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Built in 1964 as a C-130E and converted to EC-130E, to Project Comfy Levi" configured for Senior Scout and/or Senior Hunter ELINT/SIGINT missions. Broken up at Lockheed Palmdale.
Built in 1896, the site is now part of the athletic field for Mount Carmel High School.
Photo courtesy Bill Latoza
Richmond, BC Canada
EVA, is a wooden gill-netter built in 1937. She is powered by an original two cylinder Easthope engine. Easthope was a local company that manufactured some of the first gasoline engines used to power the West Coast fishing fleet and became a legend in the industry. Eva was built from good quality materials – Western Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar and Douglas Fir to name a few.
She is probably the only vessel in existence to have been exchanged for an exact replica of herself. In 1997, Al Mason, a former resident made an interesting trade with Gus Jacobson, a Finnish fisher with long ties to Finn Slough. Al agreed to trade a working scale model (25.5 inches) of the Eva for the real thing (29.5 feet). Gus had been looking for a good home for the boat ever since he transferred the Eva’s fishing license to his present gill-netter because of a change of the fishing regulations around 1993 when area fishing was set up on the West Coast. Gus knew if a wooden boat was left unused it will deteriorate. Al, a shipwright who had repaired Eva in the past, had his eye on the boat for years and jumped at the chance to take ownership. When Al moved away from the Slough he made sure the Eva went to the Finn Slough Heritage and Wetlands Society. Kevin, another Finn Slough resident has upgraded her moorings among many other things.
Recently, local fishers have considered donating several historic fishing vessels and buildings to the Heritage & Wetland Society for preservation. Included is the “Eva” a twenty-eight foot wooden gillnetter built in 1939 at the “Kishi Boatworks” down river in Steveston. This boat is powered by an original two-cylinder “Easthope” engine.
“Easthope” was a local company that manufactured some of the first gas engines used to power the West Coast fishing fleet and became a legend in the industry. Also donated was a float containing a rare net-soaking tank made of cedar. It was used to keep linen gillnets from falling apart by soaking them in a Blue Stone (copper sulphate) solution.
This was before the advent of nylon nets and environmental awareness. They are in the process of creating a living museum by restoring and maintaining these and other heritage features. The Slough is bounded on the Fraser River side by Gilmore Island and on the north by a dyke built to protect Richmond.
**Information posted at Finn Slough
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My first attempt at an all technic minigun. I don't know if it's any good because I haven't seen any other examples, but I'm sure you can tell that it is a minigun. :)
Built by the Knights Templar in the 12th/13th century. This view shows the font which was rediscovered in a farmer's field and is believed to have been of Saxon origin. Wall decorations are Tudor and show excerpts from biblical tracts.
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(built 1992, see tags for further known data). Op dit werk is een Creative Commons Licentie van toepassing.
Built 1925. 120 S. State Street, Chicago Illinois.The Singer Corporation originally used it as office space.
First built to a height of 60 meters (197 feet) with five stories, it is now 64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high with an additional two stories. It was said that after that addition came the saying, 'Saving a life exceeds building a seven-storied pagoda'.
Built: 1970, rebuild 2005
Dimensions: 192 feet length/ 29 feet beam/ 10.5 feet draft
Class: Luxury Class
Type: Motor Vessel/ cruise
Capacity: 32 passengers
Crew: 18 crew members + 2 naturalist guides
Accommodation: 16 cabins with private bathroom, climate controls, safe-boxes and ample space to hang and store clothing
Facilities: lounge with a bar and facilities for lectures, slide shows and films, library with a wide range of books, movies and games, Inside and Al Fresco Dinning Areas, sundeck with rattan furniture, small hot tub on bow with sun chairs and ample outside deck space
Activities: walks & hikes, snorkeling, kayaking, dinghy rides
Safety and navigation: Complete navigation and safety equipment
Specific feature: Small hot tub with lounge chairs, extensive outside areas, sea kayaks, snorkeling gear and wetsuits, kids club
The mud-brick enclosure, built by King Khasekhemwy of the Second Dynasty at Hieraconpolis. Left side of the projecting entrance way.
