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Fujifilm X-T1 + Konica Hexanon AR 135mm F3.2

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just a shot from a utility pole in Providence, RI . . .

taken on his birthday last weekend by my husband

who couldn't resist . . .

but I couldn't resist manipulating the heck out of it!

 

This pole is situated adjacent to the historic Pears Mill on the Common in downtown Buchanan, Michigan, and has some history attached to it. Start with the climbing rungs still attached and the numerous pock marks made by climbing spikes. The metal buttons/plates tacked to the pole read as follows (from the top down):

 

C. E. Co.

PENTA 1957

 

C. E. Co.

COBRA 1955

 

CHAPMAN

1987

POL NU

 

I & ME Co.

119

B595 – 101

 

Additionally, a button attached to the other side of the pole reads:

 

GEOFORCE

2015

 

Alphabetical key to acronyms:

C. E. Co. = Chicago Electric Company

CHAPMAN = Chapman Chemical Co. aka ISK Biocides

www.iskbiocides.com/about/history.php

COBRA = Cobra Rods, a wood preservative

www.loghelp.com/products/cobra-rods.asp

GEOFORCE = a global tracking company

geoforce.com

I & ME Co. = Indiana Michigan Power

www.indianamichiganpower.com/

PENTA = pentachlorphenol, a wood preservative

toxicfreefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/penta.pdf

POL NU = Penta Preservative Grease, a wood preservative

www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/001022-00046-198...

 

This pole is near the end of a whole line of poles, all showing evidence of being quite old, that serves a small downtown residential neighborhood.

  

A small spaceship I imagine being some sort of exploratory vehicle operating out of a larger space station. The build was a fun vessel for messing with angles possible using cheese slopes,

Pentax MX | FA 43/1.9 | Cinestill 50D | Pakon F135 Plus scan

Rolleiflex 3.5F, 75mm, Ilford delta 100.

Billings, Montana

 

Camera: Pentax 645N

Lens: smc Pentax-FA 645 75mm F/2.8 (yellow filter)

Exposure: 1/250 @ F/8

Film: Kosmo Foto Mono home dev. in D-76 1+1

Another vehicle, this time detailed enough to guide an actual solid model. Again, 1:35 scale.

 

This one is a small utility vehicle. Hydrogen fuel cell for power. In the theme of Industrialpunk, or Hibernia, whichever. I'm not totally sold on the cab, but now that I have the dimensions down, I can play around with the shape. I may try out something closer to this, this, this, this, or this.

The Flickr Lounge-Blue

 

When I lived in Canada we had one of these cars. It was very handy for transporting things. I collect these die-cast model cars as well.

The Lower Hack Lift Bridge across the Hackensack River in Jersey City,New Jersey

Alleyview at 2756 W. Superior

Nikon FE2 Ai-s 50mm F1.4 Kodak Profoto XL 100 expired

Matchbox

No. 9/1998

Rommelmarkt, De Rozet, Laan van Nieuw Blankenburg, Rozenburg

(date = date of purchase)

Entering the next tower, we find that indeed, every home has one of these -- you know, that utility room by the side door where all the junk ends up that nobody needs.

 

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Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Part of a self assigned task to photo as may of the painted utility boxes in San Luis Obispo, ca. I don't live in San Luis Obispo so my finds are a bit scattered

Wexford, PA

June 2022

© Shawn Dougherty

The Plains Volunteer Fire Department, Ohio Utility 1197

With a crane and dump bed, this is the workhorse for all your planetary colonization needs.

Redmond, WA, taken with Canon 7 rangefinder camera with Ektar 100 film and Leitz Summitar 50mm lens

Harrison Township Fire Department

Pickaway County, Ohio

Utility 801

Unionport Fire Department

Jefferson County, Ohio

Utility 7799

Griffin, Georgia

Rollei 35, Rollei Tessar 40mm f/3.5 lens and Rollei 400 Infrared film.

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