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Culver House, 412 W. Prairie Avenue in Decatur, Illinois, a beautiful redbrick Queen Ann style home, took 20 years to be built. John and Florence Culver began construction in 1881 and it wasn’t finished until 1901. John H. Culver was a prominent local businessman who owned an electric and telephone company. Shortly after his family moved in, it experienced an frightening event when a dark figure emerged from the fireplace. This unsettling apparition appeared during a spate of sightings of a “black ghost” in the area. Ever since, the house has a reputation for being haunted. The Historic Decatur Foundation has worked hard to restore it to its former glory.
Quarry Bank Mill
The mill is situated next to the River Bollin in the village of Styal. It was founded by Samuel Greg in 1784 for the spinning of cotton, by the time of his retirement in 1832, it was the largest cotton spinning business in the United Kingdom. Originally powered by a water wheel, in the 19th century, this was supplemented by steam engines as the water from the river was often too low during the summer months.
This is the boiler used to create the steam to power the machinery. The boiler was made at the The Oldham Wellington Boiler Works in Stockport in 1880.
Advertised as the sole boiler makers in Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire with the Mirfin and Neild’s patent combustion chambered boilers, and Holdens patent assisted draught furnace and a smoke consumer, the boilers were ‘always ready for delivery’. The standard steam boiler came with 100lb working pressure. The telegraphic address should you require one is “Boilers” Oldham, and the telephone No. 16 Oldham.
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In the late nineteenth century, the Anglican Church began to make concerted efforts to minister to the poor rural communities of the Sussex Weald: redbrick mission rooms, churches and chapels sprung up in even the most isolated places, attended by families of farmers, woodsmen, bodgers and wood-colliers. Many of these communities were also miles from the nearest school and there was a pressing need, especially after the Elementary Education Act of 1870, to provide adequate schooling. Where children were too few to justify a board school, the Church typically filled the gaps, teaching basic reading, writing, arithmetic and religious instruction.
It was against this background that William Townley Mitford (1817-1889), Member of Parliament for Midhurst and Squire of nearby Pitshill House paid for a dual-purpose church and school to be built at Bedham. The modest brick building, dedicated to St. Michæl and All Angels, was built in a hollow below the road on a northwest-southeast alignment. A plaque on the north-west wall states that:
"FOR THE WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD/ IN GRATITUDE FOR MANY BLESSINGS/ THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY/ WM. TOWNLEY MITFORD, OF PITSHILL/ ANNO DOMINI 1880."
During the school week, the building was divided in two by a curtain separating infants from seniors; every Friday afternoon, the chairs and desks would be turned to face the altar ready for Sunday service. Worship was led by the Rector of nearby Fittleworth with the master of Fittleworth School serving both as lay reader and headmaster. Despite the two annual maintenance visits from Mitford's own carpenters, by 1913 the school was found to be in 'a very unsatisfactory state' with 'defective lighting and ventilation' and the girls' earth closet 'very offensive indeed.' Due to a falling rural population, the school closed in 1925, but the building continued in regular use as a church for a further thirty years. The congregation was never a large one and with the demise of the charcoal industry and the effects of two world wars attendance declined to almost nothing: the last wedding held here was in 1959 and there is no record of any later services.
Bedham itself lies deep within the Western Weald, a tiny hamlet of no more than a handful of houses once inhabited by farmers and charcoal burners. Its tranquility made it a retreat for several artists, writers and composers in the nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries including Rex Vicat Cole (1870-1940), Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Stella Bowen (1893–1947) and Ford Maddox Ford (1873-1939).
The church and surrounding land are now part of a 395 acre nature reserve which is open to the public.
Looking up from the street in the old part of Amsterdam. www.picfair.com/pics/05259033-pretty-end-of-terrace
A tough little plant seen growing out of the cement in some red bricks.
Seen on the old Leigh Technical college building, Leigh,Lancashire,UK
We traced a path from redbrick out to limestone
We walked across the earth
A compass for a heart
The needle points to North.
With unfinished business, we all returned to Gauber limestone pavements on Tuesday to capture 60021 PENYGHENT crossing Ribblehead Viaduct with 6F69, 12.54 Ribblehead Quarry to Tuebrook.
Two photos from my hometown, Żyrardów. First taken in 70's, second in 2016. On photos - buildings of an old flax factory. The closer building now is empty and waiting for it's renovation. In second building are located two offices (County Office and Labor Office).
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Żyrardów - small town in Central Poland with short, but interesting history :) It is located in the Mazovia region, the heart of Poland. It owes its unique atmosphere to the characteristic architecture of an industrial town. The original spatial layout of the community, which grew around a manufacturing plant in the mid-19th century, has been preserved to the present day. The historic center of Żyrardów (mostly buildings from red bricks) is the only industrial architecture complex from the turn of the 20th c. in Europe that has been preserved to modern times in full. The old settlement covers a 76-ha area in the central part of the town. Diversified architectural forms and styles characterize the city, which has resulted from the multi-cultural character of Żyrardów.
The flax trade gave the town its origins. A plant manufacturing flax that was one of the largest and modern factories in Europe was established there in 1829. Karol Dittrich and Karol Hielle, two industrialists from Germany, founded the plant. The town derives its name from the first technical director of the plant, Philip de Girard who, among others, invented a mechanical flax-spinning machine.
