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Silty event beds in the Bituminous Shales (below the Peak Stones) of the Whitby Mudstone Formation at Peak Steel, Ravenscar. Centimetre-scale fining-upwards, muddying-upwards event beds, irregularly based, oftern with shelly lags (including some HUGE ammonites - see later photos in this album). Lots of disseminated plant fragments.
Lat. 40° N.; Long. 80° W.
68-(6365)
BURNING COKE IN COKE OVENS, PENNSYLVANIA
If you have ever seen bituminous or soft coal burn in a furnace or stove, you know that it produces a great deal of smoke. This is the reason most large cities will not allow it to be used for fuel. Again, it is so powdery that if a great deal of it is put into a furnace, the dense smoke and dust choke out the fire. It has been found, however, that from soft coal, a substance can be made that makes a very hot fire with a small amount of smoke. This product is coke. Soft coal is put in great ovens where it is heated so that the gas is driven out of it. It is a row of these ovens that are here seen. You will observe the great volume of gas driven out of the coal by the heat of the furnace. After the gas is driven off, the coal cools in hard lumps, called coke.
The soft coal of Pennsylvania produces a very fine grade of coke. In 1915 the total coke production of the United States amounted to almost 31,000,000 tons. Two-thirds of this was made in Pennsylvania.
You will recall that in reducing iron ore to iron, and in changing iron into steel, a very high degree of heat is needed. Coke is the best producer of this heat. It therefore follows that most of the coke produced in our country is shipped directly to the great iron and steel centers such as Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Youngstown, and Chicago. On the left of the view you see the switches on which stand freight cars that are being loaded with the product of the coke ovens.
Recently there has come into use a new kind of coke oven. This oven collects the gases from which are extracted various chemical products, such as tar and ammonia. This is only another illustration of the economy of modern industry.
View of black, asphalt-impregnated single ply cardboard applied as vapor barrier wrap around vertical metal structural components of a building. Quite certainly a suspect building material, in terms of an asbestos survey. In this case, laboratory testing indicated no asbestos detected.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The Houston County Coal and Manufacturing Company was formed in 1900 for the purpose of mining lignite. Near this site, a slope mine was opened and a company town named Wooters was established. Company founders were A. H. Wooters, D. A. Nunn, G. Q. King, and Eli Elkins; John LeGory joined as a principal partner in 1906.
The early years of the company were difficult, as a market had to be found for lignite, a substance between peat and bituminous coal. Lignite was sold to power plants, gins and other facilities in East Texas. In 1907 land was purchased in Leon, Limestone and Freestone Counties, and additional mines were established in Evansville in Leon county. To reflect this expansion, the company name was changed to the Houston-Leon County Coal Company.
During its peak years from 1916 to 1925, the company employed about 200 people. The miners represented a diverse mixture of cultures; some were recruited as they arrived on foreign vessels in Galveston.
In 1932 the company was dissolved when natural gas changed the fuel market in Texas, though stockholders maintained diverse real estate holdings in the area. The lignite rights were retained by the owners, many of whom are descendants of the original stockholders. (1996) (Marker No. 7055)
Merrimack Generating Station fired up to help meet electric demand. Would that be steam at 85ºF air temp, and a dewpoint in the 60s? Or smoke? I haven't seen smoke from Bow since they switched to a low sulfur bituminous coal mix.
Rostock harbour is the 4th biggest harbour in Germany. In the background is the big bituminous coal power plant.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Cropped macro view of an asbestos-containing textured coating sample from the reverse-side of a metal basketball backboard.
The semi-dense spray-applied coating is essentially black in color and was found to contain approx. 10% chrysotile asbestos via laboratory analysis.
Closer study of the material's matrix reveals some fibrous details.
Closeup view of asbestos-containing roof mastic, shown along a weathered portion of the bituminous material revealing exposed asbestos fibers eroding from the compromised matrix base.
Small area of damage to black bituminous textured coating (shown painted) to metal basketball backboard surfaces (reverse side), for sound/vibration deadening purposes.
Textured coating to reverse side of basketball backboard. Coating consists of black bituminous application (shown painted) on metal backboard surfaces, as sound dampener. (See accompanying closeup image).
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
In 1862, the first gas lamp was lit using power which came from Victoria's City Gas Works. The large brick building housed nine retorts and three ovens, which burned bituminous coal from Nanaimo. The coal was brought in on boats which tied up to the 200 foot by 26 foot wharf. BC. Electric Co eventually bought the City Gas and the building stood empty for several years. After a $6,000,000 renovation it is now open as The Canoe Club, an upscale restaurant.
Information source : Victoria Landmarks by Geoffrey Castle
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
"Zonolite" brand glass fiber insulation installed within a residential wall cavity. The insulation is comprised of glass fiber batt, thick light brown paper with aluminized facing as vapor barrier.
Not shown is a black bituminous coating (reverse side) applied on the paper which serves to adhere the glass fiber batt onto the paper.
Some asbestos surveyors/inspectors may visually assess the "fiberglass" insulation as "non suspect" and subsequently disregard the material during their survey. However, the paper, black coating and fibrous component should be considered suspect and sampled accordingly.
On our trip down south, February 24, 2018. We stopped at Shag Point/Matakaea as I had never been there before. Matakaea is the name of the pa (fortified village). We have left Dunedin and going to stay in Timaru for a night before heading back to Christchurch.
Shag Point/Matakaea has a rich history, from early Ngai Tahu settlement to historic coalmining. The area has diverse marine life. It has interesting flora, is great for wildlife viewing, and is geologically fascinating.
Flat rock platforms provide an easy haul-out site for New Zealand fur seals, and cliff-top viewing areas allow you to observe seal behaviour without disturbing their rest.
Whalers discovered the first bituminous coal in New Zealand here in the 1830s. By 1862 the exposed coal seams were found to be commercially viable and were successfully mined until 1972, when flooding eventually closed shafts that extended under the coast. Evidence of coal mining is still obvious throughout the reserve.
Matakaea is jointly managed by DOC and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu. Matakaea has Topuni status. The mana (authority) and rangatiratanga (chieftainship) of Ngai Tahu over the area is recognised publicly by this status. Ngai Tahu takes an active role in managing the natural and cultural values of the area.
For More Info: www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/otago/p...
"...the most advanced ideas in mechanical appliances for distributing dust layers and bituminous binders, as now used in the work of maintaining and building broken stone roads."
The seating arrangement for the operator looks rather precarious given that this apparatus was dispensing material at 275 degrees F.
The tank had 600 gal. capacity and was heated by two kerosene burners under the tank. With a full load the rig had a weight of 9000 lbs.
Canada's Departmental House For Mechanical Goods. The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Limited General catalogue No. 20, 1920.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Emery County, Utah
I took these few photos to document the site mostly. This mine has been closed since the 2007 disaster that killed nine people. Read more at Wikipedia.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy