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The Storwartz mining area was one of Røros Copper Works’ most important mining areas and is a part of World Heritage Røros
Mining Town and the Circumference.
Remains and cultural monuments
The Storwartz mining area is about 4.5 square kilometres in size and includes nine significant mines. Visible in the landscape are remains of mine entrances, piles of waste rock, overhead cable transportation systems, shaft openings, miners’ barracks, managers’ houses, dams, water wheel trenches and an extensive network of water channels.
Underground are many kilometres of mining passageways, transport roads and rails, shafts with hoisting equipment and water pumps. All of these historic and cultural remains above and below ground bear witness to more than 300 years of comprehensive activity and show how mining technology developed over centuries. The story behind this activity is the story of generations of skilled workers and craftsmen who were employed by The Røros Copper Works.
This stable building was built prior to 1827 for stabling the mine’s work horses at Nye Storwartz mine. The horses were also used for agriculture and transportation as well as for working down in the mines.
It was customary for the transportation of the copper ore from the mines to the smeltery in Røros, to be carried out by the local farmers using their own horses. However, in 1892 The Røros Copper Works purchased their own horses for transportation from the Nye Storwartz mine, this was in order to gain better control of costs.
The stable is built of natural stone using clay mortar in a double wall. Access to the hayloft is by a raised platform.
The yellow sign says "watch out, mine openings". There are several such openings in the immediate area.
The Storwartz mining area was one of Røros Copper Works’ most important mining areas and is a part of World Heritage Røros
Mining Town and the Circumference.
The Storwartz mining area is about 4.5 square kilometres in size and includes nine significant mines. Visible in the landscape are remains of mine entrances, piles of waste rock, overhead cable transportation systems, shaft openings, miners’ barracks, managers’ houses, dams, water wheel trenches and an extensive network of water channels.
Underground are many kilometres of mining passageways, transport roads and rails, shafts with hoisting equipment and water pumps. All of these historic and cultural remains above and below ground bear witness to more than 300 years of comprehensive activity and show how mining technology developed over centuries. The story behind this activity is the story of generations of skilled workers and craftsmen who were employed by The Røros Copper Works.
Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 gets lettered, striped and “Scotchlited” inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Skilled workers like Carman Gary Dunlap carefully apply the flag decals seen on the side of UP’s newer locomotives. After application of each piece, he will go over the segments and burnish out bubbles and other minor surface imperfections that commonly show up with this process. With the massive size of a locomotive, one can easily overlook that the large Scotchlite flags have to be tediously cut to each engineroom door and around other impediments like hinges and latches.
I have visiting Chesterfield since the 1980s to see friends who live there. Its taken a while to get a photograph of Chesterfields most famous building with its Crooked Spire
Chesterfield Parish Church dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints, Is located in the centre of this Derbyshire town. Building began in 1234 AD, though the present church dates predominantly from the 14th century.. St Mary's is best known for its twisted and leaning spire (known as the Crooked Spire). it also became the UK's only representative in the Association of the Twisted Spires of Europe; of the 72 member churches, it is deemed to have the greatest lean and twist.
The spire was added in about 1362; its top is 228 feet above the ground. It is both twisted and leaning: the 45-degree twist causes the tip to lean 9 ft off centre. The reason is uncertain and still debated: suggestions include lack of skilled workers because of the Black Death, which occurred as much of the church was being built; the use of insufficient cross bracing and 'green timber' – unseasoned timber; and also the 17th-century addition of 33 tons of lead sheeting covering the spire, resting on 14th-century bracing not designed to carry such weight.
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Taken at the Melbourne International Flowers and Garden Show.
Some interesting facts on Tulip.
The Dutch obsession with tulips began with Flemish botanist Carolus Clusius. When he was made director of Leiden University's new Hortus Botanicus (botanical garden) in 1593 he planted some of his own tulip bulbs. As a result, 1594 is considered the official date of tulips first blooming in Holland.
Carolus Clusius was also the first person to identify "broken tulips" which is a viral infection that caused beautiful streaks in the petals. Clusius would go on to create many new color variations of tulips.
Tulips started to become highly prized in Holland in the 1600s as some of Clusius unique tulip variations at Leiden became much sought after.
This led to a period from 1634 to 1637 known as "Tulip mania" when enthusiasm for the new flower started an economic frenzy and one of the world's first 'speculative bubbles'. The value of tulips shot up nearly overnight, they became the most expensive flower in the world, so expensive that they were treated as a form of currency.
At the peak of tulip mania certain bulbs were selling for 10 times more than the annual income of a skilled worker and a valuable tulip bulb could change hands up to ten times in a day. Tulip mania was short-lived though and the whole economy eventually crashed.
Today, the Netherlands is still the world's main producer of commercially sold tulips, producing as many as 3 billion bulbs annually, mostly for export.
Tulip petals are actually able to be eaten, during the Dutch famine of 1944 in WWII people often had to resort to eating sugar beets and tulips.
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Looking north, on the Matanzas River, at the Castillo de San Marcos.
St. Augustine (Historic District ), Florida, USA.
7 September 2022.
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▶ "The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida, built by the Spanish to protect the city.
The Castillo is a masonry star fort made of a stone called coquina (Spanish for "small shells"), which consists of ancient shells that have bonded together to form a sedimentary rock similar to limestone. Construction began in 1672 and was completed in 1695, though the structure would undergo many alterations and renovations over the centuries. Native Americans from Spain's nearby missions did most of the labor, with additional skilled workers brought in from Havana, Cuba."
— Wikipedia.
▶ In 1924, the Castillo (then named Fort Marion) was declared a U.S. National Monument. In 1933, the National Park Service assumed responsibility. In 1942, the original name, Castillo de San Marcos, was restored.
— National Park Service pamphlet.
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) annual fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme for skilled foreign workers.
Trump's order mentions "abuse" of the programme and will restrict entry unless payment is made.
Critics have long argued that H-1Bs undercut the American workforce, while supporters - including billionaire Elon Musk - argue it allows the US to attract top talent from around the world.
In another order, Trump set up a new "gold card" to fast-track visas for certain immigrants in exchange for fees starting at £1m.
Trump's order is due to come into force on 21 September. It would only apply to new requests, but companies would have to pay the same amount for each applicant for six years, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
(Ever heard the phrase "cutting off your nose to spite your face").
If America had the skilled workers don't they think they would hire them! Or is there something else behind this - I mean $100,000 plus salary, plus relocation expenses - these "skilled workers" must be something or someone special.
