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WAAY highballing past Powder Mill Rd in Exeter. The high car detector here has been switched off, and replaced with one a few miles west at Sanborn Rd (MP-264.1). It's radio transmitter is unfortunately less powerful than its predecessor.
The Powder Tower or Powder Gate (Czech: Prašná brána) is a Gothic tower in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the original city gates.
The Powder Tower is one of the original 13 city gates in Old Town, Prague, Construction began in 1475. The tower was intended to be an attractive entrance into the city, instead of a defensive tower. The foundation stone was placed by Vladislav II. The city council gave Vladislav II the tower as a coronation gift. While it was being built, it was called the New Tower. The look of the tower was inspired by the work of Peter Parler on the Charles Bridge.
Vladislav II had to relocate due to riots, so the tower building stopped. He returned in 1485 to live back in Prague Castle, where he lived for the rest of his life, along with the rest of the Kings of Bohemia who lived in Prague. Kings would not return to use the tower or Royal Court until using it for coronation ceremonies starting again in 1836, where they would pass through the tower to go to St. Vitus Cathedral.
The gate was used to store gunpowder in the 17th century, hence the name Powder Tower or Powder Gate. The gate suffered considerable damage during the Battle of Prague. The sculptures on the tower were replaced in 1876.
Grabbed this with my Nokia Lumia at the top of Express De Lindarets in Avoiraz before skiing some insane off piste! Bit of a debate going on about which route to take through the trees. Edited in the Lumia software and a slight noise reduction on Lightroom
Don't ask me why I want to name this pincushion "Powder" ... I don't know why !!
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(May 14th 2009)
The Powder Mills were built in 1844, a factory for making gunpowder which was built on the open moor, not far from Postbridge. Gunpowder was needed for the tin mines and granite quarries then in operation on the moor. The buildings were widely spaced from one another for safety and the mechanical power for grinding ("incorporating") the powder was derived from waterwheels driven by a leat.
Now known as "Powdermills" or "Powder Mills", there are extensive remains of this factory still visible. Two chimneys still stand and the walls of the two sturdily-built incorporating mills with central waterwheels survive well: they were built with substantial walls but flimsy roofs so that in the event of an explosion, the force of the blast would be directed safely upwards. The ruins of a number of ancillary buildings also survive. A proving mortar—a type of small cannon used to gauge the strength of the gunpowder—used by the factory still lies by the side of the road.
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After yesterday's posting of an explanatory sign for visitors, here is a view of how the powder magazine is laid out today. I should point out that the barrels are, of course, empty of black powder. Whilst this might have been the height of sophistication when constructed, it no longer comes even close to modern safety standards!.
Designed by Frenchman Jean Foncin in 1798 and named after James McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant and surgeon-soldier who became Secretary of War under President Washington, Fort McHenry was built after America won its independence to defend the important Port of Baltimore from future enemy attacks. It was positioned on Locust Point peninsula which juts into the opening of Baltimore Harbor, and was constructed in the form of a five-pointed star surrounded by a dry moat. The moat would serve as a shelter from which musketmen might defend the fort from a land attack. In case of such an attack on this first line of defence, each point, or bastion, was fortified, so that the invading army would be caught in a crossfire of cannon and musket fire.
Of course, the fort is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from a half-hearted attack by the Royal Navy on 13-14 September 1814. It was during the bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem that would eventually be set to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven" and become the national anthem of the United States.
On 11 August 1939, the fort was designated a "National Monument and Historic Shrine," the only such doubly designated place in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 15 October 1966.
Just back from a week's trip to the Maldives, 33 years since I was last there. While waiting for a Manta ray to come to the cleaning station I took this Powder-blue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon), also called a Powder-blue tang. Just infront of its tail fin on each side are horizonal fins that are as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel!. A very useful defensive mechanism!
Toronto colour festival
Can you imagine being in the middle of this with a camera?
No..neither can I.
We all had sleeves for our little toys.
Powder horn (1774) belonging to Concord, Massachusetts blacksmith Samuel Jones, who served in the town's militia during the battle at Concord's North Bridge, at the Museum of the American Revolution.
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This is my favorite tree at the Thunder Bay Conservatory
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Rather nice surprise to find that it had snowed overnight. Still so cold that the snow is complete powder!
Alpe d'Huez. France.
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L'Alpe d'Huez is one of the main mountains in the Tour de France. The climb is 13.8 km at an average 7.9 per cent, with 21 hairpin bends. It was first included in the race in 1952 and has been a stage finish regularly since 1976.
The race was brought to the mountain by Élie Wermelinger, the chief commissaire or referee.[1] He drove his Dyna-Panhard car between snow banks that lined the road in March 1952, invited by a consortium of businesses who had opened hotels at the summit.[2] Their leader was Georges Rajon, who ran the Hotel Christina.[3] The ski station there opened in 1936. Wermelinger reported to the organiser, Jacques Goddet, and the Tour signed a contract with the businessmen to include the Alpe.
Some of my favorite Black and White candid images from a wedding i shot recently, i really prefer the un posed shots, hope you like them,
The Powder Tower a main entrance into "Old Town Prague"
This was also the place where the coronation processions of Bohemian kings would enter the town. The Powder Tower thus marks the start of the Coronation or Royal Path to Prague Castle.
Construction began in 1475 and halted in 1488, probably due to the fact that the royal residence moved from the Old Town back to the Castle. Further construction works were only started in 1592.
Today’s name Powder tower has been used since the beginning of the 18th century, when the tower was used as a gun-powder storage place.
The Powder Tower is 65 m high, the observation gallery is 44 metres above ground, the spiral staircase is made of 186 stone steps.
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