The "Fort" had many features that are unique and suggest it may never have been intended for funerary use. Unlike the rectangular enclosures at Abydos, the Fort is nearly square in plan, and has a single projecting entrance way, which was decorated in both phases with a complex pattern of niched brick work. To either side of the entrance are narrow chambers that presumably once held stairways allowing access to the ramparts. This projecting gateway and its flanking chambers are features not found in any other monument of this type, but bear a similarity to niched-façade palace discovered in the Dynastic town of Nekhen in the flood plain (Weeks 1972), to date, the only niche architecture known from a non-mortuary setting.
Text from www.hierakonpolis-online.org/index.php/explore-the-fort
In a house built 1883 by George White, a day school was opened 1890 by Mrs Kathleen Pittar Kingston & Miss Mary Dow, taking boarders 1891. In 1892 a schoolroom was built joining the second 8-room house next door. The 2 principals took separate roles 1906 with Mrs Kingston continuing to teach music & singing. In 1912 to accommodate more boarders Miss Dow used “Keera” on Pier St while conducting her day school at Yoothamurra in Bristol St, closed 1926. Mrs Kingston’s music school closed 1928.
“Mrs. Kingston and Miss Dow, having entered into partnership, intend after Easter opening a Kindergarten in connection with their Dayschool at Bristol-street, Glenelg. Classes for German, French, Drawing, Dancing, and Art Needlework by competent teachers.” [Register 23 Feb 1891 advert]
“Kindergarten and Day School, Bristol-Street, Glenelg. . . Mrs. Kingston and Miss Dow (assisted by an efficient Staff of Teachers). Pupils prepared for University Examinations. . . Languages. . . Drawing, Dancing, and Needlework (Plain and Art). . . At Midwinter Mrs. Kingston and Miss Dow will be prepared to receive Boarders.” [Register 1 Apr 1891 advert]
“Seaside, Glenelg. Bristol-street. Principals Mrs Kingston and Miss Dow. . . Two large schoolrooms and other additions now being completed a limited number of Boarders can be received. Pupils prepared for the University Examinations. Languages by a Professor. Dancing every Thursday. Kindergarten in connection with the above School. Boarders will have the advantage of regular seabathing.” [Evening Journal 29 Sep 1891 advert]
“Yoothamurra, Bristol-street, Glenelg. Mrs. Kingston, Miss Dow, Principals. Next Quarter will Begin on Tuesday, October 9th.” [Register 5 Oct 1894 advert]
“In response to the invitation of Mrs. S. G. Kingston and Miss Dow, the principals, of ‘Yoothamurra’, Glenelg, a large and fashionable audience assembled in the Glenelg Town Hall on Monday evening to witness the annual prize distribution. The demonstration of this institution always includes a first-class musical programme.” [Advertiser 18 Dec 1894]
“Yoothamurra, Glenelg. . . Extensive additions having just been completed, there are now vacancies for an increased number of Boarders.” [Petersburg Times 17 Aug 1900 advert]
“Yoothamurra School. . . Principal, Miss Dow.” [Advertiser 6 Sep 1905 advert]
“Music, Pianoforte and Theory. Mrs. Kingston, Bristol-street, Glenelg. First term of 1906 will begin on Tuesday, 30th January. Evening pupils taken.” [Advertiser 24 Jan 1906 advert]
“Miss Dow has taken Keera, corner of Pier and Bristol street, Glenelg, as a boarding house for the well-known Yoothamurra School. The boarders have outgrown the old house in Bristol street, which will be still used as a dayschool.” [Observer 27 Jan 1912]
“For Sale. Yoothamurra Schoolrooms (lately occupied by Miss Dow), Bristol Street, Glenelg. Apply Mrs, Kingston, Bristol-street, Glenelg.” [Glenelg Guardian 30 Sep 1915 advert]
“Miss Dorothy Kingston, No. 8 Bristol-street, Glenelg, Day School and Kindergarten. First term of 1917 commences Wednesday, 31st January. Special arrangements for summer visitors. Mrs. Kingston, Pianoforte and Theory.” [Glenelg Guardian 25 Jan 1917 advert]
“Yoothamurra school. Glenelg. Church of England Boarding and Day School for Girls. Head Mistress: Miss Dow. Kindergarten to Leaving Honours.” [Glenelg Guardian 24 Feb 1927 advert]
KATHLEEN PITTAR KINGSTON
“KINGSTON.— [Died] On the 3rd June. Kathleen Pittar, widow of Strickland Gough Kingston.” [Advertiser 5 Jun 1929]
