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San Francisco, California. Postcard from my collection.
Description on the back:
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was designed by Joseph B. Strauss and completed in May 1937 at a cost of $35,500,000. The huge Span is illuminated by night with yellow sodium vapor lights and links northern California to the peninsula of San Francisco.
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The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Menin Gate Memorial was unveiled on 24 July 1927.
Richard William Gates III, aka Rick Gates, is a former campaign manager for the Trump 2016 campaign and deputy chairman of the Donald Trump Inaugural Committee who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and making false statements.
This caricature of Rick Gates is an original Photoshop painting. The body was adapted from a photo in the public domain from The White House Flickr photostream.
Not where I live but "Mother Nature" does. I visit my son there. He has seen ... rattlesnake, coyotes , 2 bobcats , owls, rabbits, woodpeckers, many lizards, bats , baby bats, scorpions.
Sounds like fun!
Welton Gate Box is situated between Melton Lane and Brough on the Gilberdyke to Hull line.
The gates are normally closed to road users and the signals in the off position. Because of the close proximity of the boxes to one another we see Melton Lane's distant signal sharing the same posts as Welton's home signal. in the opposite direction Brough Easts distant signal is similarly mounted beneath Welton's home peg.
Here the driver gives a wave as 185126 glides by the crossing at 15.19 hrs with 1K16 the 13.41 Manchester Piccadily - Hull Paragon service, seen on Friday 31st July 2015.
Another rest day !!! That's two in two weeks.
I'm very conscious that whilst I have these signalling riches on my doorstep I need to get them visited as soon enough I'll be moving on and they'll be a whole lot trickier to find time to visit. Rest days are few and far between but a concerted effort needs to be made to get out more with the camera.
This one saw a very leisurely start visiting in this order
Hull Paragon
Hessle Road
Welton Gate Box
Melton Lane
Crabley Creek
Five very different boxes
I took a myriad of shots , if and when time allows I'll return with more signalling type shots but for now I have just posted one for each location and all featuring a train.
All visited on Friday 31st July 2015
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Lions Gate Bridge
Lions Gate Bridge from the south end in Stanley Park
Coordinates 49°18′55″N 123°8′18″WCoordinates: 49°18′55″N 123°8′18″W
Carries Three lanes of British Columbia Highway 1A/99, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses Burrard Inlet
Locale Vancouver
West Vancouver
Official name First Narrows Bridge
Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Total length 1,823 m (5,981 ft)
Height 111 m (364 ft)
Longest span 473 m (1,552 ft)
Load limit 13 tonnes (12.8 long tons; 14.3 short tons)
Clearance below 61 m (200 ft)
History
Designer Charles Nicholas Monsarrat
Philip Louis Pratley
Construction begin March 31, 1937
Opened November 14, 1938
Statistics
Daily traffic 60,000 – 70,000
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name Lions Gate Bridge National Historic Site of Canada
Designated 24 March 2005
Reference no. 11711
Lions Gate Bridge is located in Vancouver
Lions Gate Bridge
Location of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver
The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938, officially known as the First Narrows Bridge,[1] is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" refers to The Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver. Northbound traffic on the bridge heads in their general direction. A pair of cast concrete lions, designed by sculptor Charles Marega, were placed on either side of the south approach to the bridge in January 1939.[2]
The total length of the bridge including the north viaduct is 1,823 m (5,981 ft). The length including approach spans is 1,517.3 m (4,978 ft), the main span alone is 473 m (1,552 ft), the tower height is 111 m (364 ft), and it has a ship's clearance of 61 m (200 ft). Prospect Point in Stanley Park offered a good high south end to the bridge, but the low flat delta land to the north required construction of the extensive North Viaduct.
The bridge has three reversible lanes, the use of which is indicated by signals. The centre lane changes direction to accommodate for traffic patterns. The traffic volume on the bridge is 60,000 - 70,000 vehicles per day. Trucks exceeding 13 tonnes (12.8 long tons; 14.3 short tons) are prohibited, as are vehicles using studded tires. The bridge forms part of Highways 99 and 1A.
On March 24, 2005, the Lions Gate Bridge was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.[3]
History
Starting about 1890, bridge builders saw that a bridge across the first narrows was becoming a possibility. There were a number who argued against its construction, as many felt it would ruin Stanley Park or cause problems for the busy seaport or that it would take toll revenue away from the Second Narrows Bridge. However, many others saw it as necessary in order to open up development on the North Shore and it was felt that these problems could be overcome. The decision was put to the electorate of Vancouver in 1927, but the first plebiscite was defeated and the idea was put to rest for a short while.
