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'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey. Dublin, Ireland
Some ideologies are ones to live by. Through inspirational quotations, a lot can be learned. After reading this quote, found in an Adidas store, I felt really inspired and reminded about the importance of perserverance. This quotations explains that words are just created, and no one should feel limited or constrained. Its enlightening and reading quotations from famous authors and historical figures can teach a lot about what was valued during that era, and remind us what to value and what to disregard, just in case we forget.
Sans Pareil was designed and built by Timothy Hackworth which took part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829.
The trials were a competition held by the directors of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company to determine who would provide motive power to the railway.
Sans Pareil, meaning “without equal” or “peerless”, was one of the five competitors alongside Stephenson’s Rocket, the others being Cycloped owned by Thomas Brandreth; Perserverance, owned by Timothy Burstall; and Novelty, owned by John Braithwaite and John Ericcson. Despite there being some doubts about whether Sans Pareil was over the weight restrictions imposed by the organisers, it was allowed to compete. The design and technology used on Sans Pareil was of a different kind from the eventual winner, Rocket, and Sans Pareil was not able to complete the trial successfully.
Despite this, after the trial the engine was purchased by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company and used until 1831, when it was transferred to the Bolton & Leigh Railway. In 1844 it was removed to Coppull Colliery, near Chorley, where one axle and a pair of wheels were removed, and toothed gearing fitted to the other axle in order to power the colliery’s pumping and winding apparatus. In 1863, with the mine being exhausted, the engine was returned to its locomotive form and presented to the Museum.
The boiler has a cylindrical shell, with one end flat and the other dished, and an internal return flue which projects beyond the boiler on the fire-grate side. There are two vertical cylinders acting directly downwards on crank pins in the driving wheels, which are connected by coupling rods to the trailing wheels.
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I asked Rob to run up this new sail, which he sewed himself, along with three other sails. I'm looking forward to a sunny day, another photo opportunity and a fine time on the water. In the meantime, I am amazed by Rob's technical and mechanical ability, not to mention courage and perserverance.
sometimes landscapes can inspire me in my own life. I look at this tiny island on two jack lake and it makes me think about perserverance.
a cool night portrait which we planned for weeks and the session took about an hour of our time and produced some cool shots - of which im really proud of(finally get to play around with shutter and lights)
p/s : a great appreciation to noisemunkey phat phamily for their perserverance on that night..ur freakin' awesome!!
This is my perseverance picture. For the back round I took a picture from a goofy versus regular contest, these skaters worked very hard together to win it and show great perseverance. For the GVR picture I changed the colors, the white used to be black and the ! was never there. I also used some image adjustments and blending options for all my text. For the definition at bottom I did an outer bevel stroke pattern and messed up but liked the way it turned out and kept it.
These are all grown from random seeds I picked up during my travels between Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. I'm somewhat fascinated by native plants and their perserverance. Two of these are honey locust, they can grow into trees.
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Perserverance (July 16th, 2009)