“Mrs. Kathleen Pittar Kingston. . . was the youngest daughter of the late Rev. Lionel Stanton, one-time incumbent of St. Mary's, Burra. Her husband, who predeceased her, was Strickland Gough (Pat.) Kingston, younger son of Sir George Kingston. . . Her children are Mrs. Walter Stuart, wife of the master of the Supreme Court, and Miss Dorothy Kingston. At one time Mrs. Kingston
conducted Goothamurra [sic] School in conjunction with Miss Dow. Like all her family, Mrs. Kingston was a brilliant and successful teacher. For many years her mother and sisters, Mrs. and the Misses Stanton, conducted Blanche Villa, Glenelg, a day and boarding school for girls.” [Advertiser 8 Jun 1929]
MARY DOW
“DOW. — [Died] On September 19, Mary Dow, of 28 Pier st., Glenelg. Privately cremated.” [Advertiser 22 Sep 1943]
“Miss Mary Dow. . . Resident of Glenelg for 60 years, she was a prominent educationist and was responsible for the excellent training of many day girls and boarders at her well known Yoothamurra School in Pier street, Glenelg. . . [Her] father, John Dow, first manager of Canowie Station for H. S. Price. . . John Dow was married in the dining-room at Booborowie homestead by the Rev. Mr. Isbister, of St. Mary's, Burra, and Miss Mary Dow was born in that town 83 years ago.” [Advertiser 23 Sep 1943]
"KEERA"
“Auction. . . instructed by the Trustees of the Estate of the late Wm. Crozier. . . 2 Acres 2 Roods and 14 Perches. . . New Glenelg together with the Family Residence known as Keera, containing three reception rooms, seven family bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchens, Laundry, storeroom, cellars, &c. At rear there is coach-house, with harness-room, five-stall stable, two loose boxes, cartshed, man's room, hayloft, fowl yards.” [Advertiser 6 Nov 1906 advert]
“£3000 — Grand Residence, known as ‘Keera’, Glenelg. The land has frontages to Pier-st, The Mall, and Bristol-st. This property was formerly occupied by Mr. J. Crozier, and is for Sale at the above low figure in order to close estate accounts.” [Advertiser 26 Mar 1907 advert]
Built in the 1920s this old stone building with its Funtionalist Moderne windows and ornamental Mock Tudor gables used to be a restaurant.
Located in the Victorian country town of Korumburra, the former restaurant has long since closed and where once ladies sat taking tea at intimately grouped tables there now lies the burnt out remains of the interior, which is slowly being reclaimed by nature. Sadly, all the stylish Functionalist Moderne windows have had their panes smashed, but the frames, rusty and still held in their closed position as they were left, give an idea of how the restaurant must once have looked. The building features a typically picturesque high gabled roof line and ornamental fretwork on the boards beneath the eaves to give it that Tudorbethan style, so popular across Britain and her dominions. The whole building was once painted white and the struts on the fretwork picked out in black to give it the Olde English look that would have made this a delightful place to be.
In spite of its dereliction, there is still beauty to be found in this building. Not only is the stylish skeleton still standing proud, but in the light that fills the building's interior through the broken skeletal panes of the windows and clusters of brightly coloured nasturtiums (a remnant of the former cottage garden about the restaurant) that still spring up from amongst the grass.
Korumburra is a medium-sized dairy and farming town in country Victoria, located on the South Gippsland Highway, 120 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. Surrounded by rolling green hills, the town has a population of a little over 4,000 people. Korumburra has built itself on coal mining (after the discovery of a coal seam in 1870), local forestry and dairy farming. Whilst the coal seam has been used up, farming in the area still thrives and a great deal of dairy produce is created from the area. The post office in the area opened on the 1st of September in 1884, and moved to the township on the railway survey line on the 1st of November 1889, the existing office being renamed Glentress. The steam railway connecting it with Melbourne arrived in 1891. Whilst the train line has long since operating commercially, it has found a new life as the popular tourist railway the South Gippsland Railway which operates a heritage railway service between the major country centre of Leongatha and the small market town of Nyora.
