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Albert Champion was a French bike racer who started making porcelain{a type of ceramic} spark plugs in 1905. He came to the US and changed the company to AC for legal reasons . His spark plugs were in the Spirit of St. Louis . All was well until he died in 1927 after being punched by his wifes lover. He's gone but his spark remains. This is one shot out of the camera. Two wires were run from a car charger, one was attached and the other touched to the plug while the shutter was open.
Spring Point Ledge Light Bay, in Portland Maine marks a dangerous obstruction on a main shipping channel in Portland Harbor. The lighthouse was constructed in 1897. It is called a Sparkplug lighthouse named because of its shape.
Copyright 2016 Doreen Bequary
Doyle Hardware Building is a historic factory building located at 330 Main St in Utica in Oneida County, New York. It was built in three sections between 1881 and 1901. The entire four story complex is approximately 100 feet by 260 feet with 82,000 square feet of space. It was a work of Utica architect Frederick H. Gouge.
Built originally as a clothing factory, in 1934 it became a factory for manufacture of spark plugs, and in 1947 became home to Utica Distributing Company, later Doyle Hardware.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
Redevelopment
City officials and local business saw the building as important to the revitalization of the surrounding historic neighborhood, which includes Union Station, also on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
The building was purchased in 2007 by a developer who planned to convert the building into a restaurant, commercial office space and loft apartments. A restaurant and bar opened in 2010 but closed in 2012 with no other development of the building occurring.[4] The building went into foreclosure and the developer declared bankruptcy on Jan 31, 2013.[5] The building was listed for sale in 2015.
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This hit Explore on Sunday the 5th of May at number 132. It quickly jumped up to number 22 four hours later.
Highest position: 22 on Sunday, May 5, 2013
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The Lubec Channel Lighthouse, also known as the Spark Plug due do its shape, peaks out of the fog along with a large group of cormorants, the black birds perched all over the lighthouse.
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This weeks Macro Mondays theme is Silhouette.
My submission this week has a little spark to it. This is an actual spark plug sparking.
HMM.
Doyle Hardware Building is a historic factory building located at 330 Main St in Utica in Oneida County, New York. It was built in three sections between 1881 and 1901. The entire four story complex is approximately 100 feet by 260 feet with 82,000 square feet of space. It was a work of Utica architect Frederick H. Gouge.
Built originally as a clothing factory, in 1934 it became a factory for manufacture of spark plugs, and in 1947 became home to Utica Distributing Company, later Doyle Hardware.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
Redevelopment
City officials and local business saw the building as important to the revitalization of the surrounding historic neighborhood, which includes Union Station, also on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
The building was purchased in 2007 by a developer who planned to convert the building into a restaurant, commercial office space and loft apartments. A restaurant and bar opened in 2010 but closed in 2012 with no other development of the building occurring.[4] The building went into foreclosure and the developer declared bankruptcy on Jan 31, 2013.[5] The building was listed for sale in 2015.
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An old pair of spark plugs, from a set of four, these were taken from my old retro car a few years ago during a sevice, not before time as can be viewed from the image, rusty, crusty and definitely needing replacement.
The car is a Vauxhall Astra 1.4 LS hatch back my daily driver, it's a 1996 model, and considering the age it's not too bad a drive really for a 26 year old motor.
These spark plugs are a Japanese brand NGK, they have 2 electrodes compared to the ordinary one electrode type.
Improving the electrical spark too the engine cylinders is a benefit to efficiently, starting and power!
Therefore improving pollution a fraction, so helping the environment.
I bought this car 10 years ago for £500 and it's still worth the same, now though every MOT is steadily getting more expensive with welding work being needed .... so it's probably getting nearer to the scrap yard as time passes by.
But I do like driving older cars, and would certainly miss the old girl when the scrapyard reclaims her for making new bean cans!
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These spark plugs are very thin, with the smaller diameter thread .... Total height of complete spark plug is 3 inches.
My image that can be seen is only half of the total plug height 1.5 inches from electrode to base of plug, so with negative space it's around 2.5 inches, so therefore well within the required measurement parameters of max 3x3 inches.
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When I first saw this I thought it was for a tattooist but it's for an automotive repair place. I thought it quite a nice piece of wall art.
Menaul Blvd., Albuquerque, NM
The Harbor Beach Lighthouse is a "sparkplug lighthouse" located at the end of the north breakwall entrance to the harbor of refuge on Lake Huron. The breakwall and light were created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to protect the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan, which at the time was the largest man-made freshwater harbor in the world.
