View allAll Photos Tagged Powder
A view of C&NW dome car "Powder River" from the roof of the coach shop at the California Avenue Coach Yard. This was taken during the May 1989 C&NWHS meet in Chicago. The railroad let us up on the roof, to shoot the lineup of business cars, and we got to walk through them too!
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.
The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the pale blue colour) as a colour name in English was in 1774
Don't ask me why I want to name this pincushion "Powder" ... I don't know why !!
S O L D
(May 14th 2009)
Commentary.
08:00, my son, James, and I left base-camp at Glen Brittle beach.
Ninety minutes in and the gentle foothills are behind us.
As we stare into Coire Lagan, Sgurr Alasdair looks awesome, impenetrable, and unclimbable.
As we summit the corrie’s smooth-rocked, ice-scoured lip to the corrie lake the basalt and gabbro wall of rock shows a thin grey streak of ice-shattered scree.
The two thousand foot, “Great Stone Shoot,” gives a narrow but climbable rocky desert.
Three hours in and we reach the col at the base of the summit.
One final scramble and this view south welcomes us at 11:22.
On top of the world, level with powder-puff clouds we peer down on a balmy Hebridean Sea, Rum, Soay, Rubha an Dunain peninsula, Loch Brittle and the beach campsite.
Further on the horizon the southern end of the Outer Hebrides, as far as Barra, can be seen, over fifty miles distant.
How this feels like a God-like throne –
Shared by us
– mere mortals.
Panorama from Sgurr Alasdair, 993 m. (3,258 feet), Isle of Skye.
Poem.
A seat with the Gods.
Brush the clouds.
Touch the sky.
Nigh on one thousand metres up on precipitous ridges of gabbro, basalt and bands of quartz.
On the serrated, pinnacled, fragmented remnant ridge
of a long-time extinct and exploded super-volcano.
Having clambered past the Fairy Pools,
The Cioch, Coire Lagan, the Inaccessible Pinnacle and two thousand foot of sharp, shattered scree making up the Great Stone Chute and the final summit arête, this is the view southwards.
To stand here.
And see this.
It is surreal.
Spiritual.
An honour.
A privilege.
A sight that relatively few have seen.
But those that have seen it, will not forget.
To see for 80-100 miles in all directions.
To see Ben Nevis, An Teallach,
Ben More on Mull,
Canna, Rum, Eigg, Muck and Soay.
And to see a large part of the incredible Isle of Skye, itself,
and the Outer Hebrides.
It is too much to take in, too much to believe.
I shall have to return and confirm that it was real,
not, merely, a wonderful dream!
Thank you so much for looking at my pictures, commenting and for your constant support. ★
Follow me on Instagram!
Gear
- 5D II @ 1/3200, ISO1600
- 24-70 ƒ2,8 @ ƒ/4
Light
- One continuous lighting from the right
- - - - - -
Some tweeks in PS more cold tones and a little more sharpness - it is not the best focal point but it does the job for me.
Thx
- - - - - -
Webseite: photholics.de/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/photholics
Twitter: twitter.com/photholics/
From my archives:
Powder River Pass (elevation 9666 feet) is a mountain pass in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming traversed by U.S. Highway 16. This was taken in July, 2008.
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
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.
Taken from:
Well, I've gone and done it again. Janet has banned me from the kitchen for the next week because I snorted the powder sugar she was planning to use on our apple turnovers. The shame is real.
Question. Does this photo qualify as a leading lines shot?
Shot at a shooting range - repeater gun, set with 44 lead shot, black powder - and fired in a totally black environment. Lots of sparks, bangs and excitement.
Fed Mikron Half Frame Camera
Expired Agfacolor 200 shot at 100
Conspiracy.of.Cartographers DIY C41 Powder Kit.
Epson V700
Who's in the Bonanza Cemetery
Bonanza Gravesites
AH SAM
Died 1894, Gunshot wound. - Shot by the Chinese cook at the Blacks Mine. Reported in the Silver Messenger, September 11, 1894.
AH YOUNG
Worked as a cook on the Stanley Gold Dredge. When he died of a heart attack, he was buried there, then exhumed and transported to the Bonanza graveyard. He received his residence paper #136652 from Helena, Montana.
ANDERSON, CHRIS
Native of Sweden. Approximately 53 years old. Died at Custer, Idaho on December 9, 1903.
BAIRD, EDWARD
Born, 1837 - Died June 3, 1897, Old timer in the area who had been a soldier. Died by his own hand, suicide by gunshot, as reported by the Silver Messenger June 3, 1897.
