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Built at the turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries at a time when Folkestone was a millionaire's playground. The Metropole (left) was built first, the Grand (right) by the builder who wanted to build the Metropole, both local builders. The Grand was built using a number of innovations, and claims many building firsts. Edward VII was a frequent visitor. This picture taken when dark clouds rolled in and with Sunshine behind the camera.
Bendigo. Population 100,000.
Bendigo is figuratively and literally the city built on gold. Beneath the city is a maze of tunnels and shafts from one of the world’s richest gold finds. Bendigo meant gold. Thirty seven separate quartz reefs lie beneath the city and gold was found in all of them. After the first alluvial gold was found in late 1851 diggers flocked to the goldfields. The wives of two workers on the 200,000 acre Ravenswood sheep run are credited with finding the first alluvial gold on the sheep station but many others have also claimed this distinction. Within weeks there were signs of this gold rush becoming another California type gold rush with hopeful diggers arriving from China, Italy, Germany, parts of the British Empire and the other colonies. The Victorian gold rushes transformed all of the Australian colonies. By mid 1852 there were 20,000 people on the Bendigo gold fields and this later swelled to 40,000 people in the Bendigo region. This figures included around 5,000 to 8,000 Chinese diggers and gold camp followers and businessmen. The names of some of the mines were taken from the gullies and regions of Bendigo and they are now suburbs of Bendigo - Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Long Gully, California Gully, Ironbark, etc. Gold mining might have begun on Bendigo Creek where the Gold Commissioners, police and courts set up but, mining soon spread through the entire Bendigo district. Camp Hill overlooking Bendigo Creek and Rosalind Park became the government centre from where police control was exercised. The old Bendigo Gaol (1859) is still up on the hill there next to the Camp Hill state school (1877). The government Survey Office was also built here in 1858 at the top of View Street on Camp Hill and the Police Barracks were constructed at the bottom of the hill in 1859.
Bendigo was the world’s richest and biggest gold field until the discovery of the Kalgoorlie goldfields in Western Australian in the early 1890s. It was the largest and most successful goldfield in eastern Australia. Between 1851 and 1954 when the Central Deborah Gold Mine closed in Bendigo some 700,000 kilograms of gold was extracted from the Bendigo region. The value of its gold in current terms would be about $30 billion. The goldfield covered an area roughly 30 kilometres long and 12 kilometres wide. There were thousands of diggers who sought alluvial gold- and found it- in the 1850s before they were replaced by small and large companies who sank deep shafts and dug tunnels to extract the gold from the quartz reefs in the 1860s and later. There were more than 5,000 registered gold mines in Bendigo. This led to Bendigo having its own Stock Exchange so that gold shares could be sold to investors in London and around the world through the marvel of the telegraph. Bendigo had one of the few regional stock exchanges in Australia until it closed in 2012. At least 140 mine shafts were sunk in Bendigo and some of them reached depths of 1,000 metres or more! Some of the poppet heads for these shafts still remain in Bendigo. One of the last mines to be formed was the Central Deborah Mining Company in 1939 and it was the last to operate. It only closed in 1954. Some of the most famous and successful of the Bendigo mining companies were: Shamrock, New Chum Hill, Lansell’s 222, Victoria Hill, etc. Since the closure of the Central Deborah Mine in 1954 new mining techniques have been used in the 1980s and 1990s to try and extract yet more gold from the old mine shafts and workings. Clearly all the heritage and history of Bendigo is clearly rooted in its gold mining past. Probably no other Town Hall in Australia has 22 carat gold leaf embellishments across the ceiling. The original Town Hall was a simple two storey structure designed by the Town Clerk in 1859. A structure more befitting a wealthy gold mining city was later required and local architect William Vahland was commissioned to transform the Town Hall into a grand structure which he did. His new Town Hall was built between 1878 and 1886 with ornate plaster mouldings on both the interior and exterior and although Vahland’s plan included a clock tower the clock was never installed.