Built in honor of "Compassion Dave," a formerly homeless man, who compiled a book on compassion, based on asking people "What does compassion mean to you?" at the Davis Farmer's Market. Accross the street from the market.
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RIP Dave
The community board meeting took place in order to discuss the proposed mosque to be built next to ground zero. While the project is usually referred to as the “mosque at ground zero”, the project’s official name is the Cordoba Initiative. The Imam and the developers were in attendance to present the project, and many politicians (or rather their representatives) were on hand, along with many of those in favor or opposed.
First spoke the elected officials, who—in the typical New York political elitist fashion— slandered and insulted their opposition. Councilwoman Margaret Chin spoke before a single opponent of the mosque ever came up to the microphone to state their position, but that didn’t stop her from accusing those against it of “bigotry”.
And while Margaret Chin chose to offend the opposition to the mosque (most of whom present were families of 9-11 victims and first responders) in person, other local figures sent their cronies. A representative of Scott Stringer, President of the Borough of Manhattan, handed out a letter to everyone prior to the meeting in which he refers to the mosque as a “multi-faith community and cultural center” and claims that this “center has been the subject of bigoted attacks that contain a strain of religious and racial hatred more extreme than anything we have seen in NYC for some time.” I guess an attempt to kill hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists at Times Square by an Islamist Faisal Shahzad less than a month prior was not extreme enough for Stringer and, instead of jihadism, Stringer seems to have identified the enemy as a TEA Party leader whom he rips apart throughout this unsolicited letter. While the TEA Party’s opposition is referred to as a “bigoted agenda”, the mosque itself is referred to as a “vibrant and world-class facility in NYC which will promote tolerance and pluralism”. Of course he fails to provide any example of mosques in NYC or in the world that have EVER promoted tolerance or pluralism, but perhaps he didn’t think that any attendee would dare question his superior judgment in the matter. Please be sure to read his disgusting letter
After the political cronies spoke, Feisal Abdul Rauf', the Imam in charge of this “community center” was given time to present his proposal. He started his speech with “for many years I’ve had a dream…” (I wonder what Dr. King would have thought of a ‘grand wizard’ proposing to build a “community center” at the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama). The Imam also claimed that this “community center” would promote multi-culturalism; he was so sure of it that his speech was sprinkled throughout with that deceiving phrase. But his presentation brought with it an unexpected turning point. Not because of anything he planned to share with us in his carefully prepared PC jargoned speech, but because of a question by one of the board members who wanted to know if the proposed “community center” would hold prayer. The Imam said “yes”, to which the board member replied, “then it is a house of worship, not a community center”.
Without any objection to that by the Imam or speakers that followed, the term “community center” began to very gradually disappear. But don’t think that anyone’s opinion actually changed as a result. The supporters of the project “formerly” known as a “community center” still believed that it was somehow related to diversity and that it would in no way be an insult to those who died due to Islamist ideology, nor would it serve as a monument of jihadist victory.
But neither the councilwoman nor the Imam were the most offensive or distasteful of the proponents of the mosque. Daisy Khan of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, who also happens to be Imam’s wife, blew their insults and lies out of the water. (I don’t recall her being introduced as Rauf’s wife at the meeting, but I can’t be sure.) She lectured and she yelled – yes, yelled – at the families of victims, the first responders, and her fellow New Yorkers. She yelled that she is “tired of bearing the cross [and will do so] no longer” because apparently she and the Muslim community were the real victims of the 9-11 attacks—not the families who lost their loved ones, not the cities that lost their monuments, and not the country that lost its feeling of security.
