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An old Lorton Prison guard tower and a high tension pylon. The prison has been closed and is now an arts center. The sun was behind me with a storm approaching. #HTT #LortonGuardTower
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Another angle of last week's Guard Tower pic. This one has the old power lines and the new ones next to each other . When the prison closed they put up new lines which are closer to the guard towers. They closed the prison because the land became too valuable and they want to develop it. When the lease ran out they didn't renew it. It's now a mixed use area with an arts museum and nearby houses. #Lorton #LortonArtsMuseum #sunset #landscape #LucyBurnMuseum #GuardTower #HTT #日没 #sunset #Sonnenuntergang #CoucherDuSoleil #X-T30Fujifilm
Viewed through some interior fencing we see the prison chapel and guard tower partitioned off from each other. Each has their own purpose.
Taken at The Old Joliet Prison.
Happy(?) Fence Friday!
Kasteel Huis Bergh te 's-Heerenberg: deze toren is in 1982 herbouwd op de fundamenten van de toren die in 1560 op de stadsmuur stond. Hij stond bekend als 'den toirn tegensover het Jodenstraetjen', de huidige Kerkstraat. Het is één van de grotere torens in de stadsmuur, zij werden als woning verhuurd. Er was uiteraard geen ruimte voor een gezin, de bewoners waren alleenstaanden die meestal van aalmoezen moesten leven. Deze wachttoren staat niet op het terrein van het kasteel maar iets verder aan de Muntwal. Druk op de 'L' toets voor de vergroting.
Kasteel Huis Bergh in 's-Heerenberg: this tower was rebuilt in 1982 on the foundations of the tower that stood on the city wall in 1560. It was known as 'den toirn opposite the Jodenstraetjen', the current Kerkstraat. It is one of the larger towers in the city wall, they were rented out as a residence. There was of course no room for a family, the residents were single people who mostly had to live on alms. This watchtower is not on the grounds of the castle but a little further on the Muntwal. Press the 'L' key for the magnification.
When we came across this derelict backboard inside the walls of the Old Joliet Prison, I immediately thought the 'referee' was positioned up in the guard tower with more than a whistle.
Looking at the MACV compound south of the armed forces recreation beach area east of Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam. Air Force Security Police provided protection for the beach compound and the neighboring MACV compound. 🇻🇳
Shot back in 1970 or 1971 on Kodak High Speed Ektachome with a Nikon FTN and poorly processed via the Armed Forces Exchange. Scanned to digital from the original transparency.
The guard tower built by convicts (circa 1836) was the main part of the Military Complex - Port Arthur - Tasmania - Australia.
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Exhibition of Talent.
Kurt Peiser Gallery.
Masterclass Exhibition.
Masterclass Elite.
Masterclass Elite Excellence Award.
The Belem Tower is located at the coast in the suburb Belem of Lisbon.
It was built in the 16th century by King John II as part of a defense system.
Joliet Correctional Center
Joliet, Illinois 41.547997, -88.075805
February 2, 2024
This is a variation on this shot to emphasize the wall.
Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison, and the Collins Street Prison) is a former prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States, which operated from 1858 to 2002 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_Correctional_Center
Here are more of my Joliet Prison pictures.
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I had driven by this guard tower off of Highway 395 a few times. I always wondered why they would have a prison way out in the middle of this desolate area. Then I found out that this wasn't a former prison camp, but an internment camp for Japanese American citizens. This guard tower leads you into the Manzanar National Historic Site.
Only a few of the original buildings are still standing, but it is a pretty powerful experience to explore the area and think about what it would have been like to been one of the people that were forced to live in this unforgiving environment. The museum is one of the best I've seen at any national park or monument. Well worth a few minutes of your time if you drive down Highway 395.
Sun setting down in the base camp. Here the sunset starts early around 1700hrs and an hour later it's already dark.
Iraq - On the Road
Auschwitz Birkenau...
There aren't really words to put here in description of how this place of such horror feels....
The numbers are too outrageous to even comprehend. Those numbers are people, just like me and you... Please give remembrance... Please.
Walking along the city walls of this town is a memory that will always stay with me.
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Le Dolder était la porte d'entrée de la ville de Riquewihr construite en même temps que la muraille au XIIIe siècle (en 1291). Elle servait à défendre la ville contre toute intrusion étrangère grâce à sa tour de guet installé sur le beffroi. Dolder signifie en alsacien « le point le plus haut ». Le beffroi a une hauteur de 25 mètres et a été construit pour impressionner l'ennemi grâce à l'aspect militaire de sa façade extérieure. Le côté tourné vers la ville donnait un aspect plus agréable grâce à ses poutres en forme de colombages et ses quatre étages qui étaient occupés par la famille du gardien. Le gardien devait assurer le guet et fermer la porte de l'entrée du village chaque soir et prévenir la population si quelque chose d'anormal se passait en donnant l'alarme. Il disposait pour cela d'une petite cloche sur le sommet du beffroi. Cette cloche a été fondue en 1842 et portait l'inscription « c'est la joie, c'est l'alarme que mon son produit. De jour j'annonce le vacarme et le repos de la nuit ».
Ce monument reste encore aujourd'hui l'emblème le plus remarqué dans la ville. L'intérieur du Dolder, autrefois habitation du gardien, abrite aujourd'hui dans trois de ses étages le musée local de l'art et de la tradition populaires. La tour abrite une collection d'armes du XVe au XVIIe siècle et divers outils et objets liés directement aux professions vinicoles. On y trouve également des documents et des souvenirs de familles ainsi que des ustensiles de l'époque dont l'usage a maintenant complètement disparu. Un coup d'œil le long du mur d'enceinte, à droite et à gauche du Dolder et le long de la Semme fait sentir son côté pittoresque, la solidité et l'importance de ces fortifications. (Wikipedia)
The upper city gate, the Dolder (1291), was built at the same time as the first fortifications at the end of the 13th century and served as a defensive tower, watchtower, and bell tower.
