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What a find. Oldsmobile Rocket motor. Checkout the patina and original paint on the valve covers. GOAT yard.
Night, image lit by Fenix LD20 flashlight.
17 seconds F8 ISO 200
Today's bonus rerun OARCB (old ass rivet counter boomer) mundane high sun, silver box, gravel pile, leaning, wirey, mindless wedgie!
So let's return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear and continue my never ending fetish to capture a train in a perfect NGPN (National Geographic Pristine Nature) setting.
Today the Wayback Machine is set to Kings Mountain on February 26, 1984 and the Sparkplug, #151 with three 3500's.
Hoopers Island Lighthouse was built in 1902. It is 63 ft. high, with a range of 9 miles. This lighthouse is known as a "sparkplug" lighthouse, with its round tower. The lighthouse contains a watch room and a lantern on top. In the 1930s, a fog horn was added to the lighthouse to help make its presence known to mariners. The lighthouse was not automated until the 1960s. The lighthouse currently uses a solar-powered lamp because the original Fresnel lens was stolen in 1976.
Taken at the Glendale Gathering Car Show in the Glendale suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Note that the sparkplugs are disconnected although I think it was ridden to the show.
Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, Portland, Maine
Last post for "Lighthouse Week" on my Flickr page announcing Jeff Clow's upcoming Fall Lighthouse Photo Tour of Maine in October that I will be co-hosting.
The information about his tour can be found at here at this link madmimi.com/p/cc0a26?o=fs&facebook_like=true#.
If you have any questions about the main tour or the optional post tour in Acadia National Park, you can contact Jeff or me and we will be happy to help.
This photo was taken on our scouting trip at one of the twelve lighthouse stops planned for the tour in October.
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.
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I was surprised to see the Core-Class Spike in stores already, he's an awesome figure! The colour scheme is beautiful and his arms convert to cannons with blast effects. I even like the blank face, it's very reminiscent of the M.A.S.K. figures. And it's great to finally have a human to interact with my Autobots. (A human figure pack with Sparkplug, Chip, Daniel and Carly from the G1 cartoon would be wicked but highly unlikely).
Pictures of the West Bank Light from on board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas at the beginning of our week-long cruise. The West Bank Light is a sparkplug lighthouse that dates from 1901 and is in the Lower New York Bay. It serves as the front range light with the Staten Island Lighthouse serving as the rear range. This guided ships into the Ambrose Channel. I was able to see a number of lighthouses in New York Harbor this trip. On board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas for the Seven Night Labadee & Puerto Plata Cruise (November 6th through 13th, 2022). The cruise embarks from Cape Liberty (Bayonne, NJ) with stops at Labadee, Haiti and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic before heading back to New York City. The itinerary changed after Hurricane Nicole canceled our planned stops.
Setting the gap on a spark plug using a feeling gauge. One that wasn't used for the Macro Mondays theme of measurement.
September 19th, 2012
Location: New Bedford Channel, mouth of Acushnet River
Nearest city: New Bedford
41 36 12 N
70 53 42 W
This week, I had the unbelievable opportunity to boat up to AND go inside this historic and iconic New Bedford gem. It was a crazy experience boating up to this place with my friend Kevin Dakin. This thing is HUGE. It appears to be so small out there in the water but when you get up to it.....well, let's just say, it was as ominous as depicted here in this image. Big, decaying, completely unsafe, and way dangerous. I still cannot believe I did it. Just wait for the view from the top and many more to come from the inside....all 5 or 6 levels I was on.
History:
"Its days as a whaling center were long past, but New Bedford was still an important port in the late 1800s. It was the third largest manufacturing city in Massachusetts, and about 500,000 tons of shipping entered the port in 1890 alone. Butler Flats Light, built in 1898 for $34,000, replaced the old Clark's Point Light, which had been active since 1804. The appropriation for the lighthouse was Butler Flats was secured largely through the efforts of Congressman Sturtevant Randall.
