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A BNSF Railway Denver, Colorado - Stockton, California trackage rights manifest rumbles through the ghost town of Castle Gate, Utah in Price Canyon on Aug. 6, 2008. Founded in 1886 and disincorporated in 1974, the coal mining community of Castle Gate hosted 1,300 souls by the turn of the 20th century. The town is probably best known for a tragedy, which struck on March 8, 1924 when Utah Fuel Company's Castle Gate Mine No. 2 exploded, killing 172 miners. Fast forward to 1998, and Cyprus Plateau's Willow Creek coal mine opened. Tragedy struck again, this time on July 31, 2000, when a fire broke out, and killed two miners. Willow Creek was shut down for good. By 2015, the Carbon power plant, which opened in 1954, was shut down and dismantled. All that remains of Castle Gate today are weeds, wind, dust, passing cars, a few passing trains, and memories.
I do not want to be famous
I want to have prosperity
build an empire and leave a legacy.
♫ Background music ☊ Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick"
2019-09-02, Day 1
Crow Lake catches noon-day sun beneath towering cliffs that reach up to a high-elevation plateau, Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana.
At this point we had been hiking for almost 4 hours on our first day and the terrain conspired to teach us in no uncertain terms that we had severely underestimated its ruggedness. In a fit of questionable planning, the point where I stand is the end of the established trail in this direction, and also where we decided it would be a good idea to chart our own middle-aged course through the forest, up the drainage, and over an unnamed pass to the south. The benefits we anticipated included a general lack of company, spectacular scenery, and a considerable short-cut compared to the route the trail followed.
As the forest to the left of the frame suggests, it is healthy and full of interlocking branches and downed logs. As one might imagine, travel through its fastness is only grudgingly allowed. As I inspect my pack some months later, I am still finding needles lodged in every crevice. Fortunately, it is difficult to truly get lost in terrain like this, as the drainage provides a sort of topographic braille through which we felt our way ever upward away from the lake and toward the treeless heights. The final approach to the pass was steep, probably around 35 degrees, and we paused occasionally for breath and to feel the body humming perceptibly with exertion. Yes, next time more care will be taken in the physical preparation department...
Tracking the Grand Kids
Art for Fun by Patricia
#MacroMondays #theme #7dwf #flower #art2018 #painting
Project 365, 2022 Edition: Day 82
100x, 2022 Edition: 39/100
I received a set of fibre-tip pens for my birthday: flic.kr/p/2n9KVGr
A few colours are very close, the caps don't indicate accurately, and the pens aren't labelled or otherwise distinguishable. So I gave them names and made a swatch chart. Fussy perhaps, but enjoyable because I'm obsessed with colour. Now it will be easier to choose the pen I want.
Thank you to everyone who visits, faves, and comments.
This looks somewhat like an eye chart test. I guess that if you can read the word surrounding the star in the middle, you probably have 20/20 vision. Actually, this is a hand-held shot from the floor of the rotunda in the Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas. The 4-story building is 308 feet (94 meters) tall. The Texas star in the center of the dome is actually 8 feet in diameter and looms 266 feet above the rotunda floor. If you look closely, you can see an individual between the 1 and 2 o'clock position on the second-floor balcony, and several people at the 9 o'clock position on the third-floor balcony. By the way, the eye chart test answer is "TEXAS" (what else!). If you passed the test, you don't need to eat any carrots today!
Cross-stitch is a popular form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are sewn in a tiled pattern to form a picture. I've focussed on a cross stitch chart which is the plans/blueprints for a project.
For the 'Macro Monday' - 'Rule' challenge 25th January 2016.
On one wall in Maternity is this board, a collection of objects one particular South Bay pediatrician removed from the ears, noses, and throats of various children during his career. It kind of makes you want to run screaming from parenthood to look at.
Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) - Cathédrale Notre-Dame - Choeur - Stalles
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_Notre-Dame_de_Chart...
December 9, 2017
Ocean swell patterns in the south pacific were mapped by island natives and represented on things called "stick charts." Stick charts were used for navigation, getting from island to island following wave patterns, and the way they interacted. More info on wiki (of course!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands_stick_chart
(a "MacroMondays" submission, theme "stick" HMM!)
Part of the "Models" exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science
Boston, Massachusetts
Photo by brucetopher
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Inspired by artwork on a Star Wars Armada upgrade card, a navigation chart table with a Nebulon-B threading through some asteroids.
Die Schautafeln sind so angeordnet, dass man mit einem Blick dahinter genau das sieht, was auf den Tafeln beschrieben wird.
The charts are arranged, so that with a view that looks beyond, just what is described on the boards.
Located across the street from the Savannah River in the historic downtown district, Chart House is situated in the oldest masonry building in the state of Georgia. Combine the extraordinary setting with outstanding cuisine & it’s not hard to see why the restaurant is a longtime favorite. Since 1961, Chart House has been dedicated to providing the ideal dining experience. With 29 historic, waterfront & showcase locations across the U.S., Chart House offers spectacular views & exceptional service that you’re sure to enjoy. From fresh fish specialties to slow-roasted prime rib, our renowned chefs have tailored a menu to complement local cuisine while introducing a hint of the exotic. Choose from our famous entrées such as Macadamia Crusted Mahi, Pan Seared Scallops and New Wave Surf & Turf. We also offer a daily selection of fresh fish, an extensive collection of fine wines & decadent desserts like our famous Hot Chocolate Lava Cake. Lowcountry fare is also featured on our menu. Savannah Ga.