In Alsatian, "Dolder" means "highest point, summit." At 25 meters high, this tower threatened the enemy with the stark and warlike appearance of its exterior facade, while the interior facade, facing the city, had delighted the eyes of the inhabitants since the 16th century with the attractive arrangement of its wooden beams and four corbel vaults. Its first level formed one of the starting points of the patrol route that ran around the city on top of the ramparts.
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Rue du Général de Gaulle
Riquewihr (68), France.
Roadtrip to France (2025).
Video: youtu.be/oyOdbjSg4D8
Waipio, Oahu, Hawai'i
This old abandoned guard tower was used by the military for their secured underground fuel storage many years ago. Today, it's just stands as a reminder of past wars. Do you notice a lone paratrooper or parachutist in the darker area of the clouds?
Sony A7 (Full Spectrum) | Sony 55mm ZA | Kolari Vision-780nm Clip-In
Ricoh GRD IV
(bleach bypass cold)
SOOC (edit: very light desaturation. now i remember). :)
this is why i love the camera.
i mean ... even on the screen, it appears to good to be true: no post processing whatsoever. this is what i was seeing on the LCD.
This watch tower was built in 1827 - often known in Scotland as Resurrection Towers too, because they were to guard against the "Resurrection Men", the bodysnatchers who would rob the tombs of the recently deceased to sell the bodies to physicians at the city's world-famous medical and anatomy school (no questions asked).
This happened in many cities around the world in the 1800s as medical schools often legally only had access to bodies of condemned criminals for dissection training for medical students, so this macabre black market sprung up. Edinburgh, of course, is famous, or infamous for some of the best known of these, Burke and Hare (although they found it easier to murder rather than dig up a victim to sell), and the city's great son Robert Louis Stevenson would be inspired to write The Body Snatcher years later in 1894, inspired by the tales he had heard in his home city.
Remarkably this building is still in active use - not as a watch tower any longer, thankfully, but it is well preserved and still used (I think currently it is some sort of small office - what a wonderfully unusual place to work!)
As tensions had risen in Historica, the people of Mophet and its surroundings had grown increasingly nervous. Although accustomed to hardships for generations, the recent inflow of money and resources to the region had meant that the standard of living had risen dramatically. This had led to many of the inhabitants changing their rugged nomad lifestyles into a more “civilized” way of life. Thus, they no longer felt safe as rumors had spread throughout Kali that bands of robbers and thugs roamed freely, taking whatever they desired. There was also a widespread notion that merchants and armies from the north would try to use the current instability to attack and destroy some of the more important cities and settlements along the oil road, in an attempt to establish new trade-routes, thus endangering the position that Mophet now had acquired.
Now a central hub along the oil road, the leaders as well as the common folk, realized they had to take steps to ensure they would not be attacked. The city had, until recently, been somewhat unprotected against attack in terms of fortifications and instead relied on good relationships with local tribe-leaders. With the city growing and more of the markets and small farms that made up the outskirts of it being exposed, a decision had to be made.
Tabib D’Odo discussed the matter with a good friend of him, a half-elf that went by the name of sir Gideon. Tabib had met him a few times on his travels to Barqa and the two had gotten along very well. Gideon, being a seasoned fighter and now one of the leaders of the neighboring city of Barqa, advised Tabib to immediately start to reinforce Mophet against what might come. “If nothing else, strong walls and turrets usually cast some doubts in the hearts of any potential attacker” said Gideon.
Being a city that basically had consisted of several smaller settlements slowly merging together, there were already some walls and fortifications in place from times passed. This however provided protection mostly to the inner parts of Mophet, and did little to ensure the safety of the many people working the markets and gardens/farms on the outskirts of the city. Given the good relationship with Barqa, and the income that had been generated through trade, Tabib was able to quickly muster a large number of builders to help the local carpenters and masons already hard at work. They began raising and strengthening some of the larger sections that still remained intact in the outer parts of the city, as well as building entire new sections to make sure the city would be well protected in case of any attack. Turrets were built and an increased number of guards also started to patrol the walls as well as the surroundings to make sure none tried to enter without permission.
So this is my entry to challenge III (fortifications) over on Guilds of Historica. Had a blast building this and I hope you all like it :)
A guardtower as a part of the townwall of Dunholm.
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This guard tower stands at the southeast corner of the old Territorial/State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. In 1867 the US Congress authorized monies for express purpose of building a prison in the newly formed, but largely lawless Montana Territory. The territorial government chose the ranch town of Deer Lodge for the prison. Construction started in 1870 on what was planed as a 3 tiered structure with fourteen cells per tier. But due to lack of material and high construction costs only one tier was originally built. The prison opened on July 2, 1871, when US Marshal William Wheeler took possession of the first nine prisoners. Finally in 1885 monies were appropriated in order to built a three story cellblock with 42 double-occupancy cells which opened in 1886. The Montana Territorial Prison was finally completed to original specifications, just in time to be handed over to the new State of Montana in March 1890. The prison remained open until 1979 when a new state prison was constructed outside of Deer Lodge.
Some say the old prison is haunted. Visitors report strange sounds and the sensation of being touched by invisible beings. Some say “Turkey Pete” Either still haunts cell number 1. Eitner spent 49 years incarcerated at the prison for murder before dying of natural causes in 1967. Some think the spirits of 2 inmates, who organized and died in the 1959 riot, still haunt the halls of the prison.
The prison was added to The Register of National Historic Places on September 3, 1976. Today the prison operates as part of a Museum complex in Deer Lodge. We didn’t tour the interior of the prison on this trip.