Without a single mosque destroyed and with very few anti-Muslim incidents, hearing from this woman about her supposed victimization in that auditorium was absolutely sickening. It didn’t help when for weeks after (and prior) she dominated the time on television appearing calm and together and claiming among other nonsense – I kid you not – that the reason they chose the ground zero site to build a mosque is to provide a “blow to the extremists”. I’m sure radical Muslims would just hate it if New York built a mosque on the ground where American buildings were destroyed and thousands of Americans were murdered by jihadists … right? READ HER RIDICULOUS QUOTE AGAIN. Now listen to it for yourself from the horse’s mouth because I wouldn’t have believed it either. (starts at 1:10) www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7WbTv_gsx4&playnext_from=TL&...
Other supporters of the mosque included two priests and a rabbi (no, it isn’t a start to a joke – although I wish it was) of the leftist “co-exist” variety all of whom supported the mosque. And while there were some clergy present that (judging by applause and reactions) opposed the mosque, they did not come up to the microphone. The supporting clergy seemed to have gone to the same rhetoric school as the Imam, using terms like “multi-culturalism”, “tolerance”, “community relations and understanding”, and other jargon that had no actual relevance to the topic.
There was also a Caucasian woman with a baby who introduced herself as someone who had converted to Islam … in 2006, if I’m not mistaken. She lied about how difficult it is to find information and resources on Islam in NY. I say she lied not only because there are hundreds of mosques in the 5 boroughs, but also because as a recent convert she is a prime example of someone who was able to find and act on this information. Of course, she didn’t specify why ground zero is a better location than any other for this apparently “valuable to the city” information about the religion all 911 hijackers belonged to.
Now that I have gone on and on about the supporters of the mosque (aka “community center”) and the temple’s money changers, let me talk about the opponents of a mosque being build at ground zero ... Not a single one of them opposed a mosque being built; the prevailing request was simply “build it somewhere else”.
First opponent to speak was the celebrated publisher, editor, and columnist Pamela Geller. She was the one to point out what Cordoba means to the Muslim world. Cordoba is a city in Spain that was the first major city to fall to Muslim conquerors and become an Islamic caliphate and a symbol of Islamic conquest of the West. She also called the mosque “a shrine to the very ideology that inspired 9-11”. Sure seems a lot more plausible than Daisy’s explanation for why the mosque has to overlook ground zero.
A gentleman who lost his brother in WTC and represents the largest ‘families of victims of 9-11’ groups introduced some of those present who lost loved ones at ground zero. He protested the lectures and the labels that were bestowed on these families for their “legitimate, legal opposition to this Muslim ‘multi-cultural center’”. He pointed out that while there is proposed building of this mosque at ground zero, the committees have refused to allow monuments to the tragedy of 9-11, including the WTC sphere which was heavily damaged during the terrorist attack and has become an iconic symbol of the tragedy. At this time the sphere is temporarily housed at Battery Park. “If we should honor multi-culturalism and diversity at ground zero, we should honor and remember victims of 9-11,” he concluded.
Tim Brown, a former NYC firefighter who lost dozens of his friends and colleagues, fellow first responders, to the jihadist terrorist attack, has been a tireless voice for memories of victims and their loved ones. He questioned where the money for the mosque was coming from. He had received “5 different answers on 5 different occasions from them”, which included my favorite “we don’t have to tell you, talk to our lawyers”, as well as “three different organizations, but [the Imam] refused to name them” and “from American taxpayers”. Mr. Brown also pointed out that Cordoba Initiative has been very deceiving in other ways, such as removing the word “mosque” from their web site despite the fact that they explicitly wrote initially that there will be a mosque at the top of the building (overlooking ground zero).
Questions were also raised about the Imam Rauf, his public statements, and his pro-Sharia stance as described in his publications and interviews. His travels to countries that openly support terrorism and forced Islamization of the West were also questioned and may indicate where funding from the mosque could be coming from.
Follow up note: Listening to the Imam Rauf speak to various news organizations in the days following the meeting, he offered even more non-specific answers to where the money comes from, such as it comes from people who “want to see peace between Muslims and non-Muslims”. Again, nice politically savvy keywords… but no actual answer to a rather direct question he obviously knows the answer to. Trying to hide something, Faisal Abdul?