Butler Flats Light was designed by F. Hopkinson Smith, also an artist and writer. Smith's place in lighthouse history is secure largely due to his planning of Race Rock Light in Fisher's Island Sound. Smith also built the foundation of the Statue of Liberty.
Built in shallow water with no solid rock for a foundation, Butler Flats Light was a challenge to construct. An iron cylinder 35 feet in diameter was put into place after five feet of mud was dredged. The cylinder was filled with stone and concrete, then the brick lighthouse was built on top. The tower was painted red for a time, but it was changed to white in 1899.
The "sparkplug" style light has four stories. The basement served as a storage area. Above that were office space, living quarters which were 18 feet in diameter, and a watchroom. Butler Flats Light originally had a fifth-order kerosene-fueled Fresnel lens, which has since been replaced."
Source for more info: lighthouse.cc/butler/history.html
Today's bonus rerun OARCB (old ass rivet counter boomer) mundane high sun, silver box, gravel pile, leaning, wirey, mindless wedgie!
So let's return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear and continue my never ending fetish to capture a train in a perfect NGPN (National Geographic Pristine Nature) setting.
Today the Wayback Machine is set to Kings Mountain on February 26, 1984 and the Sparkplug, #151 with three 3500's.
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.
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Built in 1884 but inactive from 1955 to 1997. 66 foot tall cast iron sparkplug type lighthouse, with 3 galleries, 2 upper and 1 lower all built on a concrete caisson. The interior contains a 3 story keeper's quarters. The light signal is a white or red flash, depending on direction, every 6 seconds. Distinguished from other sparkplug type lighthouses in the area by the red dome over the lantern room.
Located at the entrance into the Sakonnet River. Rescued from vandalism and deterioration and restored by an active volunteer group.
Staircase inside the Spring Point lighthouse, which was built in 1897.
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Drivetrain in place, the bulky pneumatic exhaust tubes barely squeezing around the engine-bay structures. I did find I have an old Gray rounded 1x4 technic plate to swap out for the transmission mount down in there, and I'm still working on scoring some TLG string with 1x1 plates for the sparkplug caps on the cam covers... Outside of that this area is pretty much done. Can't fit much more in, anyway :)
This build follows the spec of a particular F40 LM which underwent a comprehensive resto-mod, including a dual-wastegate setup and (much) larger intercoolers. It's all well documented here: www.build-threads.com/tag/Ferrari-F40-LM-Restoration/
Located just off of Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
An early Sparkplug style lighthouse built in 1882 is now privately owned and in desperate need of repair. Damaged in 1960 due to a fire, it was automated in 1961.
A cute little "sparkplug" lighthouse in South Portland, Maine (photographed from the ocean) - 9/9/2016
Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse was built in 1886 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The 48’ tower was initially fitted with a Fifth Order Fresnel Lens. The Lynde Point Lighthouse dates to 1838 and likewise was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was fitted with a Fifth Order Fresnel Lens in 1890. The tower is 65’ in height.
I bought a Super Takumar 200mm lens for display and decided to shoot with it. I found out it only focuses from 12 to 15 inches. Plus some of the elements are dirty. Here are the results.
Kodak pro Image 100 film
Spark plug in abandoned tiller.
July 29th, 2013
Fall River, Massachusetts
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Another shot from the same day. The sky was changing fast so practically every shot we took going around it gave a completely different setting for this magnificent historic beauty. Now, to make it there for a sunset
Information:
"Located at the mouth of the Taunton River, Borden Flats Lighthouse has protected the waters of Mt. Hope Bay and Fall River for well over a century.
During the early days of the industrial revolution, Fall River became known as the world leader in textile productions. The city grew to employ nearly 30,000 textile factory workers and became destination for large steam liners from destination such as Boston and New York.
Due to a large under water reef at the entrance to the Taunton River, a lighted day marker was places atop the obstacle, only to prove obsolete for night commerce.
Congress appropriated funds for the construction of the cast iron, "spark plug" style lighthouse. On October, 1 1881 the lighthouse became active with a fixed red light from a 5th order Fresnel Lens. The lens was later upgraded to a 4th Order Fresnel Lens.
