John Mitchell,Grangemouth
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just over the horizon is Grangemouth refinery which along with a long exposure and high wind makes for the somewhat surreal sky
Fire in the distance is actually from a high chimney in Grangemouth refinery which is just over the horizon.This field is quite high.
Au revoir, Sun - see you tomorrow. Taken looking over the River Forth towards Grangemouth - taken with my phone (to get it all in - I only had my big lens with me)
Them smokestacks reachin' like the arms of God
Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay
: Bruce Springsteen - Youngstown
The Kelpies sculptures by Andy Scott tower over a new section of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Grangemouth. Inspiration for The Kelpies came from the heavy horses which pulled boats and cargo along the towpaths of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals in their heyday. The transport arteries of the Industrial Revolution, the canals and the horses that walked them played a huge role in the development of the area. The sculptures’ name was derived from the mythical Celtic water horses which could transform their shape and which were reputed to have the strength of 10 horses and the endurance of many more. The sculptures were modelled on Duke and Baron, real-life working Clydesdale horses, who attended the opening ceremony in 2013.
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Each head is 30 metres high. The sculptures, designed by sculptor Andy Scott, represent kelpies, a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white horse-like creature.
37418 leads 11 TTA two axle fuel tanks over the viaduct at Ackworth on the line through Pontefract Baghill to Moorthorpe on the morning of March the 7th 2023. These wagons have been in store at Gascoigne Wood since mid November 2022 after being made redundant in their work carrying Aviation fuel from the Grangemouth Refinery. Running as train 6Z42, the 09:45 from Gascoigne Wood to Lydney, the wagons are heading for a new era in Preservation at the Dean Forest Railway.
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Each head is 30 metres high. The sculptures, designed by sculptor Andy Scott, represent kelpies, a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white horse-like creature.
0Z83 Grangemouth Ineos to Aberdeen Waterloo. Class 70 in Colas Rail Freight livery heads north towards Aberdeen to collect the slurry tanks, that will then head south later in the afternoon.
Construction has been completed on Scotland's newest landmark, two 100ft-tall horse head sculptures, called The Kelpies.
The dramatic horse heads are made of 600 tonnes of steel and can be seen from the M9 motorway in Falkirk.
Glasgow artist Andy Scott was inspired by the tradition of working horses in Scotland which used to pull barges along canals and worked in the fields where The Kelpies now stand.! Apr 27, explore 2014 #21