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First series of shots of the day at around 9am. The sun was low and to the right, thus much of the blaster stacks were in shadow.
Tyseley's 'Hall' No. 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' approaches Claverdon while working 1Z95 1125 Didcot - Stratford-upon-Avon private charter on 3rd July 2008. It is a pity that the relay room (or whatever) has been positioned in that precise location, but, hey, it is all part of the railway scene. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Part of the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project, a $2.2 billion construction project that will increase the capacity of Michigan's only refinery to 115,000 barrels per day.
Monochromatic Visions Group - Admins Fave Award - Week of April 12, 2010
Featured in Flickr Explore - April 14, 2010 - Best Position #389
Me: Setting up camera and tripod on public sidewalk.
Homeland Security: pulls up in security vehicle... "Hey what are you doing? Taking pictures?"
Me: "Yep."
Homeland Security: Staring at me in silence
Me: "I don't know what that is but it sure looks really interesting."
Homeland Security: "That there is CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE!"
Me: Not really sure what to say... "OK then, just going to be taking some pictures."
Homeland Security: Watches from vehicle as I make my exposures then follows me back to my vehicle where he appears to be writing down my license plate number.
I shot this several times and was approached by security every time. I was told that photographing this was prohibited but that they couldn't do anything about it because I was on a public sidewalk. I am probably now on some terrorist watch list, hope it was worth it.
World's largest man-made star - erected in 1949.
Height of steel structure - 100ft.
Height of Star - 88.5 ft..
Weight of Star 10,000 lbs.
Weight of Steel structure 60,000 lbs.
Weight of concrete base 500,000 lbs.
Dept of base 6.5 ft.
Length of neon tubing 2,000 ft.
Height about sea level - 1,847 ft.
Height above city 1,045 ft. Visibility from air - 60 miles
Several possible color combinations - illuminated every night until midnight
A track panel job is underway at W 8th St renewing the guarded curve on Track B2 connecting from the Brighton Line to the Culver Line. The two Bay Cranes are here to move old and new track panels onto and off of the elevated structure. The process required a lot of manpower due to the aggressive schedule and short amount of time available to work (Saturday and Sunday only, and working after dark is not allowed on elevated structures), and half of the curve was completed over the weekend.
Of note next to the track is a Transit substation, bearing the TA logo used from 1962-1968. Looking closely, one can see three generations of Transit Authority logos in this photo, with the 1968-1994 logo on the crane cars and 1994-present logo on the R156 diesel locomotive (MPI, 2012-2013).
W8th St-New York Aquarium Station
Culver Line - IND
Sego Ghost Town.
Henry Ballard, one of the founders of Thompson Springs, discovered an exposed vein of anthracite coal in Sego canyon in 1908 while exploring the many canyons of the Book Cliffs. He quietly bought the land and began to hire local laborers to mine the coal. The coal camp was naturally called Ballard. In 1911 the town was renamed Nelsen after the company general manager. In 1918 the town was again renamed Sego after the Sego Lilly so common in Utah.
To see more of this interesting abandoned mining town check out my album here: www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/albums/72157704203388472/