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Belgenland was built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast; Ireland and launched on 31 Dec 1914. It was renamed as Belgic in 1917 and used as a cargo ship for the White Star Line; renamed Belgenland; she sailed first on 14 April; 1923 for the Red Star Line until 1934 when it was transferred to the Panama-Pacific Line in 1934 and renamed Columbia. It was scrapped in Scotland in 1936.
Built in 1912-1913, this Arts and Crafts-style hotel was designed by Fred Loring Seeley for Edwin Wiley Grove, and is known as the Grove Park Inn. Edwin Wiley Grove, whom had made his fortune selling Grove's Chill Tonic, used to help relieve symptoms brought on by malaria that was then endemic to the southern and midwestern United States, manufactured by his company, the Paris Medicine Company, which originated in Paris, Tennessee, before moving its operations to the larger city of St. Louis, Missouri. Grove had a summer house in Asheville, built circa 1897, prior to the construction of the inn, with Fred Loring Seeley, his son-in-law and business partner, having spent extensive time in the area with Grove and his wife, Evelyn Grove Seeley. The land upon which the hotel and nearby Kimberly Avenue neighborhood was later built was purchased by Grove in 1910, acquiring land all the way to the top of Sunset Mountain, as well as several tuberculosis sanatariums that Grove closed and demolished in order to change the reputation of Asheville’s health-focused resorts. Part of the land, atop Sunset Mountain, later became home to Seeley’s Castle, a large, Tudor Revival-style castle-like mansion built similarly of rough stone, and also designed by Seeley, but featuring more medieval appearance. The hotel went through several designs by various professional architects before Grove settled upon a design by Fred Loring Seeley, which featured a simple facade clad in rough granite stones, with a shingled cotswold cottage-style roof with dormers and curved edges, casement windows, and an all-concrete interior structure. The interior of the building was outfitted with Arts and Crafts furnishings and finishes designed and built by Roycrofters, a firm based in East Aurora, New York, and was opened in a ceremony with William Jennings Bryan as the keynote speaker. The hotel featured a large dining room in the northwest wing, with a tile floor and simple plaster walls, which sat next to the hotel’s original service wing, which housed the kitchen, laundry, and other service areas, a large Great Hall, serving as a lobby and lounge, in the center wing, with stone columns and massive stone fireplaces, a plaster ceiling, and a tile floor, and guest rooms on the upper floors, with a large atrium, known as the Palm Court, directly above the Great Hall, and four stories in height, crowned with a large skylight. The hotel was marketed as a health-conscious retreat for wealthy visitors. The hotel has hosted former United States Presidents William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama in its over century-long history. The hotel was utilized during World War II to house diplomats from the Axis Powers, and later by the US Navy as a rest and rehabilitation center for returning sailors, and in 1944-45, as a US Army Redistribution Station, where soldiers rested before being assigned duties in other parts of the army. Following World War II, contingency plans in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States involved moving the US Supreme Court to the Hotel, as Asheville sat far inland in the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a far more defensible location than many major cities, and had very little strategic value compared to most cities of its size. In 1955, the hotel was purchased by Sammons Enterprises, owned by Charles Sammons, and underwent a modernization, seeing the stone columns in the lobby stripped and clad in aqua-colored vinyl wallpaper, the addition of a pool to the southeast terrace, a large two-story concrete motel structure that sat southeast of the hotel along the hillside, and later, the addition of a wing to the southwest, which appears to have only lasted about a decade and a half before being demolished. In 1976, the Sammons family purchased the adjacent Asheville Country Club and Golf Course, before embarking on a major renovation and expansion of the hotel between 1982 and 1988, with the addition of the massive Vanderbilt Wing and Sammons Wing on the south facade of the building, obscuring the original service wing, northwest wing, and heavily altering the hotel’s appearance with their white EIFS-clad facades, postmodern rooflines based on the