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Taken in late-1963
New English Electric Type 3 D6883, towing newly-restored ex-LNER Gresley V2 2-6-2 4771 ‘’Green Arrow’’ in late-1963.. The locos are just by Conisbrough station, and the imposing building in the background, on the left, is the offices of the old Denaby and Cadeby Main Colieries..
D6338 had entered service in November 1963, and later became Class 37 37183, and later still 37884..
4771 had entered service in 1936, and was withdrawn – as BR 60800 – in August 1962, having been selected for preservation, and was restored in LNER livery as seen here. After being stored for some years, it was restored to operating condition, and ran on railtours for many years, but later became a static exhibit, again..
Today (2024) D6883/37884 is still in service, with Rail Operations Group, and named ‘’Cepheus’’, and 4771 is on display at the Danum Gallery Library and Museum in Doncaster…..
The station is still in use, but the colliery offices have gone, and the site is now occupied by houses..
Restored from an under-exposed grainy cyan-colour-shifted glass-mounted Agfa original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
Fort Parker was founded by Elder John Parker and his three sons, Benjamin, Silas and James, and other families from the Predestinarian Baptist Church of Crawford County, Illinois. Traveling by ox-drawn wagons, they came to Texas in 1833, settled along the Navasota River, and built Fort Parker for protection against Indians. Completed in March of 1834, the stockade's walls were constructed of split cedar logs buried in the ground and extending up 12 feet with sharp points. Inside the walls were two-story blockhouses, rows of log cabins for living quarters, and a livestock corral. The Parker family, members of a group of pioneers settling the Brazos Trail Region in the early 1800s, arrived near the future site of Groesbeck in 1833. Determined to make a go of it despite the longstanding presence of Indians throughout the surrounding countryside, the Parkers proceeded to clear brush, plant crops, and build a stockade known as “Parker’s Fort.” The fort was constructed of split cedars, anchored in the ground and rising approximately twelve feet. Blockhouses were built in opposing corners, providing a view of the landscape (and as aides in defense). Within the stockade walls the family and fellow colonists built two rows of log cabins as living quarters, completing the project by March of 1834. Despite the stockade’s heavy construction and defensive features they were deceitfully attacked. Since there had been no Indian troubles, they felt so secure they left the fort's gates open so workers could come and go with ease. But on May 19, 1836, while the men worked in the fields and the children played inside the fort, more than 100 Indians -- Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo and Wichita -- appeared at the gates with a white flag of peace. Benjamin Parker left the fort to talk to the warriors, who told him they wanted a safe place to camp and some beef. As Parker returned with beef, the riders surrounded him and killed him with their lances. Before the gates could be closed, the raiders rushed inside the fort, and killed Elder John Parker and his son Silas. As the men in the fields rushed to the fort, the Indians escaped with two women and three children. Behind them, five settlers lay dead and others were wounded, some of whom died later.and, once it was over, all members of this small pioneering community were either dispersed, kidnapped, or dead. Nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker would be one of the kidnapped victims. Fort Parker, abandoned after the attack, disintegrated with age. In 1930 the first replica of the fort appeared on the site, followed by a rebuild in 1967. Today, Old Fort Parker provides a living history interpretation of early life in the region courtesy of the Fort Parker Historical Society and the city of Groesbeck. A full, year-round event schedule includes trail rides, festivals, and celebrations. - See more at: texasbrazostrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-a...
This imposing, six-sided, wooden lighthouse looks thoroughly at home on Cemetery Point. But this is not its original site.
The lighthouse was first built on a rugged headland at the entrance to Akaroa Harbour, more than 80 metres above sea level. The site was chosen in 1875 and the lighthouse built in 1878-79, to a design that was developed by an engineer, John Blackett, for New Zealand conditions. There are several similar lighthouses elsewhere on the New Zealand coast, but the design is particular to New Zealand.
The materials were brought in by ship to a landing in Haylocks Bay, near the site, and hauled up a specially built road to the top of the headland. The light first shone on 1 January 1880. It was a “manned” lighthouse and keepers’ houses were built on the headland.
In 1977, the old lighthouse was replaced by an automatic light. The following year a Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed in Akaroa and by the year’s end the tower had been cut into three pieces and manoeuvred over steep and narrow Lighthouse Road down to Akaroa, where it was re-assembled on Cemetery Point. Its historic equipment, which had been salvaged before the tower was moved, was then re-installed.
Pride of the GB Railfreight Class 92 fleet, 92020 "Billy Stirling" restores order to the Caledonian Sleeper Down Highlander (1S25) after the previous night's significant challenges - heading through Hartford bang on time.