Sie vertritt die Interessen von rund 15.000 Betrieben mit circa 105.000 Beschäftigten bei Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit. Als Selbstverwaltungseinrichtung des Hamburger Handwerks übernimmt sie ferner öffentliche Aufgaben, die der Staat ihr durch Gesetz übertragen hat. Die Handwerkskammer bietet zudem als moderne Dienstleisterin umfassenden Service und Beratungsleistungen für Betriebe und Existenzgründer. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt ihrer Arbeit liegt in der Aus- und Weiterbildung von Fachkräften sowie in der Förderung des Systems der Dualen Ausbildung.
It represents the interests of around 15,000 companies with around 105,000 employees in politics, business and the public. As a self-governing institution for the Hamburg craft sector, it also takes on public tasks that the state has assigned to it by law. As a modern service provider, the Chamber of Crafts also offers comprehensive services and consulting services for companies and start-ups. A particular focus of her work is the training and further education of skilled workers as well as the promotion of the dual training system.
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix. The population was 32,689 at the 2020 census.
Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Navy officer in the service of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road across the 35th parallel. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwestern desert. Beale traveled through the present-day Kingman in 1857 surveying the road and in 1859 to build the road. Beale's Wagon Road became part of U.S. Route 66 and later Interstate 40. Remnants of the wagon road can still be seen in White Cliffs Canyon in Kingman.
Kingman was founded in 1882 before statehood, in Arizona Territory. Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman had its modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale Springs. Civil engineer Lewis Kingman supervised the building of the railroad from Winslow to Beale Springs. This spring had been used by Native Americans living in the area for centuries.
The Mohave County seat was originally located in Mohave City from 1864 to 1867. In 1865, the portion of Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River was transferred to Nevada after Nevada's statehood, and became part of Lincoln County, now Clark County, Nevada. The remaining territory of Pah-Ute County became part of Mohave County. Its seat was moved to Hardyville (now within Bullhead City) in 1867. The county seat transferred to the mining town of Cerbat in 1873, then to Mineral Park near Chloride. After some time, the county seat and all instruments were permanently moved to Kingman in 1887.
During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of the war as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played a significant role in this important era of America's history.[citation needed] Following the war, the Kingman Airfield was one of the largest reclamation sites for obsolete military aircraft.
Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953, Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid,[6] which was at the time one of the largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds) in nearby Yucca at the former Yucca Army Airfield. Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground. Likewise, the development of the Mineral Park mine near adjacent Chloride, and construction of the Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth. Also, the location of a General Cable plant at the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided steady employment.
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix. The population was 32,689 at the 2020 census.
Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Navy officer in the service of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road across the 35th parallel. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwestern desert. Beale traveled through the present-day Kingman in 1857 surveying the road and in 1859 to build the road. Beale's Wagon Road became part of U.S. Route 66 and later Interstate 40. Remnants of the wagon road can still be seen in White Cliffs Canyon in Kingman.
Kingman was founded in 1882 before statehood, in Arizona Territory. Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman had its modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale Springs. Civil engineer Lewis Kingman supervised the building of the railroad from Winslow to Beale Springs. This spring had been used by Native Americans living in the area for centuries.
The Mohave County seat was originally located in Mohave City from 1864 to 1867. In 1865, the portion of Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River was transferred to Nevada after Nevada's statehood, and became part of Lincoln County, now Clark County, Nevada. The remaining territory of Pah-Ute County became part of Mohave County. Its seat was moved to Hardyville (now within Bullhead City) in 1867. The county seat transferred to the mining town of Cerbat in 1873, then to Mineral Park near Chloride. After some time, the county seat and all instruments were permanently moved to Kingman in 1887.
During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of the war as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played a significant role in this important era of America's history.[citation needed] Following the war, the Kingman Airfield was one of the largest reclamation sites for obsolete military aircraft.
Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953, Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid,[6] which was at the time one of the largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds) in nearby Yucca at the former Yucca Army Airfield. Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground. Likewise, the development of the Mineral Park mine near adjacent Chloride, and construction of the Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth. Also, the location of a General Cable plant at the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided steady employment.
Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 gets lettered, striped and “Scotchlited” inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Skilled workers like Carman Gary Dunlap carefully apply the flag decals seen on the side of UP’s newer locomotives. After application of each piece, he will go over the segments and burnish out bubbles and other minor surface imperfections that commonly show up with this process. With the massive size of a locomotive, one can easily overlook that the large Scotchlite flags have to be tediously cut to each engineroom door and around other impediments like hinges and latches.
China, Beijing, the Beijing National Stadium, universally referred to as the "Bird's Nest"
On March 15. 2008, ...only 5 month & 23 days previous
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to the electrifying opening event on August 08. 2008
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of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games.
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The whole construction of the 330 mtr long, 220 mtr wide & 69.2 mtr tall stadion, with a seating capacity during the games for 91.000 spectators, reduced after the games for following sportive & other events to 80.000 seats stretched over 5 years, construction of the stadium's bird´s nest steel outer shell began in 2005. One of the local government requirements was, that the stadium structure design be able to withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.
The architects & engineers had to keep in mind the effects of thermal expansion that is the tendency for steel to expand & contract as the temperature changes. In Beijing temperature can range from far over +30°C in the summer to -20°C in the winter. The design team worked with Chinese steel producers Baosteel & Wuhan Iron & Steel to develop new steel grades that would meet the strength & flexibility necessities for the 42,000 tons of steel required to build the structure.
The total weight of construction materials, including concrete seating bowl, is over 110,000 tons
Three months of research led to the production of a new steel with low phosphor & low sulfur content, they termed as Q35. Q35 is a high-hardness steel able to bear stress up to 35 x 106 Pascals. This would be critical in the construction of the 24 trussed columns, each of which was 300 meters in length & expected to help bare a load of 11,200 tons. Wuhan Iron & Steel group designed the second grade of steel that would make up the remaining portion of the stadium's shell, referred to as Q460.
The steel sections had to be curved, lifted, placed & connected properly to each other. Making curving beams also required high professional skils. To bear the loads & create the right aesthetics, engineers came up with the box design. Four steel plates were welded together & bent into the required shape to form a twisted bar section.
On site the workers welded the beams together to form even larger sections, forming a truss, some of the steel timbering formed were up to 12mtr in length. Each weighed up to 350 tons & were hoisted by 800 ton cranes to the top of the roof. Positioning these heavy structures also required great skill because the pattern was random & was just as to fit pieces of jigsaw puzzle together. It was difficult to fit all the parts without any error because in positioning one end the other would go out. This took 2-3 days to weld the joints & secure them in place. As the strength of the structure also depended now on welds, so for welding of the special steel, over 1000 skilled workers were trained.