*****These charts are not to be used or reposted elsewhere without permission and reference back to the source. I am so beyond tired of seeing my stuff ending up in random places and people not having the decency to simply ask before taking something. Please do not repost these on your blogs, twitter, tumblr, instagram, facebook orca pages, etc...****
I also have some Behavior charts that i made for another friend, and i might put those up at somepoint, but if i do, those will be for friends and family only.
All of the individual photos have my copyright on them. The only ones that don't are photos belonging to www.flickr.com/photos/joyousorca/
Chart Gunpowder Mills is a Scheduled Monument at Faversham Kent
Gunpowder was the only explosive available for military use and for blasting in mines and quarries until the mid-19th century. Water-powered manufacturing mills were established in England from the mid-16th century, although powder had been prepared by hand for at least 200 years. The industry expanded until the late 19th century when high explosives began to replace gunpowder. Its manufacture declined dramatically after the First World War with British production ceasing in 1976. The technology of gunpowder manufacture became increasingly complex through time with the gradual mechanisation of what were essentially hand-worked operations. Waterwheels were introduced in the 16th century, and steam engines and water turbines from the 19th century. Pressing and corning were also introduced between the 16th and 19th centuries to improve the powders. Pressing improved the explosive power of the mill cake and corning broke the pressing cake into different sizes and graded it with respect to its fineness. Additional techniques were developed throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries to improve the quality and consistency of the finished product, and this in turn resulted in a variety of types of powders; ranging from large coarse-grained blasting powders used in mines and quarries, to fine varieties used, for example, in sporting guns. Gunpowder manufacturing sites are a comparatively rare class of monument with around 60 examples known nationally. Demand for gunpowder centred on the London area (for military supply), other ports (for trade), and the main metal mining areas. Most gunpowder production was, therefore, in Cumbria, the south west, and the south east around the Thames estuary. The first water-powered mills were established in south east England from the mid-16th century onwards, and many of the major technological improvements were pioneered in those mills. All sites of gunpowder production which retain significant archaeological remains and technological information and survive well will normally be identified as nationally important.
Faversham was one of the most important centres of gunpowder production nationally between the early 17th century and the closure of the gunpowder works in 1934. The incorporating mills at Chart represent one of the best surviving parts of the disused works. Although subsequent development has caused considerable disturbance to their original extent, the mills retain rare machinery and parts of the original water management system. Part excavation has shown that the monument also contains below ground remains, providing important evidence for the earlier development of the works.
Details
The monument includes part of a disused gunpowder factory situated in the western suburbs of Faversham. Chart mills are the best surviving part of Faversham Home Works, which originally comprised four groups of gunpowder mills located along the formerly wooded Westbrook valley. Chart mills survive as a standing building with intact milling machinery, associated structures and buried remains. Part of the associated water management system is also included in the scheduling. The Home Works were established in around 1560. Raw materials such as sulphur and saltpetre, and the finished gunpowder, were transported to and from the mills by way of Faversham and Oare Creeks and the Swale estuary. The works underwent several phases of alteration and redevelopment, and the visible remains at Chart mills date to the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. These are twin pairs of adjacent, north east-south west aligned, water powered incorporating mills, where the processed ingredients were mixed and blended. Each pair of mills was powered by a centrally placed waterwheel. The north eastern mill building has an original brick blast wall at its outer gable end. The weather boarded mainly timber building, largely rebuilt during 1970s restoration for public display, houses in situ wooden and iron milling machinery. Some components have been renewed, and the edge-running, limestone millstones have been reused from the nearby Oare gunpowder works. The south western end of the building houses a wheel pit containing a breastshot iron waterwheel. To the north is part of the now dry head race which fed the waterwheel. This has been partly relined in modern materials. Running away from the mill to the north east, the partly stone lined tail race is culverted under Nobel Court road by way of an original, brick lined tunnel. Several mature yew trees situated along the south eastern edge of the monument may represent the remains of a planted blast screen. The three remaining mill buildings, containing original, centrally placed bedstones, and the south western wheel pit, were excavated during the early 1970s and are visible as exposed brick footings, with some modern consolidation. The mills are thought to date mainly to around 1815, incorporating some earlier, 18th century machine components. Two mill stones lying on the western edge of the monument were moved here from the nearby Ospringe gunpowder mills. Traces of buildings, structures and associated features dating to earlier periods of use may survive in the form of below ground remains. Three 19th century boundary marker stones within the monument, which are Listed Grade II, are included in the scheduling. A number of features are excluded from the scheduling; these are all modern railings, telegraph poles, lamp posts, street furniture, signs, fixtures and fittings, a resited Victorian lamp post, and the modern surfaces of all roads, paving and steps; the ground beneath all these features is, however, included.
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historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/101878...