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The bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff,[2] built by The Phoenix Bridge Company, and opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. An innovative design, it was the first suspension bridge to employ Josef Melan's deflection theory for deck stiffening, resulting in the first use of a lightly-webbed weight-saving Warren truss[7] for its construction. Considered the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, it served as the model for many of the record-breaking spans built in the first half of the twentieth century.
Another slide restoration, eventually converted to monochrome.
The forerunner to the en-suite, with water and additional cleaning products arranged on the washstand, and for other - ahem! - facilities, the pot kept under the bed!
We don't miss this set up!
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La masia del Puig de la Balma, a prop del poble de Mura (Bages) és una de les més especials i espectaculars (i antigues) de Catalunya.
Tot i que el seu origen és encara més antic, les primeres noticies que s'en tenen son del any 1278. La major part de la estructura fou refeta als s.XIV i XV, i tot encarà és propietat de la mateixa familia original. De fet, la part més antiga és museu i allotjament rural.
També és de destacar que bona part de la pel·licula Pa Negre (2010), que arribà als preliminars dels premis Oscar.
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The Puig de la Balma countryhouse is one of the most unique, old and spectacular of Catalonia. Located in a valley near the village of Mura, it's all build inside a shallow cave (balma or bauma in Catalan).
It's origins lay in the early Middle Ages, although first notices are from 1278, and most of the current structure was built in the XIV-XV Centuries. Now a museum and accomodation,it's still owned by the original family.
The Catalan film Pa Negre (2010), a forerunner to the 84th Academy Awards (Oscars), was shot mostly here.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Puig_de_la_Balma
Helleborus niger, Schneerose, Vaud Switzerland. It shows up every year without the need to fight through the snow cover.
The anticipation is cutting
Through the air
The grasses shiver
Like just before the rain
But this time
John The Baptist
Won’t need to cry in vain
We know you are with us
Easing our pain
The difference this time
Is that it won’t be the same
Some of us will follow you
A second chance
Gratefully taken
Love has risen
For us
Yet again
This image and poem belongs to a series of works on the theme of the meadow that I have now placed up on my website. The English meadow is one of my most favourite habitats to take photographs in. Eventually, this work may join the others that I have included on the website.
You will find some new work on this theme on the new page ‘In The Meadow’ in the drop down menu on the Home Page under the main heading ‘Sacred Spaces’. I am hoping to add more work to this page, as well as on Flickr.
This image was taken at Glynde, East Sussex, UK, in the beautiful churchyard.
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A picturesque tall white-harled house on the north side of the junction between Back Causeway and The Cross in Culross (W FIfe), The Study dates from c.1610. This is said to be where Bishop Leighton of Dunblane (1611-84), who lived nearby in Bishop Leighton's House, composed his sermons. Built as a merchant's house, next to Culross Palace one of the finest in Culross, the building was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in the 1930s. It was renovated by Ian G. Lindsay and Partners in 1959, winning a Civic Trust Award in 1962. The Study is now A-listed and is open to the public for guided tours.
The building is L-plan and comprises a three-storey main block, with a tower facing the street which rises higher. This contains a turnpike stair, with the upper stage corbelled out and containing the actual study. The orange pantiled roofs feature crow-stepped gables and catslide dormers. The windows to the front feature lattice leadwork and wooden shutters below, allowing the windows to open. Inside there are original fireplaces and timber panelling, while the beamed ceiling of the first-floor room is a reconstruction of the 1960s, brightly painted with fruit and flowers in homage to its 17th century forerunner.
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure in Haifa, Israel where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh in the Bahá'í Faith, have been buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Bahá'ís, after the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Acre. Its precise location on Mount Carmel was designated by Bahá'u'lláh himself to his eldest son, `Abdu'l-Bahá, in 1891. `Abdu'l-Bahá planned the structure, which was designed and completed several years later by his grandson, Shoghi Effendi.
Crowning the design, as anticipated by `Abdu'l-Bahá, is a dome, which is set on an 18-windowed drum. That, in turn, is mounted on an octagon, a feature suggested by Shoghi Effendi. An arcade surrounds the stone edifice. A restoration project of the exterior and interior of the shrine started in 2008 and was completed in April 2011.
In his great catalogue of the Hortus which was the forerunner of our present one, Jan Commelin (1629-1692) writes that this pretty Crossberry flowered in August 1690. I suppose that must have been outdoors; and a year or two ago I've photographed it in the open air. The weather was gloomy here the other day and I was happily surprised by Grewia's pretty flowering in the Glass House devoted primarily to plants from Southern Africa.