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Żyrardów dawniej i dziś :) Pierwsze zdjęcie robione w latach 70-tych, zaś drugie w tym samym miejscu, w 2016r. Na zdjęciu budynki dawnej fabryki. Ten z prawej obecnie jest pusty i czeka na lepsze czasy, zaś w tym drugim mieści się obecnie Starostwo Powiatowe oraz urząd pracy.
Więcej moich zestawień starego i nowego Żyrardowa jest TUTAJ
Żyrardów leży w centrum Polski, na Mazowszu. Swój niepowtarzalny klimat zawdzięcza charakterystycznej architekturze miasta zaprojektowanej w połowie XIX stulecia. Zabytkowe centrum Żyrardowa jest jedynym w Europie zachowanym w całości zespołem urbanistyczno-architektonicznym miasta przemysłowego przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Do czasów nam współczesnych na terenie położonej w centrum miasta osady fabrycznej zachowało się blisko 95% pierwotnej zabudowy, która w większości przypadków wciąż pełni nadane jej przez budowniczych funkcje. Osada fabryczna obejmuje centralną część miasta o powierzchni ok. 76 ha. Charakteryzuje ją różnorodność form architektonicznych i stylów, co wynika ze zróżnicowania narodowościowego mieszkańców Żyrardowa.
Początek miastu dała fabryka lniarska, która powstała na terenie dzisiejszego Żyrardowa w 1829 roku. Była to jedna z największych i najnowocześniejszych fabryk ówczesnej Europy. Została założona przez dwóch przemysłowców z Niemiec: Karola Dittricha i Karola Hielle. Żyrardów zawdzięcza swą nazwę pierwszemu dyrektorowi technicznemu fabryki, Philipowi de Girard. Był on m.in. wynalazcą maszyny do mechanicznego przędzenia lnu.
i think this was some kind of student accomodation. it was quite a striking image, i wanna go back and get a better shot at some point.
This is the lovely Hodsock Priory in Nottinghamshire. We visit every February for their snowdrop display - millions (possibly) of the little white flowers adorne the woodland and formal gardens of this historic house in the north of Robin Hood county.
As you can see, it's not just snowdrops though...
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Disused and derelict windmill outside Appleton Roebuck, near York. Sill think it'll be good for a wire-wool shot.
This lovely old brick-built cottage in Cossington, Leicestershire is a listed 18th and early 19th century building.
I just love the curved features on the windows and doorway and that 10 foot high solid brick wall on the left!
Built of red brick in 1878, the Wandiligong Public Library is a simple building that may be found along Morses Creek Road in the pretty Alpine town of Wandiligong.
Simple it may be, with minimal ornamentation and elegant lines, but this building shows how important and populated Wandiligong was during the Victorian Gold Rush. Not every town had a public library, which makes this survivor a significant piece of history.
Today the Wandiligong Public Library is used as a small local art gallery.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
Striking in its brutalist simplicity and preserved industrial texture, this photograph captures a significant section of a historic warehouse facade at San Francisco’s Pier 70. Unlike the previous night-time images, this view is bathed in harsh, midday sunlight, which accentuates the raw, weathered materials and the geometry of the structure. The composition is highly symmetrical, emphasizing the sheer scale and uniformity of the building.
The lower third of the building is a formidable foundation of red brick, showing age and endurance, topped by a wide band of clean, pale-colored paneling. Above this base are the two primary floors of the warehouse, dominated by repeating modules of grid-paned windows. These windows are vast, stretching almost the full width of the wall, allowing immense amounts of light into the factory interior, which remains mostly obscured by glare and dust. The glass is often broken or missing in places, revealing the interior structure and hints of brickwork beyond.
The sections between the windows are clad in corrugated metal siding, likely steel, which is heavily weathered and rusted to a warm, earthy patina. The vertical lines of the siding create a strong visual contrast with the horizontal lines of the brick base and the window sills. In the foreground, the urban environment of the pier is evident: a clean concrete sidewalk and curb line an empty street. A bright red stop sign on a pole stands prominently on the left, a modern marker against the massive, historic backdrop. The strong shadows cast by the midday sun reinforce the relief and texture of the brickwork and the corrugation. This image is a celebration of utility, labor, and the architectural remnants of San Francisco's pre-tech, working-class history along its waterfront.
Here we are in Cossington, Leicestershire.
The magnificent old wall is made of stone and red brick. But what is the function of the square black hatch? The base of the hatch door is about 5'9" from the ground going up to about 6'8" at the top. There is no visible means of opening from this side but it clearly hinges outwards from the right edge.
Some of the remains of Cockham Wood Fort on the north bank of the River Medway. It was built in 1669 following a Dutch raid on Chatham naval dockyards, a short distance upriver. A second fort was built across the river, presumably on St Mary's Island, which it faces. It remained in use until the early 19th century when it was abandoned. A good part of it has fallen into the river. The picture here is of its lower tier and battery: the upper tier apparently was earthwork so wouldn't survive as long.
Not far downriver are 2 larger and more recent forts, Hoo Fort and Fort Darnet.
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Murky morning at Wilstone and Drayton Beauchamp.
Sited just outside the village of Wilstone, just below the banks of Wilstone Reservoir.
I always thought I was a pessimist until a few years ago when this property came on the market. A friend and I were discussing what a nice house and location when he spoiled it all by saying “Yeah, but what if the reservoir banks burst?”
I can't say for sure that this work is associated with Ania Bridal, just up the street, but it seems like a good guess.
Maybe not. Seek and ye shall find. Clue is the title in white at ground level - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capax_Infiniti