Alfred James Towle Taylor, who had been part of this proposal and still owned the provincial franchise to build the bridge, did not have the finances to purchase the necessary large sections of property in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. However, he was able to convince the Guinness family (of the Irish stout fame) to invest in the land on the north shore of Burrard Inlet. They purchased 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of West Vancouver mountainside through a syndicate called British Pacific Properties Ltd.
On December 13, 1933, a second plebiscite was held and this time, it was passed by a 2 to 1 margin. After considerable further negotiations with the federal government, approval was finally granted, with the requirement that Vancouver materials and workmen be used as much as possible to provide employment during the Great Depression. The 1933 bylaw authorizing construction included a provision mandating that “no Asiatic person shall be employed in or upon any part of the undertaking or other works.”[4]
The bridge was designed by the Montreal firm Monsarrat and Pratley, which was later responsible for the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia using a similar design. Other companies involved in the construction of the bridge include: Swan Wooster Engineering, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Canron Western Constructors, Dominion Bridge Company, American Bridge Company.[5]
Construction began on March 31, 1937. After one and a half years and a cost of $5,873,837.17 (CAD), it opened to traffic on November 14, 1938. On May 29, 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth presided over the official opening during a royal visit to Canada. A toll of 25 cents was charged for each car. On January 20, 1955, the Guinness family sold the bridge to the province for $5,959,060, and on April1, 1963 the toll was removed. The newly constructed bridge differed from the current configuration of the bridge as it originally had only two lanes. Yet, as had been foreseen, West Vancouver’s population boomed as a result of the new connection. Thus, to accommodate the increased population, the lanes were divided into three with the middle lane acting as a passing lane. Eventually overhead lane control signals were installed, enabling traffic in the centre lane to be directed in either direction, and facilitating emergency vehicle access by closing off the center lane.
Another difference with the original configuration was that in an effort to recover the expenditure it cost to build the bridge, the Guinness family had toll booths installed. The toll remained on the bridge until April 1, 1963. Changes were made shortly after, as the tolls were removed and overhead lane controls were added. The Guinness family's last involvement with the bridge happened in 1986, when they added lights to the bridge as an Expo '86 gift.[citation needed]
In 1975, the deteriorating north viaduct was replaced with a lighter, wider, and stronger steel deck with wider lanes. This was carried out in sections using a series of short closures of the bridge; each time, one old section was lowered from the bridge and its replacement was put into place.
In 1986 the Guinness family, as a gift to Vancouver, purchased decorative lights that make it a distinctive nighttime landmark. In July 2009, the bridge's lighting system was updated with new LED lights to replace this existing system of 100-watt mercury vapour bulbs. The switch to LEDs is expected to reduce power consumption on the bridge by 90 per cent and save the Province about $30,000 a year in energy and maintenance costs. The approximate cost of this project was $150,000, paid for by the ministry and B.C. Hydro. "The average replacement time of one of the traditional light bulbs was about 72 hours," said the ministry's Jeff Knight. With the new LED bulbs, which are designed to last 12 years, it could be a decade before any work crew is called out to do a replacement.
By the 1990s, it was time for the bridge to be either significantly upgraded or replaced. A number of different proposals were considered, including building a new bridge beside the existing bridge, building a tunnel from Downtown Vancouver to the north shore, or double decking the existing bridge. However, none of the proposals could overcome the City of Vancouver's objections to any increase in traffic into the downtown core and the province's unwillingness to spend much money on the project. In the end, it was decided to upgrade the existing bridge without adding any new lanes.
Traffic was finding the 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in) wide lanes narrow, and the sidewalks were inadequate for pedestrians and cyclists. As a result, the main bridge deck was replaced in 2000 and 2001 – the first time a suspension bridge's deck had been replaced. As with the earlier work, this was facilitated by a series of separate nighttime and weekend closures to replace one section at a time. The old section would be lowered to a barge, and the new one raised into place and connected. The change allowed the two pedestrian walkways to be moved to the outside of the structure and the road lanes were accordingly widened from 3 to 3.6 m (from 10 to 12 ft) each; the new sidewalks are also wider, 2.7 m (9 ft) each instead of 1.2 m (4 ft). Also, the main structural elements were moved to below the bridge deck, thus giving a much more open appearance. The entire suspended structure was thus replaced with little or no interruption in daytime traffic.[6]
Landmark
The Lions Gate Bridge has become a landmark of Vancouver and the North Shore.
