Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky
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In the deep of winter, sometimes it is difficult to shoot photos of nature against a series of extreme weather warnings. But nature can be invited indoors through our lenses and integrated with potted plants. This photo made use of Nikon D850's multiple exposure function and consists of 3 images, 2 outside and one indoors.
Many viewers have commented that The Guardian Building (originally The Union Trust Company Building) reminded them of a church.
This picture shows approximately half of the bank lobby on the main floor. Imagine the original bank building with 60-90 bank teller cages lining the entire length of both sides of this "nave". The ceiling was composed of a 3/4 inch (1.9cm) of horsehair and coated with a layer of plaster cement. Then, a canvas layer was applied, and painted with designs reminiscent of the patterns of Navajo rugs. This was a sound-deadening system.
The "altar piece" ( I suppose) was the three-story mural of the map of the lower peninsula of Michigan. Highlighted were the major Michigan moneymakers of the1890s to 1920s: mining, manufacturing, lumber, fishing, commerce, and agriculture. It was completed in 1929, unfortunately the year of the beginning of "The Great Depression".
This superbly decorated Art-Deco bank building was nicknamed "The Cathedral of Finance." So, if the earlier pictures reminded you of a church (reprised in the first comment below) --you were very observant : -)
Its 45 mins after sun up and the sun rays are shinning on the Siemens wind turbine manufacturing plant on the Alexandra Dock Hull.
Siemens have invested £160 million on the plant, from there the turbines are loaded on special ships and transported out to the wind farms being built in the North Sea.
The shot is taken from the viewing area at Barton upon Humber.
The Continental Mark II is an ultra-luxury coupé that was sold by the Continental Division of Ford for the 1956 and 1957 model years. The only product line ever marketed by Continental during its existence, the Mark II served as the worldwide flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company. The vehicle derived its name from European manufacturing practice, with "Mark II" denoting a second generation (succeeding the 1939–1948 Lincoln Continental).
As the most expensive American-produced automobile of the time, the Mark II was marketed against the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. Produced solely as a two-door hardtop coupe, the Mark II used standard Lincoln mechanical components, including its "Y-block" V8 and automatic transmission. The rest of the vehicle was largely hand-assembled, leading Ford to lose thousands of dollars for each example produced.
Following the 1957 model year, Ford discontinued its flagship Continental division, with the division phased into Lincoln from 1958. For 1969, Ford revived the chronology of the Mark series with the debut of the (second) Continental Mark III coupe, leading to five successive generations; the model line currently ends with the 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII coupe. In modified form, Lincoln still uses the four-point star emblem introduced by the Mark II; each version of the Mark series (and the 1982-1987 Lincoln Continental) was styled with a "Continental" spare-tire trunklid.
Intended as a successor to the Lincoln Continental, effectively making its predecessor a Mark I, the Continental Mark II made its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in October 1955.The Mark II debuted in the United States at Ford Motor Company headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. With a $9,966 base price (equivalent to $95,100 today), the Mark II was the most expensive domestic-produced automobile sold in the United States at the time. The only extra cost option offered for the Mark II was a $595 ($5,700 today) air conditioner. Despite its high price, Ford Motor Company estimated it lost nearly $1,000 ($9500 today) for every unit produced
To streamline production, powertrain components were adapted from the Lincoln model line and checked through the division's quality-control program during production. The 368 cubic-inch Lincoln Y-block V8 powered the Mark II, paired with the 3-speed Turbo-Drive automatic transmission. For 1956, the engines produced 285 hp, increased to 300 hp for 1957
Total productions for the two years produced was 3005 units including about one half dozen preproduction and prototypes.
My first visit to see these awesome sculptures by Andy Scott at night. Such a cool place to spend a couple of hours mooching. Surprisingly busy at 9.30pm too.....
In an monumental feat of engineering, The Kelpies, two 30 metre high stainless steel sculptures, rose from the ground in 2013, towering over The Helix and the Forth & Clyde canal.
Construction of The Kelpies began on 17th June 2013. The two enormous structures were manufactured and installed by SH Structures Limited.
The build was officially completed on 27th November 2013, and was celebrated with a 'topping-out' ceremony featuring Duke and Baron, the Clydesdale life models for The Kelpies.
The Kelpies by numbers
300 tonnes each
30 metres high
1200 tonnes of steel-reinforced concrete foundations per head
928 unique stainless steel skin-plates
Built on site in 90 days
The worlds largest equine sculptures
The former monastery church of St. Verena stands high on a hill above Rot an der Rot.