original hotel, bands of horizontal and vertical black-tinted glass curtain walls, and minimal usage of rough stone. The Sammons Wing contains conference spaces, a parking garage, and service areas for the hotel, with guest rooms along the southern and western edges of the building, with the Vanderbilt Wing containing hotel rooms along the southern and eastern edges of the building, wrapping around a central parking garage, and also containing a large multi-story atrium and restaurants. The original wing of the hotel was restored as part of this project, with the columns in the lobby being clad in oak surrounds, the stonework and roof being repaired, the palm court being brought back to its original appearance, and furnishings from the period of significance for the hotel being re-introduced to the interior. Around the turn of the millennium, the grounds in front of the historic inn and between the two modern wings was re-landscaped with waterfalls, terraces, and gardens, with a new Spa building being constructed below the hotel, partially underground, between the two wings, with the two previous swimming pools on the hotel grounds being closed at this time. In 2012, the hotel was purchased by KSL Resorts for $120 million, whom subsequently sold it to Omni Hotels in 2013, with the hotel being rebranded as The Omni Grove Park Inn. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, though this would not have been possible following the massive alterations the building underwent in the 1980s, as the renovations have significantly and irreversibly altered the historic hotel, and have removed several character-defining features, though this is understandable in that it was done to keep the hotel economically viable in the modern age of larger resorts and economies of scale, which made the hotel in its previous form no longer economically viable.
- built in 1989
- VIN: 250.59.1989.0582
- 1992 - 2005: Egervin Zrt., CJZ-866 → 2003: FSF-890
- 2005 - 2020: private owner
- 2020 - : private owner
- Polgár, Archeopark
69003 built by Electroputere in Craiova Romania in 1976 as class 56 56018 rebuilt as 69003 in 2021 at EMD Longport for use by GB railfreight seen in undercoat on it's way to Eastleigh works to be painted seen at Ifield station Crawley running 80 late
Built in 1880–1881, the new Victoria Bridge connected Torry directly to Aberdeen and helped a large fishing township to grow up on the south side of the River Dee.
Among the boats hauled ashore in this painting of the 'Cutting' (the River Dee's new channel), the closest is the 'Morning Star' of the Downies Village.
The natural course of the Southern section of the River Dee estuary lies slightly to the North of its present course. Aberdeen was an increasingly expanding City with its Dockside Trade and Fishing in the 19th century.
The original Harbour was deemed to be too small for this expansion and the idea was mooted to divert the course of the River Dee slightly to the South.
This would have the effect of enlarging the Harbour area and create a further Docks and Quaysides, which was necessary to accommodate the expanding Trade.
The River Dee was therefore diverted in 1868 to its present course and the Albert Quay created. The Council were initially keen to build a bridge to Torry on the Southern side, over this newly diverted River, as this would open up a new area for expansion and allow the building of more Industrial and Residential accommodation.
After a great deal of argument, this proposal foundered, but after a Ferry Disaster in 1876, when 32 people died, the idea was taken up again and this Bridge was built in 1881. A plaque on the Bridge notes the Ferry Disaster which occurred in the Harbour Navigation Channel between Torry and Footdee .
In 1868 a Harbour Act was obtained for the erection of the South Breakwater, the extension of the North Pier, and the diversion of the River Dee. These works involved the expenditure of a large sum of money, which mounted up to £500,000 before they were completed. Mr J W Barclay - the Shore Master - and others wished the Town Council to take in hand also the purchase of Torry Farm as an investment sure to be highly remunerative if a Bridge were made for the new channel of the River, and they proposed that the Bridge should be built before the diversion was effected. The Provost - Mr Alexander Nicol - and others, thinking they had enough in hand, objected to the purchase of Torry Farm, though not averse to building the bridge. The progressive party in the Council purchased half of Torry Farm in a somewhat irregular manner, litigation followed, the purchase was not completed, and the erection of the Bridge was postponed indefinitely.