BARKER, MARTIN
Died in Custer, Idaho at the Nevada House on Monday, March 25, 1889 of spinal meningitis at age 35. He was a prospector on Sheep Mountain and Seafoam areas. Owned Vanity, Mountain King, Ella Day, MKH, and other claims. Born in Bash County, Kentucky.
BELLAMY, HARRY
Birthplace unknown. Born 1850 - Died at Custer, Idaho on December 2, 1912.
BENEFIEL, EMMA
Born 1843, wife of John R. Benefiel of Custer. Died on October 13, 1880.
BENERELLI, ELIZA
Died October 1880 at age (38 or 88). Buried in Bonanza.Sacred to the Memory of Eliza Emma, wife of J.R. Benerelli".
BURTON, ESTELLA M.
Born October 23, 1851. Died at Custer, Idaho on May 1, 1903.
BURTON, JAMES W.
Died November 21, 1895 at Custer, Idaho. Age 55. Was scratched while unloading a truck, consequently, he died of blood poisoning. He was a merchant, postmaster, and GAR of Lincolin Post #15 of Challis.
CAREY, MIKE
Born 1850 in Ireland - died at Custer, Idaho on October 21, 1897.
CEARLEY, JAMES L.
Born in North Carolina in 1839. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 17, 1902. Killed in an accident at the Lucky Boy Mine. Had nine children, served as a lieutenant of the volunteers in the Nez Pierce War.
CEARLEY, JAMES JR.
Born 1882 at Bonanza. Worked at Clayton Silver Mine. Died from Miner's Lung at Bonanza, Idaho on May 8, 1937. Died sitting in front of the small house at the lower end of Bonanza.
CENTAURAS, HENRY
Born in Hanover, Germany in 1847. Mined along the Salmon River from Sunbeam Dam to Burnt Creek. Made a stake and returned to Germany where it is reported the fortune was taken away by authorities. He returned to Idaho and started mining again to make another fortune. He died at Custer, Idaho on July 16, 1921.
CENTAUR AS, HERMAN
Born 1849 in Hanover, Germany. Died 1923.
CENTAURAS, MARGARET(MYERS)
Born in Hamburg, Germany on March 28, 1855. Came to the United States at age 17. Married Herman Centauras in 1878. Lived for 42 years in Custer County. Died of pneumonia on May 1, 1929 at Challis, Idaho. Taken to Bonanza Cemetery for burial.
CENTAURAS, MAY (MARY) Born October 23, 1883 - Died September 18, 1900 at age 17. Died of typhoid fever.
CERAMELINE, ANDREA
Born in Italy. Died July 8, 1910 when the air shaft to the Sunbeam mine plugged with ice and snow, Andrea climbed up from inside and placed a charge of black powder at the plug. He miscalculated the time necessary to reach safety and was killed in the explosion.
CEREGHINO, JOSEPH
Native of Italy. Born in 1848 - died at Bonanza, Idaho on October 31, 1905. Left three sisters living in Italy.
CLAUDE, JOSEPH
Born 1834. First mining death at Golconda Mine, by injuries due to falling rock on September 15, 1879. Buried one mile west of Bonanza.
CLAWSON, CALVIN C.
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1840. Died at his home between Custer and Bonanza, Idaho on May 15, 1911. Had been a writer for the Silver Messenger under the non de plume of Graph; for 30 years. Crossed the plains with oxen teams in 1866. Came to Custer County in 1878.
CLAWSON, CZARINA (LLEWELLYN)
Born January 29, 1840 at Morgantown, West Virginia. Died at family home between Custer and Bonanza, Idaho on February 14, 1905. Was of Welsh descent.
CRAFTS, TREVOR
Born September 1881. His father owned Blacks Mine.
CROGEN, A.M.
Died 1896.
CROSS, JULIUS W.
Born October 1865 in Indiana. Died at Custer, Idaho on December 2, 1905.
DAVENPORT, ALICE LEONA
Born January 1928 - Died September 1935 in Hailey, Idaho from blood poisoning. This was caused from a cut on her foot or a black widow spider bite.
DAVIS, JOHN D.
Died February 14, 1904. Killed by a snowslide on the trail to the Charles Dickens Mine.
DeLAVILLIE, GODFREY POQUETTE
Native of Canada. Born in 1820. Died at Bonanza, Idaho on November 19, 1905 from injuries suffered in a fall at his sawmill on West Fork.