I've given more historical information on this pretty tree at
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A Holy Monastery at Syki,Pelion mount,Magnesia,Thessaly,Greece (Hellas) dedicated to St. John the Baptist looking at Aegean sea
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It's not quite on the track, but as it was for the photo only - it's Series 3 track, the forerunner to Super 4 - it wouldn't have been happy to run on it anyway.
I saw this for sale and thought what an unusual colour it was, and it was a while before someone told me it's quite a rare model.
It's quite useful in these times that one hobby, such as model rail, can lead into photography!
Die Dar Młodzieży ist ein als Vollschiff getakeltes polnisches Segelschulschiff für angehende Offiziere der Handelsmarine. Es wurde 1981/82 auf der Leninwerft in Danzig als Vollschiff aus Stahl gebaut.
Der Name bedeutet „Geschenk der Jugend“.
Dar Młodzieży (Polish: Gift of the Youth) is a Polish sail training ship.The ship was launched in November 1981 at the Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, and commissioned for service in July 1982 at Gdynia, thus replacing her forerunner Dar Pomorza. Her home port is Gdynia. The Dar Młodzieży is the first Polish-built, ocean-going sailing vessel to circumnavigate the globe (1987–88)
The history of the Grand Hotel began with the construction of the bathhouse in 1855. In 1858 the Pier was opened below the bathhouse. However, this was severely damaged in the Royal Charter Storm of 25 October 1859, which caused the loss of 223 ships and 800 people in British coastal waters. Although repaired and used for a further 16 years, the pier was eventually replaced in 1876. At that time the bathhouse complex was extended with the construction of the Bath's Hotel, the forerunner of the Grand Hotel.
In 1886 the neighbouring Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre was opened. In 1901 the Hotel and Bathhouse underwent a substantial reconstruction to a design by James Francis Doyle it reopened as the Grand Hotel in 1902.
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At a far end of Death Valley National Park is an area known as the "Racetrack". It's not easy to get to over a rough dirt and gravel road and most visitors don't attempt it. This time, there were enough of my friends that we decided to take two vehicles - my trusty Forerunner 4-wheeler and a rental jeep - which was certainly more comfortable in my mind than relying on a single vehicle in the middle of the desert. So, here's the draw:
From the NPS site: "Racetrack Playa is home to one of Death Valley's most enduring mysteries. Littered across the flat surface of this dry lake, also called a "playa," are hundreds of rocks that seem to have been dragged across the ground. Sometimes these rocks—some weighing as much as 320 kilograms (700 pounds)—leave synchronized trails that can stretch for hundreds of meters. The rocks may sit for years without moving.
"What causes these rocks to move? Researchers just recently found out. Remote observations from 2011 to 2013 showed it's a rare combination of water, ice, and wind."
So imagine - the playa floods, the surface freezes, and some horrendous wind blows up and catches a rock. It could happen ... other explanations have included alien beings from outer space, etc.
Giardino della Minerva in Salerno.
It was established around 1320 and it is the forerunner of all the future botanical gardens.
Der schleswig-holsteinische Eiderkanal war der erste von Seeschiffen befahrene Kanal der Welt. Als Vorläufer des Nord-Ostsee-Kanals war er bis 1895 in Betrieb.
The Schleswig-Holstein Eiderkanal was the first canal in the world to be used by seagoing vessels. As the forerunner of the Kiel Canal, it was in operation until 1895.
Train 17617 Tapovan Express snakes uphill behind a maroon schemed WCAM-2 electric. The WCAM-2 are the forerunners to the more widely produced WCAM-3 and appear almost identical. Recently many have been painted by Kalyan shed into this classic maroon scheme. Between the maroon locomotive and beige coaches, the train blends in a bit too well with the landscape. The train is seen here passing the 2nd catch siding on the Thull Ghat south of Igatpuri. The impossibly steep tracks in the background are meant to stop a runaway train on the 2.7% grade. Even today all downhill trains must stop before the catch siding before proceeding downhill.
The original covered bridge was built in 1831, by Ira Benton, and David Niles, for a cost of $100. The bridge stood until 1898. The bridge, is a single span Town truss design. Constructed of southern pine and oak, it features a 4-foot-tall window which extends the length of the bridge. The dedication of the bridge in 1983 was the forerunner of the Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival.
The Union Bank (forerunner of the ANZ Bank) was established in Tyne Street, Oamaru in 1873. The opulent appearance of the building was a symbol of Oamaru's growing prosperity and an example of commercial rivalry existing between the banks in the town at that time.
Despite its alterations and additions, this building is notable for its superb façade. It is a major work by Forrester and one of the first examples of the Venetian palazzo style of commercial architecture in New Zealand.