Built between 1777-1786, it is in the transition from late baroque to classicism. In its basic structure, however, it still follows the Vorarlberg cathedral building scheme with the pillars in front and the gallery gallery behind. The decorations, however, are already indications of the emerging classicism. They are no longer ornate and playful, but follow a geometric arrangement.
Against the will of the convent, Abbot Mauritius Moritz decides to rebuild the church. When he dies he leaves behind a ruin and high debt. Between 1777 and 1779 Johann Baptist Laub built the eastern part of the church.
Abbot Moritz's successor, Abbot Willebold Held, sees it as his most urgent task to bring the building of the church to an end. In 1783 the foundation stone was finally laid.
In 1780, Andreas Meinrad from OW produced the late baroque fresco in the choir room. The frescoes in the nave and in the dome are the work of Januarius Zick. Franz Xaver Feichtmayer II and his older brother Simpert equip the interior with stucco. The high altar and the pulpit are also a work by Feichtmayer.
A highlight of this church is the choir stalls, a masterpiece of baroque carving. Created from 1691 - 1693 for the previous church. Andreas Etschmann and Ignatz Waibl, who also created the Buxheim choir stalls, could be the creators of the choir stalls.
In 1784 the choir stalls were taken over in the new church and equipped with choir organs in the classical style.
The Holzhey organ is also of high quality. In 1785 the organ builder was commissioned to manufacture a choir organ, which was completed two years later.
He also made the main organ, which was completed in 1793. It is one of four three-manual large organs made by Holzhey. It is one of the few large organs made by the organ builder, which is still almost in its original condition.
1955 Nash Ambassador Country Club.
After Nash rolled out its Airflyte body style, Ambassador sales enjoyed a significant gain by selling just four- and two-door sedans in the 1949-1951 marketplace. They were manufactured at the Nash Factory (Kenosha, WI), and the Nash Factory (El Segundo, CA).
Airflyte styling entered its final season with the heavily facelifted 1955 versions, created under the direction of Edmund E. Anderson. "Scenaramic" wrap-around windshields accompanied an entirely new front-end treatment with a new oval grille incorporating the headlights. The front fenders featured raised front wheel arches that showed more of the front wheel and tire than Nash had revealed since the 1949 models debuted.
Ambassadors were now available with a V8 engine for the first time. The engine was supplied by Packard as part of George W. Mason's vision to have Packard join AMC to help achieve the economies of scale of the domestic Big Three automakers. The 320 cu in (5.2 L) V8 produced 120 hp (89 kW; 122 PS) and mated to Packard's Ultramatic automatic transmission.
Car: MG B GT.
Years of manufacture: 1963 to 1980.
Date taken: 25th March 2023.
Album: Carspotting 2023
Excerpt from www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Dickson-Hill-HC...:
Dickson Hill is one of the most unique communities in the City of Cambridge. Dickson Hill is named for the Honourable William Dickson, a prominent Galt settler who arrived to the area in 1816. Dickson is credited with founding the Village of Galt due to his considerable land holdings and was responsible for much of the commercial development on the west bank of the Grand River.
His son, William Dickson Jr., acquired most of the lands that currently make up the residential area of Dickson Hill. His own residence, located at 16 Byng Avenue was constructed in 1832. The development of the residential component occurred over several decades and by a series of developers. Florence Dickson, niece to William Dickson Jr., and his heir, controlled the development of this area until the 1890’s.
Dickson Hill features an extremely high concentration of significant buildings of various types: residential, institutional, commercial and manufacturing. In addition to the buildings, key elements that define the character of Dickson Hill are:
• Tree-lined streets;
• Distinctive globe street lights; and
• Prominent urban public spaces and landscape features.
In the 1970s, these old buildings housed a pioneering foundry. This was where the first all-magnesium motorbike wheels were made and later the first hollow-spoke wheels. At the end of the 1980s the company moved to larger premises and became a world leader in the manufacture of these products. Since 2000 the company has been under the control of Brembo.
Fourth entry for the actual castle contest "Nine Kingdoms - Blades of Light" on www.RogueBricks.de"
This one shows the production of cannonballs and parts for weaponry and amor.
The final assembly line of Airbus Canada Limited Partnership in Mirabel, Quebec. Four BD-500 A220s were on the line at any given time.
The aircraft in the foreground was a BD-500-1A10 A220-100 that wore serial number 50053.
It first flew on March 22, 2020 as C-FOWQ. It was eventually delivered as N134DU to Delta Air Lines, Inc. on October 29, 2020 and entered service on December 18, 2020.