The new, high strength steels presented his own problems during construction, as higher than normal welding temperatures were required, often in very precarious & high locations. Welding could only be conducted at temperatures of +15°C - +16°C, which meant that workers had to weld during evening hours. In August of 2006, over 400 welders worked in changing sgifts for three straight nights to weld the 320 km of welding joins required to assemble the stadiums iconic, latticed steel frame.
In April 2003, the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron planed & built the stadium based on the original design of the international respected & controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
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The God of Thuong Phong Nhi (thousand-mile hearing). Hoi An, Vietnam
These are masterpieces of the skilled workers of Kim Bong village. These gods are believed to have assisted Thien Hau Holy Mother in saving victims on the sea.
At Sakshi international pty
Very skilled workers, beautiful timing and attention.
Three men here are using wood cut outs of the pattern - all different parts of the pattern, dipping it in dye and printing on the material - it's done very quickly and they move along the material in unison. great to watch
Heerayali Ka Khawda, Muhana Maud, Diggi Malpura Road, Sanganer, Jaipur-302029
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Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix.
Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Navy officer in the service of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road across the 35th parallel. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwestern desert. Beale traveled through the present-day Kingman in 1857 surveying the road and in 1859 to build the road. Beale's Wagon Road became part of U.S. Route 66 and later Interstate 40. Remnants of the wagon road can still be seen in White Cliffs Canyon in Kingman.
Kingman was founded in 1882 before statehood, in Arizona Territory. Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman had its modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale Springs. Civil engineer Lewis Kingman supervised the building of the railroad from Winslow to Beale Springs. This spring had been used by Native Americans living in the area for centuries.
The Mohave County seat was originally located in Mohave City from 1864 to 1867. In 1865, the portion of Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River was transferred to Nevada after Nevada's statehood, and became part of Lincoln County, now Clark County, Nevada. The remaining territory of Pah-Ute County became part of Mohave County. Its seat was moved to Hardyville (now within Bullhead City) in 1867. The county seat transferred to the mining town of Cerbat in 1873, then to Mineral Park near Chloride. After some time, the county seat and all instruments were permanently moved to Kingman in 1887.
During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of the war as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played a significant role in this important era of America's history.[citation needed] Following the war, the Kingman Airfield was one of the largest reclamation sites for obsolete military aircraft.
Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953, Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid,[6] which was at the time one of the largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds) in nearby Yucca at the former Yucca Army Airfield. Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground. Likewise, the development of the Mineral Park mine near adjacent Chloride, and construction of the Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth. Also, the location of a General Cable plant at the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided steady employment.
As the sun was shining on a bright Spring day it was mandatory to have the traditional pub lunch at the "local". Decided to grab a capture of the traditional sign within the gardens of the local Alwalton Pub.
The Cuckoo began life as a stables in the village of Alwalton, before becoming the Wheatsheaf Inn. The pub restaurant has a deep rooted history in the village of Alwalton a history that is intertwined with that of Rolls-Royce. For many years The Cuckoo housed some of the most highly skilled workers in the town when the town was famed for its luxury cars.
The P.S.S. Wingfield Castle was built in 1934 for the LNER as a River Humber paddle steamer. She operated the Humber ferry with her sisters PS Tattershall Castle and PS Lincoln Castle from 1934 until 1974 when the new Humber Bridge was opened. The Wingfield Castle was one of three sisters, the P.S.S. Tattershall Castle, the P.S.S. Wingfield Castle and the later P.S.S. Lincoln Castle, working the LNER's River Humber ferry, prior to the building of the Humber Road Bridge.
Built at the Hartlepool yards of William Gray & Company, the keel of the Wingfield Castle was laid down on 27th June 1934. Work progressed quickly on the first two sister ships, and they were both ready for launching by the afternoon of 24th September 1934, the ceremony for the Wingfield Castle being duly carried out by the Lady Mayoress of Hull, Mrs Shepherd. Powered by a triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine Wingfield Castle could maintain a steady operating speed of 12 knots. She has an overall length of 209ft (63.3m), a beam (including paddle box's) of 56ft (17m) and a gross tonnage of 550 tonnes. Along with her sister, the Tattershall Castle, she was built for the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER) for use as a ferry, operating between Hull and New Holland.
In their early years the two sisters, and the P.S.S. Killingholme, worked the Hull to New Holland ferry crossing route, as well as providing a Sunday excursion schedule from Hull, comprising evening cruises to Read's Island and daytime trips to Grimsby. On the outbreak of the Second World War the P.S.S. Killingholme was used to tether barrage balloons and the two sisters where used to ferry troops and supplies along the Humber to wherever they were required. Once hostilities ceased, the peacetime routine was reinstated with the P.S.S. Lincoln Castle having replaced the P.S.S. Killingholme. Excursions continued for some years but as popularity waned they were finally withdrawn in 1967. Wingfield Castle continued to work the ferry route but, with the imminent construction of the Humber Road Bridge, she was finally withdrawn in 1974 after making her last journey on Thursday 14th May with the 5.30pm sailing from Hull.
Subsequently purchased by the Brighton Marina Company, conversion costs for the P.S.S. Wingfield Castle proved too great, and she was sold on. Her history at this point becomes a little obscure but she appears to have languished in the King George V dock in London for some eight years while a legal wrangle raged over her ownership. During this time she was used as a set for the film 'The Elephant Man' being disguised as an 1824 cross-channel packet steamer, but for the majority of time she was left neglected and vandalised. In an attempt to stop her sinking altogether concrete was poured into her bilge's to seal the many leaks that were appearing. In 1982 Whitbread purchased her for use as a floating public house in Swansea, but the plan had to be abandoned when it became clear that she was too wide to pass through the dock gates into the marina.
For another four years she remained in Swansea until she finally returned to her birthplace in June 1986. Having been beautifully restored by the skilled workers of Hartlepool, a town that has a reputation for its magnificent maritime restoration projects (HMS Warrior - HMS Trincomalee).
Nokiria is an affluent land. Despite the borders being engulfed in war and flame, the land itself is peaceful and beautiful.
The train is capable of traveling extremely fast over the terrain and can bring supplies and troops to the front lines. It is equipped with an anti air gun in the off chance that enemies are foolish enough to fly over Nokirian territory.
The passenger car is used for both military and non military purposes. It can hold up to 50 people but comfortable seats 30.
The oil tanker is filled with fuel to supply the heavy armor and holds additional fuel for the train itself. This same fuel is used for many of the armies flame throwing tech as well.
The ammunition car is carrying large napalm missile. The car also has several compartments that house additional ammo and weapons for the troops in the field.
The main weapon, located at the back of the train, has two functions, it can toggle between shooting flames at short range or releasing powerful ion blasts to disable vehicles and aircraft.