The Local Foundry Proposals
In 1871 Mr Harper Foundry Owner and Suspension Bridge Designer offered to erect a foot-bridge across the new channel at his own sole risk and expense, in return for a pontage of a halfpence for every person who passed over the Bridge within the 1st year after it was completed. It was feared that the structure would be too slight, and little favour was shown for this proposal. In the same year Mr Harper repeated his offer, proposing to erect a Bridge fit to carry as many people as could find standing room upon it, for a pontage extending over 2 years or amounting to £1260; but nothing came of these proposals.
In 1876 some 32 lives were lost in a Ferry-boat Disaster on the Dee. This gave a stimulus to schemes for erecting a substantial Bridge for wheeled conveyances and heavy traffic. The Aberdeen Land Association, who had purchased Torry Farm, offered £4000 to help with the Bridge. Blaikie Brothers Iron Founders proposed a Bridge with ribbed iron arches, to cost £17,500; James Abernethy Iron Founder proposed one with iron lattice girders, to cost £12,000; and Andrew Gibb, lithographer, prepared a plan for a Bridge of Granite, which was preferred to the iron bridges.
The designs were submitted to Mr Willet, C.E., who recommended Messrs Blaikie's Bridge as being sufficient and cheap; but Mr John Fyfe of Kemnay was anxious to see a Granite Bridge put up, and he offered to build Alexander Gibb's Bridge for £17,000. This caused the 3 designs to be sent to Mr Edward L J Blyth, (Edinburgh Engineer) who recommended a Granite Bridge and gave plans and specifications. Mr Fyfe contracted to build the Bridge according to these for £19,000; but before it was completed it cost £25,000, including preliminary expenses for Plans and advice and unexpected difficulties with the Foundations.
The Bridge consists of 5 arches, 60'-6"; 63'-6"; 66'-0"; 63'-6"; and 60'-6" in width. It is 342 feet long and 40 feet broad. There are 4 piers in the River, each resting on 3 caissons which were intended to be sunk to 27 feet below the surface of the River, but owing to the nature of the strata under the River some of them were sunk to 42 feet. The caissons were sunk by weighting them with iron up to 120 tons; the interior was excavated and thrown out; a plug of cement was put in at the bottom to exclude water; and the interior was filled with concrete. Masonry was built upon the top of the caissons, and the 3 small piers were joined together above water by 2 arches, so that the Bridge presents the strange appearance of 2 arch-ways through each pier.
This reduces the area of the bases upon which the Bridge stands, but it has shown no sign of weakness notwithstanding the heavy loads it frequently has to bear. It is a beautiful Bridge, but the coping is not "throated," and the piers are stained with iron oxide from the standards of the lamps upon the parapets.
The Aberdeen Land Association contributed £5700 to its erection, Col James Davidson of Balnagask (Laird of Torry) gave £1000, Rev. Mr Morrice of Tullos gave £200, the Harbour Commissioners gave £1000 and the ground necessary for approaches, and the Town Council made up the balance by borrowing from the Bridge of Don Fund, which is under their management. Some of the Council's part of the cost has not yet been repaid to the Fund. The Bridge was opened on July 2, 1881, with a procession of the Town Council and others going in Carriages from the Townhouse to the Bridge. Before returning, the Council visited the old Bridge of Dee, which was also under their care.
Victoria Bridge, over the Dee's new channel, in a line with Market Street and Cross Quay, is a granite 5-arch structure, opened on 2 July 1881, having cost £25,000. The Bridge showing tram wire stanchions, lines, gas lamps, heads of various people crossing the bridge.
Edward L J Blyth (Edinburgh), Engineer, 5-span segmental arched bridge over River Dee. Rough-faced grey granite with ashlar to piers and parapet. Rounded cutwaters with advanced piers with round arched panels above. Coped panelled parapet with decorative cast iron lamp stands to each pier
The banks had stone pitched slopes on North and South side of the bridge, chimney and buildings at the junction of South Market Street and North Esplanade East, timber fence, the archways of the Victoria Bridge, only 4 at the south end are visible.
