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The remains of an early plank road along the coast of Mendocino County. The plank road was built for logging wagons hauling from the forests of northern Mendocino to the mills at Fort Bragg. This kept the wagons off the early Highway 1. Mackerricher State Park. Fort Bragg, California USA
This was taken in Peshastin to show that not only is the American Infrastructure outdated, but considering that there was a major wreck here in the last century, and now it's also hailing oil trains, I figured I'd better document it.
Milan is the capital of Lombardy Region, and is the second-most populous city in Italy, while is the first considering the metro area. The city proper has a population of about 3.1 million, while Milan metropolitan region is part of the so-called Blue Banana, the area of Europe with the highest population and industrial density. The massive suburban sprawl that followed the post-war boom of the 1950s–60s and the growth of a vast commuter belt, suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded well beyond the boundaries of its administrative limits and its agglomeration, creating a metropolitan region of over 11 million people, stretching over the former provinces of Milan, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Lodi, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Varese and Novara.
"Well, they tell you how much land you get at water level. Above that, it's all about negotiation and creativity. Everybody builds outwards as they build upwards. I watched one corner building come down before they even finished it. Plenty of construction workers around here; not too many engineers."
Manuel Garcia, Building Owner
A few slices of life from the Cyber City display from Brickworld 2013. Look for it again at BrickFair Virginia in August.
Photos courtesy of encartaphile.
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Leicester station is approaching soon. Below we pass some of Leicester City Council's massive improvements to cycling and walking infrastructure. I've been over this junction many times by bicycle, it's a treat to use.
Aberthaw Power Station
Aberthaw is a coal-fired power station. The station began full operation in 1971 and is located to the west of Cardiff, in the Vale of Glamorgan, on the north bank of the Bristol Channel.
Aberthaw can generate around 1555MW of electricity for the National Grid System. This is enough power to meet the needs of some 1.5 million households - equivalent to the total population of five cities the size of Cardiff.
We aim to maintain Aberthaw Power Station as one of the most efficient coal-fired power stations in the UK and we have completed a £230 million environmental upgrade in recent years.
Aberthaw operates as an opted in station under the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). We have invested in new technologies to reduce emissions at Aberthaw, such as the FGD technology already in operation, that reduces sulphur emissions by up to 95%.
Coal supply
Aberthaw Power Station was designed to burn semi-anthracitic, low-volatile coal. A high percentage of this coal is locally sourced coal, mined in Wales and is transported to the power station by rail.
Carbon Capture
RWE has recently completed construction of a 3MWe carbon capture pilot plant at our coal-fired power station in Aberthaw. This will test technology to capture the carbon dioxide from the flue gases and will form a vital part of RWE's research programme into carbon capture and storage technology.
In January 2013, the Aberthaw Carbon Capture Pilot plant captured its first tonne of CO2. Over the next two years we will undertake an extensive R&D programme to help us better understand how this technology could be used to reduce carbon emissions at coal-fired power stations. More information on the carbon capture plant is available here.
Tijdens een wandeling door het natuurgebied Moerputten, nabij Den Bosch, dook deze oude spoorbrug opeens op. Ingezonden door: Jonathan Hoolwerf. Categorie: #natuur
The images from the series “Infrastructure of Artifice” were shot on location in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 2007, using a large format view camera. Being the largest port in Europe, (second only to Shanghai globally) the Port of Rotterdam is a construct of enormous proportions that necessitates the globalized economy in which we all reside. In an increasingly globalized world, society becomes ever more homogenized creating a level of disassociation and isolation within the human psyche. The photographic gaze is drawn to the literal infrastructure of the port, at the same time highlighting the artificial construct of a landscape entirely reclaimed from the sea. This extreme example of how humankind affects the ‘natural’ landscape acts as a metaphor for the implications of artifice within the modern world. The images herein, seek to meditate upon the Port of Rotterdam as a simulacrum of modern day society and how this reflects upon the human condition.
La construcción del puente, se realizó entre 1890 y 1893. El puente tiene 61 metros de altura y 160 metros de longitud. Se trata de un puente colgante con una barquilla transbordadora para el transporte de vehículos y pasajeros. Fue el primer puente de este tipo construido en el mundo y por ello sirvió de modelo de numerosos puentes construidos en Europa, África y América. El Puente de Vizcaya es considerado actualmente el puente transbordador en servicio más antiguo del mundo.
A mediados de 1937, durante la Guerra civil española, los ingenieros del republicano Ejército del Norte recibieron la orden de destruir todos los pasos sobre la ría de Bilbao, con el fin de detener el avance de las tropas franquistas. Por esto, el 17 de junio de ese año, se derribó el travesaño que se precipitó sobre las aguas. El puente fue reconstruido y finalmente puesto en servicio nuevamente, el 19 de junio de 1941.4 El proyecto de reconstrucción se debe al ingeniero de caminos José Juan Aracil, quien actualizó el diseño de la viga original y de los cables de suspensión y atirantamiento.5 Empezando a montar la pasarela central desde el medio hacia ambas orilllas de Portugalete y las Arenas mediante unos cables que sirvieron de apoyo para mantener la pasarela cental.