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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
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,
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.
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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