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Coal-mining operations began in Thurber in 1886 and reached a peak around 1920, when the town had a population of approximately 8,000 to 10,000, from more than a dozen nationalities, though Italians, Poles, and Mexicans predominated. At the peak, Thurber was one of the largest bituminous coal-mining towns in Texas. Established as a company town, the mining operations in Thurber were unionized in 1903 and Thurber became the first totally closed shop town in the country.[2] The Texas and Pacific Coal Company was not owned by the Texas and Pacific Railway, but it lay near its line and provided the trains of that company with much fuel. The Texas and Pacific Coal Company created a subsidiary company, Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, to operate its mercantile operation, with company-run retail outlets like the grocery, dry goods, hardware, and drug stores, as well as saloons and other establishments.[3]
The company that owned the town, the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, also produced vitrified paving bricks that were used throughout Texas and the southern half of the United States. By 1920, conversion of locomotives from coal to oil reduced demand and lowered prices and miners left the area through the 1920s. The Texas and Pacific Coal company was instrumental in discovering oil in the Ranger, Texas, area, as part of the Texas Oil Boom; the company re-branded itself the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, and, eventually, the Texas Pacific Oil Company
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
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The Magee Mine was in operation from 1908 until 1954 by the Westmoreland Coal Company. In 1914 Magee had the largest individual mine output in the entire Ninth Bituminous Coal District (which covered all of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties) with more than 700,000 tons produced that year. They employed 500 men inside the mine alone.
Today, the Magee Mine remains forgotten by most as nature takes her back.
Loft conversions are a great way to add valuable space to your home. They focus on space maximisation and storage. Be it an additional bedroom suite, a kitchen, kid’s room or a bathroom; you can upgrade your living pattern with a loft conversion. You should always consult the professionals for a loft conversion in Beckenham like Lordans Loft for a guaranteed outcome.
Common Design Considerations
The most important segments that you should pay attention to during the conversion of the loft include the following –
Ceiling height
Services
Access
Lighting issues
Planning permission
Building regulations and development rights
Is Your Property Suitable for a Loft Conversion?
Not all lofts of the house are suitable for conversion. You should ask the experts to conduct a brief survey before proceeding –
Roof structure – Check whether the roof has a traditional cut rafter, whether it is a purlin roof or a trussed roof.
Height- You should check if there is enough height in the loft. The minimum height for any loft should be between 2.2 to 2.4 metres. The maximum height allowance is 2.4 to 2.6 metres.
Space – Does the loft have enough space to accommodate your requirements?
Chimney service – These elements do not pass through the loft, and hence they do not require moving.
Felt – Your house roof will have felts under the tiles. It can also be weather tight. With felts, there is black bituminous paper under the battens and tiles. Most of the modern houses have felt.
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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
Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal processing plant and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom. The mine exploited the New River Coalfield's Sewell Seam of "smokeless" low-volatile bituminous coal. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Moor)
WATERGUARD MEMBRANE APP G : Is a high quality, APP (Attactic PolyPropylene) modified bituminous torch-on membrane used for tanking and waterproofing of substructure and superstructure areas in buildings and civil engineering projects, implemented in big industrial structures, in commercial centres and also in big residentials which require high quality waterproofing system. Available in rolls of 10m (length) x 1m (width).
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
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
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
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The Magee Mine was in operation from 1908 until 1954 by the Westmoreland Coal Company. In 1914 Magee had the largest individual mine output in the entire Ninth Bituminous Coal District (which covered all of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties) with more than 700,000 tons produced that year. They employed 500 men inside the mine alone.
Today, the Magee Mine remains forgotten by most as nature takes her back.
Relief of a Gift Bearer
Achaemenid Empire, Persepolis, from the Palace of Darius or Xerxes, c. 490-470 B. C.
Bituminous limestone
The fabled city of Persepolis is today a complex of ruins, dating back 2,500 years to Iran's Achaemenid Period. This exquisitely carved Persian relief sculpture is from the fabled city, located in modern Iran, shows the head and shoulders of a bearded Persian offering-bearer in profile. he wears the typical pleated bashlyk, one piece of cloth wrapped around the head, chin, and neck. Curls of his beard, mustache, and hair peek from under the headdress.