I dug up this photo from my trip to Cincinnati this past April and selectively restored color to the flag in celebration of Independence Day. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday filled with reflection, family and FIREWORKS*!
*unless you live somewhere that prohibits fireworks, in which case put your liberty aside and obey local ordinances :)
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Suzanne Whitby. "We Restore Alloys" gorgeous promo girls pose beside a Lamborghini Aventador at the Scottish Car show, Highland Centre, Edinburgh, 20 July 2015. Nikon D-800, Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 IF-ED-VR-2 (FX), Nikon SB-910 Speedlight. 28mm, f4, 1/60 sec.
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Penarth Pavilion is a fully restored Art Deco Pier Pavilion based on the coast in South Wales. The Pavilion is a multi-functional building housing a gallery, cinema, cafe and restaurant.
A mostly restored E-8 locomotive sits in full New York Central paint scheme at the Canal Street Station Village in Duanesburg, N.Y.
The guy who owns it has over the last 10 years created a neat little slice of American history alongside his fabrication shop. There’s a reproduction of an old Erie Canal-side store, a classic diner, this locomotive, and a number of other relics, my favorite being a chain-driven 1926 Mack Bulldog which is REALLY not restored.
When he finishes the locomotive -- which is just a shell, no mechanicals inside -- he plans to use it as an ice cream shop.
Check out the previous image in my photostream to see what this locomotive looked like before he went to work on it.
second trial
thanks to Vanessa Thomz's texture www.flickr.com/photos/vanka/
look at it on large and black : View On Black
Caysasay Shrine
Back then these silver ornaments were painted to deceive thefts its brass and now its back in its glorious shine
I had a hard time getting back to the Terxture Chapter after sharing the work of fire hosted by my dear Notre Dame from three weeks ago.
There had to be a natural transition, in any kind of way possible.
That's where not living at home for the past two weeks helps.
My Appartment's empty while some construction workers / electricians / plumbers are supposed to be working in it.
So I'm camping all around the city, going from one friend's home to another, like some other kind of transition before camping in western USA for another four weeks before I head back to Paris, receptionning a looking new appartment as I do so.
That brings us to today, being the recepient of Johann's hospitality.
Johann is living on top of a fifteen stories high cliff overlooking the entire city.
Can't blame you if you don't know such place existed.
Welcome to Paris.
Welcome to Johann's.
Did a restore from an encrypted iTunes backup instead of a restore from iCloud and it was so great. The cloud may be "magic" but a USB cable is "fast".
A lot of the buildings in Montevideo were built a century or so ago--some, while protected, are in serious disrepair while others, like this classic Chevy, have been restored.
Every Chinese Doctor I have been to says that I have cold energy in my stomach. So I am always willing to try anything to get rid of this cold energy. Rather than living a healthy life of constant physical activity, restricted computer use, and all the other modern things that we do to make us unbalanced creatures - I chose to put myself through ancient practices - like STOMACH FIREBURNING or MOXA (mugwart) steaming!!!!
So the philosophy behind fireburning is that the fire's heat will warm up your stomach - it will start moving the cold energy out and help you restore your yin energy. After 5 times of lighting a fire and putting the fire out on my stomach - I felt so wonderful. In between each fireburning, the doctor massaged my stomach - it's the best feeling in the world. It felt as if he was caressing every part of my large and small intestinal track and giving it lots of love and care. And the best part is that in the end- when the fire burning is done correctly - he takes off the saran wrap, medicine cloth, and starts Doggy Paddling down from the top of my stomach to the very bottom of my intestines - you can HEAR A RIVER of activity going on inside! it's totalllly FREAKY - I could hear a river gurgling - as if he was totally giving me a full plumbing system overhaul!
he said that when performed with the right type of fire shapes, the doggy paddling takes all the released coldness and moves it out.
the whole entire time I focused on using qi gong breathing techniques - because I am super sensitive to energy I could feel the cold air flowing out of the bottom of my feet.
But then for a few min before or after the process - sometimes I feel that I am inadequate as a human being when I do these things because it reminds me of how out of touch I am with my body, the earth, and the stars. So going to the Chinese doctor for me is like a form of rebirth and a bit of self-punishment (for not being healthy when I am living in the states). But then I think - is it only when I travel - when I'm farthest away from everything and everyone that I intimately know - is that the only time I feel that I can take care of myself without feeling guilty? Is it only when I am unreachable that I recover from everyday life in the states - when my family stuff is so far away that it is absolutely out of my control? Then I start thinking that's stupid tricia - peace is where you are - but sometimes I feel that the only way to really extract myself out of my own life is to leave the country and cross an ocean away. I wonder if this is a pattern of modern life now - middle class people overworking and then leaving for a few months every year or few years to prevent burn out and just to re-balance. It certainly has become a pattern in my life - is the amount of traveling we do equivalent to the amount of stress we have at home? sometimes I think so...
well anyways this is seriously the best form of self-punishment - when the doctor tells me that my yin-yang isn't balanced - it actually makes me really excited to become more balanced again. I am always excited for them to say - "ok here your energy is blocked, so that's why your hair is turning white or that's why your bowel movements aren't regular." When they tell me how unbalanced I am, I start thinking about how I can take better care of myself.
AFter fireburning, the doctor told me of all the herbs and foods that I should eat to heal my body. for example, I need to eat more lemon peels. This time the doctor told me that my health was pretty good, but my back and neck is messed up from years of sitting in front of a computer. Plus I haven't been meditating or dancing as much lately :(
So I love this herbal/ancient practice - only in china...only in china. In India I tried going to the medicinal doctor - I actually went to 3 of them because I really wanted to give it a chance - well each on told me that I was too much of a "pita" and they threw my naked body on a slap of hard wood and started dumping herbal oil on me and then the woman rubbed the oil on me forcing my bones into the wood table and I slid around like a dead fish - I tried to grab onto the wood but it was impossible! - may sound wonderful-(hmm hands + oil) BUT NOT!!!!!! it was painful and the worst part was that I didn't feel more balanced afterwards. SO I've decided China is the place for me to go for medicinal care.
In the late 1980s, when he first took an interest in the buses he was travelling on, Kenny Barclay wouldn’t have imagined in his wildest dreams that he would ever own one. Now he has four. Purchasing a Leyland Leopard from 1980 in May 2007, three more buses of varying shapes and sizes followed over the next two years and he has lovingly restored each of them.
Here, Kenny Barclay gives a fascinating insight into this restoration process. A history of each bus, including technical specifications, is included alongside a selection of images of each vehicle in its heyday. This is followed by a fully illustrated account of each of the restoration projects, as well as photographs of the buses once restored to their former glory.
Packed with fascinating photography, Restoring a Bus is perfect both for those looking to enter the preservation scene and those who simply admire vintage vehicles.
I restored this Schuster & Co. Zither that was made in Germany that was made in the late 19th to early 20th century.
This one was strung with 40 strings, Ivory tuner heads and engraved Silver plate on the peg head.
Listen to a Zither being played:
Cylindrical towers constructed from fieldstones belong to the original series of burial towers at the archaeological site of Sillustani. These older towers were originally coated with plaster, as restored here.
The peribolos, the space between the inner and outer walls. To the left and right of the Belgrade Gate / Xylokerkos Gate the walls have been intensively restored.
The Theodosian Walls were situated between the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn and have a length of 6.5 km.
The walls were completed in 413 during the reign of Theodosius II (408–50). The wall was given his name, but was actually built under the supervision of Anthemius of Byzantium, a praefectus praetorio of the Eastern Roman Empire.
From 439 onwards, the sea walls were built along the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara (Propontis), thus walling the entire peninsula on which the city was situated.
The Theodosian Walls consisted of:
- the main inner wall (5 meters thick and 12 meters high); this was separated by a terrace (peribolos) from
- the lower outer wall (2 meters thick and 8.5 meters high).
An outer terrace, the parateichion, extended between the outer wall and the moat. The moat was about 20 m (66 ft) from the outer wall. The moat itself was over 20 m (66 ft) wide and as much as 10 m (33 ft) deep, with a 1.5 m (5 ft) high crenellated wall on the inside, which served as a first line of defense.
Access to the outer wall from the city was provided through the main gates at the base of the towers of the inner wall. The outer wall also had towers, which were placed about halfway between the towers of the inner wall. They were spaced at a distance of 48–78 m (150–250 ft) from each other. Of the towers of the outer wall, 62 have survived.
The walls of Constantinople were notoriously impregnable throughout the Middle Ages. Greek engineers used a much more effective construction technique than others in the Middle Ages. The walls in the Byzantine Empire were usually not solid, but consisted of double walls filled with rubble, which allowed gaps to be quickly repaired. Numerous armies of Bulgarians, Avars, Kipchaks, Russians, Galatians and Arabs failed to penetrate the walls. The first breach of the walls came in 1204, when the Fourth Crusade laid the city to waste. Two centuries later, the city had not yet recovered from the damage of the Crusade, and in 1453, after a relatively short siege, it fell into the hands of the Turkish Ottomans.
Carthage, Missouri - May 5, 2021: The Boots Court Motel, a restored deco style historic U.S. Route 66 motorcourt hotel - close up of the neon sign