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Fremont Residential Structure. This masonry dwelling was built by Fremont people who inhabited this canyon from about 700 to 1300 A.D. Numerous dwellings of this type can be found on rock ledges along the length of the canyon. The typical structure is built in a D-shape right up against a rock face. Note that the back wall and ceiling of this dwelling are plastered with mud. BLM Nine Mile Canyon area. Duchesne Co., Utah.
Under the George Washington Bridge - a 4,760 ft (1,450 m) bridge connecting northern New Jersey to upper Manhattan, New York City.
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The Manali-Leh highway
One of the highest and most rugged highways in the world, the journey on the Manali - Leh highway is one that leaves the traveller gasping for breath on all accounts...dream like landscapes taking your breath away at almost every turn and sheer breathlessness from the lack of oxygen as you cross some of the highest roads and mountain passes in the world.
It connects the Manali valley to Kullu valley, Lahaul and Spiti and Ladakh and is open only between June and mid-September when snow is cleared from the road. Prominent passes that one crosses include Rohtang La (3,978m), Baralacha La (5,045m), Lachulung La (5,059m) and Tanglang La (5,325m). Between Lachlung La and Taglang La the road crosses the More plains, a vast desert like expanse at an altitude in excess of 4,500mts.
The journey along the road normally takes two days and many travellers make overnight stops at Jispa and tented camps such as Sarchu. Alternately, overnight stops can be made at Keylong. Owing to the high altitudes and the low-oxygen air, many travelers experience breathlessness, headaches and nausea or in some cases even acute mountain sickness.
The highway was designed, built, constructed and is maintained in its entirety by the Indian Army and is capable of supporting the heaviest of their vehicles. This journey is often referred to as the ultimate challenge for riding and off-roading enthusiansts and attracts bikers from all over the world.
The box is a BR Midland Region type and was built in 1957, replacing the 1877 built structure which was destroyed by a derailed Buxton to Arpley freight on 9th February 1957.
I hope that modern electric cooker is better than the Baby Belling rubbish that we had to put up with in the eighties!
For our day out in Venice, Mike and I made our way from the bus stop at Piazzale Roma to Piazza San Marco. After taking in the views from the piazza, we visited the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale).
Our self-guided tour of the palace began with the Institutional Chambers. After exploring the chambers on the second and first floors, we headed to the New Prisons across the famous Ponte dei Sospiri, better known in English as the Bridge of Sighs.
The bridge connects the Doge's Palace to the New Prisons over the Rio della Canonica (also known as the Rio di Palazzo). The corridor leading from the prisons back to the palace has two marble-screened windows facing south along the canal. Here, you can see the view through one of those windows. To the left is the prison with its rows of barred windows; to the right is canal-facing facade of the palace. (You can see where the original south wing meets the newer Renaissance wing.) Below, the canal flows beneath the Ponte della Paglia to the Laguna Veneta (Venetian Lagoon) beyond. In the distance, you can see the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, home to Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore (Church of St. George).
An informational placard provided more details on the bridge; I've transcribed the description below:
Ponte dei Sospiri (The Bridge of Sighs)
This corridor leads over the Bridge of Sighs, which was built in 1614 to link the Doge’s Palace to the structure intended to house the New Prisons. Enclosed and covered on all sides, the bridge contains two separate corridors that run next to each other. That which modern-day visitors use linked the Prisons to the chambers of the Magistrato alle Leggi and the Quarantia Criminal [Criminal Appeal Court] on the piano nobile of the palace; the other linked the prisons with the State Advocacy rooms. Both corridors are linked to the service staircase that leads from the ground floor cells of the Pozzi to the roof cells of the Piombi.
The famous name of the bridge dates from the Romantic period and was supposed to refer to the sighs of prisoners who, passing from the courtroom to the cell in which they would serve their sentence, took a last look at freedom as they glimpsed the lagoon and San Giorgio through the small windows.
At 11:30PM on November 7, 2021 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 8100 block of N Sunland Bl in Sun Valley. Firefighters arrived to a two story, commercial building (site of previous burn) with heavy fire showing. In a mostly defensive operation, 87 firefighters battled flames with at least four ladder pipes and several other heavy streams in operation on the commercial building for over two hours before safely achieving a knockdown.
© Photo by Mike Meadows
LAFD Incident 120721-1589
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