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This is the narrow neck of the River Tamar in between Devil's Point (with the red and white navigation light tower) and Mount Edgcumbe on the Cornish side, from where this was taken. Devil's Point is the traditional place where families would bid farewell to departing warships, and also welcome them home. The Tamar then opens out into Plymouth Sound.
The Royal William Yard on the left was built in between 1826 and 1835 and was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard. It was designed by the architect Sir John Rennie and was named after King William IV. It occupies a site of approximately 16 acres, north of Devil's Point, seen on the right. The two towers were shot towers, originally used to manufacture lead musket balls. Molten lead was poured through sieves at the top and fell into water at the bottom, by which point the balls had been formed. You can find old shot towers by the side of the River Thames in London and in other major riverside cities.
Royal William Yard has now been converted into a very popular mixed use development, with numerous apartments, restaurants, cafes, small businesses and a marina.
Looking along the Stroudwater Navigation from the shelter of the tunnel under the railway line.A nice shelter from the rain,but a little noisy when a train passes.
The Gantocks is a small group of rocks, lying off Dunoon in the upper Firth of Clyde, West of Scotland.
A navigation beacon was constructed on the rocks circa 1886. The beacon is 44 feet in height.
This is a scene that ended up having more significance for me than I thought when I clicked the shutter. Unbeknownst to me, my mother actually worked for Matson Navigation before she met my father. To add a little more synchronicity to the moment, I also found out that dad once owned a gas station about a block away from where I took this shot. Here I was wandering amongst ghosts from my past, and I didn't even realize it. Come to think of it, I did get a chill shiver down my spine as I was standing there.
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone.
San Francisco, CA
Seen crossing The Weaver Navigation at Frodsham with the Hooton to Knowsley leg (1Z31) of the Pathfinder Tours 'The Marsh Magician' from Bristol Temple Meads.
Travelling via BC Ferry from Tsawwassen (mainland) terminal to Swartz Bay terminal (Vancouver Island).
Navigational beacons were first placed at the entrance to the Tamar River in 1804. Two new towers were built in 1882, this one at Middle Point not far from the Pilot Station, and another at She Oak Point.
Originally the lights were powered by sperm whale oil (hundreds of whales were harpooned on the south east coast of Tasmania during the 19th century), but then changed to carbide lamps.
This ingenious method involved solid carbide being placed in a tank with water dripping on it. When the keeper opened a valve the resulting acetylene gas passed through a pipe to the mantle and was lit each night. The white carbide waste was used to paint the towers.
The light was electrified in 1955. As a sign of the times, these lights are no longer lit (although the original lenses remain in place). Instead there is an LED array to guide the shipping lane.
Genève (Suisse)
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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.
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.