The small house belongs to one of the train maintenance workers. These type of houses are located at exact intervals and house highly skilled workers who know the complex technology of the trains.
Silhouetted morning over...
St. Augustine (Historic District), Florida, USA.
1 July 2021.
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▶ "St. Augustine (from Spanish: 'San Agustín') is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for 'St. Mark's Castle') is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. It is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. The Spanish built it to protect the city.
Four-star-shaped, it is made of a stone called coquina (Spanish for 'small shells'), which consists of ancient shells that have bonded together to form a sedimentary rock similar to limestone. Construction began in 1672 and was completed in 1695, though the structure would undergo many alterations and renovations over the centuries. Native Americans from Spain's nearby missions did most of the labor, with additional skilled workers brought in from Havana, Cuba."
— Wikipedia.
▶ In 1924, the Castillo (by then named Fort Marion) was declared a U.S. National Monument. In 1933, the National Park Service assumed responsibility. In 1942, the original name, Castillo de San Marcos, was restored.
— National Park Service pamphlet.
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The Cathedral of San Vigilio – the Duomo di Trento - was erected on an area which housed an ancient temple dedicated to the city's Patron Saint. A church built in the Padania style was probably found here before the death of the Saint. In the 11th century, the Prince-Bishop Uldarico II began works on the cathedral. In 1212 this first building was almost completely demolished by Federico Vanga - one of the Bishops who contributed the most to the city's urban-artistic development - to make room for a cathedral in the Romanesque-Lombard style. The Bishop entrusted the project to a team of Campione-based skilled workers, headed by Adamo d'Arogno. At the end of the 13th century, the cathedral's Northern transept was decorated with an allegorical rose window known as the Wheel of Fortune. In the 14th century, the church got expanded, and Gothic features were added to it. In 1628, the Crucifix Chapel was planned by Giuseppe Alberti. Built in the Baroque style, it houses a group of wooden sculptures at whose feet the decrees of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) were issued.
Знаменитый романский храм с тремя нефами является сокровищницей сакрального искусства с живописными и скульптурными свидетельствами от раннего христианского века до девятнадцатого века. Здание собора начали строить еще в 1130 году. Ранее на этом месте находилась римская базилика, однако, к 12 столетию она была почти полностью разрушена и местные власти решили построить тут католический храм. Кстати, часть древнеримской базилики до сих пор сохранилась здесь, однако просто так ее увидеть нельзя, ведь она спрятана в подземной крипте. В 1545 году в именно в здании Кафедрального собора Сан-Виджилио прошел известный Тридентский собор — важнейшее собрание в истории католицизма, когда главные представители католической церкви во главе с Папой решали как им остановить столь масштабное распространение протестантизма в мире.
Sul lato orientale del castello di Vigevano sorge la scuderia di Ludovico il Moro, costruita tra il 1485 ed il 1498.
E’ la prima delle tre scuderie ducali che si sviluppano in successione ma che risulta essere, in realtà, la più recente. Fu fatta edificare in sequenza continua con le due esistenti, come attesta la lapide posta sopra l’ingresso.
E’ lunga 94 metri e larga 12. L'interno è tripartito da monolitiche colonne di sarizzo.
Secondo alcuni studiosi sarebbe servita da ispirazione per la stalla-modello disegnata da Leonardo da Vinci nel Codice B di Parigi e nel Codice Trivulizano ma non vi è documentazione storica diretta.
Più probabilmente si tratta del risultato del lavoro di maestranze lombarde certamente influenzate dallo stile del Brunelleschi di cui Leonardo era allora diffusore in Lombardia.
Ludovico il Moro fece affrescare le tre scuderie con decorazioni tipicamente bramantesche a disegni geometrici e finte architetture.
The ducal stables of the castle of Vigevano (Pavia)
On the eastern side of the castle of Vigevano there is the stable of Ludovico il Moro, built between 1485 and 1498.
It is the first of three ducal stables developing in succession but appears to be, in fact, the most recent. It was built in a continuous sequence with the two existing, as attested by the plaque above the entrance.
It is 94 meters long and 12 wide. The interior is divided three parts by monolithic columns of sarizzo stone.
According to some scholars it was the inspiration for the stable-model designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the “Code B” of Paris and in the Code Trivulizano but there is no direct historical documentation.
It is maybe the result of work by Lombard skilled workers certainly influenced by Brunelleschi's style of which Leonardo was then speaker in Lombardy.
Ludovico il Moro commissioned the the three stables fresco with geometric designs typically Bramante style and false architecture.
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Mississauga’s timber gate came into being in 1986 when a group of investors from Hong Kong gathered to discuss possible investment in Canada. They discovered that the Chinese community was slowly moving toward Mississauga. It was an opportunity to build a Chinese mall.
From the beginning, the owners envisioned something that could stand out in the crowd, a centre that really would depict Chinese culture and become a tourist spot. After getting the blessing of the City of Mississauga, 60 skilled workers were brought in to build the gate and the rest of the complex.
When the Mississauga Chinese Centre, covering 10 acres, was officially opened in 1987 by Mayor Hazel McCallion, it included a replica of a Nine-Dragon Wall (which is typically found in Imperial Chinese palaces and gardens), a Soo Chow Garden, pagoda, pond, stone sculptures and a facsimile of the Great Wall. But it was the main entrance gateway that was the pièce de résistance.
Towering 43 feet, it was built with 17,000 cubic metres of timber. Not a single nail — only wooden studs — was used in the construction, which was based on traditional Chinese building techniques.
In downtown Bhaktapur, Nepal, I came across an interesting scene. In the heart of the city, a skilled man was operating a sewing machine on the streets. The bustling atmosphere was filled with various sights, sounds, and smells. The sewing machine's rhythmic hum blended with the noise of craftsmen working nearby and the melodious performances of street musicians. Moreover, the aroma of local street food wafted through the air, adding to the lively sensory experience – Bhakatpur, Nepal
Day two of the open hanger and fly in at New Century Air Center in Gardner Kansas. Doc show here preparing to taxi down to the runway and get ready for clearance from the tower.
In late 1939, the Army Air Corps issued a formal specification for a "superbomber", capable of delivering 20,000 lbs of bombs to a target 2,600 miles away at 400 mph.
The B-29 Superfortress was one of the most advanced bombers of the time, with innovations such as a pressurized cabin, a central fire-control system, and remote-controlled machine gun turrets.
In wartime, the B-29 was capable of flight up to 31,850 feet at speeds of 350 mph. Designed as a high-altitude daytime bomber, the B-29 flew more low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing missions.
As part of the World War II military buildup, 3,970 B-29s were built during production at four assembly plants across the United States.
