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Reminds me of the film 'The Andromeda Strain' here at Bank Station walking from the Central Line to connect with the Docklands Light Railway
The iconic Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) in Powys, Wales.
This picturesque, castle-like structure is a masterpiece of Victorian engineering that serves a vital function in water supply.
Location and Purpose: Lake Vyrnwy is a large, man-made reservoir created in the 1880s to provide fresh water to the expanding city of Liverpool, over 70 miles away. The Straining Tower is an intake tower where water is drawn out and passed through fine metal mesh screens to filter out debris before it enters a large aqueduct system.
Architecture and Design: The tower was designed by engineer George Frederick Deacon in a Gothic Revival style, reportedly influenced by Chillon Castle in Switzerland. It stands 52 meters (171 feet) tall, with about 32 meters visible above the water level, and is connected to the shore by an arched stone bridge.
Historical Context: The construction of the reservoir required flooding the head of the Vyrnwy valley, which submerged the original village of Llanwddyn. A new village was built nearby for the displaced residents. The Vyrnwy dam was the first large masonry dam in Britain and the largest artificial reservoir in Europe at the time of its completion in 1888.
Modern Day: Today, the lake and surrounding area are managed as a nature reserve by the RSPB and Hafren Dyfrdwy, offering a popular destination for visitors interested in hiking, cycling, birdwatching, and enjoying the scenic landscape.
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This is a shot of a Hellebore that is currently growing in a pot in my garden, the flower was picked and shot indoors as there was a brisk breeze blowing.
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The Dutch tug ISA, towing the Ugland UR3 barge off Cromer.
For the last 24hrs. she has been back and forth between Cromer and Sheringham at around 2 knots, probably waiting for the wind and seas to improve before continuing on it's haul to Holland.
The barge, owned by the Norwegian Co.Ugland was built in 1995 at the Sevmash yard, Severodvinsk, Russia.
91.4 mtrs long, and 27.4 mtrs. wide.
This week's Macro Mondays effort, on the theme of 'Mesh',brings us a close up of what I call a tea strainer, but since the advent of teabags is now probably just known as a small sieve, Anyhoo, HMM y'all!
Snapped with a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm f2.8 and one extension tube.
I took this photo for a new YouTube video on "Best Worst" lenses posted yesterday on YouTube.
The video included a mini review of the Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Primotar 135mm f3.5 I used recently, if you're interested:
High flying Red Kite, near Clough, Co Down - straining its neck to spot prey below!
(My first Red Kite photo in Northern Ireland)
Covered in verdigris and rusty, one wonders how much longer this link in the chain will last - even though it is quite thick.
Raccontami una storia
e se ci riesci stancami.
"Toccami e guardami a fondo
non lasciarmi mai
ti guardo negli occhi mentre te ne vai..."
The Valiant Strain, by Kenneth E. Shiflet
Dell First Edition B126, 1959
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Cover art was not credited anywhere in this book; confirmed as McGinnis in The Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis by Art Scott & Dr. Wallace Maynard.
It has been described as the golden age of railway travel which occurred at a time when it seemed that no expense was spared on passenger comfort, depending of course as to what Class you travelled.
It was the golden age era of steam trains.
Carriages were built using timber and the seats were more spacious and it was also the era when black and white framed photographs adorned the compartments promoting tourism to locations in each state.
Like everything though trains had to move forward with the times and the elegance of train travel came at a cost and that cost was the production of carriages that lost the old world charm and were mass produced and built down to a price rather than built up to a standard.
We are fortunate that there a dedicated people who have a strong desire to preserve the heritage and history of our railways past and this carriage is a fine example that has been retained.
It is located at the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere.
Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia.
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This North American breeder is an extraordinary migrant, traveling to south of the equator each autumn and making a round-trip of approximately 20,000 kilometers. One male known to be at least 10 years old presumably made this trip annually, a total distance equal to traveling 5 times around the earth at the equator! Results from birds tagged with geolocators show that Bobolinks strain our traditional notion of a stationary non-breeding range, as birds make an extended stopover in Venezuela before proceeding south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
The Straining Tower built it Gothic Revival style is a Grade I listed building designed by George Frederick Deacon. Photographed here in on April 24, 1987.
Camera: Contax 137 + Carl Zeiss 28mm f2.8 Distagon Lens
Click here for more 35mm Archive Images of Wales: www.jhluxton.com/The-35mm-Film-Archive/Wales
Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) is a reservoir constructed in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the village of Llanwddyn.
The Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate that surrounds the lake is jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Hafren Dyfrdwy.
When the reservoir is full, it is 26 metres (84 ft) deep, contains 59.7 gigalitres, and covers an area of 4.54 square kilometres (1,121 acres), the lake has a perimeter of 19 kilometres (12 mi) with a road that goes all the way around it. Its length is 7.64 kilometres (4.75 mi).