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Perpendicular, interrupted strips of bricks form the facade of Goes town hall. They play a role in the complex energy management system of this building.
Design (2001): Rudy Uytenhaak.
The Seven Arches Aqueduct is an elegant curved masonry viaduct with seven 10m span semi-elliptical arches which crosses the valley of the Adel Beck in north Leeds (Fig 1). It was built in 1842 to carry the water for the city’s first piped public water supply.
It is amazing in this kind of traditional architecture made by masonry walls, to look how many sizes of stones are used and what a difficult work is to fit it all. This is an old house in a village at Madrid mountains region, Spain.
The current lighthouse was built in 1949 by the Highways of the time and lit in 1952. It is an octagonal pyramidal tower masonry stone on a pyramidal and pentagonal base in stone. The lighthouse is connected to the first floor of a building housing square babysitting housing. A closet, next, finish the work. It is automated.
Focus stack (50 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II trigger), bare bulb, mounted on overhead boom, bounced off 32 inch white umbrella.
Shot for Macro Mondays - spiral
62 mm (l) x 10 mm (dia)
masonry drill bits differ from normal drill bits in that they have a hardened cutting tip (usually tungsten carbide) that is used to chip/grind hard materials such as masonry, brick or stone rather than cut through the material. The deeply fluted spiral shape that of the bit helps to remove dust and debris from the hole that is formed. Masonry bits are tippically used in hammer drills that use a combination of percussion and rotation to create a hole of the desired dimension
The Welsh Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct in the town of Shrewsbury, England, which crosses the River Severn. It connects Frankwell with the town centre. It is a Grade II* listed building. The bridge is located north-west of Shrewsbury whereas its "sister bridge", the English Bridge, is located to the east of the town.
The bridge was designed and built from 1793 to 1795 by John Tilley and John Carline (whose namesake father was a mason on the English Bridge), who had built Montford Bridge for Thomas Telford. It replaced the medieval St George's Bridge. Four of the arches span 43 feet 4 inches, while the fifth and central arch is 46 feet 2 inches, and there is a narrower towpath arch on north end. The bridge is 30 feet wide, and built from Grinshill sandstone. In total it is 266 feet long. It was completed in 1795 at a cost of £8,000.
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Every year on the last weekend of August the small town of Bad Wimpfen - residence of the German emperors in the middle ages - hosts its annual Zunftmarkt (Guild Market). It's a reenactment for medieval crafts. It's a very fine spectacle - especially in a town that still reflects about 900 years of history in its streets and townscape.
I had originally tried to capture this scene with a reflection of the arches but with my limited knowledge of DOF at the time I stuffed it up well enough to warrant having another go and besides, the lack of clouds was hardly going to impress anyone either!
On my eventual return though, to my disappointment I discovered a newly erected fence right in front of the lake on the west side of Lion bridge preventing access to the same view.
So, knowing this has now become a rare perspective of the house here's the half that ain't half bad. Can anyone lend me a sky?
Thank you for wading by :)
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From one of the well-preserved Roman houses at Mons Smaragdus, an emerald-mining town on the flanks of the Wadi Sikait.
Egypt, Eastern Desert, Wadi Sikait: primarily late Ptolemaic through late Roman activity
The appeal of this exceptional Cistercian abbey remains as enduring as ever
An area of outstanding beauty complemented by this outstanding beauty in stone. If only the walls could talk! The chants of countless monks echo through the masonry here. Despite the shell of this grand structure being open to the skies, it remains the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales. Although the abbey church was rebuilt under the patronage of Roger Bigod, lord of nearby Chepstow Castle, in the late 13th century, the monastery retains its original design.
Tintern was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales. The present-day remains are a mixture of building works covering a 400-year period between 1131 and 1536. Very little remains of the first buildings but you will marvel at the vast windows and later decorative details displayed in the walls, doorways and soaring archways.
The lands of the abbey were divided into agricultural units or granges, worked on by lay brothers.
On September 3, 1536 Abbot Wyche surrendered Tintern Abbey to King Henry VIII’s officials and ended a way of life which had lasted 400 years.