Doc is a B-29 Superfortress and one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II. Since 1987 when Tony Mazzolini found Doc on sitting and rotting away in the Mojave Desert, plans have been in the works to restore the historic warbird to flying status to serve as a flying museum.
Over the past 15+ years, hundreds of volunteers have worked on Doc and the restoration project. Skilled workers and retirees from Wichita’s aviation industry, veterans, active duty military and others wanting to honor those who served, have spent tens of thousands of hours on Doc’s restoration. Countless individuals and organizations also made financial and in-kind contributions to keep the project going. Below is a brief timeline of Doc’s military service, the restoration effort and Doc’s current mission.
In March of 1945, B-29 No. 44-69972 (now known as Doc) was delivered to the U.S. Army. About five months later another B-29 was used to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, eventually leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
In July of 1951, Doc was assigned to radar calibration duty, along with a few other B-29s. The squadron was known as the Seven Dwarfs. In May of 1955, Doc was assigned to target-towing duty and in March a year later, Doc and the rest of its squadron became targets for bomb training at China Lake, California.
For 42 years, Doc sat in the Mojave Desert serving as a target for the U.S. Navy. In 1987, Tony Mazzolini found Doc and began plans to remove and eventually restore the B-29 warbird to flying status. It would take another 12 years before Mazzolini and his team would be able to take possession of the airplane from the U.S. government.
After more than a decade of contacting multiple government agencies and working with volunteers in the China Lake area, Tony took possession of the once target practice plane. A few months later in April of 1998, Tony and his team of volunteers towed Doc out of its 42 year resting place on the floor of the Mojave Desert.
After arranging for an inspection by an expert on aging Boeing aircraft, Mazzolini realized it would take extensive resources and specific expertise to return the Doc to flying condition. So the B-29 returned to Wichita in sections on flatbed trailers in May of 2000. Volunteers began the process of reassembling the B-29 and drew up plans to restore the historic warbird which was now sitting a few hundred feet from where it first rolled off the Boeing-Wichita assembly line some 50+ years before. Dedicated volunteers spent countless hours in the early stages of restoring the historic plane.
In February of 2013, a group of Wichita aviation enthusiasts & business leaders led by retired Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner formed Doc’s Friends, a 501c3 non-profit board to manage the restoration project and help see it through to completion.
Doc's first flight after the restoration process was 2016.
Sources: www.b29doc.com/docs-story/
www.airplanes-online.com/b29-superfortress-airplane-nose-...
A young Filipino man operates an industrial strength sewing machine making tailored clothing and accessories. in Baguio, Philippines. True to form, there is a rice cooker in the shop ;-)
Bristol 407 (1962-63) Engine 5130cc V8 OHV
Production 88
BRISTOL ALBUM
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This wooden section is a buck (Sometimes called a horse), for checking the bodywork of the Bristol 407, manufactured 1961-63. This was Bristols first V8 car, and the first to be fitted as standard with Automatic transmission. Bristol along with other low volume, quality car builders of the time, could not practically afford to tool factories with presses to press out the shape of the outer body work. Aluminium was often chosen for the car bodies as it was more malleable than steel and could be more easily formed by skilled workers with hand tools (and the English wheel used for putting smooth curves into plane shapes). This front section is essentially a full sized 3D template of the body, forward of the doors against which a craftsman would offer up the panel he was working on . It is not used for hammering on to form the shape, but checking that the shape matches the required profile accurately. Once the different panels are made up, they will be checked again on the buck. In this way the front of the car will be built up and when finished will be put on a metal jig matching to the side and rear sub-structures. After which they will be assembled onto the car's chassis
The Bristol 407 continued the luxury hand built theme. But was the first new model to be produced under the present administration following their separation from the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Outwardly it resembled the previous Bristol 406 the only outward differences being a single horizontal bar on the enlarged radiator grille plus it having twin exhaust pipes. However rather than the adapted BMW engine, power came from a 5130cc V8 Chrysler built in Canada and fitted with a new camshaft and mechanical tappet lifters of Bristols own design. mated to a Torque-Flite automatic gearbox, to give a top speed of around 125mph. The other major change lay in the front suspension coil springs replaced the transverse leaf springs of the 406, and the older models rack and pinion steering was replaced.
Diolch am 94,960,854 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 94,960,854 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated
Shot 10.06.2022, at the Atwell Wilson Car Museum, Calne, Wiltshire REF 160-071
A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.
Madeleine M. Kunin
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel - we are 75% complete with our building's facade replacement project!
Had the pleasure of watching "DOC" fly into New Century Air Center yesterday for an airshow. No crowd! Very fortunate.
Doc is a B-29 Superfortress and one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II. Since 1987 when Tony Mazzolini found Doc on sitting and rotting away in the Mojave Desert, plans have been in the works to restore the historic warbird to flying status to serve as a flying museum.
Over the past 15+ years, hundreds of volunteers have worked on Doc and the restoration project. Skilled workers and retirees from Wichita’s aviation industry, veterans, active duty military and others wanting to honor those who served, have spent tens of thousands of hours on Doc’s restoration. Countless individuals and organizations also made financial and in-kind contributions to keep the project going. Below is a brief timeline of Doc’s military service, the restoration effort and Doc’s current mission.
In March of 1945, B-29 No. 44-69972 (now known as Doc) was delivered to the U.S. Army. About five months later another B-29 was used to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, eventually leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
In July of 1951, Doc was assigned to radar calibration duty, along with a few other B-29s. The squadron was known as the Seven Dwarfs. In May of 1955, Doc was assigned to target-towing duty and in March a year later, Doc and the rest of its squadron became targets for bomb training at China Lake, California.
For 42 years, Doc sat in the Mojave Desert serving as a target for the U.S. Navy. In 1987, Tony Mazzolini found Doc and began plans to remove and eventually restore the B-29 warbird to flying status. It would take another 12 years before Mazzolini and his team would be able to take possession of the airplane from the U.S. government.
After more than a decade of contacting multiple government agencies and working with volunteers in the China Lake area, Tony took possession of the once target practice plane. A few months later in April of 1998, Tony and his team of volunteers towed Doc out of its 42 year resting place on the floor of the Mojave Desert.
After arranging for an inspection by an expert on aging Boeing aircraft, Mazzolini realized it would take extensive resources and specific expertise to return the Doc to flying condition. So the B-29 returned to Wichita in sections on flatbed trailers in May of 2000. Volunteers began the process of reassembling the B-29 and drew up plans to restore the historic warbird which was now sitting a few hundred feet from where it first rolled off the Boeing-Wichita assembly line some 50+ years before. Dedicated volunteers spent countless hours in the early stages of restoring the historic plane.