The town of Bendigo did not exist in formal terms until 1890 when a local committee was given the task of trying to decide who actually found the first gold and to decide upon a name for the city. Although the government town was known as Sandhurst, locally the town was always referred to as Bendigo. The committee asked local ratepayers who decided upon Bendigo for the city name in 1891 but they never decided unequivocally who found the first gold. But they did acknowledged that the claim of Mrs Margaret Kennedy of the Ravenswood Run was probably the best claim. The origins for Bendigo City go back to 1853 when land was surveyed and the city plan drawn up. Pall Mall near Bendigo Creek became the centre for commercial activity and it remains the main thoroughfare. Bendigo became a municipality in 1863 and its prosperity ushered in a period of grand building which continued into the 1870s and 1880s. The arrival of the railway from Melbourne in 1862 aided the town greatly in terms of industry and communications. By the early 1860s Bendigo had a flourishing industry base with flour mills, woollen mills, tanneries, quarries, foundries, a eucalyptus oil distillery and food production. The surrounding eucalyptus woodland was also felled and timber-cutting and saw milling was another important industry for the town. Mines need timber.
Many of the architectural gems of early Bendigo were created from the architectural studio of William Charles (Carl Wilhelm) Vahland and his associates. Vahland was born in Hanover Germany in 1828. In 1849 he entered the most prestigious building school in Germany to learn the art of architecture. His theory and practical studies began at 6 am and finished at 9:30 pm except for the earlier finish at 7 pm on Saturdays. He studied architecture there for three years and learnt in great depth about Greek classical styles of architecture. His interests in this area influenced his architecture for the rest of his life. In 1852 after completing his studies he practised architect in Bremen and Hamburg before he sailed for the Victorian goldfields in 1854. He travelled immediately to Bendigo but had little success on the goldfields. By 1855 he was employed as a carpenter before he became a naturalised British subject in 1857 which was also the year in which he established his own carpentry workshop making puddling cradles for miners. He ran his workshop and later architectural practice with his business partner Robert Getzschmann, with whom he worked until Getzschmann's death in 1875. Within a year or so of 1857 they were both working as architects but Vahland was also a founding member of the Bendigo Building Society which later became the Bendigo Bank. He was a Justice of the Peace and was active in local affairs. He married an English woman in 1859 and built his own residence in Barkley Terrace. Vahland went on to become the preeminent architect of Bendigo. He designed around 80 public structures for the city including a number of its best known buildings. He is known to have designed around 200 public and commercial buildings in the goldfields area of Central Victoria. He probably also designed dozens of large and small residences that have not been ascribed to his studio. He worked for over 50 years creating much of the visual landscape of the city. He died in 1915 after World War One broke out when sadly a few members of his beloved Masonic Lodge (he had been a member since 1857 and had been the Grand Master) tried to have him expelled because of his German background!
Some of the notable Bendigo buildings designed by William Vahland are: the Alexandria Fountain in Pall Mall 1881; the City Family Hotel 1872; the Commercial Bank of Australia 1875; the original Post Office 1870; the Bendigo Art Gallery 1873 which was originally the Masonic Hall and Temple; the original Art Gallery 1867; the Temperance Hall 1860; the Sandhurst Club Building 1893; St Kilian’s Catholic Church 1888; St Paul’s Anglican Rectory 1885; All Saints Catholic Cathedral 1869; the Wesleyan Methodist church additions 1877; the Congregational Church 1890; the Lutheran Church 1857; the Convent of Mercy 1865; the Goldfields Hospital 1858, 1864 and 1866; the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum 1862, 1864 and 1872 etc. In addition to these significant structures in central Bendigo he designed churches and other public buildings in Eaglehawk, Long Gully, Ironbark, California Gully, Kangaroo Flat etc.
Other notable buildings in Bendigo of which to take note: -
1. along Pall Mall north of the fountain – the former Beehive Store – three storey with classical central pediment built 1872 designed by Charles Webb-the store on this site burnt down in 1871 - stockbrokers met and trader here on the first floor hence the Beehive Exchange; two former banks both designed by Vahland- the former painted National Bank 1887 and the former very narrow highly ornamented Colonial Bank designed by William Vahland in 1887; the Soldiers Memorial Hall built in 1921; the former Post Office and tower designed by government architect G Watson and built 1883-7 at great cost; the Law Courts also designed by Watson 1890-96 with lavish marble and cedar interiors; the iconic Shamrock Hotel – in French Empire style – first hotel around 1854 – new large hotel built in 1860 designed by Vahland only part still remains on Pall Mall. The current hotel was built in 1897 designed by Philip Kennedy who studied under Vahland; corner Bull St is the Corner House designed by Vahland in 1875 as a store; on next corner same side is the former Niagara Hotel also designed by Vahland in 1864 and 1890; opposite is the Black Swan Hotel designed by Vahland in 1873.
