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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 .
105-115 Asylum St - 160 Trumbull Street, Hartford
The Stackpole, Moore, and Tryon Building is a historic commercial building at 105-115 Asylum Street in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. Built in the mid-19th century, and extensively altered in 1896, it is a good local example of a period building with a Beaux Arts cast-iron facade. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 158 170
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
From turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/another-time/.
ANOTHER TIME is a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley who is known for his sculptures and installations that explore the experience of being human, of inhabiting a human body.
A figure has been positioned on Fulsam Rock on the Margate foreshore, visible at low tide from the shoreline behind the Turner Contemporary Gallery. The sculpture becomes visible about 3 hours before low tide, so to be sure of seeing it, check the daily tide times.
Antony Gormley describes these isolated forms, cast from his own body as “an attempt to bear witness to what it is like to be alive and alone in space and time”. Made from iron, a material more usually associated with heavy industry, the industrial method of casting the sculpture is readable on its surface, whilst invisible joint lines reveal the way the plaster mould was divided and reassembled prior to casting.
Georgetown, Texas, TX. Cast-iron table and chair, shadows. Black and white, bnw, b/w, bw, monochrome, grayscale.
I work in a ship. On a ship rust and de rust is a continuous process. Sea water has salt, Oxygen is in the air and Iron is what a ship made of. When I saw the theme “Rust” in Macro Monday I got happy and thought I can show a lot to you all. Because I live in between the rust, Rust is everywhere and everyday it is taken care of. A lot of money spent every day to get rid of the rust. I really got confused what to show you MM friends. Finally I had to choose one and here it is . It is a wasted non repairable handle of a trolley. It’s the real Rust grown over time in nature. Background blue is the real ocean. HMM ! To all .
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.
HAPPY SLIDERS SUNDAY !!
In the spirit of Sliders Sunday, I slid (slided? slud?) my editing program's Contrast Slider up to the max. I think this added appropriate drama to what is already a boldly designed street access cover. BTW, the sky was bright blue, so the reflected color is real.
The high contrast contributes to a fantasy mystery suggested by my caption. On the internet, I could not find a firm named Altkirch that makes cast iron street access covers. What does exist is the Alsatian village of Altkirch. It is about 25km from where this cover is located. An overactive imagination suggests that this cover marks the access to an underground passage between Mulhouse and Altkirch! I should go to Altkirch and see if I can find an access cover there that says "Mulhouse." Ah me. So many things to do, so little time.😎
Location: Mulhouse, Alsace FR.
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……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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