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BNSF 7004 creeps across Navigation St. on UP's Booth Yard Industrial Lead, with yard transfer Y HOU185, heading into Booth Yard just ahead.
Houston, TX 5/6/2022
The Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, located in the Delaware Bay just off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, is a 72-foot tower that still serves as a navigation aid to ships. This structure was built in 1926, replacing another lighthouse built in 1908. The Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation currently preserves the lighthouse. I took this shot while on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, shortly before it landed in Lewes, Delaware. Explore 262, 9/19/15.
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A modern ship passes by the shipwreck of an old wooden ship which sank in 1959 after a navigation error
Just about anything looks good when it's illuminated in the morning by those first warm soft rays of light from the rising sun.
A tipping lantern was a type of small navigational aid popular in Denmark in the 18th century and before. It consisted of a basket in which wood or coal was set; this was then burned. The basket was affixed to a lever that allowed it to be manipulated as required.
Generally it was viewed as ineffective, as it produced little light and was usually unreliable.
This is a replica build in 1934 and it's situated in Verdens Ende (The worlds End) in Norway
I like that we keep being reminded of the past.
We can learn from the past
If we want
The microprocessor-based contraption claims this part of the road network is the fastest route to the freeway. It was about 33 miles of dirt road and I discovered a community that was new to me. Good thing I don't drive a Bentley...
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Grays Harbor Lighthouse-Westport, Washington
At 107 feet tall, the Grays Harbor Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Washington State. Considered by its architect, Carl Leick, to be his masterpiece, the Grays Harbor Lighthouse is the pride of Westport, Washington, and Grays Harbor County.
Construction of the lighthouse began in 1897. On June 30, 1898, a dedication ceremony was held at the base of the lighthouse and that night marked the first official service of the Grays Harbor Light.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
In 2019, a storm swept the navigational beacon away, In 2020, a new beacon was built to replace the old one.
When I zoomed in, I realized there was someone (or maybe a couple} lying on the pier.
The River Dee, Chester City, Cheshire, UK.
The River Dee Coordinates...52.8322°N 3.7656°W.
The River Dee was the traditional boundary of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in Wales for centuries, possibly since its founding in the 5th century. It was recorded in the 13th century (in mainstream Middle English orthography, lacking the letters v and w) as flumen Dubr Duiu; the name appears to derive from the Brythonic dēvā: "River of the Goddess" or "Holy River". The river is personified as the war and fate goddess Aerfen.
The river name inspired the name of Roman fortress Deva Victrix.
It is the only river in the UK to be subject to a Water Protection Zone along its whole length down to Chester weir.
West of Chester, the river flows along an artificial channel excavated between 1732 and 1736. The work was planned and undertaken by engineers from the Netherlands and paid for by local merchants and Chester Corporation. It was an attempt to improve navigation for shipping and reduce silting. Chester's trade had declined steadily since the end of the 17th century as sediment had prevented larger craft reaching the city, spelling the end for the Port of Chester.
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The icebreaker Ernest Lapointe, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel in service between Montreal and Trois-Rivières from 1940 to 1978.
In 1980, she began a second career at the Musée maritime du Québec. Her presence not only furthers understanding of the functioning of this type of ship but equally of steam-engine navigation. From the engine room to the Officer’s mess via the wheelhouse, its recreated cabins will take you on a trip into the past. L'islet, Quebec, Canada
Ghosts of Jericho at The Sim Quarterly - u.nu/d-k99
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Spring is well and truly underway, with all the optimism that brings of warmer days ahead, as GBRf Shed 66732 slowly trundles its load alongside the Sheffield & South Yorks Navigation at Kilnhurst.
The train is the 12.57 Doncaster Up Decoy - Mountsorell (6M23), presumably en route to collect a fresh load of ballast.
Not a lot going on with this one, but I quite like the relaxed pastoral feel to the scene.
5th April 2017
Diese Schleusen sind der eigentliche Grund wofür dieser ansonsten so beschauliche Ort berühmt ist. Dies ist die Einfahrt bzw. Ausfahrt von Loch Ness.
These locks are the real reason why this otherwise so tranquil town is famous for. It forms the entrance or the exit of Loch Ness.
Schottland (Scotland)
Hochland (Highlands)
Fort Augustus am Loch Ness (Fort Augustus on Loch Ness)
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Patras city coast near new port exit
(Navigation beacon red light)
Location :Patras/Achaia/West Peloponese/Greece.
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The Itchen Navigation is a 10.4-mile (16.7 km) disused canal system in Hampshire, England, that provided an important trading route from Winchester to the sea at Southampton for about 150 years. Improvements to the River Itchen were authorised by Act of Parliament in 1665, but progress was slow, and the navigation was not declared complete until 1710. It was known as a navigation because it was essentially an improved river, with the main river channel being used for some sections, and cuts with locks used to bypass the difficult sections. Its waters are fed from the River Itchen. It provided an important method of moving goods, particularly agricultural produce and coal, between the two cities and the intervening villages.
On its completion it was capable of taking shallow barges of around 13 feet (4.0 m) in width and 70 feet (21 m) in length, but traffic was fairly modest. 18,310 tons of freight were carried in 1802, one of the better years, and there were never more than six boats in use on the waterway. Following the opening of the London and Southampton Railway in 1840, traffic declined sharply, and the navigation ceased to operate in 1869. There were various attempts to revitalise it, but none were successful. There had also been several proposals to link it to the Basingstoke Canal to form an inland route from London to Southampton during its life, which likewise did not come to fruition.
The revival of interest in inland waterways following the end of the Second World War has resulted in the tow path alongside the canal becoming part of the Itchen Way long-distance footpath, and is a popular route for walkers. The Itchen Navigation Preservation Society was formed in the 1970s, but progress was slow. A joint venture between the Environment Agency and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2005 led to the formation of the Itchen Navigation Trust, and two years later, they obtained a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, funding the creation of the Itchen Navigation Heritage Trail Project, which has sought to conserve and interpret the remains. The route provides habitat for a diverse flora and fauna, which has resulted in it being designated as a European Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Officially the head of navigation, (although a few boats worked a short distance further upstream to serve Wharf Mill), this bridge, Wharf Bridge, built in the 1760s, is the oldest surviving bridge over the River Itchen. The public right of navigation on the Itchen has never been statutorily extinguished.