...or the forerunner of an intercranial event of cataclysmic proportions as I prefer to call it... viz: this morning's bangin' headache.
Cider garden in the Half Moon pub...yes it sounds idyllic but let me assure you, dear reader, that overindulgence of the demon drink, particularly in the sun, can be classed as an extreme sport.
Let's just leave it there shall we, as the clatter of the iPad keyboard is exacerbating the situation...
Joseph Kyselak (1798 - 1831) "was an Austrian civil servant, mountaineer and travel writer. He became famous for his habit to tag his name onto prominent places during his hikes across the Austrian Empire"* and is considered the forerunner of today's taggers.**
This tag is placed on one of the two obelisks in Schwarzenbergpark in Neuwaldegg, a part of Hernals, the 17th district of Vienna. However, since Kysalek otherwise never engraved his name, but only painted it, this seems to be a forgery from more recent times.***
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kyselak
** de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kyselak
Lien vidéo sur youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-mtuMVrhio
Classé au titre des monuments historiques le 2 /09/ 1969 grâce à l'appui de l'ancien ministre André Malraux, ce monument, qui a rendu célèbre Ferdinand Cheval, a été construit petit à petit durant 33 ans entre avril 1879 et le courant de l'année 1912. - Ce monument, entièrement édifié par cet homme, mesure 12 mètres de hauteur et 26 mètres de long, les différentes pièces (des pierres ramassées sur les chemins pour la plupart) ont été assemblées avec de la chaux, du mortier, du ciment et des armatures métalliques (ce qui est précurseur en matière de technique de « béton armé »).
Classified as a historical monument on 2/09/1969 thanks to the support of the former minister André Malraux, this monument, which made Ferdinand Cheval famous, was built little by little over 33 years between April 1879 and the current of the year 1912. - This monument, entirely built by this man, measures 12 meters in height and 26 meters in length, the various pieces (stones collected on the roads for the most part) were assembled with lime, mortar, cement and metal reinforcements (which is a forerunner in the “reinforced concrete” techn
Merci beaucoup à tous pour votre gentil commentaire et vos favoris très appréciés - bien cordialement ! au plaisir !
Thank you very much to all for your kind comment and your very appreciated favorites - well cordially - au plaisir -
Herzlichen Dank an alle für Ihren freundlichen Kommentar und Ihre beliebten Favoriten - herzlich! zum Vergnügen !
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Ipernity ontdekken: www.ipernity.com/explore
This is a shot paying homage to the honourable Forerunner St. John the Baptist's birthday, celebrated on June 24th by Greek Orthodox Church. The chapel of St. John stands on a cliff top and is one of the most iconic landmarks of Skopelos Island, Greece; the location is called Kastrí.
Let us remember that St.John preached:
❝Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand❞
[Matthew 3, 2 (KJV)]
According to Wikipedia, the Kettering Bug was an experimental unmanned aerial torpedo, a forerunner of present-day cruise missiles. It was capable of striking ground targets up to 121 kilometres (75 mi) from its launch point, while traveling at speeds of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).The Bug's costly design and operation inspired Dr. Henry W. Walden to create a rocket that would allow a pilot to control the rocket after launch with the use of radio waves. The British radio controlled weapons of 1917 were secret at this time. These designs were forerunners of modern-day missiles.
Despite some successes during initial testing, the "Bug" was never used in combat. Officials worried about their reliability when carrying explosives over Allied troops. By the time the War ended about 45 Bugs had been produced. The aircraft and its technology remained a secret until World War II.
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio
Apparently RPS Transport is missing one of its fleet.
RPS stands for "Roadway Package System." It was a company formed in 1985 and was the forerunner of UPS and FED-EX. It went out of business in about 2006. So 'Resting Peacefully Shipping' is quite a good guess!
Built: 1898
Located in Baltic, Connecticut - a village within the town of Sprague, Connecticut – USA.
This two-story flatiron-style building was a humble forerunner to the famous twenty-two-story “Flatiron Building” constructed four years later in New York City. A building often considered the most iconic early skyscraper ever built.
Seen at Dad's Garage in Fredonia, Arizona. Hanging vertically by the drivers door is a series of yellow reflectors. A cable attached to them goes into the cab where the driver can pull the cable and move the reflectors into a horizontal position, as a warning to approaching traffic. Also note the carrier with the three smudge pot lamps on the passenger side of the truck. A forerunner to todays flares.
This is a shot paying homage to the honourable Forerunner St. John the Baptist's birthday, celebrated on June 24th by Greek Orthodox Church. The chapel of St. John stands on a cliff top and is one of the most iconic landmarks of Skopelos Island, Greece; the location is called Kastrí.