2. along View and Mackenzie Streets–the former Union Bank built 1876; former Post Office 1867 became Sandhurst Trustees in 1891; along Mackenzie St – the former Anglican Cathedral built by Vahland 1869 became Cathedral 1932 to 1981; Congregational Church by Vahland 1890 now Presbyterian; across street Osborne House 1869 by Vahland and Getz as a school; down the hill Wesleyan Church 1862, transept by Vahland 1877; back on View St the original Art Gallery 1867 by Vahland; The Masonic Temple by Vahland 1874 became the art gallery 1905; Fire Station 1899 Flemish style; Survey Office 1858; Camp St School 1877.
I built something!
Few years ago I was handed some printouts of very rough LEGO cars built digitally for the LEGO BATMAN MOVIE with the words ‘do something about it’. I was given a short brief, and at least two of these cars (the cop car and a taxi), should be treated like a regular product, meaning they had to be designed in such fashion that if so desired, they would withstand all the tests LEGO has for new products (in case people would pause the movie and reverse engeneer these things, which happened quite a bit), and they had to obey all the LEGO rules.
I built a bunch of different cars, all on a similar and rugged chassis that I initially invented for the Batmobile that is in 76052 Batcave, only tweaked a bit for the different cars.
I built probably something like ten? Maybe Fifteen passenger cars in many variations, plus the taxi that was inspired by a Checker and which could have almost infinite number of different versions by changing hubcaps, trim, position of the numberplates, adding or loosing bumperguards and whatnot.
To my surprise all of my designs were in some way incorporated in the movie, and if you watch carefully you can make out the different builds.
The most prominent is the taxi of course (people were joking back then that I was responsible for 80% of LEGO Gotham’s traffic just because I came up with the taxi), but this is also the one I can’t show, because it’s using one piece that was moulded only for me at the time when I was designing it.
I can however show the Dodge Monaco/Ford LTD flavoured cop car that is all over the net anyway because people keep reverse engeenering it (it was also printed on several promo items), I can show the Gremlin which was shown in the ‘making of’ book and which is parked in the Arkham lot in the movie, and I can show Axel Foley’s (Beverly Hills Cop) Nova.
All of these cars use painted bits and pieces here and there, plus Foley’s Nova got a weathering straight from a spray can (in the movie it’s of course all unicolored), but they can be built and played with (which my kid does alot when he visits me at the office). No new elements there, no glue, no other cheats...
Built in 1903, this heritage architecture, coupled with the presence of 'Gateway of India' and the Arabian sea adjacent to it, makes this place one of the busiest tourist hot spots of the 'Maximum city'. This image is shot day before yesterday, when the bright gray sky suddenly grew dark accompanied with strong winds. Presenting an HDR image of the same.
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Built in Christian territory by Islamic constructors for Jewish use in the 12th century, this building - now a church - in Toledo is regarded as a symbol of cooperation between the three cultures.
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Built in 1966, this iconic and distinctive high-rise commercial office tower was designed by George ‘Pete’ Wimberly of Wimberly, Whisenand, Allison & Tong to house the Waikiki offices of the Bank of Hawaii, but has since become known as the Waikiki Galleria Tower. The 16-story building features a glass curtain wall screened by a distinctive tropical-themed sculptural concrete exterior with interlocking arches, reminiscent of the pattern on the outside of a pineapple, which shade the building’s interior and help brace the building’s structure, with the slightly chamfered corners of the tower giving it an octagonal footprint. The building also features a penthouse with a concrete bonnet roof, a podium housing a parking garage and retail space, which was given a postmodernist facelift in more recent decades with EIFS pilasters and tile hipped roofs, and wider arches at the base of the tower, which better accommodate the parking spaces in the building’s parking garage. The building is the most distinctive and iconic of the modernist high-rise buildings constructed on Waikiki between the 1950s and 1980s that transformed a once quiet low-rise oceanside district into a high-rise bustling neighborhood.
Built in 1950 for flood control. Downstream villages and the city of Rochester, NY, prior to the dam being built, were frequently flooded.
Home built 4x5 pinhole camera
Freshly opened 25 year old Velvia 50
Unfortunately developed using very old and very bad E-6 chemistry. Might have been slightly underdeveloped, but scan looks close to the look of the film.
During visit in Pripyat, Tjernobyl back in may.
