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In 1936, 100 years after Major Mitchell explored this area of Victoria, the town of Pyramid Hill re-enacted the event. I wrote a blog about it here boobookbacktracks.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/trove-tuesday-i...
The main city swimming pool since its construction in the late 1930's, the Pyramids is still a popular destination for many.
The City Swimming Baths were designed in 1937 by John Bennett, the City Architect for Exeter City Council, with an advanced design for its time. The foundation stone was laid on 24 May 1939 by the Mayor, Cllr Rowland Glave Saunders JP.
The electricity for heating and lighting the pool was from capacity released when the Exeter trams were closed in 1930.
It was opened on 24th May 1941 by Mr Glave Saunders who was still Mayor, due to the outbreak of war. Costing £56,000, it was built by F & E Small, largely of pre-cast concrete with a brick front façade and sides – it has a balanced mix of classical and Thirties style art-deco architecture. The 100 ft long, electrically heated pool had enough seats for 500 spectators around its edge. A café and laundry were included in the complex.
During the 4 May 1942 air raid, the fire service was so short of water to extinguish the burning buildings, that they had to run a line to the swimming pool to supply their hoses.
The interior had a makeover in the Eighties with Egyptian tiling and decoration, a new children's pool and improved changing facilities in the basement. This prompted a name change to The Pyramids.
During 2006, the City Council announced that they are looking to replace the Pyramids with a 50 metre, Olympic size pool. It is probable that the Pyramids would be demolished and the site given another use.
"...no one ever conquered Wyoming from the left or from the right..."
Camper van Beethoven Eye of Fatima
Indecisive as always about color vs. b&w: www.flickr.com/photos/inate/536974423/in/photostream/
Ames Pyramid was constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a tribute to Ashley and Oakes Ames, brothers who manufactured tools and promoted funding of the railroad by Congress. It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, a well known 19th century architect. The Pyramid is about 60 feet tall and is located a short distance from I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie at an elevation of more than 8000 fasl. The Ames name still appears on tools that are sold today.
I'm guessing those cubbyholes weren't for something snuggly. If it was up to me, I'd fill them with torches.
This bizzare looking area in the middle of the Nevada desert is known as Pyramid Lake! It gets its name from that pyramid island you can see! It is one of Nevada's inland salt water lakes, and actualy used to be part of a huge ancient sea, known as the Lahotan Sea! Today, a lot of the lake's shoreline is made up of Tufa formations, giving the lake a bizzare and unusual look!
I like the straight line in the distance, but close up you can see the real structure of the pyramid
Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno. Pyramid Lake is fed by the Truckee River, which is mostly the outflow from Lake Tahoe. The Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake at its southern end. Pyramid Lake has no outlet, with water leaving only by evaporation, or sub-surface seepage (an endorheic lake). The lake has about 10% of the area of the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 25% more volume. The salinity is approximately 1/6 that of sea water. Although clear Lake Tahoe forms the headwaters that drain to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee River delivers more turbid waters to Pyramid Lake after traversing the steep Sierra terrain and collecting moderately high silt-loaded surface runoff.
A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Lahontan (~890 feet deep), the lake area was inhabited by the 19th-century Paiute, who used the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout from the lake(the former is now endangered and the latter is threatened). The lake was first mapped in 1844 by John C. Frémont, the American discoverer of the lake who also gave it its English title.
In the 19th century two battles were fought near the lake, major actions in the Paiute War. In the 1960s a marker was placed commemorating these battles.
Because of water diversion beginning in 1905 by Derby Dam, the lake's existence was threatened, and the Paiute sued the Department of the Interior. By the mid-1970s, the lake had lost 80 feet of depth, and according to Paiute fisheries officials, the life of the lake was seriously under threat.
Pyramid Lake is located in southeastern Washoe County in western Nevada. It is in an elongated intermontane basin between the Lake Range on the east, the Virginia Mountains on the west and the Pah Rah Range on the southwest. The Fox Range and the Smoke Creek Desert lie to the north.
In a parallel basin to the east of the Lake Range is Winnemucca Lake now a dry lake bed. Prior to the construction of the Derby Dam in 1905 both lake levels stood at near 3,880 ft (1,180 m).[8] Following the dam completion the water levels dropped to 3,867 ft (1,179 m) and 3,853 ft (1,174 m) for Pyramid and Winnemucca respectively. In 1957 Pyramid Lake level was at 3,802 ft (1,159 m) and the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at 3,780 ft (1,150 m) had been dry since the 1930s.