Let us remember that St. John preached:
❝Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand❞
[Matthew 3, 2 (KJV)]
The bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff,[2] built by The Phoenix Bridge Company, and opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. An innovative design, it was the first suspension bridge to employ Josef Melan's deflection theory for deck stiffening, resulting in the first use of a lightly-webbed weight-saving Warren truss[7] for its construction. Considered the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, it served as the model for many of the record-breaking spans built in the first half of the twentieth century.
The road was opened in 1967 and its forerunner was a construction access road. The road runs from Lærdalsøyri to Aurlandsvangen over the mountains and the highest point is 1,306 metres above sea level. The road is closed in the winter and snow lies on the mountain throughout large parts of the summer, so the name “the snow road” is truly befitting.
. I believe that if there is to be light, there must be darkness first. Perhaps if there is hope, there must be despair, utter despair, to precede. And if there exists true self, in any sense, there must be destruction of self to begin. I may have learned something of dying to self - certainly if I speak much here, I obviously have learned little.
[Glenn Peirson in I am Keats as you are, in a letter from Kapsowar, Kenya]
18th century bronze and enamel iconostasis with inscriptions in Church-Slavonic (Russia) showing John the Baptist holding (and baptising) the Jesus child. The depiction of the Prodromos (forerunner) follows the Byzantine visual tradition and originally was part of a tripartite foldable and portable depiction of the Deesis (showing also Mary and Christ the Pantokrator). The theological point of this piece is the intervention of John and Mary on behalf of humanity.
This image: as before, but a close-up and trying to show the heavy usage of the piece.
Taken in the Castle Arcade Cardiff, the forerunner to the shopping mall was built in 1887. One of Cardiff's two level arcades,shows a section of the decorative upper level.
Leasowe Lighthouse was built in 1763 by Liverpool Corporation's Docks Committee (the forerunner of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board) and is the oldest brick-built lighthouse in Britain. According to local tradition its foundations were built on bales of cotton from a nearby shipwreck. Around 1763, William Hutchinson installed what may have been the first parabolic reflector in a lighthouse. The lighthouse was one of four lights on the North Wirral foreshore, the others being two at Hoylake and another - a lower light - at Leasowe. The latter was soon destroyed by the sea and was replaced by a lighthouse on Bidston Hill in 1771.
The lighthouse was operational until 14 July 1908, with the only known female lighthouse keeper in those days, a Mrs. Williams. It then became a tearoom for a period, but was unused before 1989, since when it has been the base for the ranger service of the North Wirral Coastal Park. The building houses a visitor centre and is occasionally open to the public.
The Siena Cathedral Pulpit is an octagonal structure in Siena Cathedral sculpted by Nicola Pisano and his assistants Arnolfo di Cambio, Lapo di Ricevuto, and Nicolas' son Giovanni Pisano between 1265 and 1268. The pulpit, with its seven narrative panels and nine decorative columns carved out of Carrara marble, showcases Nicola Pisano's talent for integrating classical themes into Christian traditions, making both Nicola Pisano and the Siena pulpit forerunners of the classical revival of the Italian Renaissance.
Brasschaat Castle
The history of the Castle of Brasschaat originated in the 18th century, when the Helhoeve, the forerunner of the castle of Brasschaat, was converted into a court of plaisance.
When Armand Reusens became mayor of Brasschaat in 1872, he had a new beautiful castle built according to the French model and the Helhoeve was demolished. He enlarged the domain considerably. In 1896-1897, the castle was extended with two lateral wings and acquired its current appearance.
During World War I, a railway line was built to supply the forts. It crossed the park. After the war in 1925-1926, the railway was demolished and the land was returned to its owners. In order to keep away the billeting of soldiers, the castle was made available to the weak and sick children of the town.
In 1949 the castle and domain of almost 170 ha were bought by the municipality of Brasschaat. The land along the Bredabaan was parcelled out in order to relieve the purchase burden. Since 1978 the domain is partly managed by Bos en Groen. The castle was transformed into a hotel-restaurant.
Not such a clear shot as the forerunner but still an interesting image as the Sea King Helicopter removes a man from the Lifeboat at Eastbourne, Sussex.
General Philip Sheridan before the 1875 Texas Legislature about the buffalo hunters..."These men have done in the last two years, and will do more in the next year, to settle the vexed Indian question, than the entire regular army has done in the last thirty years. They are destroying the Indian's commissary; if you will; but, for the sake of a lasting peace, let them kill, skin, and sell until the buffaloes are exterminated. Then your prairies can be covered with speckled cattle, and the festive cowboy, who follows the hunter as a second forerunner of an advanced civilization."