The City of Harbor Beach is now the owner of the Harbor Beach Lighthouse. Ceremonies to transfer ownership of the historic structure took place in Traverse City on June 16, 2010. A local ceremony took place July 31, 2010.
The Harbor Beach Lighthouse Preservation Society (HBLPS) was formed in 1984 and restoration is ongoing. The lighthouse has been waterproofed, ventilated, and its floors, interior walls, and windows restored to original appearance.
Spring Point Ledge Light Bay, in Portland Maine marks a dangerous obstruction on a main shipping channel in Portland Harbor. The lighthouse was constructed in 1897. It is called a Sparkplug lighthouse named because of its shape.
Copyright 2016 Doreen Bequary
SUPER SET Part 1
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Lita-Sault = Diving Crossbody
Lita’s Twist of Fate = Starstruck
If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It = The Dirty Diva
Team X-Treme = London and Kendrick
X-Treme Thong = Pink Lace and Leather
A Less Traveled Road = In the Pink
Crimson Goddess = Pink Butterfly
Don’t Call Me A... = Seeing Pink Nautical Stars
Drastic Times-Drastic Measures = Tickled Pink
Girly Choke = Pink Lady Lock
It Just Feels Right = Covergirl
Just The Way I Planned = Pretty in Pink
Lita-canrana = Headscissor Takedown
Lita Drop Kick = Spear
Lita’s DDT = Monkey Flip
Love-Fury-Passion- Energy = Be Yourself
Redheaded Sparkplug = Light a Fire
The Art of Persuasion = Trust No One
The Goddess Returns = Pink Dragon
When I Get You Alone = Survivor
X-Treme Hedonism = Playgirl
Inspired by the gallery, my transportation image for Macro Mondays features an Iridium motorbike spark plug, with added sparkler effect for drama.
The visible part of the spark plug measures around 1" in length.
Blue-gelled flash on the left, reflector on right, sparkler behind!
The Harvest Moon from Friday the 13th rises behind the Lubec Channel Lighthouse, known as the “Spark Plug” due to its shape. Cormorants love to sit on the railing and roof at this lighthouse, and their silhouettes can be seen here against the moon.
Nikon Z 7, FTZ lens adapter with NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4 lens @ 200mm, f/4, ISO 64, 1/2 second. This is a mega crop from the original image which was quite a bit wider, I don’t have a long zoom at the moment.
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Spring Point Ledge Light, Portland, Maine - is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor.
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The soon to be replaced Tappan Zee Bridge
Tarrytown Light, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States. It a conical steel structure erected in the 1880s.
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The light was constructed in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition and moved to its present site in 1919.[7] The United States Lighthouse Board prominently displayed "its 'state of the art' wares and engineering achievements." Prominently featured was "the engineering marvel" of Spectacle Reef Light and a 111-foot-tall (34 m) skeletal cast iron lighthouse tower.[8]
Also displayed at the Exposition were a number of Fresnel lenses, including a stunning Third Order Fresnel lens which was awarded first prize at a Paris glass exhibition. The lens featured alternating red and white panels, and had been ordered for installation in the New Point Loma Lighthouse in California.[9] The coincidental conclusion of construction of the new Chicago Harbor light and the close of the Exhibition prompted the Lighthouse Board to keep the lens in Chicago, and thus the lens was installed in the lantern room of the new tower.[8] The original lens has since been removed, and is now on display at Cabrillo National Monument in California.[10]
Surrounded by rip rap, the structure has several levels: a concrete base and two red roofed buildings with a tapered white cylinder between them which is topped by a parapet and the light itself.
In 1917 the breakwater was renovated. At that time, the lighthouse was moved to its present site, and its attached fog signal room and boathouse were built.[7]
The design is "unique . . . similar to that of the offshore sparkplug towers, but this tower is taller."[11] Except for the additions made at the time of the move, it "bears some resemblance" to the Rock of Ages Light near Isle Royale on Lake Superior, which is its contemporary.[12]
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984, and later was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.[7]
In 2005, the light was declared excess by the Coast Guard. It was offered at no cost to eligible entities, including federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit corporations, and educational organizations under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. After an unusually long delay,[11] United States Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar initiated transfer to the City of Chicago on February 24, 2009.[13] The city had designated the lighthouse a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003.[7][14]
The Lighthouse's "significant role in the development of Chicago" is commemorated in a relief sculpture, entitled The Spirit of the Waters located near the LaSalle Street entrance of Chicago City Hall.[7]
Taken at Waco Field and Air Museum in Troy, Ohio..