DUDLEY, JOHN P.
Born 1847 in Kentucky - Died March 14, 1907 at Custer, Idaho.
DUNN, MARGARET "BIDDY"
Born in Ireland in 1856. Came to the United States when she was two years old. Lived in Massachusetts, came to Custer in 1885, ran the Nevada House. Died November 9, 1908.
DUNN, WILLIAM Born 1843 - Died on July 6, 1907.
DUVALL,JOHN
Born 1833 in Missouri - Died August 1, 1890 at Custer, Idaho. He mined near Custer.
ERNST BABY
Was born and died 1899 in Bonanza. Child of George and Susie (Williams) Born 1843 - Died on July 6, 1907.
GEER, JASPER
Son of D. & M. Geer. Two years, five months and four days old.
GEER W.
Son of D.&; M. Geer. Four years and 9 months old.
HARDY, GEORGE
Born 1876 - died of suicide by knife at Custer, Idaho, August 5, 1902.
HARVEY, JOHN
Died 1917 at Custer, Idaho.
Born 1876 - died of suicide by knife at Custer, Idaho, August 5, 1902. Died 1917 at Custer, Idaho.
HARVEY, LOUISE
(French Louise)
Wife of John Harvey. Died from injuries sustained in a fall. - 1909 - (Some question on date of death, Silver Messenger mentions her at Thanksgiving 1911.)
HIENS, GEORGE
Died at Custer, Idaho on September 17, 1898
JOHNSON, KATHY
Born July 6, 1880 - Died 1891. The daughter of Peter and Annie (Ryan).
KNAPP, HENRY M.
Born 1823 in Florida. Died at Sunbeam, Idaho on December 2, 1909 of senility.
LAYTON, WILLIAM
(Banjo Bill) Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on October 20, 1897.
LAUNDRY, GEORGE
Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 3,1905.
LEE, JOHN H.
Born July 1847 in Illinois - Died January 24, 1888. Age 41 years and 6 months. Owned a store in Custer, had resided in Rockey Bar, Idaho earlier.
MacNAMER, TIMOTHY
Born in Baltimore, Maryland August 1829 - Died at Bonanza, Idaho on July 12, 1910.
McCULLOUGH, PETER
Native of Indiana. Born 1873 - Died in a snowslide at the Montana Mine on January 16, 1906.
McGOVERN, THOMAS
Born 1851 in Massachuests - Died November 19, 1909. Lived on the Yankee Fork thirty years, had claims on Fourth of July Creek named High Tariff, Union, Maggie and Dewey.
McMAHON, WILLIAM
Native of California. Born 1870 - Died in a snowslide at the Montana Mine on Mt. Estes on January 16, 1906.
McNAB, JOHN
Born 1852 in Texas - Died May 20, 1897.
MCNAUGHTON, CHARLES (THOMAS)
Born in Belfast, Ireland in 1867. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 6,1907.
MOORE, JOHN
Born December 16, 1840 - Died July 2, 1883. Mined at Loon Creek in the 1870's, mined at Stanley, sold the Yellow Jacket, Red Jacket, and Blue Jacket mining claims to A.P. Challis and Henry Sturkey.
MONROE TRIPLETS Died at birth in 1896. Their father was Dr. Monroe, second doctor in Custer.
MULLEN, JOHN
Born in Ireland in 1847. Came to the United States with his parents at the age of two years. Grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 26, 1907.
MURPHY, WILLIAM
Birthdate unknown. Died December 12, 1900 - Suicide by gunshot. He borrowed the weapon from the McGowan's Saloon.
OLLSON, CHARLIE
Died September 5, 1880. He fell from the framework of the Custer Mill last Saturday morning, died at 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening. He was buried the next day, the funeral being well attended. The wounds that caused his death were compound committed fracture of both the right and left tibia fibula, and fracture of the base of the skull. Ollson resided in California a long time.
OLSEN, GEORGE
Birthplace unknown. Born 1877 - Died at Custer, Idaho on November 3, 1900. Has an iron bassinet around his grave.
PIERCE, CLIFFORD C.
Born 1908 in Montana, married Lucille (Shoemaker). Died January 26, 1992 in Andaconda, Montana. Ashes and memorial only.
PIERCE, CLIFFORD L.
Son of Clifford C. and Lucille Pierce. Died July 17, 1936.