Built for Challenge IV of the Guilds of Historica on Eurobricks.com. This thing has power functions, so be sure to check out the VIDEO or you will miss 90% of the fun.
Built this using my SAS Jeep instructions. Added the 30. Cal and the wire cutter.
Transfers by Archer
Torso Decals by Roaglaan.
The first stage was designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet. Built in 1881-1882 as a Cable Station. Additions were made in 1885 and 1888. The building provided accommodation for officers of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company. The company had finished laying a cable to New Zealand in 1876. Cables were received and sent from the building’s instrument room. A second cable line was laid in 1890. In 1903 the company built a larger office at Yarra Bay. Thereafter this building was used only for accommodation. New technology made the operation redundant in 1916.
The building was used for a variety of purposes until leased to the Salvation Army in 1944. It was then used as a refuge for women and children until 1987. An extensive restoration programme was undertaken by the Public Works Department and the building became the La Perouse Museum in 1988. It was presented to the NSW Government by the French Minister, Mr Andre Girand, as a bicentennial gift on behalf of the La Perouse Association. The building is now administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Built in 1899, George W. Maher, architect. Later became a funeral home where John Dillinger's body was picked up by his father.
Built for the Missouri Pacific in January of 1972, GTW 4933 is the slightly older sister of GTW 4910 built in February of the same year. These motors were seen in April 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee as power for the President's Island local, an area of extremely heavy rail served industry on Memphis' southwest quadrant.
This is one of a handful of previously unposted photos I have, showing what the back wall looked liked nearly a year and a half prior to "The Day the Bauhaus Died". The "after" photo of this is quite disgusting.
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Kroger, 1983-84 built, Stateline Rd at Hamilton Dr., Southaven, MS
1987 built 'Bonita' ex 'Est' heading down the canal on Sunday evening. I believe she loaded a one off cargo at Irlam container wharf and is seen sailing Rotterdam 17/12/17.
Flagler First at 101 East Flagler Street is a historical 15 story rental building located in the heart of Downtown Miami. It was built in 1951. The property is controlled accessed and includes a fitness center and a game room as well as a clubhouse. The building also includes a garage and guess parking.
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www.compass.com/building/flagler-first-miami-fl/757088821...
www.miamidade.gov/Apps/PA/PropertySearch/#/
www.loopnet.com/Listing/101-E-Flagler-St-Miami-FL/4097634/
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (CBBT) is a 23-mile (37 km) bridge–tunnel crossing at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the Hampton Roads harbor, and nearby mouths of the James and Elizabeth Rivers in the American state of Virginia. It connects Northampton County on the Delmarva Peninsula and Eastern Shore with Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth on the Western Shore and South side / Tidewater which are part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of eight close cities around the harbor's shores and peninsula. The Bridge-Tunnel originally combined 12 miles (19 km) of trestle, two 1-mile-long (1.6 km) tunnels, four artificial islands, four high-level bridges, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) of causeway, and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of northeast and southwest approach roads—crossing the Chesapeake Bay and preserving traffic on the Thimble Shoals and Chesapeake dredged shipping channels leading to the Atlantic. It replaced vehicle ferry services that operated from South Hampton Roads and from the Virginia Peninsula since the 1930s. Financed by toll revenue bonds, the Bridge–Tunnel was opened on April 15, 1964,[1] and remains one of only ten bridge–tunnel systems in the world, three of which are located in the water dominated Hampton Roads area of Tidewater Virginia.
As of May 2018 the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel has been crossed by more than 130 million vehicles.[2] The CBBT complex carries U.S. Route 13, the main north–south highway on Virginia's Eastern Shore on the Delmarva peninsula, and, as part of the East Coast's longstanding Ocean Highway, provides the only straight direct link along the East Coast and Atlantic Ocean, between the Eastern Shore and South Hampton Roads regions, as well as an alternate route to link the Northeast U.S.A. and points in between with Norfolk and further south to the Carolinas and Florida. The Bridge–Tunnel saves motorists 95 miles (153 km) and 1 1⁄2 hours on a trip between Virginia Beach/Norfolk and points north and east of the Chesapeake and Delaware Valley, River and Bay without going through the traffic congestion in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area further west in Maryland and Northern Virginia. The $15 toll is partially offset by some savings of highway tolls in Maryland and Delaware and avoiding often heavy traffic on north-south Interstate 95 (I-95) built in the 1960s and completed in the late 1970s and parallel older United States Route 1 (US-1) from the 1920s. From 1995 to 1999, at an additional cost of almost $200 million, the capacity of the above-water portion of bridges on the facility was increased and widened to four lanes. An upgrade of the two-lane tunnels is currently underway. [3] The crossing was officially named the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge–Tunnel in August 1987, 23 years after opening, honoring one of the civic leaders who had long worked for its development, construction and operation; it continues however to be best known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel. The complex was built by and is operated by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia governed by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission and in cooperation with the state Department of Transportation. Costs are recovered through toll collections. In 2002, a Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) study commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly concluded that "given the inability of the state to fund future capital requirements of the CBBT, the District and Commission should be retained to operate and maintain the Bridge–Tunnel as a toll facility in perpetuity."