The relief dates to one of the great periods of Iranian civilization when the kings of the Achaemenid dynasty established an empire that brought stability, prosperity, and a flourishing civilization to the Near East. This monarchy prospered for over 200 years (550-330 B.C. ) until its downfall at the hands of Alexander the Great. The architecture of the magnificent Achaemenid palaces was distinguished by sculpted stonework relief decorations such as this example.
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The Magee Mine was in operation from 1908 until 1954 by the Westmoreland Coal Company. In 1914 Magee had the largest individual mine output in the entire Ninth Bituminous Coal District (which covered all of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties) with more than 700,000 tons produced that year. They employed 500 men inside the mine alone.
Today, the Magee Mine remains forgotten by most as nature takes her back.
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
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
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
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
Cottage Hill (Dan Hanna Farm)
Postmark 1910
Pictured is the coach barn at Cottage Hill Farm.
Cottage Hill Farm was the summer home, as he termed it, of Dan Hanna. Hanna was the son of Cleveland businessman, U.S. Senator, and presidential kingmaker Marcus (Mark) Hanna, and the grandson of Daniel Pomeroy Rhodes. Both the Hanna and Rhodes families made sizeable fortunes from iron, bituminous coal, and railroads. The younger Hanna was a partner in his father's business; he also tried to revive two failing Cleveland newspapers, without long-term success. In the process, though, he built a notable Cleveland building, the Ledger Building, which still stands.
The farm is located at 5555 Newton Falls Road, just east of Ravenna. The first construction on the house was completed by Edmund B. Bostwick, in either 1817 or 1834 (reports differ), but he never lived in it. After a few changes in ownership, Sophia Lord Rhodes, the wife of Daniel Pomeroy Rhodes, acquired the property in 1860. Daniel Rhodes was the vice president of the Western Reserve Horse Breeders' Association, and used the property for breeding racehorses. Dan Hanna purchased the property from his grandparends in the first decade of the 20th Century, added considerably more land, and expanded the house into a 19,345 square foot mansion. Supposedly a few of the walls in the expanded mansion were brought from Buckingham Palace. He owned nine other farms in the area, all of which are now within the confines of the former Ravenna Arsenal, now Camp James A. Garfield.
During his time in Portage County, Hanna undertook numerous projects, few of which were as successful as he might have hoped. He built the largest barn in Ohio at Cottage Hill in 1909, but it burned to the ground two years later. The coach barn pictured here was a replacement for that barn. He attempted to rescue the perennially troubled Ravenna fair, but pulled out over a business dispute. He initiated a campaign to build better roads in the county, but his plans were ultimately rejected, although a few roads were built as a result. He also championed scientific farming, particularly in breeding livestock. His most lasting contribution was probably providing significant funding for Ravenna's Immaculate Conception school.
After WWI, Hanna divested himself of his Portage County properties. He died in 1921 at his 168-acre estate in Ossining, New York. The Ravenna property then passed to one of his four ex-wives, Mary Stuart Hanna.
Much later, in the late 1950s, the Cottage Hill estate became the short-lived Silver Spur Ranch country club. Later still, it was a survivalist center. Since the 1990s, successive owners have done various repairs and renovations. The house sold again for $950,000 in August, 2021.
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Portage County Regional Planning Commission walking tours of Ravenna Historic Structures (Other Historical ), at storymaps.arcgis.com
Maria McGinnis, "The first mansion in Portage County can be yours for $1.25 million," in The Portager, October 16, 2020
Probably another giant specimen of the ammonite Phylloceras heterophyllum, in the Bituminous Shales of the Whitby Mudstone Formation.
First Mining of Pittsburgh Coal
This State's bituminous coal industry was born about 1760 on Coal Hill, now Mt. Washington. Here the Pittsburgh coal bed was mined to supply Fort Pitt. This was eventually to be judged the most valuable individual mineral deposit in the U.S.