One of the many victim’s families present was a woman with a photo of her son who was murdered by the Islamic terrorists. She didn’t yell like Daisy, the Imam’s wife, and she did not dish out insults like Congresswoman Chin. Her voice trembled as she mentioned her son’s name and held his photo towards the committee, “this is my son”, she said, “this is firefighter George Kane.” She held back tears as she spoke. She said that “the location [of the mosque] is insensitive to families. It is also insensitive to the voiceless victims the possibility that anyone who supports Islamic extremism could walk on graves of the victims … [it is] an outrage.”
Another woman spoke with a similar shaking voice about her 23-year-old son who “was murdered on September 11th”. She also wasn’t a bigot, but wanted to know “why are you suggesting that it be two blocks from ground zero?”
Mrs. Kane and the others who spoke through tears and with photos of their murdered children in their trembling hands, made me think of what they were being asked to do. Nine years later, they were being asked to “move on” or “heal”, as mosque supporters were suggesting. I can’t even begin to imagine what that ignorant request could do to an eternally grieving mother.
A sweet elderly couple’s last conversation with their son was via cell phone while he was on a hijacked plane… just before he was murdered. They mentioned that there were 20 mosques that located around the area where they lived, and that they would be ok with another one being built close to them, but they also asked for “understanding and sensitivity” when it comes to building one near ground zero.
Yet from the comments of NYC politicians and supporters of the mosque, we know that understanding and sensitivity will not be shown to the victims’ families nor reflect the wishes of voting New Yorkers. They will instead be shown to others who are apparently deemed more – not even equally but more – crucial to the future of NYC and the memories of those who perished in the terrorist attacks.
Here are a few youtube links on regarding this meeting:
Pamela Geller's full 2 minute speech from the meeting
a firefighter and first responder Tim Brown speaks A MUST SEE
Built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1895 for Scotland's Duke of Sutherland, it was named for his ancestral residence, "Dunrobin Castle". It was the Duke's very own private locomotive, except during the two World Wars when she was conscripted by the government for use in transporting hospital patients and as a switch engine. She was retired in 1949 and became the property of a businessman in Victoria British Columbia. Eventually purchased by the British Columbian government, she returned to active service in 1967 as a tourist attraction at Fort Steele Heritage Town near Cranbrook British Columbia. In 2010, she was sold to the Beamish Museum in England, and on May 18, 2011, she arrived home. According to the Beamish Museum website, she is currently undergoing restoration and should be returned to service sometime in 2013.
Built in 1882 by James Husk of Wivenhoe, COMUS OF WIVENHOE is a gaff rigged wooden schooner of carvel construction. Her current engine is a Gardner 6 cylinder diesel installed in 1982. She is undergoing restoration at Heybridge Basin, Essex.
With 88 rear wheel horsepower in a sub-300lb package, this example is arguably the quickest and best handling old-school 750cc TT1 in North America.
I built this TT1 using period components as a relatively faithful replica of the TT1s that ran in the AMA BOTT GP class back in the day. The only deviation being the modern (90s) calipers and pumps, ignition coils and the non standard crankcase breather box in the seat. However, it differs from most TT1 replicas in that it was built to be a fast and reliable track bike. Over the years I’ve found that the only TT1 frame that seems to work well with modern 17” wheels & slicks is the final series Verlicchi large diameter, thin wall. Back in the day, Reno Leoni had DM Frames make a copy of the Verlicchi and DM has since modified the jig to allow for the use of a big block motor. The DM version was checked digitally last year against the Verlicchi and they are geometrically identical, however the DM is 12mm longer between the upper cross brace and the steering head. I countered this somewhat with the offset on my triple clamps, but the small difference in trail gives the DM a bit more stability with a very small decrease in agility.
The whole thing is held together with over $900 in titanium and aluminum fasteners. Every bearing and seal in the motor and on the machine is new. The bike is a highly-developed example of an old-school TT1 – works brilliantly on the track and handles better than any TT1 I’ve ridden. The bike and motor were built with care and a high level of attention to detail over an 18 month period. It was broken in correctly on the dyno and then saw six horsepower/tuning pulls and roughly 4.5 hours of track time. I’ve run the bike at Calabogie and Mosport – and came away delighted with the performance and handling on both occasions.