The U.S. Lighthouse Establishment (USLHE) held keepers at the lighthouse until the U.S. Coast Guard was created in 1939. At that point, the USLHE was eliminated and station became staffed by a full time Coast Guard officer.
In an effort to save costs, the lighthouse was fully automated and destaffed in 1963. The Fresnel lens was soon replaced by a 250mm plastic optic with a white flash every 2.5 seconds. Around 1996, the optic was upgraded to the present Vega Rotating Beacon VRB-25, displaying the same flash pattern.
The lighthouse was deemed surplus by the U.S. Coast Guard and was offered through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA). No entities applied, so it was sold into private ownership in August, 2010.
Today, the lighthouse is undergoing a transformation. After 48-years, the lighthouse once again has a caretaker.
The exterior of the station has undergone a long awaited facelift. By popular demand, the local boating community wanted to see a change in the lighthouse to help make it more visible against the Braga Bridge supports, the city of Fall River and the towers of the Brayton Point plant. The beacon now proudly displays a red lantern roof and red sectional band. The white on the tower was increased to a brighter white. Over all, the lighthouse is highly visible and can even be seen from the Mt. Hope Bay Bridge!"
SOURCE: www.bordenflats.com/
This lighthouse is located on Lake Erie and marks the northbound entrance to the Detroit River.
The round cast iron "sparkplug" design tower built in 1885, is 49 feet tall, and has two galleries. The lantern room sits on top of a two story keeper's section and the tower sits on a stone crib with pointed ends to deflect and split ice floes. The tower is attached to a one story fog signal building. The original lens was a 4th order Fresnel, now replaced with a modern optic. The light signal is a white flash every 6 seconds.
A schooner enters Portland Harbor, passingthe Spring Point Ledge Light in South Portland, Maine.
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I first realised there might have been a photo here last week when I was experimenting but haven't managed to get a result I've liked until now.
I like this :) Especially the vapourised metal shooting off the oven ring after the spark has struck!
Used my macro lens and the full range of extension tubes to get as close as I possibly could to the action then focused manually to get as much of the spark (and secondary sparks) in focus as possible - at f2.8 my DOF was NOT large!
Strobist - YN560II through diffuser lighting the sparkplug and oven hob ring, 1/128th power about 5cm away.
Goodwood Revival 2017
A wonderful weekend of classic cars, racing, rain, and more Fiat 500’s than you can shake a stick at. Classic photo opportunities everywhere!
Détails d'une main de mécanicien travaillant sur le moteur d'une voiture avec une des bougies du moteur. Les doits sont couverts d'huile et c'est à mes yeux ce qui donne un coté vivant à cette photo.
Prise avec appareil Sigma SD1 Merrill et un objectif Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 DC HSM EX.
Details of a mechanic's hand working on a car engine with one of the spark plugs. The fingers are covered in oil, which, in my opinion, gives this photo a lively quality.
Taken with a Sigma SD1 Merrill camera and a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 DC HSM EX lens.
A schooner sails past Spring Point Ledge Light in Casco Bay.
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Steve Roe had commented that I should try it in toned B & W and as I was getting around to it I got this one that I like a lot better than the original.
Photo taken through the fog and rain from Stonington, Connecticut (the light is just inside the New York state line); built in 1884.
The big ND Denso spark plug at Starkey's Bridge, Donington Park. Just after the Old Hairpin after the riders have swooped down Craner Curves. It was a Superbike meeting but which one, I've no idea - it was a long time ago. Yes there are bikes on there so I'm going to take a punt (having zoomed in the best I can) - that looks like a Cadbury's Boost Yamaha in the lead - maybe Niall MacKenzie and there is a rider in a pink helmet in the vicinity so I'm going to guess that that is Steve Hislop - but who knows (or cares). I think the shot is more about the location than the bikes, thankfully. So I would say this was a BSB British Superbikes meeting - not WSB World Superbikes.