In February of 2013, a group of Wichita aviation enthusiasts & business leaders led by retired Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner formed Doc’s Friends, a 501c3 non-profit board to manage the restoration project and help see it through to completion.
Doc's first flight after the restoration process was 2016.
Source: www.b29doc.com/docs-story/
Goleta Beach near Ritz Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara
2 Kings 24:14
He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand.
Had the pleasure of watching "DOC" fly into New Century Air Center yesterday for an airshow. No crowd! Very fortunate.
Doc is a B-29 Superfortress and one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II. Since 1987 when Tony Mazzolini found Doc on sitting and rotting away in the Mojave Desert, plans have been in the works to restore the historic warbird to flying status to serve as a flying museum.
Over the past 15+ years, hundreds of volunteers have worked on Doc and the restoration project. Skilled workers and retirees from Wichita’s aviation industry, veterans, active duty military and others wanting to honor those who served, have spent tens of thousands of hours on Doc’s restoration. Countless individuals and organizations also made financial and in-kind contributions to keep the project going. Below is a brief timeline of Doc’s military service, the restoration effort and Doc’s current mission.
In March of 1945, B-29 No. 44-69972 (now known as Doc) was delivered to the U.S. Army. About five months later another B-29 was used to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, eventually leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
In July of 1951, Doc was assigned to radar calibration duty, along with a few other B-29s. The squadron was known as the Seven Dwarfs. In May of 1955, Doc was assigned to target-towing duty and in March a year later, Doc and the rest of its squadron became targets for bomb training at China Lake, California.
For 42 years, Doc sat in the Mojave Desert serving as a target for the U.S. Navy. In 1987, Tony Mazzolini found Doc and began plans to remove and eventually restore the B-29 warbird to flying status. It would take another 12 years before Mazzolini and his team would be able to take possession of the airplane from the U.S. government.
After more than a decade of contacting multiple government agencies and working with volunteers in the China Lake area, Tony took possession of the once target practice plane. A few months later in April of 1998, Tony and his team of volunteers towed Doc out of its 42 year resting place on the floor of the Mojave Desert.
After arranging for an inspection by an expert on aging Boeing aircraft, Mazzolini realized it would take extensive resources and specific expertise to return the Doc to flying condition. So the B-29 returned to Wichita in sections on flatbed trailers in May of 2000. Volunteers began the process of reassembling the B-29 and drew up plans to restore the historic warbird which was now sitting a few hundred feet from where it first rolled off the Boeing-Wichita assembly line some 50+ years before. Dedicated volunteers spent countless hours in the early stages of restoring the historic plane.
In February of 2013, a group of Wichita aviation enthusiasts & business leaders led by retired Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner formed Doc’s Friends, a 501c3 non-profit board to manage the restoration project and help see it through to completion.
Doc's first flight after the restoration process was 2016.
Source: www.b29doc.com/docs-story/
On May 1, 2017 I woke up to snow in Santa Fe, New Mexico...not what I had planned on but it did offer a few interesting photo opportunities including this one of St. Kateri Tekakwiths in a mantle of snow, in front of the church of St Francis of Assisi.
"St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband.
She contracted smallpox as a four-year-old child which scarred her skin. The scars were a source of humiliation in her youth. She was commonly seen wearing a blanket to hide her face. Worse, her entire family died during the outbreak. Kateri Tekakwitha was subsequently raised by her uncle, who was the chief of a Mohawk clan.
Kateri was known as a skilled worker, who was diligent and patient. However, she refused to marry. When her adoptive parents proposed a suitor to her, she refused to entertain the proposal. They punished her by giving her more work to do, but she did not give in. Instead, she remained quiet and diligent. Eventually they were forced to relent and accept that she had no interest in marriage.
At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ. Her decision was very unpopular with her adoptive parents and their neighbors. Some of her neighbors started rumors of sorcery. To avoid persecution, she traveled to a Christian native community south of Montreal."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Portland
Portland Prison was built in 1848 as part of a prison reform. It attempted to provide humane conditions for the convicts.
The prisoners are young and we have a responsibility to provided education (many of them cannot read) and training so that they can have decent life and earn a living.
Trades that are taught include decorating and brick-laying. However, they also teach the laying of railway lines. This is well paid work, and there is a shortage of skilled workers. There is an area where the same piece of track is laid and unlaid.
Sadly when there is a shortage of prison officers or the prisons are overcrowded, this good work is stopped. The inmates are forced to remain in their cells for most of the day. These are young men under 25. Although they have done bad things, they are also poorly educated and often have mental health problems.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-36977559
The most famous prisoners in recent years were found guilty of match-fixing at cricket.
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This Kodiak Bear bronze by Nick Bibby, is titled 'Indomitable'.
From Nick Bibby's website:
The Head of a Truly Monumental Bear - 'Indomitable'
The creation of the 15 foot, monumental bronze sculpture, “Indomitable“, depicting a 10 1/2 foot, life-size Kodiak Brown Bear, was a huge undertaking, requiring the talents of Nick and over 100 skilled workers at Pangolin Editions foundry, to bring to reality – This Kodiak Bear Head Study, standing 7 1/2 feet high, including bronze plinth, is the head of that monumental bronze sculpture! And like Indomitable himself, the finished bronze sculpture projects an almost unbelievable aura of power and majesty that is deeply affecting.
This sculpture in reality is breath-takingly beautiful - and irresistible - if you have the money!
124 pictures in 2024 (57) irresistible
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix.
Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Navy officer in the service of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road across the 35th parallel. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwestern desert. Beale traveled through the present-day Kingman in 1857 surveying the road and in 1859 to build the road. Beale's Wagon Road became part of U.S. Route 66 and later Interstate 40. Remnants of the wagon road can still be seen in White Cliffs Canyon in Kingman.
Kingman was founded in 1882 before statehood, in Arizona Territory. Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman had its modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale Springs. Civil engineer Lewis Kingman supervised the building of the railroad from Winslow to Beale Springs. This spring had been used by Native Americans living in the area for centuries.
The Mohave County seat was originally located in Mohave City from 1864 to 1867. In 1865, the portion of Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River was transferred to Nevada after Nevada's statehood, and became part of Lincoln County, now Clark County, Nevada. The remaining territory of Pah-Ute County became part of Mohave County. Its seat was moved to Hardyville (now within Bullhead City) in 1867. The county seat transferred to the mining town of Cerbat in 1873, then to Mineral Park near Chloride. After some time, the county seat and all instruments were permanently moved to Kingman in 1887.
During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of the war as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played a significant role in this important era of America's history.[citation needed] Following the war, the Kingman Airfield was one of the largest reclamation sites for obsolete military aircraft.
Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953, Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid,[6] which was at the time one of the largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds) in nearby Yucca at the former Yucca Army Airfield. Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground. Likewise, the development of the Mineral Park mine near adjacent Chloride, and construction of the Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth. Also, the location of a General Cable plant at the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided steady employment.
The immensity of this "Big Bird" can only be appreciated by seeing it up close and personal. I had the pleasure of watching "DOC" fly into New Century Air Center yesterday for an airshow. No crowd! Very fortunate.
Doc is a B-29 Superfortress and one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II. Since 1987 when Tony Mazzolini found Doc on sitting and rotting away in the Mojave Desert, plans have been in the works to restore the historic warbird to flying status to serve as a flying museum.
Over the past 15+ years, hundreds of volunteers have worked on Doc and the restoration project. Skilled workers and retirees from Wichita’s aviation industry, veterans, active duty military and others wanting to honor those who served, have spent tens of thousands of hours on Doc’s restoration. Countless individuals and organizations also made financial and in-kind contributions to keep the project going. Below is a brief timeline of Doc’s military service, the restoration effort and Doc’s current mission.
In March of 1945, B-29 No. 44-69972 (now known as Doc) was delivered to the U.S. Army. About five months later another B-29 was used to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, eventually leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
In July of 1951, Doc was assigned to radar calibration duty, along with a few other B-29s. The squadron was known as the Seven Dwarfs. In May of 1955, Doc was assigned to target-towing duty and in March a year later, Doc and the rest of its squadron became targets for bomb training at China Lake, California.
For 42 years, Doc sat in the Mojave Desert serving as a target for the U.S. Navy. In 1987, Tony Mazzolini found Doc and began plans to remove and eventually restore the B-29 warbird to flying status. It would take another 12 years before Mazzolini and his team would be able to take possession of the airplane from the U.S. government.
After more than a decade of contacting multiple government agencies and working with volunteers in the China Lake area, Tony took possession of the once target practice plane. A few months later in April of 1998, Tony and his team of volunteers towed Doc out of its 42 year resting place on the floor of the Mojave Desert.
After arranging for an inspection by an expert on aging Boeing aircraft, Mazzolini realized it would take extensive resources and specific expertise to return the Doc to flying condition. So the B-29 returned to Wichita in sections on flatbed trailers in May of 2000. Volunteers began the process of reassembling the B-29 and drew up plans to restore the historic warbird which was now sitting a few hundred feet from where it first rolled off the Boeing-Wichita assembly line some 50+ years before. Dedicated volunteers spent countless hours in the early stages of restoring the historic plane.
In February of 2013, a group of Wichita aviation enthusiasts & business leaders led by retired Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner formed Doc’s Friends, a 501c3 non-profit board to manage the restoration project and help see it through to completion.
Doc's first flight after the restoration process was 2016.
Source: www.b29doc.com/docs-story/
«Se accosti l’orecchio alla spalletta di un ponte, senti le parole del fiume» – Fabrizio Caramagna
Shadows and reflections of the Devil's Bridge. Cividale (UD), Italy. © Michele Marcolin, 2023. K1ii + smc Pentax-FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited.
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The Devil's Bridge is one of the symbols of Cividale del Friuli. Boldly suspended on the Natisone River, it is still somehow wrapped in legend. The two banks were joined, at least from the 1200's, by a wooden passage, which was replaced after various inconclusive attempts by a stone bridge during the the XIV century. It was planned by lacopo Dugaro from Bissone, who began the construction in 1442. The job, slow and plagued by various adversities, was continued five years later under the guide of Erardo (or Everardo) from Villaco, a former member of Dugaro's team (who perhaps died of plague meanwhile or - allegedly - gave up without fulfilling his obligations).
Bartolomeo delle Cisterne finished it with a first paving in 1501 and a second in 1558. Its was defended by towers on both sides, which were dismantled around the second half of the past century. Works of restoration also followed through time. In 1843, during the works of reinforcing of the central pillar, two important stones of Roman age were discovered.
The fate of the bridge had a tragic epilogue: the 27th of October 1917, during the defeat of Caporetto, it was blown up attempting to slow down the enemy. A useless destruction, as the Imperial Army crossed the river the same evening. The bridge was later reconstructed by the Germans with local skilled workers, following the precise reliefs executed years before by the engineer Ernesto de Paciani of Cividale.
Opened again on the 18th of May 1918, the new bridge had short life for the 29th of April 1945 the Germans tried to blow it up again. Fortunately the damage was minimal and it was soon repaired. The rocky walls where the arches rest on were also reinforced. The central pillar rests on a natural rock, protruding in the center of the river.
Popular beliefs has the construction of the bridge connected to the supernatural: the devil would have facilitated the construction of the bridge in exchange for the soul of the firs creature who crossed it. But the inhabitants of Cividale mocked the devil, sending through the new passage an animal, a dog or cat (different versions exist, as well as various 'Devil's Bridges' around Italy). The bridge inspired also artists: writers have dedicated to it pages of intense poetry, while skillful painters have reproduced it in their works, fixing shapes and colors, with the transparency of waters.
East Lake, Hangzhou, China
2 Chronicles 2:7
So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
it's already my favourite place, but yesterday a formal Government application was put forward for the Welsh Slate landscape to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The extensive deposits of high quality slate in north Wales were exploited as far back as the Roman period, but it was in the 18th century that the industry began to grow significantly, expanding rapidly between 1856 and 1900, and remaining technically innovative until 1914. During the 19th century the north Wales quarries were major providers of roofing materials and slate products throughout the world, and the associated technologies of quarrying and transport infrastructure were also exported worldwide.
The proposed nomination for the cultural landscape associated with the industry will incorporate up to seven areas representing different forms and traditions of the slate workings, its transport and infrastructure, and the communities which made up its workforce. These are:
• the slate quarrying landscape of the Ogwen-Cegin valleys comprising the long-lived Penrhyn quarry, its harbour at Port Penrhyn and associated rail system, and Penrhyn Castle, the home of the major quarry-owning family;
• The Dinorwic quarry with associated workings, innovative quarry hospital, worker settlements and transport systems, now part of the Welsh Slate Museum;
• Nantlle/Moel Tryfan slate quarrying landscape with worker settlements and transport systems;
• the Gorsedda quarry, tramway and worker settlement;
• the Ffestiniog slate landscape with early hydro-power station and associated transport systems including the Ffestiniog Railway;
• the southern Gwynedd quarrying landscapes and transport systems; and
• the main university building at Bangor, reflecting the quarrymen's financial contribution to, and zeal for, education.