The specs are:
DM TT1 Frame
Marvic 3-spoke magnesium wheels with floating 280mm Brembo rotors front and 260mm rear
Brembo P3034 calipers with authentic Brembo racing caliper adapters
Brembo 996 series pumps
Authentic TT1 Brembo rear master
Marzocchi M1R forks substantially modified by Lindeman engineering back in the day (they work like no M1R I’ve ever experienced)
Authentic TT1 Marzocchi 195mm triple clamps
TZ replica throttle
Scitsu tacho
851 clip-ons (Verlicchi)
Authentic NCR electrics plate
Bosch ignition (rewired pick-ups) with Dyna 3 ohm coils
Custom-built Stadium shock (rebound plus Hi & Lo speed compression adjustment)
750 F1 aluminum swing arm
Leoncinni TT1 Replica floating rear brake caliper mount
Leoncinni TT1 Replica rear sets
Old Racing Spares endurance tank and TT1 seat with custom, integrated breather box
Bimota DB1R fender & mount
Romanelli TT1 fairing
loudbike open NCR replica exhaust
loudbike 85db Weber exhaust
750 Sport-based bottom end built by Gary Palmer
800SS rods
Lightened clutch basket, clutch housing, primaries and flywheel
JPrecision heads with new valves, guides & seats and NCR #7 cams with STM adjustable pulleys
Modified F1B pistons (12.5:1 compression)
Mikuni TM Pro-series 41mm flat slides
Mikuni vacuum fuel pump
Modified Old Racing Spares cam end covers
Oil cooler with Starlite hoses, Earls fittings and top-end lubrication via cam end cover feed
Magnesium rocker covers
Dyno-tuned to 88hp, 56ftlbs torque
The fiberglass fairing is a period piece, so there are some minor surface cracks already starting to show. As well, there is some minor paint blistering (two quarter sized areas) from heat off the 95bd exhaust.
You can see the dyno runs at www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6lMRYyqrz4&feature=share&...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mt_-oKAIMs&feature=share&...
You can read about the progress of the build on my blog at:
loudbike.blogs.com/loud_bike/2013/07/back-in-the-saddle.html
loudbike.blogs.com/loud_bike/2012/09/4th-annual-ducati-tt...
loudbike.blogs.com/loud_bike/2012/05/ducati-750-tt1-and-b...
loudbike.blogs.com/loud_bike/2011/12/winter-2011-loudbike...
Built: 1869
Architect: Alfred B. Mullett
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Courthouse
The oldest federal building in the Pacific Northwest
I built a little Döner Kebab snackbar next tot the mayor's residence. The contrast betwen the somewhat unbalanced first floor facade with the ugly sign, and the 19-century Dutch neo-renaissance facade above, is intentional.
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 47160 (cn 2313) Built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of GM, the FM-2 was an improved version of the Wildcat. With lightened structure and a more powerful Wright R-1820 radial engine, the FM-2 was notably quicker, faster climbing, longer ranged and more maneuverable than its predecessor. The new plane had a distinctive, taller vertical tail to help control the increased power. It was a great improvement, and more than four thousand FM-2s were built in 1943-45. Of those, over three hundred went to the British.
"Royal Navy 'County' Class Destroyer "HMS KENT" in the Portsmouth Navy Yards in July 1989.