Thanks to the magnificent Doric Columns website for the detailed information on the bridge.
Built for my continuous story "Flight of the Phoenix" in the SW Factions game.
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Many of the buildings in the vicinity of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, including the capitol itself, are painted white. They make for striking black-and-white subject matter when illuminated, as this one was, by the low-angle rays of a late afternoon winter sun.
Built in 2022 in Austin. This was built right next to the State Theatre. The basement of Hyatt Centric is home to green rooms, equipment storage and offices for State Theatre. So a performer can book a room at the top of Hyatt Centric, take the elevator to the basement and enter the stage from stage right.
Title: The locomotive Commodore, built by the New Jersey Locomotive Works, derailed by the Confederate cavalry on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, in the fall of 1863.
Creator: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
Date: 1863
Part of: Civil War images
Place: Virginia
Description: Photograph of the Orange and Alexandria locomotive Commodore, after derailment by Confederate cavalry.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: albumen; 16 x 22 cm
File: ag1986_0478_b0505_r_opt.jpg
Rights: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
For more information, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/civ/id/672
View the Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints: sites.smu.edu/cdm/cul/civ/
Sunset over Nuwara Wewa, (which literally translates to "City Reservoir") (built around 200BC) Anuradhapura in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The Chitya (stupa/ pagoda) on the left is Ruwanveliseya and the one on the right (half restored) is Jetawanarama.
Ruwanveliseya was built by King Dutu Gamunu (161-137 BC) and was 300ft tall.
Jetawanarama was constructed by King Mahasen (276-303 CE) was about 400 ft tall. (this in fact was one of the largest Brick structures of the ancient world and was as tall as the 3rd great pyramid of Giza!!) A third Stupa (not in the picture) Abhyagiriya was constructed by King Walagamba in 103BC was over 320ft tall.
Ruwanveliseya was restored to its former glory in 1956 to celebrate the 2500th annivasary of the enlightenment of Buddha. The other 2 stupa are being restored under the UNESCO.
The ancient city of Anuradhapura is one of the many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka.
[Shot with: Sigma SA-9, 28-135mm f/4-5.6, 200 ISO]
[my first ever upload on to flickr and it was on explore :) Explore: #326]
Built on/off over several months- taken a while because of boring life reasons. No interior unfortunately, but happy all the same! More photos here- richard-am.net/post/55249458935/lego-modular-bike-shop
Built by Arp Schnitger in 1699, the pedal towers added in 1760 by Joh. H. Klapmeyer. Restored in 2005 by Heiko Lorenz.
Built in 1913, this was the first in a class of thirteen electric locomotives for the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway (BLS). When they were delivered, they were the most powerful electric locomotives in the world. They were finally retired in 1964, with this example being restored for display by BLS.
Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, Switzerland.
10th May 2022
Built in 1870s in Scottish Baronial style for General Stewart. Grey granite. 52 rooms. 7 staircases. Now owned by Rex Morgan since 1969.
Spark of Light was built by Herbert Woods himself in 1927 in a boatshed just upstream from Potter Heigham bridge. The hull is Siberian redwood below the waterline and Russian Archangel pine above, on oak frames with mahogany used above the deck on the wheelhouse and cabins.
At some point before April 1934 the boat’s name was changed. There may have been a small fire in the galley and Herbert Woods, believing the name Spark of Light to be tempting fate, decided to change it to Spot of Light.
During World War Two, Spot of Light, along with the rest of the Herbert Woods fleet was moored on Hickling Broad, rafted together and covered with a tarpaulin to prevent German flying boats from landing. By the end of the war the fleet was in a sorry state, with many of the boats riddled with bullet holes where they had been attacked by fighter planes. Herbert Woods began a programme of rebuilding the fleet, and during this time Spot of Light had a new transom fitted of beautifully figured Cuban mahogany.
