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An inbound New Haven Line train crosses the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge in Westport, CT. The bridge features a pedestrian walkway, which affords some very neat views of the infrastructure and trains. Note here how the employee crossing on the bridge is supported by old rail sections!
M8 (Kawasaki, 2011)
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge
New Haven Line - MNR
Forth and Clyde Canal at Maryhill. The structure on the towpath is a 'doocot' (dovecote) or what's more commonly known as a pigeon loft. It's constructed of many layers of corrugated iron and other materials, and has a door which would put a nuclear shelter to shame. I was told by a passing lady that 'the man' comes once a day to tend the pigeons, and sure enough you can hear the birds cooing contentedly away, presumably awaiting their next race.
The structure with floodlight in the middle background, is Firhill Park, home of the famous Scottish Premier League team Partick Thistle, and some would say today, home of the more famous club mascot, (scary) Kingsley. The kids love him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley_(mascot)
Atout (previously known as Cypria, Driever, and Miltiadis Junior III) (IMO: 9354648) is a container type-ship registered and sailing under the flag of Libera. Her gross tonnage is 18,199, her overall length (loa) is 182.52 m and her container capacity is 1,702 TEU. She was built in 2001 and is operated by Capital Ship Management Corporation.
"Lean On Me / Stick House Series 3" by Patti Deters. Created in 2012 by artist Patrick Dougherty, this sculpture is titled "Lean on Me" and represents community - five little rooms close together leaning on each other so the entire structure can stand tall. Built by volunteers, it is located in a field in Collegeville, Minnesota near St. John's University in Stearns County. Also known as "The Dr. Seuss House". The temporary structure is starting to show signs of being in the elements and will eventually be taken down for safety reasons. If you like this image, I invite you to please share or see more (without watermark) at patti-deters.pixels.com
natural patterns in the snow, the trees and the clouds - structures worked out by light
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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ]; Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.
The 18-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build. It is 12 feet (3.7 metres) wide and is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain as well as the highest canal aqueduct in the world. A towpath runs alongside the watercourse on one side.
The aqueduct was to have been a key part of the central section of the proposed Ellesmere Canal, an industrial waterway that would have created a commercial link between the River Severn at Shrewsbury and the Port of Liverpool on the River Mersey. Although a less expensive construction course was surveyed further to the east, the westerly high-ground route across the Vale of Llangollen was preferred because it would have taken the canal through the mineral-rich coalfields of North East Wales. Only parts of the canal route were completed because the expected revenues required to complete the entire project were never generated. Most major work ceased after the completion of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1805.
The structure is a Grade I listed building and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The aqueduct was designed by civil engineers Thomas Telford and William Jessop for a location near an 18th-century road crossing, Pont Cysyllte. After the westerly high-ground route was approved, the original plan was to create a series of locks down both sides of the valley to an embankment that would carry the Ellesmere Canal over the River Dee. After Telford was hired the plan was changed to an aqueduct that would create an uninterrupted waterway straight across the valley. Despite considerable public scepticism, Telford was confident his construction method would work because he had previously built a cast-iron trough aqueduct – the Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal.
The aqueduct was one of the first major feats of civil engineering undertaken by Telford, who was becoming one of Britain's leading industrial civil engineers; although his work was supervised by Jessop, the more experienced canal engineer. Ironwork was supplied by William Hazledine from his foundries at Shrewsbury and nearby Cefn Mawr. The work, which took around ten years from design to construction, cost around of £47,000. Adjusted for inflation this is equivalent to no more than £4,820,000 in 2023, but represented a major investment against the contemporary GDP of some £400 million.
The entire structure is quite impressive. The choice of red for a "Golden Gate" was also an interesting choice but makes sense as you can clearly make it out on a cloudy and foggy day!