Occasionally because of similar names, the Bridge-Tunnel is often confused with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (also known as the Governor William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge) further north in Maryland crossing the middle portion of the Bay from Annapolis to Kent Island on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Delmarva. It was built with two lanes and a higher suspension segment in the middle from 1949 - 1952, with a second parallel wider span of three lanes in 1973. It is one of the longest and highest bridges in the world.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay
-was formed nearly 12,000 years ago when glaciers melted and flooded the Susquehanna River valley;
-is—most historians believe—named after the Algonquin word chesepiooc, meaning "great shellfish bay;"
-is approximately 200 miles long, stretching from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia;
-has an average depth of 21 feet (the deepest part of the Bay, a.k.a. "The Hole," is 174 feet deep and located off of Bloody Point, southeast of
Annapolis, Maryland;
-ranges from 3.4 to 35 miles wide;
-holds more than 15 trillion gallons of water;
-supports 348 species of finfish and 173 species of shellfish;
-supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life, including 2,700 types of plants and more than 16 species of underwater grasses;
-is fed by 50 major tributaries (or streams and rivers) every day—the largest of these are the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James;
-produces more than 500 millions pounds of seafood harvest each year.
Source: www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/chesapeake-bay-watershed-geogra...
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
Fisherman Island is the southernmost island on the Delmarva Peninsula chain of barrier islands. Located at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, the island is subject to great changes in its landscape from waves and runoff. It first formed about 200 to 250 years ago.
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge is located within the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, and is cut in half by the presence of U.S. Highway 13 and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The refuge is closed to the public.
The island is the habitat to migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, and nesting waterbirds. In September 2003, the island was almost entirely flooded by Hurricane Isabel.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman_Island_(Virginia)
Built in 1964, the 3-bedroom home was designed by
Emil Tessin, a MIT graduate.
It was one of 22 prefabricated models conceived by
the Alside Homes company,
all of which featured steel framing with glass + aluminum panels.
Buyers could select from a range of special features,
including carports, basements, fireplaces, screened-in porches and furniture packages.
www.dezeen.com/2018/04/03/new-owners-preserve-mid-century...
Victoria Avenue. Wilpena House. This residence was probably built in 1910. It seems that John McLeay had the house built around 1910 when he named it Wilpena. Why? Because his father John McLeay claimed to be the first white man to take a flock of sheep into Wilpena Pound around 1855. Drs William and John Browne took out Wilpena run in 1853. John McLeay senior began managing the run in 1855 when his son John McLeay junior was born at Wilpena. John McLeay Senior worked for Drs Browne on Booborowie, Wilpena and Buckland Park estate for decades until he took up farming on virgin land at Clinton on Yorke Peninsula. McLeay senior retired from Clinton around 1900 and resided in Devonshire Street Hawthorn by 1904. He died in his Hawthorn residence in 1909. Meanwhile his son John McLeay Junior ran the gazing property and worked as a livestock trader. When his father died in 1909 he started selling some land at Clinton (2,000 acres) and the Alma Plains districts. John McLeay Junior married Susannah in 1901 and took his bride to his Clinton residence. Their son Marshall McLeay was born there in 1902. When the SA Premier Tom price had a list made of all freehold land owners with more than 5,000 acres in 1904 John McLeay had just under 6,200 acres of land in central Yorke Peninsula- some of the best wheat and grazing land in the state. He moved into the house at 4 Victoria Avenue around 1910 and had it made over in a more modern style. At that time he had the brick gate pillars named Wilpena and cast iron gates added to the property. They are now heritage listed. By 1913 his wife held an open house at Wilpena every Friday afternoon. After World War One he formed McLeay furniture and carpet company with his brother. John McLeay Junior died at Wilpena on 17th June 1928 and he was buried at Mitcham cemetery. His son Marshall McLeay was admitted to the SA Bar in 1927. Wilpena House stayed in the family and son Marshall McLeay was living in it in 1947 with his wife, and five and one year old sons.