The boat underwent a further name change in 1947, this time to Shimmer of Light. It is assumed that this occurred when the boat was recommissioned post war as this is how she features in the 1947 Blake’s holiday brochure. In 1951 Shimmer of Light was fitted with Herbert Woods newly patented 'Broads Haven' retractable wheelhouse. This became a unique feature of all the Herbert Woods ‘Light Cruisers’.
In 1954 Herbert Woods died and Lindsay Cutler took over as chairman of the Herbert Woods company. Taking a liking to Shimmer of Light, Cutler removed her from the fleet and registered her as his own private boat in 1955. Under his ownership Spark of Light underwent significant refurbishment. She was painted overall in white, had a new diesel engine fitted, the wheelhouse was fixed so it was no longer retractable, two auxiliary fuel tanks were added to increase her range, davits were fitted to the aft deck so that she could take an outboard dinghy and a Dolphin ship-to-shore radio that was installed in the saloon. Internally the boat was refitted with new galley appliances, including a fridge. The saloon berths were made to fold up against the sides of the hull and individual armchairs put aboard. Items like the gate leg table were replaced with a new mahogany one. The purpose of the refit was so that the boat would be suitable for going out to sea. Indeed, whilst the boat was kept in one of the wet sheds at Herbert Woods yard for most of the year, he took regular summer trips in her as far as the Isle of Wight.
When Lindsay Cutler died Spark of Light, now known as Cherrie, was sold in 1971, via C. J. Broom Ltd., to John Whitaker. Cherrie was used extensively by the Whitaker family for 28 years. Once she was taken briefly out to sea from Gt. Yarmouth, but even in a relatively calm sea she rolled uncomfortably, and deciding this was not an experience to be repeated, all the sea going equipment was removed, except for the tall mahogany mast on the forward coach roof, the equally tall flagpole on the aft deck and the dodgers, thereby retaining the distinctive look which Lindsay Cutler had created for his craft.
In 1999 Cherrie was listed for sale with Norfolk Yacht Agency. She was sold to Andy Edwards who moved her to Brundall Bay Marina. Unfortunately, not long after a storm caused a tree to fall across her front deck, causing extensive damage. Cherrie was relocated to South Walsham for repair and modifications at Russell Marine.
Cherrie was not seen afloat again until 2005, renamed Shimmer of Light she had been modified externally to a point part way between how she would have looked in 1955 and how she looked in 1971. The windscreens and wheelhouse had been stripped back to mahogany and revarnished and the patented mechanism to make the wheelhouse fully retractable had been restored. Shimmer of Light was relocated to Broads Edge Marina in Stalham, it was here in 2011 that she was noticed by Waterside Marine Sales, later part of Herbert Woods. It was clear that she was not being regularly used and, realising the unique opportunity of acquiring the oldest Herbert Woods hire boat afloat, the boatyard set out to acquire her. An offer was made which was accepted and the boat was returned to Herbert Woods. The boat was immediately renamed Spark of Light and a programme of restoration began.
Since 2011 Spark of Light was used as a promotional tool for the company and has featured in numerous magazines including Practical Boat Owner and Classic Boat Magazine. In 2014, she was showcased at Herbert Woods’ Heritage Day attended by HRH Princess Anne. Spark of Light was also the star attraction at the Herbert Woods 90th. Anniversary Fete and Water Frolic in 2016.
Over the winter of 2016/17 the interior of the boat was extensively renovated, including a full rewire, new headlining and upholstery. Every effort has been made to preserve or replicate the interior in its original style. Modern features such as warm air heating, electric fridge and 240 volt shore power were also added to make her more comfortable. Spark of Light was primarily used for PR and showcasing the Broads heritage at local events and regattas.
After restorations costing over £100,000, Herbert Woods sold Spark of Light for £112,000.
