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Whiteford Point Lighthouse, built in 1865, is the only cast iron lighthouse surrounded by the sea in the UK. It stands a mile off-shore, just above the low water mark on the north-west tip of the Gower Peninsula.The circular cast iron tower replaced a light on timber piles constructed only a few years earlier.
It is 61ft high and made using eight courses of cast iron plates, tapering markedly. These are bolted through internal and external flanges, and a wrought iron balcony is bracketed onto the 7th course. Wrought iron strengthening bands were added some time after construction.
All the ground level, cast iron Pilasters with foliate capitals serve both decorative and structural purposes.
Cream brick facade built in 1866-8. 18 used as a saloon, grocery store. 20 as a hardware store, plumbing business, shooting gallery, saloon. 22-24 I.O.O.F Lodge #14
The story of autumn?... Will you tell me about the leaves that dance? (and the girl remembered how she imagined the leaves dancing in the sunset)
Of course I will... and of clouds that bring rain and cold... (whispered the wind)
And then we go back to the story of the old lady? (asked the little girl)
Hahaha... that's the same story... (laughed the wind)
It has clouds, it has rain and dancing leaves... and mist... (whispered more the wind)...
Mist? What is mist?... (asked the curious girl)... It sounds so mysterious... (continued the girl)
Continued from Take a seat...
Challenge on flickr: CoF**4 - HIGH CONTRAST
J'ai retrouvé un série de diapositives (Ektachrome) prises lors de mon stage ouvrier en 1971 effectué dans l'aciérie Röchling à Völklingen en Sarre.
Ici, la fonte en fusion sort du gueulard et s'écoule via des rigoles ménagées dans le sol vers des cuves montées sur des wagons, qui étaient situées à l'"étage" inférieur. La fonte était ensuite transportée vers les convertisseurs de l'aciérie.
Le plus gros risque à ces postes était la "percée": au lieu de suivre docilement le chemin ouvert par la perceuse (die Bohrmaschine), la fonte se créait sa propre issue dans le revêtement réfractaire du haut fourneau et une "jolie" cascade incandescente imprévue se mettait à arroser les ouvriers...
Les derniers hauts fourneaux ont cessé de travailler depuis longtemps, en France comme en Allemagne.
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……It was so iconic they named the area Ironbridge there after!! Also a clever bit of marketing with the intention of selling more Cast Iron kitchenware believe it or not! Very shrewd!! A wet day the day I took this, I did share a similar shot in colour but thought B&W fitted well given the weather on this day! Alan:-)
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Colborne Street is a street running several hundred metres east of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It crosses Victoria Street and Leader Lane, ending at Church Street. It is located between and parallel to King Street East and Wellington Street East. The street is notable for retaining several historic buildings built during the reign of Queen Victoria.[1]
In 1822 a two-storey building, Masonic Hall, with a cupola was built on what is now Colborne Street.[2]
The 15 storey Trader’s Bank Building at the corner of Colborne and Yonge streets was the tallest building in the British Empire when it was built in 1906
Milburn building, 47-55 Colborne Street, Toronto, built in 1886 by E.J. Lennox
‘A famous bridge’……So famous they named a town after it! Ironbridge!! This area of Coalbrookdale under Hodge Bower soon became known as Ironbridge, after this the Worlds first Bridge made of Iron was cast & erected here between 1777 & 1781. I wouldn’t mind a penny for every gallon that flowed under it in the short time we were there this afternoon!! The flood barriers were not up but it wont be long by the looks!! This picture is about 15 miles downstream from yesterdays flooded Shrewsbury. Well we are on the BIG countdown on our 366 projects!! 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - yippee! Hope you are all good and staying Covid safe on YOUR countdown to the New Year! Commiseration to those most effected by the new Covid developments just announced in the UK. Alan:-)…….
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EXPLORE # 462 - 13.07.09
One from the archives......i will return here for sunset or sunrise soon.Then no more if of course im happy .
Röchling Stahlwerke - Völklingen - Saarland - Deutschland
Die Bohrmaschine - La perceuse - The power drill
It was used to drill the refractory dam and let the cast iron to flow out of the blast furnace.