The Seminole Inn, also known as the Seminole Country Inn, is a Mission Revival style historic hotel located at 15885 Southeast Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown, Florida. It was built by S. Davies Warfield, who was president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which developed Indiantown. His niece Wallis Warfield Simpson, later the Duchess of Windsor, was its most famous guest. On May 31, 2006, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Enveloped in an enchanting mystique, the Seminole Country Inn exudes a distinctive aura that harkens back to the untouched essence of Old Florida—an experience reserved for the fortunate few who seek its embrace once more.
Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of Indiantown, Florida, this charmingly restored inn captures the essence of a bygone era. Situated in the heart of Florida's cattle and citrus country, it offers a captivating journey into a realm where time seems to stand still.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiantown,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Inn
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Built for Shenzhen Airlines but not yet prepared for delivery. By 28 May this aircraft was white with red rudder and carrying test registration N4022H. It made its first flight on 20 June 2022, from Renton to Moses Lake for storage. It was delivered to Shenzhen Airlines in September 2024, as B-20EU.
Built 1937 by Vosper of Portsmouth
Length 21m,beam 4.5m,draft 1.14m
Powered by 3 Isotta Fraschini 57 litre petrol engines when built but because of spares problems now fitted with twin 600 hp Cummings engines
Speed 48 knots
N.B. A far more detailed and interesting history of this vessel can be found on wikipedia
A Catholic church built in the sixteenth century. It was founded by Juan Téllez-Girón, 4th Count of Ureña.
The interior contains a nave and two aisles, five chapels, and a presbytery. The interior of the church is richly decorated in Renaissance style. It has a Baroque main altar, constructed in the eighteenth century, and the chapels on the sides are all very attractive. In the interior, the huge sacristy is now a museum that exhibits a collection of five paintings by José de Ribera (El Españoleto) and a carving by Juan de Mesa.
On the lower level is the Pantheon of Dukes, which was built in the Plateresque style in 1545 and contains a small chapel with an altarpiece attributed to Roque Balduque, a painting of Hernando de Esturmio, and the tombs of the Dukes of Osuna.
La nave central —más ancha— está presidida por un gran retablo barroco (siglo XVIII). En el centro, el relieve de la Asunción de la Virgen, acompañada por las imágenes de San Isidoro, San Leandro, San Pedro y San Pablo; cuadros de santos obispos y, en el ático, el Calvario. Se completa con dos púlpitos de mármol.
Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Osuna (Sevilla), Andalucía, España
built in the 1960's it is powered by a 27litre V12 Merlin engine and will apparently get around 5mpg if you turn it off going down hill supposedly seen speeds past 180mph it managed a 15.2 down the 1/4 mile
Built in a Brabantine Late Gothic style between 1448 and 1469.
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The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Three subspecies are usually recognized; one of the former subspecies, cristatus, has recently been given full species status and is referred to as the eastern osprey.
The osprey is unusual in that it is a single living species that occurs nearly worldwide. Even the few subspecies are not unequivocally separable. There are four generally recognised subspecies, although differences are small, and ITIS lists only the first two.
The osprey is 0.9–2.1 kg (2.0–4.6 lb) in weight and 50–66 cm (20–26 in) in length with a 127–180 cm (50–71 in) wingspan. It is, thus, of similar size to the largest members of the Buteo or Falco genera. The subspecies are fairly close in size, with the nominate subspecies averaging 1.53 kg (3.4 lb), P. h. carolinensis averaging 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) and P. h. cristatus averaging 1.25 kg (2.8 lb). The wing chord measures 38 to 52 cm (15 to 20 in), the tail measures 16.5 to 24 cm (6.5 to 9.4 in) and the tarsus is 5.2–6.6 cm (2.0–2.6 in).