Name: Spark Of Light
Broads registration number: B53
Length: 11 m
Beam: 2.9 m
Berths: 4
Engine: 1 x Perkins P4 diesel
Builder: Herbert Woods
Year built: 1927
Construction: Wood
Built around the late 18th/early 19th century to accommodate the pack mules and horses of the Cornish Copper Company. Grade 2 listed.
A feature of these and many other buildings in the Hayle area are the black scoria blocks in the walls. The main waste from smelting copper, the black slag known as scoria from the Latin for mining waste was moulded into blocks weighing approx. 2cwt. and used for building construction.
Through the village roads...
A home-stay built by a High school teacher. It was still under construction then. He was planning a portion of this property to utilize as home stay to promote ecotourism. He was planning too for organic cultivation on a piece of his backyard land. I met an educated, artistic, and beautiful fellow-villager at Borong.
My Experience:
Borong, a remote and peaceful hamlet with abundance of unspoiled nature, under subdivision of Rabangla, in south Sikkim, is situated 17 kms from the tourist town of Rabangla (Ravangla). Being 120 kms away from Siliguri in North Bengal, India, Rabangla is situated at an elevation of 8000 ft with its famous Maenam wildlife santuary (35 square kilometres) for Great Himalayan Bears, Red Pandas, and Birds. The literal meaning of 'Maenam-La' is "Treasure house of medicines". Maenam is also famous for a 12km trekking from Rabangla to Maenam top at 3140m, for its spectacular lookout point. We had a wonderful trekking experience this time, through this forest for a stretch of 18 kms (up and down). It seemed to me truly a paradise for nature lovers.
Borong is a place where you will hear only the sounds of your foot steps apart from the singing of birds of varied species, especially during dawn. River Rangit flows downhill through the gorge. People there, are so simple, warm, and honest...distinctly different from urban complexities and consumerisms. Being one of the oldest hubs of Buddhist culture, Borong hosts the oldest monastery in Sikkim, built in 1730, is known as Old Ralong Monastery (probably known as Borong Monastery). A new monastery, called Ralong Monastery, was built later, only 3 kms away from the old one. Both the monasteries are the treasure house of architectures, frescos, artifacts, and religious herritage. Many of the Buddhist Monks seemed to me as the epitome of holiness.
Borong is a model village for organic cultivation where everything is organic...including tea and alcohol. It has recently gained fame due to increasing popularity of village tourism and eco-tourism activities. Every small house of the villagers has a bit of land cultivating organic tea, vegetables, fruits and a variety of plant spices, especially cardamom and turmeric. Tastes and flavors of foods, vegetables are mouth-watering. Drinking- water is straight from the natural springs. It is strictly a plastic and smoking free zone. In a clear day you will find majestic Mt Kanchenjungha (28,170 ft, third highest mountain in the world), Mt. Pandim (21,952 ft), Mt. Narsing (19,029 ft) and Black Kabru. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_by_elevation].
In the month of March-April you will have a spectacular display of Rhododendrons everywhere here, and in the late October, awesome Cherry blossoms all around.
We stayed in 'Wild Flower Retreat', a wonderful resort in Borong. The hospitality, food and lodging was simply amazing there. It was my immense pleasure to relax with a cup of coffee and viewing the great mountaiin peaks right in front from the resort courtyard. We had a wonderful experience of an unique way of making 'Organic Paper' from a special kind of plant cultivated in the village, originally discovered in this region of Himalayan forests. The product of this small scale industry, within the premises of 'Wild Flower Retreat', reminded me the Papyrus of Ancient Egypt.
Borong is a place, I'm sure, with all its grandeur, beauty and uniqueness will call you again and again...anytime a year...if you want to escape from your burdened and stressful life, and acquire some knowledge and wisdome, you never had before. Once you go there...will feel the pulse...and energy you build-upfrom inside...an 'Elixer' having a power of its own, much superior than any tonic prepared in human laboratories...!!!
residential architecture for the upper middle class of the early 20th century
690? Funston Avenue, the Richmond
nine rooms
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