Name: HMS Kent Ordered: 6 February 1957 Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast Laid down: 1 March 1960 Launched: 27 September 1961 Commissioned: 15 August 1963 Decommissioned: 1980 Struck: 1993 Identification: Pennant number: D12 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1998 Class & type: County-class destroyer Beam: 53 ft (16 m) Propulsion: COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2 shafts Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx or Wessex helicopter
Camera: Olympus AZ-4 Zoom 35mm SLR
Quite a large number of nests already built. A few renovations and they are ready for new families
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Greenethorpe. The village was built in 1908 to house share farmers contracted to work 640 acre blocks on Iandra castle estate. Two style of houses are clear- those for share farmers and those for labourers. The Anglican Church and the first Methodist churches were built in 1910 with the current Methodist in 1928 and the Catholic in 1933. The original railway siding of 1887 called Iandra was changed to Greenethorpe in 1908. The Greenethorpe School was established in 1903 and the Post Office started in 1908. The town survives with 120 residents and the Shamrock Hotel, the local hall, a state school (23 students), Post Office and general store/café in the old 1935 bank building. From 1991 the rail service to Grenfell terminated at Greenethorpe but it has closed. The town alive it began house rental scheme with weekly rental was set at $1 for disused houses
Iandra Castle. George and Elizabeth Greene were settlers with a difference when they purchased their 32,000 acre property in 1878. They built their first homestead named Mount Oriel House in 1880. Greene was a NSW politician and a man with ideas. By the time he died in 1911 his Mount Oriel estate had over 20,000 acres sown in crop. His obituary said he came to a landscape of bush and transformed it into a granary. His estate used 700 horses and employed over 600 people plus various chaffcutters, thrashers etc and the woolshed sheared 30,000 sheep. He came to NSW in 1847 with his parents and spent most of his life on pastoral properties before he purchased Iandra. He dreamed of a medieval feudal system to grow vast areas of crop with little labour. He was regarded as the most important wheat farmer in Australia along with William Farrer who developed his rust resistant wheat type. Greene claims to have introduced the concept of share farming to Australia. He provided the land and took half of the value of the crop but the share farmer bought the seed, fertiliser and provided the labour to sow and reap the crop. But did he? Share cropping was common in the American south after the Civil War and Elizabeth Onlsow (nee MacArthur of Camden Park NSW) introduced share farming on their dairy property in 1887. Greene established his village with houses for the fifty sharefarmers contracted to work his lands. He started with one share farmer in 1891 and gradually expanded the system. His estate manager, named Leonard l’Anson came from Waterloo in South Australia and members of the Freebairn family from Alma in SA also moved to Iandra to be share farmers. George Greene wanted a medieval castle like a medieval lord. Iandra castle was built in 1908 with 57 rooms, castellations and towers but the construction was decidedly modern with reinforced concrete walls. The style was slightly Gothic but the interior was very Edwardian with wood panelling and Art Nouveau stained glass panels etc. The external concrete was rendered to appear like stone. It cost around £63,000 to build. The property included stables, a manager’s residence, outbuildings, blacksmith shop, sheds etc. Near the house was a chapel built in 1886 and a cemetery. When George Greene died in 1911 he was buried there. The estate was partially broken up in 1914 and most share farmers were able to buy their 640 acre blocks. I’Anson continued as manager for Elizabeth Greene until her death in 1927. He was then able to buy 2,500 acres and the castle. Later Iandra castle was used as the Methodist Boys Home from 1954 to 1974. The Methodist Boys Farm School was for 15 to 18 year old first time offenders. They were taught farming skills. The Methodist Church sold the centre in 1974.
Built by Herzog & de Meuron.Welcome.
Weil a Rhein, Baden Wurttemberg, DE
The VitraHaus, built by Herzog & de Meuron.
Vitra Campus
Charles-Eames-Str. 2
D-79576 Weil am Rhein
Contact the VitraHaus
vitrahaus@vitra.com
Built in 1928 & closed in 2008 this station at 5720 N Ridge was sold for $36,000 to be rehabbed into the offices the non-profit Chicago Filmmakers. They are maintaining the structure & feel of the building.
1994 Thomas Built International 3700 DT360
Seats 66C 44A
1 of 12 originally (111-122)
as of 2010 1 of 2 (see 119)
Originally was in blackout scheme.
Retired Feb. 2011
035123
Conventional
1994
440
Thomas International D Auto A DT360
236,599 (miles)
1HVBBPEN4RH558765 (VIN #)
Wallkill NY
19 Seats, P-9/D-9 Windows
^Sales Listing.
Built in 1974 for Townsend Thoresen used mainly out of Portsmouth to Le Havre / Cherbourg rebuilt after this shot in 1986 with enlarged upper decks, in 1987 all Townsend services were taken over by P&O European Ferries after the Zeebrugge incident, she was renamed Pride of Hampshire, later sold in 2002 to Egypt , scrapped 2010 in India.