The upperparts are a deep, glossy brown, while the breast is white and sometimes streaked with brown, and the underparts are pure white. The head is white with a dark mask across the eyes, reaching to the sides of the neck. The irises of the eyes are golden to brown, and the transparent nictitating membrane is pale blue. The bill is black, with a blue cere, and the feet are white with black talons. A short tail and long, narrow wings with four long, finger-like feathers, and a shorter fifth, give it a very distinctive appearance.
In flight, Northern Territory, Australia
The sexes appear fairly similar, but the adult male can be distinguished from the female by its slimmer body and narrower wings. The breast band of the male is also weaker than that of the female, or is non-existent, and the underwing coverts of the male are more uniformly pale. It is straightforward to determine the sex in a breeding pair, but harder with individual birds.
The juvenile osprey may be identified by buff fringes to the plumage of the upperparts, a buff tone to the underparts, and streaked feathers on the head. During spring, barring on the underwings and flight feathers is a better indicator of a young bird, due to wear on the upperparts.
In flight, the osprey has arched wings and drooping "hands", giving it a gull-like appearance. The call is a series of sharp whistles, described as cheep, cheep or yewk, yewk. If disturbed by activity near the nest, the call is a frenzied cheereek
he osprey is piscivorous, with fish making up 99% of its diet. It typically takes fish weighing 150–300 g (5.3–10.6 oz) and about 25–35 cm (9.8–13.8 in) in length, but the weight can range from 50 g (1.8 oz) to 2 kg (4.4 lb). Virtually any type of fish in that size range are taken.
Ospreys have vision that is well adapted to detecting underwater objects from the air. Prey is first sighted when the osprey is 10–40 m (33–131 ft) above the water, after which the bird hovers momentarily then plunges feet first into the water.
Occasionally, the osprey may prey on rodents, rabbits, hares, other birds, and small reptiles.
The osprey has several adaptations that suit its piscivorous lifestyle:
reversible outer toes
sharp spicules on the underside of the toes
closable nostrils to keep out water during dives
backwards-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch
dense plumage which is oily and prevents its feathers from getting waterlogged.
The osprey breeds near freshwater lakes and rivers, and sometimes on coastal brackish waters. Rocky outcrops just offshore are used in Rottnest Island off the coast of Western Australia, where there are 14 or so similar nesting sites of which five to seven are used in any one year. Many are renovated each season, and some have been used for 70 years. The nest is a large heap of sticks, driftwood, turf or seaweed built in forks of trees, rocky outcrops, utility poles, artificial platforms or offshore islets. As wide as 2 meters and weighing about 135 kg, large nests on utility poles may be fire hazards and have caused power outages.
Generally, ospreys reach sexual maturity and begin breeding around the age of three to four, though in some regions with high osprey densities, such as Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., they may not start breeding until five to seven years old, and there may be a shortage of suitable tall structures. If there are no nesting sites available, young ospreys may be forced to delay breeding. To ease this problem, posts are sometimes erected to provide more sites suitable for nest building. In some regions ospreys prefer transmission towers as nesting sites, e.g. in East Germany.
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
The platform design developed by one organization, Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc. has become the official design of the State of New Jersey, U.S. The platform plans and materials list, available online, have been utilized by people from a number of different geographical regions. Osprey-watch.org is the global site for mapping osprey nest locations and logging observations on reproductive success.
Ospreys usually mate for life. Rarely, polyandry has been recorded. The breeding season varies according to latitude; spring (September–October) in southern Australia, April to July in northern Australia and winter (June–August) in southern Queensland. In spring the pair begins a five-month period of partnership to raise their young. The female lays two to four eggs within a month, and relies on the size of the nest to conserve heat. The eggs are whitish with bold splotches of reddish-brown and are about 6.2 cm × 4.5 cm (2.4 in × 1.8 in) and weigh about 65 g (2.3 oz). The eggs are incubated for about 35–43 days to hatching.
The newly hatched chicks weigh only 50–60 g (1.8–2.1 oz), but fledge in 8–10 weeks. A study on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, had an average time between hatching and fledging of 69 days. The same study found an average of 0.66 young fledged per year per occupied territory, and 0.92 young fledged per year per active nest. Some 22% of surviving young either remained on the island or returned at maturity to join the breeding population. When food is scarce, the first chicks to hatch are most likely to survive. The typical lifespan is 7–10 years, though rarely individuals can grow to as old as 20–25 years.