The bridge was featured on the first title card of CBC supper-hour newscast Canada Now, but it was replaced with a local image in several markets.
The bridge is often used in television broadcasts as a symbol of Vancouver; most telecasts of NHL hockey games played in Vancouver show the bridge at least once.
The bridge is the namesake of locally founded film company Lionsgate.
The bridge was featured in a short sequence of the film Drawing Flies.
The bridge was featured in the closing sequence of the film Tron: Legacy, released December 17, 2010.
The bridge was featured as the set of 2011 film Final Destination 5 released August 12, 2011.
The bridge was featured in the closing credits of Da Vinci's Inquest.
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Gates was most interested in the discussion of future microprocessor improvements (multi-core, clock speed, on chip memory). You can tell because he starts rocking back and forth like a metronome with one foot in front of the other.
David House, formerly with Intel, is appropriately framed with the “microprocessor” and “integrated circuit” labels.
Bill Gates boasted that it was his bad influence that caused Steve Ballmer (right) to drop out of the B-School. Is that Melinda in front of Steve?
The India Gate, originally called the All India War Memorial, is a war memorial located astride the Rajpath, on the eastern edge of the ‘ceremonial axis’ of New Delhi, formerly called Kingsway. The names of some 70,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I, in "France and Flanders, Mesopotamia, and Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the near and the far-east", between 1914–19, are inscribed on the memorial arch. In addition, the war memorial bears the names of some 12,516 Indian soldiers who died while serving in "India or the North-west Frontier and during the Third Afghan War".[1] The India Gate war memorial, the architectural style of which has been compared with the Gateway of India in Bombay, and the Napoleonic Arc de Triomphe in Paris, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[1]
In 1971, following the Bangladesh Liberation war, a small simple structure, consisting of a black marble plinth, with reversed rifle, capped by war helmet, bounded by four eternal flames, was built beneath the soaring Memorial Archway. This structure, called Amar Jawan Jyoti, or the Flame of the Immortal Soldier, has since 1971 served as India’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Victoria Gate (Maltese: Il-Bieb Victoria, Italian: Porta Victoria or Porta Vittoria) is a city gate in Valletta, Malta. It was built by the British in 1885, and was named after Queen Victoria. The gate is the main entrance into the city from the Grand Harbour area, which was once the busiest part of the city. The gate is located between Marina Curtain and St. Barbara Bastion, on the site of the 16th-century Del Monte Gate.
Victoria Gate is the only surviving gate within the fortifications of Valletta, since all the other fortified gates were demolished between the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, the only other gate is the City Gate, which was built in 2014 to a modern design.
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Gate E to Fenway Park on Lansdowne Street -- and the street side of Fenway's Green Monster. Baseball returns with the Red Sox's home opener with the Yankees the first week in April.
Here is another view of the gate to the Broley place and the unfortunate truck that Ronnie dumped into the hole. I crossed the remains of the 63rd Street bridge on the temporary wood bridge and over to this gate at Broley and the ruined road in. At one point, the truck was tipped down into the hole when it was flooded. When you see water, you never know where the bottom is! I am not sure how this was scoured out other than leaks in the pipe. It doesn't seem to have a start nor an end. I snuck around the barricade on north 63rd street and around to the bridge in front of the old Broley farm. The water that was here probably cut across to the new water flow. Two rivers now converge, to my left, in front of Broley. The St.Vrain floods cut through the gravel pits around Broley and sliced through 61st Street to create a new cut to meet the old St.Vrain. I decided to drive around and get some real disaster shots over toward Broley, to my right, now a small island. The bridge behind me was never very well designed to withstand big waters. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockypix/sets/72157630174540860/]. Some folks are convinced the river ought to be moved back to some of its original now empty course. Darwin should chime in on that idea. The farmers are screaming about rebuilt ditches before spring.
We are finally receiving some help from the feds and the last time out, they were starting to work on the channel cut across 61st. All in spite of the psychopaths in Congress.
The bridge and 61st Street are going to require some serious work.