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His backside is the first view you get of Vulcan when you pull into the park and park. This was taken from the observation deck.
Vulcan was constructed as Alabama's exhibit for the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis. Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge, was to represent Birmingham's large part in the iron/steel industry. An Itialian sculptor, Guiseppe Moretti was paid $6000 to sculpt him. He was produced in Birmingham furnaces using local iron ore. He stands 56 feet tall and is thus the largest cast iron statue in the world.
San Francisco tried to purchase him at the close of the World's Fair but Birmingham declined the offer. However, once returned back to Birmingham, he was dumped beside the railroad tracks in many pieces, where he lay for 2 years. He was temporarily displayed at the state fairgrounds where his arm was on backwards and his outstretched hand was seen holding everything from a Heinz pickle jar to a Coca Cola bottle to an ice cream cone--all for promotion. Thanks to a WPA project, Vulcan was moved to what became Vulcan Park atop Red Mountain. In 1946, a torch was placed in his hand that would burn red if a traffic fatality had occurred or green if no deaths had occurred. In 2004, Vulcan was completely taken apart and restored as he was about to literally fall apart. His legs had been filled with concrete over the years in an attempt to anchor him.
Some squircles from my collection.
1. Tupperware, 2. Bottle cap, 3. Foot, 4. Tea, 5. Aspirin, 6. Bowl, 7. Laundry basket, 8. Deflector, 9. Bowl, 10. Cup, 11. Lamp, 12. Water glass, 13. Wine chiller, 14. Stopper, 15. Lid, 16. 7320560800, 17. Thermo, 18. Bowl, 19. WSSA cup, 20. HDPE 2, 21. Bowl, 22. Aspirin bottle, 23. Clown, 24. Cheerios bowl, 25. Lid, 26. 7096523, 27. Water bottle, 28. Tupperware, 29. Speaker bottom, 30. Bowl, 31. Blender, 32. Magnet, 33. Deflector, 34. 37, 35. Magnet, 36. M
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Over-the-fence view of the buses kept at McColl's Kirkintilloch Depot/Yard. A nice wee selection of Volvo B7TL deckers, as well as Volvo coaches
Rear of the tower of the University of Puerto Rico. As ornate as the front.
Parte trasera de la torre de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Tan adornada como el frente.
Taken with a Nemrod Silura underwater camera in week 228 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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The film is Ilford Delta 400 developed in Ilfosol 3.
There is no focusing on this camera, and I believe the optimal distance for the subject is 1.5 - 2.5m, this explains why this more distant subject is out of focus.
This is what the backside (eg : the lining) of the embroidered knitted cushion looks like. In blue print, the first failed transfer attempt. The black thread around the design is there just for some 'stand still you knit !' purposes. The yellow thread marks the outline of the design. The brick red one is used for filling it up and giving some 'thickness' to it, in order to prevent the future embroidered surface to 'sink' into the front knitted piece.
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From the upper level of the outside pool at the Roman Baths I was able to get some good pictures of Bath Abbey, including this one.
Bishop Oliver King organised the restoration of Bath Abbey after 1500. The story of the refounding is told on the front of the Abbey in carved Bath stone. King had a dream in which he saw a host of Angels on a ladder, the Holy Trinity and an olive tree with a crown on it. He heard a voice:
'Let an Olive establish the crown, and let a King restore the Church.'
King believed this was a call for him to support the candidature of Henry Tudor as King, and to restore the Abbey. These images are carved on the West Front of the Abbey with coats of arms of the Montague Family (who paid for the carved wooden doors) and Henry VII's coat of arms. There are also statues of the twelve apostles, including a large statue of St Peter and one of Saint Paul.
In 675 AD, King Osric granted the Abbess Berta land near Bath for the establishment of a convent. The women's religious house later became a monastery under the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester.
History of the Abbey: In 781, the powerful King Offa of Mercia successfully wrested the monastery at Bath from the bishop and built a new monastic church dedicated to St. Peter. In 957, King Edwy described the new Bath monastery as "marvelously built."
Edwy's brother Edgar supported Bath monastery's revival upon his accession in 959 and encouraged the monks to adopt the Benedictine Rule. On the death of William the Conqueror in 1088, Bath was ravaged in the struggle for power between his sons.
John of Tours then planned a new cathedral on a grand scale, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. When finished it was about 330 feet (100 meters) long. Only the ambulatory was complete when he died in 1122. The half-finished cathedral was devastated by fire in 1137, but work continued and it was completed by about 1156.
When Oliver King, Bishop of Bath and Wells, visited Bath in 1499 he was shocked to find the church in ruins. Bishop King planned a smaller church, covering only the area of the Norman nave. He did not live to see the result and the new cathedral was completed just a few years before the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in 1539.
In January 1539 Prior Holloway surrendered Bath Priory to the Crown. The church was stripped of lead, iron and glass and left to rot, but it was rescued a generation later by the citizens of Bath. From 1574 to 1611 Queen Elizabeth I promoted the restoration of the still-ruined Abbey to serve as the grand parish church of Bath.
During the 1860s major restoration work was carried out by Sir Gilbert Scott. This included the nave roof being returned to its original glory of stone carved fan vaulting based on the original vault designed by William and Robert Vertue.