Bes (747–332 BC)
Egypt, wood
This magical sculpture depicts the god Bes protecting Horus as a child. Notice the faded hieroglyphs on the back. Pouring water over the words unleashed their power.
Zoëga’s comments on the underside of the accompanying drawing show that he exchanged technical information about the object with scholars in England: ‘British Museum. Sycamore wood, covered with a bituminous substance like pitch, above which the hieroglyphs are painted in yellow.’ The sculpture had been part of the British Museum’s collection since 1785.
[British Museum]
Taken in the Exhibition
Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt
(October 2022 - February 2023)
For centuries, life in ancient Egypt was a mystery.
We could only glimpse into this hidden world, until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs, allowing us to read this ancient script. The breakthrough expanded our understanding of human history by some 3,000 years.
Marking 200 years since the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, this major exhibition took visitors through the trials and hard work that preceded, and the revelations that followed, this ground-breaking moment.
Hieroglyphs were not just beautiful symbols, they represented a living, spoken language. From romantic poetry and international treaties, to shopping lists and tax returns, the hieroglyphic inscriptions and ancient handwriting in this exhibition revealed stories that are fantastically varied. As well as an unshakeable belief in the power of the pharaohs and the promise of the afterlife, ancient Egyptians enjoyed good food, writing letters and making jokes.
The show charted the race to decipherment, from initial efforts by medieval Arab travellers and Renaissance scholars to more focussed progress by French scholar Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) and England’s Thomas Young (1773–1829). The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding the ancient signs. The results of the 1822 breakthrough proved staggering.
Using inscriptions on the very objects that Champollion and other scholars studied, this immersive exhibition helped visitors to unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations.
[British Museum]
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
1020-8092-13
The Magee Mine was in operation from 1908 until 1954 by the Westmoreland Coal Company. In 1914 Magee had the largest individual mine output in the entire Ninth Bituminous Coal District (which covered all of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties) with more than 700,000 tons produced that year. They employed 500 men inside the mine alone.
Today, the Magee Mine remains forgot by most as nature takes her back.
The coal obtained from the mines of Indonesia is known to be one of the most refined quality coals, and that too is available in abundance there. This is confirmed by the fact that Indonesia provides about 40% of the world’s coal requirement. The Indonesian coal bears very high calorific values and belongs mainly to bituminous or sub-Bituminous coal. These categories of coals are known to possess low moisture and hence provide high return value on money.
Coal-mining operations began in Thurber in 1886 and reached a peak around 1920, when the town had a population of approximately 8,000 to 10,000, from more than a dozen nationalities, though Italians, Poles, and Mexicans predominated. At the peak, Thurber was one of the largest bituminous coal-mining towns in Texas. Established as a company town, the mining operations in Thurber were unionized in 1903 and Thurber became the first totally closed shop town in the country.[2] The Texas and Pacific Coal Company was not owned by the Texas and Pacific Railway, but it lay near its line and provided the trains of that company with much fuel. The Texas and Pacific Coal Company created a subsidiary company, Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, to operate its mercantile operation, with company-run retail outlets like the grocery, dry goods, hardware, and drug stores, as well as saloons and other establishments.[3]
The company that owned the town, the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, also produced vitrified paving bricks that were used throughout Texas and the southern half of the United States. By 1920, conversion of locomotives from coal to oil reduced demand and lowered prices and miners left the area through the 1920s. The Texas and Pacific Coal company was instrumental in discovering oil in the Ranger, Texas, area, as part of the Texas Oil Boom; the company re-branded itself the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, and, eventually, the Texas Pacific Oil Company
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The Magee Mine was in operation from 1908 until 1954 by the Westmoreland Coal Company. In 1914 Magee had the largest individual mine output in the entire Ninth Bituminous Coal District (which covered all of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties) with more than 700,000 tons produced that year. They employed 500 men inside the mine alone.
Today, the Magee Mine remains forgotten by most as nature takes her back.