The industry enabled a traditional culture and minority language to adapt to the modern world by acquiring new skills. The call for craft-skills and the challenges of industrialisation were met by a growing working population in north Wales; quarry communities created their own democratic structures including workers' chapels, and contributed financial support to Bangor University. The business functioned through the medium of the Welsh language, making it unique within major capitalised British industries.
The impact of the industry on the landscape is profound and remains largely intact, creating distinctive quarrying environments and settlements that are recognised as classic examples of 19th century industrial/vernacular towns and villages. There has been little redevelopment or reclamation and in recent decades many key sites have been conserved. The industry remains active on a reduced scale.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
The Gwynedd slate quarrying industry landscape is exceptional as the leading producer of slate roofing elements world-wide in the classic industrial period of the 19th century, and was acknowledged as such. It is internationally significant not only in terms of the global export of slates from Wales, providing roofing for prestigious buildings and mass industrial housing alike, but also in terms of its impact on other and comparatively smaller slate quarrying industries elsewhere in the world, in particular the export of technology and skilled workers to the growing slate industry of the United States and its technical influence on the long-established slate industry of Loire-et-Maine in France. The north Wales slate industry landscape illustrates the way in which a traditional minority culture adapted to modernity in the classic ‘industrial' period, thereby growing into the confident living culture of today. It did so by evolving technological solutions to geological and processing problems as well as by developing a unique set of craft skills, involving a profound understanding of the nature of the rock to be quarried and processed. Although in some cases these methods drew upon applications applied in other industries, they were mostly original and specific to the slate industry.
The skills developed in north Wales were passed on to other quarrying areas, most notably France and the USA, by exchange of ideas, export of technical expertise and (in the case of the USA) by emigration of skilled workers. Products from the north Wales quarries are to be found all over the world. The distinctive solution evolved by the industry to the problem of transporting the slates from the quarry to navigable water is the locomotive-worked narrow-gauge railway. This was identified by engineers world-wide as a model adaptable to their own countries from 1870 onwards.
The social gulf between patrician proprietors and workers is seen in the Neo-Norman masterpiece Penrhyn Castle, home of the owner of one of the major quarries, in relict/preserved workers' vernacular housing, churches and chapels in quarry landscapes.
Criteria met:
(ii) The north Wales slate industry landscape exhibits an important global interchange of human values in terms of extractive technology, building materials and transport technology and emigration. The influence of its extractive technology is felt in the quarries of the USA and France, and of its transport technology in narrow-gauge rail systems all over the world. The extensive use of the main product is evident world-wide.
(v) The north Wales slate industry landscape is an outstanding example of the adaptation of a traditional human settlement and land-use to modern industry without losing its distinctive character and language. This is representative of a strong minority culture, as well as of human interaction with the environment through quarrying and engineering.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
Integrity: The proposed site is complete in that all the physical attributes necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value are contained within the provisionally identified boundaries. The impressive series of quarry landscapes demonstrate the extractive and processing techniques employed, with examples of early industrial power systems and provision for workers' welfare, such as the Dinorwig hospital. The associated quarrymen's settlements exemplify vernacular industrial housing and cultural attributes such as chapels and educational buildings, the social divide between worker and industrial owner manifest in Penrhyn Castle. Transport systems for export of slate products survive as relict or living features at Port Penrhyn harbour, and the series of narrow-gauge railways.
The anticipated proposed property may comprise up to seven discrete areas chosen as best exemplars of the industry and its infrastructure, though elements survive outside the boundaries, as is inevitable given the scale of the industry in the 19th century. The industry continues today, which gives a sense of continuity to the property, but the reduced scale of operations has enabled preservation of older structures. The scale of the landscapes and friability of some of the structures result in some pressures on conservation, but local planning policies are in place to protect the landscapes and settlements, the status of Dinorwic, Penrhyn Castle and the narrow-gauge railways as publicly accessible sites. The continuation of process at some quarries, rail systems and harbour adds another layer of protection.
Authenticity: The quarry landscapes and associated structures have not altered except for the addition of some modern technology in areas of continuing extraction, and the inevitable decay of some of the older structures. The survival of entire landscapes with settlements and extensive transport systems demonstrates the workings of the complete industry from original extraction to export of product, and from workers' welfare and housing to their cultural, educational and spiritual life.
These extensive landscapes allow understanding and demonstration of the complete industrial processes and associated social and cultural structures. There have been inevitable alterations within some settlements, which continue as present-day communities subject to development or modification, but the materials from which buildings are constructed and the continuity of traditional occupations have resulted in changes being generally minor and harmonious. The continuity of use within some quarries and railways has required modification or replacement of elements, but these have been undertaken sensitively and with respect for tradition.
Comparison with other similar properties
Sites demonstrating extraction of stone by open and underground quarrying are under-represented on the World Heritage List. Sites associated with extraction of metal-ore bearing rocks, coal and salt extraction are better represented. In this context, the Gwynedd slate quarrying industry landscape is exceptional as the leading producer of slate roofing elements world-wide in the classic industrial period of the 19th century, and was acknowledged as such. It is internationally significant not only in terms of the global export of slates from Wales, providing roofing for prestigious buildings and mass industrial housing alike, but also in terms of its impact on other and comparatively smaller slate quarrying industries elsewhere in the world, in particular the export of technology and skilled workers to the growing slate industry of the United States and its technical influence on the long-established slate industry of Loire-et-Maine in France. In addition, the distinctive transport technology evolved by the Welsh slate quarrying industry - the 0.6m steam-hauled narrow-gauge railway - was explicitly adopted on a significant scale throughout the world, but particularly in India, France, Hungary, Pomerania, the Union of South Africa, German South West Africa, Venezuela, New Guinea, the Belgian Congo and Morocco.
Examples for comparison may include:
• Australian Convict Sites (coal mines)
• Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (salt-capture and salt-mining)
• Sewell Mining Town (copper-mining)
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec demonstrates the prosperity derived from silver-mining sites
• From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt (salt capture)
• Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System includes mining sites for extracting copper, lead and tin ore for the production of non-ferrous metals
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (coal mining)
• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (mining and smelting of silver)
• Wieliczka Salt Mine (salt-capture)
• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (silver-lead mining)
• Blaenavon Industrial Landscape demonstrates coal-mining and some quarrying of limestone for flux
• The buffer zone of the Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes - which includes some of the Angers slate quarries but these do not form part of the property. The description notes ‘The 17th-18th centuries saw the development of a secular commercial economy based on industry, crafts, trade, shipping, the river, and the towns alongside the feudal survival of the Ancien Régime' but does not specifically refer to quarrying.
• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (copper mining)
• Ironbridge Gorge (coal-mining and clay extraction)
• Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (tin and copper mining)
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal includes wharves where slate and limestone were loaded onto vessels.
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