Challenge on flickr: CoF103 - FIRE & CLOSE
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By the look of it, the stones with the cast iron posts on the left are the copings from the recently demolished Prince of Wales Pier. I assume they have been dumped here on Shakespeare Beach for ultimate use as rock armour. I wouldn't mind a couple of those posts.
Braunston Marina, Northamptonshire, UK is known as the Heart of the British Waterways. This Cast Iron Bridge was erected by Thomas Telford in 1834 near the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union Canals.
Coronation Parade, Folkestone.
From the Folkestone Triennial web site:-
“Another Time 1999-2013 is a series of one hundred solid cast-iron figures, destined to be dispersed around the world. The artist (Antony Gormley) intends them to “bear witness to what it is like to be alive and alone in space and time” and to “celebrate the still and silent nature of sculpture. The work is designed to be placed within the flow of lived time.” – all three figures stand within the ebb and flow of the tide.”
Ironbridge, River Severn, Telford, Shropshire
Very few good clear vantage points of the bridge to be had along the riverbank. But I found a couple of fishing jetties, just big enough to set up my tripod for this long exposure.
Re-boot of an image uploaded 8 years ago.
It captures part of Sir Antony Gormley's installation 'Another Place', located on Crosby beach, Merseyside.
The installation features one hundred identical cast-iron replicas of the artist's own body embedded in the sand along a two-mile stretch of the beach between Waterloo and Blundellsands. The statues, each 6'2" tall and weighing 1,430 pounds, all face out to sea and, as the tide ebbs and flows, the figures are revealed and submerged by the waters.
Installed in 2005, the statues have suffered corrosion over the years and, in some cases, partial burial by the shifting sands, so adding another element to the installation.
This was taken at sundown. Best viewed full-screen.
20th March 2012
Georgetown, Texas, TX. Cast-iron table and chair, shadows. Black and white, bnw, b/w, bw, monochrome, grayscale.
Cast Iron,
Iron,
Macro,
Macro Mondays,
Scroll Work,
Tabletop
Area captured is ~ 2" deep by 2 1/2" wide.
For the Paint It Black project on Flickr Friday, this is where my mind went the bottom of the skillet for this frame.
……An interesting relic from yesteryear - especially for us as we see the pump was made in Coalbrookdale just up the road from where we live! 270 road miles from where it was installed in Padstow, Cornwall. It's likeliest route would have been by boat down the River Severn, swap boats a few times to sail down Padstow!?! It was of course the greenery that first caught my eye…….. Alan:-)
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The Camellia House at Wollaton Hall is one of the earliest cast iron glass houses in the country, built in 1827.
HAPPY SLIDERS SUNDAY !!
It's been a while since I took a happy slide on Sunday.
It will be fun to see if anyone likes the results.
For the caption, I invented a new meaning for "ironic."
IMO, this is a kind of text version of "sliding to the max-"
So...here, ironic means, ironically, "having to do with iron."
This is a closeup view of a cast iron grate over the entrance
to a street storm drain. Without some maximum sliding,
the grate is graceful, but otherwise, not much to see.
The cast iron surface looked quite uniform and rust-free.
However, some heavy sliding revealed lots of interesting,
colorful surface rust. After the sliding, it felt as if I had done
a forensic investigation!! Besides, I think the result
is quite pretty. However the makers of the grate
may well l think that, by doing this, I have been...
wait for it..ungrateful.😲👀
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Location: A public street in Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Ground Metal.
Cast Iron lattice framework of a Gas Holder at Gas Holder Park, Regent’s Canal, King's Cross. London. Built in 1850, restored during the regeneration of the area.
HAPPY TUESDAY'S TEXTURES !!
This is just a trio of highly contrasting textures that I happened upon. They were juxtaposed on a street in an Alsatian village. It offered a chance to do an abstract reality image.
The white section is a little mysterious to me. It contains a pattern of symbols that suggests some kind of writing. I have no idea whether or not this is the case. If anyone knows more about this, please add a comment.
Location: Village of Blotzheim, Alsace FR.
In my album: Dan's Miscellany.