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Uneven Structure live at 02 Academy Newcastle, 14/09/2011.
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The National Guard Armory in Mena, Arkansas was built 1930-1931 and underwent restoration in 2004. Designed by architect Derwood F. Kyle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the structure was built by contractor Walter Vernon of Fort Smith, Arkansas; total cost for the site and the building was $24,000. Measuring 70' by 125', the armory was essentially an Art Deco structure; in addition it was planned to meet some community needs. Using local fieldstone building materials, the armory has a rough appearance, typical of masonry in the mountainous areas of Arkansas.
The rectangular building is mostly a large, single story structure on a concrete foundation; a smaller, 2-story office section, which constitutes the front facade projects slightly beyond the walls of the auditorium space. The roof is gambrel with asphalt shingling (unfortunately I neglected to capture the roofing style). The front facade is stone, brick and concrete with a central castellated parapet. There are four symmetrically placed paired windows, two pairs on either side of a slightly recessed entrance. Entry is through a double-leaf door, effectively surrounded by a brick arrangement in corbels that recede in stages from the wall. A narrow pair of windows is situated above the doorway. Above that is a sign in concrete reading "National Guard Armory". Flanking the center bay are two wide buttresses. The walls on each side of the entrance have wide buttresses on the corners and between each set of windows; separating the individual windows in the pairing is a narrow buttress. The sides of the armory have nine bays, again with projecting buttresses separating the window bays. About the only decorative element is the repeated diamond-shape motif on the front facade above each window and a row of three above the entrance. The National Guard Armory was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 5, 1991 with reference number 91000682. The nomination form is located at www.arkansaspreservation.com/National-Register-Listings/P...
The photos in this series:
1) front facade
2) front facade from an angle plus a small part of a side facade
3) front and side facades with the buttressing on the side
4) the front area of the building
5) entrance with door, corbelling, brickwork and diamond pattern
6) a pair of windows on the front facade
7) stonework and diamond motif above windows
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Avon volunteers responded to a call for a structure fire at 32 Brian Lane and arrived to find an attached garage of a large single family dwelling showing heavy smoke and fire. With the fire starting to overtake the attic space and threatening the whole structure the Task Force 54 Mutual Aid Plan was put into effect bringing apparatus and man power fro the surrounding towns of Simsbury, Glastonbury, and Farmington in to work and cover. Though the residents out of the house, fire fighters had to rescue the family dog and a large macaw parrot early on. With the house clear of occupants interior crews aggressively attacked the fire and contained it to the garage and living space above it and the attic and second floor of the main house. The stubborn fire would take over an hour to bring under control with the structure sustaining heavy damage even though crews put a tremendous effort into the stop. The fire marshal was on the scene and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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...
This art deco structure is a former fire station in Alabama City, now part of Gadsden, Alabama. Thanks to a local antique shop owner for pointing me to it.
The new shade structure. Wood beams were put in place on May 8th. The shade material has been ordered and will be in place in a couple o f weeks!
Photo taken May 8th at Green Acres Nursery and Supply - Sacramento, California
Commercial Structure Fire
4-22-2015
Wilco, NC 42 West at I-40
Electrical fire in the bathroom
Cleveland, Clayton, Garner FD
EMS24, Medic2
This is a view to buildings in the City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències; Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) designed by Santiago Calatrava.
Valencia, Spain, 2015
Woke up too early the other day, so I made the most of it and snapped a few photos during my commute to work. This was taken from Clay Street.
This was a "Consumerist Friday Flickr Find" on March 12, 2010!
6-24-2015
Bojangles
I-40/NC 42
Light haze in the structure. Determined to be HVAC unit on the roof.
Cleveland FD, Clayton FD, Garner FD, EMS24, Medic 2
Some structures I made today in GIMP. I was originally just planning to do some simple crosshatching that I could quickly copy/paste into other drawings so that I could save time in the long run, but they turned out much nicer than I thought, and very organic looking, too!
It will always surprise me, the astonishingly tight connection between maths, geometry, and eye-appealing/ear-pleasing patterns. Don't understand how still today, we fail at conveying the beauty and importance of maths. We will keep on trying though, won't we?
On Scene with Watertown Volunteer with a smoky structure fire at 20 McLennan Dr in the Oakville section of town. First due crews found heavy smoke coming from Quality Automatics Inc ,a machine shop located at that address. Crews immediately stretched lines and hit the hydrant at the end of the dead end street for an additional water source. Extension ladders were used to access the roof for ventilation since powerlines prevented the aerial ladders from being used. The fire was brought under control after approximately 30 minutes but required extensive overhaul and ventilation. In addition hazmat precautions had to be taken due to the lubricants and by products of the manufacturing process at the business were mixed with the water and foam used to extinguish the blaze.