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Travelling via BC Ferry from Tsawwassen (mainland) terminal to Swartz Bay terminal (Vancouver Island).
Two shafts were sunk into the Black Vein seam at Crumlin, commencing in 1907 and reached completion in 1911. In 1935 the Colliery employed 86 men on the surface and 358 men underground working the Meadow Vein, Black Vein, Elled, Big Vein and the Three-Quarter. Two years later the Black Vein Straight North District hit an underground lake and the water eventually made its way half way up the shafts and following emergency pumping operations the pit bottom was permanently raised by 39 metres.
Following Nationalisation in 1947 Crumlin Navigation employed 79 men on the surface and 336 underground and by the 1960's succumbed to the widespread pit closures and closed its gates in September 1967. The collieries' buildings were considered to be of "outstanding industrial architecture." and are protected as listed buildings by the Secretary of State for Wales. Maximum output at Crumlin occurred in 1954 with 145,129 tons of coal produced. Info taken from BBC Wales web site.
I isolated this air traffic control beacon against the night sky to emphasize its distinctive form. The minimalist composition and stark lighting transform this vital piece of aviation infrastructure into an abstract study of form and function, highlighting the unexpected beauty in technical architecture.
Over the years I enjoyed several visits to Deep Navigation colliery, it was only on rare days of sun that the difficulty of harsh sunlight became apparent. With main line photography you just move location. Chasing coal in the South Wales valleys, that luxury was not available.
37699 has been working the Nelson Bog - Taff Merthyr circuit, the loco has charge of a train of loaded MDV coal wagons.
37699 was built at English Electric as D6953, it went new to Cardiff Canton, 05/01/1965. Under TOPS it became 37253, after a heavy overhaul it was renumbered 37699 04/03/1986. The loco was cut by M.R.J Phillips at Adtranz in August 1997.
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Lately I've been feeling a little lost, and when I say lately it's been about 3 months or so. I feel conflicted about my photography, that it's not where I want to be going and that I'm not creating my best work. I feel kind of like I'm just going around in a big circle and I keep coming back to this spot pointing me into a bunch of different directions. For some reason this seems to happen almost every summer, I get this surge of self-doubt and feelings of unease and that I need to sort out my path in life. I think I get too involved in too many things and then I become so wrapped up in all the little things tied to my attention that I get overwhelmed and start to panic. I need to learn to say no, to let this pass and not feel like I'm missing out and to sort out the "musts" from the "would likes".
One of these arrows hopefully points in the right direction!