Commercially manufactured cigarettes are seemingly simple objects consisting mainly of a tobacco blend, paper, PVA glue to bond the outer layer of paper together, and often also a cellulose acetate–based filter. While the assembly of cigarettes is straightforward, much focus is given to the creation of each of the components, in particular the tobacco blend, which may contain over 100 ingredients, many of them flavourants for the tobacco. A key ingredient that makes cigarettes more addictive is the inclusion of reconstituted tobacco, which has additives to make nicotine more volatile as the cigarette burns.
P.S. "i dont smoke"
05/03/19 March Field Air Mueum.
The aircraft at the March Field Museum is serial number 47-1595. It was manufactured by Republic Aviation in Farmingdale, New York and delivered to the Army Air Force on 10 December 1948. It served in the Aerospace Defense Command and Air Training Command until retired in November 1953. Our F-84C was used at the Glendale College, Glendale, Ca., as a technical instruction airframe for 27 years before being donated to the March Field Museum in 1982. This aircraft is on loan from the NMUSAF
Manufactured in 1943 as a SNB-1 for the US Navy, Bu39796. Converted to PAC Tradewind tri-gear configuration in 1964 by Airborne Electronics at Memphis, TN.
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas
ATR 72-500
PR-PDE
Salvador - Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães Int'l Airport (SSA/SBSV)
February 15, 2016
A little beauty! This smart livery fit like a glove on the nice ATR 72! This Passaredo ATR is seen here lined up at runway 10 in Salvador, with a beautiful early morning light.
Unfortunately Passaredo, which is a small Brazilian airline, have been facing financial losses and have returned this ATR, which was originally manufactured for Iberia (Air Nostrum) in 1998. Passaredo have always been a regional airline, usually flying with ERJ-145, EMB-120 and ATR planes. Back in the 90s, they operated the widebody A310 on charter flights for a brief period too. Hopefully they will raise some cash and get back on tracks again.
Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 70-300mm VR
Manufactured for heavy earthworks and construction.
Here's my first build for Mechtober 2022! My four mechs will be CAT themed, and based on some of my favourite concept art.
52 Weeks: the 2013 edition - Week of March 25th - Theme "Shadows"
This was my first thought for this weeks theme (the concept amused me lol) but I had no idea how I was going to manufacture the scene. Thanks to some bright sunlight in Port Dover, I was able to capture a nice, bracketed, long shadow shot of Angie_1964 and myself in photographer stance. The wings and horns are courtesy of a Mallard Duck and Buffalo respectively.
Car: Ford Capri 3.0 S.
Year of manufacture: 1980.
Date of first registration in the UK: 14th March 1980.
Place of registration: Liverpool.
Date of last MOT: 10th August 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 95,971.
Date of last change of keeper: 8th March 2021.
Number of previous keepers: 14.
Date taken: 9th April 2023.
Here is something I do the electrical design for at work. I'd just finished testing. The HDR processing fits a factory and steel very well.
When it was my birthday six months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection. In this case, the wonderfully delicate net baric embroidered with minute blue and pale pink sequins I bought yesterday from a shop that specialises in luxurious and unusual fabrics. I could hardly wait to use it! The fabric was manufactured in Milan. I have accessorised them on a 1930s embroidered tablecloth with two Dewhurst's Sylko Peach Rose reels of cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954 and a small Edwardian cotton reel of soft Kingfisher Blue made by J. P. Coats.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
In 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business in Paisley. In 1826 he opened a cotton mill at Ferguslie to produce his own thread and, when he retired in 1830, his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark's. Today, the business is known as the Coats Group.
Les grues sont à l'œuvre pour remplacer les friches industrielles de la porte d'Aubervilliers par "une manufacture du luxe". Le groupe Chanel installera en 2020 une quinzaine de ses maisons de métiers d’art dans un luxueux bâtiment (architecte Rudy Ricciotti). Pour abriter les ateliers des joailliers, bottiers, plumassiers, chapeliers, etc. le futur bâtiment de 25 000 m 2 sera entouré d'une résille composée de filaments de béton censés rappeler les fibres du tissu.
Le futur 19M, manufacture de mode Chanel
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away...
- from Kodachrome by Paul Simon ( selected lyrics )
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that it’s retiring its most senior film because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age.
Kodachrome, the world’s first commercially successful color film, was immortalized in song by Paul Simon and spent 74 years in Kodak’s portfolio. It enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s but in recent years has nudged closer to obscurity. Sales of Kodachrome are now just a fraction of 1 percent of the company’s total sales of still-picture films, and only one commercial lab in the world still processes it.
Those numbers and the unique materials needed to make it persuaded Kodak to call its most recent manufacturing run the last, said Mary Jane Hellyar, outgoing president of Kodak’s Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group.
“Kodachrome is particularly difficult (to retire) because it really has become kind of an icon,” Hellyar said.