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Random shot taken during a feature in Suffolk. I'm led to believe this structure is something to do with the cooling outlets from Sizewell B nuclear power station, which was about half a mile away.
B&W treatment in LR with a contrast boost to bring out what little horizon there was - it was a grey, flat day that was pretty gash for landscape photography.
*Nikon D2x
*Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm
*ISO 400
*1/200th @ f/5.6
*Processed in Lightroom 3
Random structure created with Structure Synth. Rendered with Sunflow - note the bump mapped texture.
Couple descending main staircase of the Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio, 20 June 2006. kit lens on tripod. 1 second, f22, 18mm.
Thorne Road just off NC 96 North
Selma FD, Thanksgiving FD, Micro FD, Selma EMS, JCEMS
Some extension into the woods, defensive operations on an abandoned structure.
The Rotor programme was developed to advance the wartime radar technology in detecting and locating fast-flying jets. It was approved by the Air Council in June 1950. The first stage of the programme, Rotor 1, was to technically restore existing Chain Home, centrimetric early warning, Chain Home Extra Low and Ground Controlled Interception Stations and put them under the control of RAF Fighter Command. There were three main components to the Rotor Stations: the technical site, including the radars, operation blocks and other installations; the domestic site, where personnel were accommodated; and the stand-by set house, a reserve power supply. The technical site for RAF Neatishead Rotor Station was located at TG 346 184. Crew were accommodated at RAF Coltishall and the stand-by set house was located at TG 342 200.
The two main constructions at Rotor stations were the operations block and guardhouse. Operations blocks were the largest structures built at Rotor stations. They were constructed of reinforced concrete and designed to withstand 2,000lb bombs. The outer walls and roof of the Rotor operations blocks were 9ft 10in thick and the internal walls between 5.9in to 1ft 11in metres wide. The exterior was coated with an asphalt damp course and surrounded by a 5.9in brick wall. The roof was usually flush with the ground surface and up to 14 ft 2in of earth was mounded on top. The operations blocks, identified by a 'R' prefix, contained technical equipment, domestic facilities, workshops and a plant for air conditioning and gas filtration, all within a single complex.
Four of the blocks (R1-R4) were underground constructions designed for the more vulnerable sites on the east and south-east coasts. Others were semi-submerged (R6) or above ground (R5, R7-R11) heavily protected structures built to withstand 1,000lb bombs. The guardhouses were designed to resemble ''bungalows''. They were single-storey buildings capped with a flat, concrete roof, above which a pitched roof contained water tanks. They were generally constructed of brick, but were built to blend in with the local architectural style. The guard rooms also contained an armoury, store, rest room and lavatories. Those associated with underground operations blocks featured a projecting rear annex that housed a stairwell leading down to an access tunnel.
Aerial photography from 1965 shows the R3 operations bunker at the site, as well as a Type 13, a Type 7 and four Type 14 radar plinths. A range of ancillary buildings survive. The area is part of an active base and museum. In March 1947 the station was established as a Sector Operations Centre. Between 1961 to 1963 the station was reduced to care and maintenance and was then reopened as a Master Radar Station. A fire in 1966 destroyed the underground operations complex and the station was closed until 1974 with a new data-handling system occupying the original Happidrome. In 1994 the Air Defence Radar Museum opened at the site, which also continues to serve as an operational base.
Personal experience of working at Neatishead communicated by email states ''I was posted there as a sgt in 1973 and it was fully operational, T85, T84, HF200 and more all working. Furthermore, the other half of my Locking entry was posted there in 1971 and all worked on the operational radars, txs and rxs. I left in 1976 and visited again in 1977. T85, stuff of legends, 60Mw with all 12 Txs running''. Detailed history of the 50 years of the founding of RAF Neatishead 1941-1991. R30 operations room, R12 Radar equipment building and R3 underground operations block; Listed. For the designation records of this site please see The National Heritage List for England. Decommissioned 2006 and sold. Feb 2013, 25 acres of the site were again sold. The Air Defence Radar Museum was not part of the sale.
Information sourced from — www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?ui...
To see the rainforest from a different angle, tourists can climb this structure, built originally for scientific observation. It's not for the faint of height!
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Stratford fire fighters battle a fully involved structure fire in a 2.5 story OMD at 30 Colony St. Crews arrive find heavy fire coming from the building on all floors. They set up their tower ladder and attemped to make their way in from the rear for and interal attack but heavy fire and fear of a collapse caused command to order all fire fighters out of the building. At that point the crews used their truck mounted monitors, the ladder pipe, and master streams to dump thousnads of gallons of water and foan on from the exterior as well as protect the exposures on either side. Strong winds also posed a problem fanning the fire with more oxygen and blowing the water off the structure. After about 2 hours the fire was deemed under control and extensive overhaul would be required to get all the hot spots. Unfortunately even though the crews put in an outstanding effort the fire burned through the roof and collapsed the front of the structure making the building a total loss.
A damaged structure on a hog farm surrounded by flood waters in White Oak, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence battered the area. Florence began as a disturbance but it gained strength and crossed the threshold from tropical storm to hurricane in a matter of days. Later, it became a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph. Although Florence made landfall near Wrightsville, North Carolina, slowed down, it caused heavy rainfall and devastating flooding. The storm flooded the state shutting down power plants, breaching coal ash ponds and flooding hog and chicken farms causing extensive environmental damage.
Attendees of the North American Division, Administrative Conference on Structure, break into small groups to discuss the challenges that face the Church in North America and the best way forward to move forward with it's Mission. Photo by Daniel Weber/NAD Communication ©2014 North American Division
Toyomi Bridge, Nihonbashi Hakozakicho Chuo-ku Tokyo