of SR 520 in Bellevue. Four excavators worked through the night and well into the day to complete the trench.
A new, larger culvert will improve fish migration and is the first of eight culverts crossing SR 520 that will be installed between Medina and Bellevue during the next three years.
The end wall of a pontoon takes shape. The larger ducts will hold post-tensioning strands, while the smaller ducts will be used to bolt this pontoon into others on Lake Washington.
Construction is complete on the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews built six total pontoons:
• Three longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• One cross pontoon (270 ft. x 75 ft. x 33 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)