This Continental radial engine reportedly was powering a 1949 Waco UPF-7 biplane, Even though I've seen such engines cut open, I can't get my mind around how the rods connect to the crankshaft. It's amazing how clean it is given it is given how old it likely is. Then again, if my life depended on it working flawlessly, anything keeping it running, is worth the effort and expense.
I was fortunate enough to get a ride in a similar open cockpit Waco replica biplane = quite an experience. .
This week's Macro Mondays effort on the theme of Plugs and Jacks. Have tried to think outside the box on this one, but it does fit the brief of 'an attached cable for electricity or data transport' as spark plugs are connected to ht leads to deliver electricity to the combustion chamber of an engine. Anyhoo, HMM y'all!
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It was built in 1901, a sparkplug lighthouse. It replaced a lightship, and was the last light station established in the state. The lighthouse was automated in 1964.
Station established: 1886 (lightship)
Construction: Cast iron
Height: 18.3 meters (60 ft)
Focal Plane: 16.5 meters (54 ft)
Characteristic: 3 sec. white, 3 sec. darkness
Fog signal: 2 blasts every 30 sec.
The last of Rhode Island, next day we went to Boston, Massachusetts - we would do the Freedom Trail and Yvonne (my friend ) would leave from there to go back to California.
The Lubec Channel Light ...
also known as " The Sparkplug " ... Built in 1889
Lubec, Maine
In my Maine Series ...
Taken Aug 4, 2018
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(Flickr's geotag information is incorrect, this is Bayonne, New Jersey.)
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owned and operated the light station until the 2000s.
The light is located on a small ridge of sand named Robyn's Rift by the Dutch settlers of the area. The reef is now called Robbins Reef. It is situated near the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting New York Bay to Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.
The name derives from the New Netherland era of the 17th century. In Dutch rob or robyn means seal, groups of which would sometimes lie on the reef at low tide. The structure is also called Kate's Light for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone after the death of her husband Captain John Walker in 1886, until 1919. She rowed her children to school in Bayonne. Herman Westgate was the last keeper of the lighthouse before it was finally automated. In 2009 Robbins Reef was put up for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. In 2011, the Noble Maritime Collection, a maritime museum on Staten Island, was granted stewardship of the light station by the U.S. General Services Administration. The octagonal structure near Robbins Reef Lighthouse is not the base of the original 1839 tower but rather a sewer outfall that was constructed around 1915 (Wikipedia.)
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... only seen at Showborough Sculpture Garden near Tewkesbury in the summer!
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(Flickr's geotag information is incorrect, this is Bayonne, New Jersey.)
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owned and operated the light station until the 2000s.
The light is located on a small ridge of sand named Robyn's Rift by the Dutch settlers of the area. The reef is now called Robbins Reef. It is situated near the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting New York Bay to Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.
The name derives from the New Netherland era of the 17th century. In Dutch rob or robyn means seal, groups of which would sometimes lie on the reef at low tide. The structure is also called Kate's Light for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone after the death of her husband Captain John Walker in 1886, until 1919. She rowed her children to school in Bayonne. Herman Westgate was the last keeper of the lighthouse before it was finally automated. In 2009 Robbins Reef was put up for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. In 2011, the Noble Maritime Collection, a maritime museum on Staten Island, was granted stewardship of the light station by the U.S. General Services Administration. The octagonal structure near Robbins Reef Lighthouse is not the base of the original 1839 tower but rather a sewer outfall that was constructed around 1915 (Wikipedia.)
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Another shot of Comet Neowise over the town of Lubec, Maine, last night. Check out my previous post for one taken during twilight.
The comet is naked eye visible, although it’s a lot easier to see when it’s completely dark out and away from light pollution. As with any night sky subject, the camera captures much more detail than the naked eye can see.
Nikon Z 6, FTZ lens adapter, NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4 lens. Stack of 60 exposures each at 2 seconds, f/4, 135mm, ISO 12,800. Stacked using a beta version of Starry Landscape Stacker that supports reading raw files. Edited in Lightroom Classic.
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Today's bonus OARCB (old ass rivet counter boomer), mundane wedgie, an old retread, from stick season of 1983, SR #151, the Sparkplug, at mp 152 (Science Hill) on March 13, 1983. I really, really loved the 6 B36-7's (and the 22 B30-7a's), they reminded me of FM's. The 3819 is celebrating its second birthday, built in March 1981. The while flag means nothing here but its probably worked the Louisville line at some recent point.