The lake is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of northwestern Nevada at the end of the last ice age. Pyramid Lake was the deepest point in Lake Lahontan, reaching an estimated 890 feet (270 m) due to its low level relative to the surrounding basins.
The name of the lake comes from the impressive cone or pyramid shaped tufa formations found in the lake and along the shores. The largest such formation, Anaho Island, is home to a large colony of American White Pelicans and is restricted for ecological reasons. Access to the Needles, another spectacular tufa formation at the northern end of the lake has also been restricted due to recent vandalism.
Major fish species include the cui-ui lakesucker, which is endemic to Pyramid Lake, the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout (the world record cutthroat trout was caught in Pyramid Lake). The former is endangered, and the latter is threatened. Both species were of critical importance to the Paiute people in pre-contact times.
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Model of the pyramid in El Tajin, Veracruz.
I edited out the background and replaced it.
Part of the Ethnologisches Museum Dahlem set.
Built in 1991, this 98m tall arena is the 6th largest pyramid in the world. It lies abandoned after the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and later for the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies left for newer stadiums, leaving both Shelby County and the City of Memphis deeply in debt. The building might become a Bass Pro Shop after the unstable building is seismically retrofitted. In conclusion it is stupid to use public funds to pay for private sports venues.
Memphis, Tennessee
Exploring the Dhashur Pyramids site, Egypt, heading back to the Red Pyramid, with a bit of pyramid sitting where it landed.
The Stepped Pyramid is the most important monument in Saqqara. It was built by Djoser in the 27th century BC.
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This is how I saw the pyramids while growing up and watching Thundercats! Ho! It was very different in real life! :)
Pyramid of the moon at Teotihuacan, smaller than the Sun pyramid but better constructed with a steeper angle
Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis) emerging into bloom amongst the wildflowers at Pleasley Colliery Nature Reserve, Derbyshire.
Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno. Pyramid Lake is fed by the Truckee River, which is mostly the outflow from Lake Tahoe. The Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake at its southern end. Pyramid Lake has no outlet, with water leaving only by evaporation, or sub-surface seepage (an endorheic lake). The lake has about 10% of the area of the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 25% more volume. The salinity is approximately 1/6 that of sea water. Although clear Lake Tahoe forms the headwaters that drain to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee River delivers more turbid waters to Pyramid Lake after traversing the steep Sierra terrain and collecting moderately high silt-loaded surface runoff.
A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Lahontan (~890 feet deep), the lake area was inhabited by the 19th-century Paiute, who used the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout from the lake(the former is now endangered and the latter is threatened). The lake was first mapped in 1844 by John C. Frémont, the American discoverer of the lake who also gave it its English title.
In the 19th century two battles were fought near the lake, major actions in the Paiute War. In the 1960s a marker was placed commemorating these battles.
Because of water diversion beginning in 1905 by Derby Dam, the lake's existence was threatened, and the Paiute sued the Department of the Interior. By the mid-1970s, the lake had lost 80 feet of depth, and according to Paiute fisheries officials, the life of the lake was seriously under threat.
Pyramid Lake is located in southeastern Washoe County in western Nevada. It is in an elongated intermontane basin between the Lake Range on the east, the Virginia Mountains on the west and the Pah Rah Range on the southwest. The Fox Range and the Smoke Creek Desert lie to the north.
In a parallel basin to the east of the Lake Range is Winnemucca Lake now a dry lake bed. Prior to the construction of the Derby Dam in 1905 both lake levels stood at near 3,880 ft (1,180 m).[8] Following the dam completion the water levels dropped to 3,867 ft (1,179 m) and 3,853 ft (1,174 m) for Pyramid and Winnemucca respectively. In 1957 Pyramid Lake level was at 3,802 ft (1,159 m) and the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at 3,780 ft (1,150 m) had been dry since the 1930s.
The lake is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of northwestern Nevada at the end of the last ice age. Pyramid Lake was the deepest point in Lake Lahontan, reaching an estimated 890 feet (270 m) due to its low level relative to the surrounding basins.
The name of the lake comes from the impressive cone or pyramid shaped tufa formations found in the lake and along the shores. The largest such formation, Anaho Island, is home to a large colony of American White Pelicans and is restricted for ecological reasons. Access to the Needles, another spectacular tufa formation at the northern end of the lake has also been restricted due to recent vandalism.
Major fish species include the cui-ui lakesucker, which is endemic to Pyramid Lake, the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout (the world record cutthroat trout was caught in Pyramid Lake). The former is endangered, and the latter is threatened. Both species were of critical importance to the Paiute people in pre-contact times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...