PIERCE, JAMES CHESTER
Born November 2, 1873 - Died July 30, 1935 of suicide due to extremely painful cancer of the lower intestines. He had mentioned to his son that if I hadn't been a man in this country, I would have liked to have been a tree. Years later after the old man had died, a tree sprang from the exact spot where his heart was buried. To this day, his family half believe the tree is the fulfillment of the old man's wishes.
PIERCE, LUCILLE Wife of Clifford C. Died March 31, 1991.
PIERCE, SARA J.
Born January 1887 - Died August 22, 1953.
PIERCE, SHIRLEY MAE
Baby daughter of Clifford and Lucille Pierce who died November 29, 1935.
POQUETTE, JERRY
Lived across the river from Jerry's Creek. The creek had been named for him. Died November 29, 1905.
RAPP, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Born in Pennsylvania, 1841, operated a livery stable in Bonanza, had claims in Joe's Gulch near Stanley and was the postmaster in Stanley when he died on October 28, 1901.
REECE YOUNGEST BOY
Birthdate unkown - Died June 8, 1882 of scarlet fever.
RILEY, JAMES
Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on February 19, 1897.
ROMER, SILAS
Born in Ohio, July 1852 - Died October 4, 1903. He carried mail from Custer to Sunbeam, and on to Loon Creek area. When a child became sick at Sunbeam and needed medicine from Custer, Silas, against his better judgement, volunteered to make the trip. He made it to Custer but was caught by a snowslide on the return trip, and killed. The child is said to have recovered.
STEEL, JAMES E.J.
Born 1935 - Died March 4, 1880 of cold and fever. From Ohio.
STEEN, JOHN Worked for Morrison at Jordon Creek, owned the Morrison claim by 1895. Born 1862, St. Clair New Brunswick, Canada - Died of diabetes, June 12, 1900.
STRATTON, JACOB H.
Born 1836 - died July 11, 1906.
SULLIVAN CHILD
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan died at Custer, Idaho on March 15, 1889.
SWENSSON, F.O.
Sacred to the Memory of F.O. Swensson. Died November 1880.
SWENSSON, JOHANNA
Born 1842 in Sweden - Died September 28, 1880. Wife of F.O. Swensson, owner of Franklin Hotel. Service by Reverend J.F. Taylor.
TAYLOR, EDNA
Age 4, eldest child of J.F. Taylor and Rose D. Born 1875 - died 1879.
TAYLOR, JOHN
First natural death, abscess of the throat, (Yankee Fork Herald).
TERRY, MIKE
Born in China, buried in the Chinese section. While the coffin was being transported from Custer, it slipped off the wagon and slid down the hill. There it stayed until spring weather made it possible to retrieve the coffin and proceed with the burial.
TULLY, FRANCIS S.
Died October 1897, at Custer, Idaho.
TURNBULL. ANNA
Born in Ontario, Canada in 1852. Died at Bonanza, Idaho on November 20, 1894. Wife of James Turnbull. Age 42. Died in childbirth.
TURNBULL, THOMAS
Born 1878 - Died in Bonanza as a young man.
VARNEY, DUDLEY B. CAPTAIN
Born in New Hampshire in 1838. Died at Custer, Idaho on May 7, 1906. Was a member of the Jim Bridger expedition through the Big Horn and Yellowstone countries in 1864. Came to Loon Creek in 1869. Became one of the owners of the Montana Mine on Mt. Estes. Elected to Idaho Territorial Legislature from Lemhi County in 1878. Lived in Custer for many years. Received a spinal injury when a horse fell with him, that was ultimately the cause of his death.
WILSON, JACK J.
Born 1881 - died February 10, 1933 of sickness and old age.
WRIGHT, E.J. "BUCK"
Born in Ireland, 1858 - died in Custer, Idaho of suicide by morphine, on September 27, 1900.
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.
Hello all!
We are super excited for this inaugural Powder Pack! We have SO MANY appliers coming from these great brands!
#ADORED, Amara Beauty, Bold & Beauty, Elysium, Essences, Just Magnetized, Modish, [okkbye], Pink Fuel, SlackGirl, Zibska.
You can get your reservation in-world here:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vim/174/114/3501
Or you can reserve on the marketplace here:
marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Powder-Pack-February-Boxed/1...
For general questions and to see more information please visit:
Stay tuned to our Facebook for teasers of the skins and makeups included in this round!
www.facebook.com/PowderPackSL/
Join our in-world update group for more news (copy and paste link below into your local chat and click it to join)
secondlife:///app/group/dff9c1bb-79ac-7f2a-c4ab-d8c81da1fdbd/about
Thank you everyone!
Powder Pack Group