The oldest European wild osprey on record lived to be over thirty years of age. In North America, great horned owls (Bubo virginianus), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), and bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) are the only major predators of ospreys, capable of taking both nestlings and adults. However, kleptoparasitism by bald eagles, where the larger raptor steals the osprey's catch, is more common than predation. The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which is very similar to the bald eagle, may harass or prey on the osprey in Eurasia. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) can be a serious threat to nestlings or eggs if they can access the nest. Endoparasitic trematodes (Scaphanocephalus expansus and Neodiplostomum spp.) have been recorded in wild ospreys.
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built this witchy gal around a cool dreamzzz-themed bam torso. i initially just gave her a wand as an accessory but it felt far too simple for such a cool fig.
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Built in 1960, Birch Tower is a 16-story high-rise in the heart of Fort Lauderdale Beach. Birch Tower has a community pool, entertainment room, workout room and storage for bikes. From the roof top terrace, you can watch the boat parades & air shows or fireworks. The Birch Tower HOA fee includes AC, hot water, water, basic cable and 24 hours security. Small pets are allowed.
Key Features and History:
Architect: Charles McKirahan, who was influenced by European architects like Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
Year Built: 1960.
Stories: 16.
Units: 120.
Style: Mid-century modern, specifically the International Style.
Location: Central Beach neighborhood, near the intersection of Breakers Avenue and Terramar Street.
Unique Architectural Elements: The building is elevated on pylons, allowing vehicles to pass underneath, a design element inspired by Oscar Niemeyer's work in Brazil. It also features a floating, neon-backed sign stretching seven stories.
Significance: Birch Tower is a landmark in Fort Lauderdale's architectural history, representing the city's embrace of modern design in the 1950s and 60s.
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Built in 1920 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Pennsylvania, this locomotive was built for built for the Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad. After being in service with different railroads into the 60s, it was retired and went through a number of owners until it was pulled up to Stettler, AB in the late 80s to run excursion trains for tourists.
Built in 1936, the Jewel Box is a greenhouse located in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1913, the City’s Commissioner of Parks and Recreation expressed concern that the high levels of smoke and soot within the city might have negative consequences for the survival of local plants. A display greenhouse was set up to showcase various plants which could survive. The beautiful displays were described to be "like a jewel box." Later, in 1933, the Mayor of St. Louis decided to build a new facility. Designed by architect William C. E. Becker, the Jewel Box consists of 16,664 square feet of plate glass in over 4,000 panes, set in wood and wrought iron supports and framed by copper. The building cost $125,000 and opened on November 14, 1936. It now serves as a public horticultural facility and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Built during 1945 at the Martin factory in Omaha, Nebraska, with the US military serial 44-86292.
She was allocated to become one of a squadron of ‘Silverplate’ aircraft, specifically converted for the carriage of atomic weapons. The conversions were carried out by Martin’s Modification Center and as well as the necessary bomb bay modifications they also had all gun turrets except the tail turret removed and were fitted with Curtiss electric propellers.
44-86292 was identified as ‘Silverplate Victor 82’ and was delivered to the 393rd Bomb Squadron under the 509th Composite Group, although for security reasons she was painted in the markings of the 6th Bomb Group.
On 24th and 26th July she dropped ‘Pumpkin’ bombs on Japanese industrial targets. Pumpkin bombs were conventional bombs developed by the Manhattan Project to closely replicate the ballistic and handling qualities of the ‘Fat Man’ plutonium bombs.
Then, on 6th August 1945, she delivered the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat. At 08.15 local time, the gun-type fission weapon ‘Little Boy’ was released from 31,000ft over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 injured by the blast, which had a calculated yield of 15 kilotons.
‘Enola Gay’, as she had been named before the mission, was returned to the United States in November 1945 and was stored at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona, between July 1946 and July 1949.
She was stored at Park Ridge, Illinois, from 1949 to 1952, along with other aircraft allocated for museum use. In January 1952 she moved to Pyote AFB, Texas, and remained in store there until 2nd December 1953 when she flew for the final time and delivered herself to Andrews AFB, Maryland. At Andrews she was stored outside until July 1961, when she was dismantled and moved to Silver Hill, Maryland, to join the Smithsonian Institutes other stored aircraft. A mammoth restoration was started in December 1984 and was finally completed in 2002, with spectacular results.
She is seen on display in the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia
7th May 2015
As well as 'Enola Gay', a further 48 aircraft are visible in this shot.
The Udvar Hazy Center is a truly amazing place!