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A disused phone box in a rural location. The light had been decommissioned, so had to take my own LED to give it a new lease of life. They're now pretty much redundant in today's world, and are sadly slowly disappearing from our towns and villages.
Longreach, Queensland, is 620km west of Rockhampton, at the junction of the Capricorn and Landsborough Highways. The Aramac Creek flows southwards, joining the Thomson River which runs generally south-west through the Longreach district.
The Longreach district was explored by the New South Wales Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell (1846) and by Edmund Kennedy (1847). The pastoralist-explorer William Landsborough reported favourably on the district's pastoral prospects, and in 1863 the first pastoral lease was taken up by the vast Bowen Downs station. Several others followed soon afterwards. The district's centre was Aramac (1869), and it was governed by the Aramac local-government division (1879).
Railway Boom:
Considerable optimism surrounded the new settlement: town lots were auctioned and sold briskly, and by 1890 there were three hotels, several stores and tradespeople, a progress association, and a police station. The opening of the railway line in 1892 spurred further development, and thrust Longreach into the industrial upheaval of the age; whereas the 1891 shearer's strike had been based at Barcaldine, the 1894 strike was called at the new railway terminus, Longreach.
The town grew with astounding rapidity. By 1896 there were fourteen hotels, a hospital (1893), Catholic, Methodist, and Anglican churches, a school of the arts, a pastoral and agricultural society, and several clubs and friendly societies. From a population of about 150 in 1891, Longreach was approaching 2000 in 1903.
The progress association soon expressed criticism about the Aramac local-government division's neglect of the Longreach district. Aramac agreed, and the Longreach division was severed in 1900.
Apart from Longreach's role as a railhead and district centre, it also became the centre of an area subdivided for closer-settlement farms during the 1890s. Many blocks were too small, however, and the 1902 drought proved a substantial setback. Amalgamation of blocks and the successful drilling for bore water after the drought aided recovery.
Industrial Progress:
Longreach was usually quick to embrace new technology. Motor car hire and repair businesses were opened – the Longreach Motor Co (1910) and Edwards, Martin Ltd (1910) were major businesses in both repair and body-building for vehicles. In 1919 two young airmen, P. J. McGinness and Hudson Fysh visited Longreach while surveying the Darwin to Longreach section of a proposed England-Australia air route. The men later began Qantas outback airlines at Longreach and established a large plane assembly factory. With both a railway terminus and a pioneer air service, Longreach had some claim to being a 'Chicago of the West'. The railway advantage, however, subsided when the line was extended to Winton in 1927.
In 1921 an electricity powerhouse began operation and a rudimentary swimming pool opened. Reticulated water supply was laid on from the river in 1938, replacing the mineralised bore water and enabling trees to grace the city's parks. Despite the progress, Longreach remained a goat town for another two decades, with local herds essential as a reliable fresh milk supply. Fresh vegetables were also a problem, with grasshoppers damaging local crops and the railways sometimes failing to keep up supplies.
Postwar Tribulations:
The 1920s were relatively prosperous, as were the 1950s (apart from some dry years and a shearers' strike). Much of the commercial building stock was replaced, including the shire hall (the previous two, along with local hotels and the Catholic church had burnt down). A State high school and an Olympic pool were opened in 1966 and 1967. Within a few years wool prices declined, and an investment in beef cattle was met with a decline in meat prices. The town's population, which had stayed steady during 1933 - 1947 when other outback towns had fallen by a quarter, faltered badly during the 20 years from 1961 - 1981 falling from 3800 to fewer than 3000. Fortunately, improved roads and transport, which had solved the milk and vegetable supply problem, brought outback tourism. Sensing the tourist opportunity, Sir James Walker, Shire Chair (1957 - 1990), chair of regional electricity supply authorities and of the Longreach Pastoral College garnered national support for the Stockman's Hall of Fame, which opened in 1988 on land provided by the Pastoral College. The Qantas Founders Museum, abutting the original heritage-listed Qantas hanger at the Longreach aerodrome, and a museum based in the old powerhouse (also heritage-listed) are other attractions, particularly popular with 'grey nomads'.
In addition to the aforementioned attractions and facilities, Longreach has a racecourse, showground, a Catholic primary school (1985), a school of distance education, a base hospital (1944), aerodrome, a visitor information centre, an Olympic swimming pool, five churches, several hotels and motels, and an aged persons' accommodation. The elaborate railway station (1916, similar to the Emerald station) and the goods shed (1892) are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Source: Queensland Places (www.queenslandplaces.com.au/longreach).
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Gulfstream G650ER
Delivered August 2019,
Sea Island, Richmond, British Columbia, Vancouver International Airport, YVR, Canada..
SK Telecom Co., Ltd., abbreviated as SKT is a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator and former film distributor and is part of the SK Group, one of the country's largest chaebols. It leads the local market with 50.5 percent share as of 2008. SK Telecom is the largest wireless carrier in South Korea, with 23 million subscribers as of Q4 2023
1854 van NMBS met een B-Telecom meettrein, foto is gemaakt langs het "Kanaal naar Beverlo" in Balen.
20/09/2021
Former First Leeds X84 brand 37672 now resides at Huddersfield. Seen here negotiating the tight country lanes round Oldfield on route 308. You can just make out in the distance (through the mass of telephone and internet lines) Emley Moor Transmitter Mast - the tallest freestanding structure in the UK.
Ici, l'entreprise prestataire qui est en bout de chaîne et qui donc ne prend pas juste une commission au passage mais n'a pas d'autre alternative que de faire réaliser le travail réellement, demande a un ouvrier seul (courageux et que j'ai vu ne pas ménager sa peine) de sortir un poteau télécoms cassé avec des outils archaïques et à n'en pas douter un salaire misérable et une considération inexistante.
Bienvenue dans la France du profit à tous les étages sauf au rez-de-chaussée!
Pour un système plus juste, il faudrait faire comme Edouard Leclerc en son temps : supprimer les intermédiaires qui se servent sans rien apporter de plus.
NB : Ici le sol est argileux, donc dur comme du béton quand il est sec. Ce qui était le cas ce jour là .
While talking to The 'H' Man yesterday, the conversation turned to this pair of Enviro 300s - not surprising, really as he now owns one ! I thought I would document their history in pictures here.
This is the only shot I managed to get of one in service, departing with its next load of visitors to the Goonhilly Earth Station near Helston, Cornwall. They were used on this work for 5 years, being sold off when the centre was being prepared for privatisation.
A 1982 Bedford mini van in British Telecom yellow, although the DVLA have this down as a blue van..... at 1256cc, the engine isn't the nippiest out there.
Former BT Office in College Street. It was closed during COVID and never reopened. Canon FD 28mm f/2.8
AKA Telstra Tower , Black Mountain Tower
Architect: unknown (1980)
Location: Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT, Australia
The Telecom Christmas tree at Auckland Viaduct. (No it's not really leaning, that's the wide angle distortion....)
For people overseas who may not be aware, there was a slight hiccup when this tree was being set up... see the video here.
Merry Christmas everyone!
BR Telecom liveried 20131+ Red striped 20118 pass a then un cluttered Little Bedwyn on 02/May/1994 with the Big E railtour ,1Z20 08.33 Paddington to Exeter rail open day being held there
"Technicians Telephone"
Douchanbé - Tadjikistan 2008
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L'état du réseau téléphonique et de la fibre est désastreux en Lot-et-Garonne.
Pour couronner le tout, les pics creusent les poteaux, les prenant sûrement pour des arbres morts!