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Beautiful light at the entrance of the old Compressor House at Geevor tin mine. The building was used to create compressed air for equipment down the mines.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from Geevor, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
Entrance to the compressor house, with the sea beyond.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
The ruin of the old compressor house at Levant Mine, in thick fog. It was used to make compressed air to work the drills in the mines.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
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With my three uploads today I've been looking at reflections in the windows of the foghorn shed at the Low Head Lighthouse in northern Tasmania. Once again we see the view behind me of the sea, sky and clouds. And through the glass we also catch a glimpse of the air compressors of this massive foghorn that can be heard 30 kilometres out to sea. But with the reflection it creates an almost surreal image in the René Magritte sense.
It was installed in 1929, and if you look closely you can see some of the fine engineering that went into producing this compressor.
The compressor house on a different day - no fog and actually plenty of sunshine. Fantastic structure.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
The split vane or bucket of a large 15-ton 12 foot Pelton Wheel outside of the Nevada City California Ott’s Assay Office in Robinson Plaza donated to Nevada City by PG&E that was in use from 1928-1987 at Drum Powerhouse #4. The Pelton Wheel was developed in Camptonville California by Millwright Lester A. Pelton in 1877 who tapped into the technology that innovative miners had designed to concentrate a strong stream of water to disrupt gravel and dirt referred to as hydraulic mining. Pelton split bucket where which is what I’ve captured in this image, allowed tapping the vast waterpower of the mountains of the Sierra Nevada’s to power using kinetic energy & power to drive machinery such as rock crushers, stamp mills, hoists & compressors prior to electricity being available. Pelton split bucket design was 90% efficient and like this wheel was used to generate electricity once that became the major source of energy. OM Systems Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus OM Systems Olympus M.Zuiko PRO 12-40 f2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @mpbcom @kehcamera @visitnevadacity #omd #olympus #olympusphotography #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography @visitcalifornia @nevadacountylandmarks @nevadacountyca @nccameraclub
Imperial Beach just after sunset. Winter yields the best colored skies in San Diego... good thing it doesn't get too cold here in Southern Cali. The IB Pier is one of my favorite places to photograph. I don't get too many photo opportunities because my kids are still young... definitely need to find more time to just get out and go. For this photo I used a Lee .9 ND Grad Filter (with Cokin holder)... also bracketed for HDR.
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4 stage compressor for air. Manufactured at DEMAG in the 60s. Freshly overhauled it still runs today....
I think Peter Lindbergh would have liked it.
Ilford HP5+ exposed like 1600ISO, developed in Kodak's HC110.
Mamiya645 proTL, Sekor45/2.8
Another view of the Fore River Bridge with some compressor machinery & equipment in the foreground. This from the Weymouth (MA) side of the river.
Die Kokerei Hansa in Dortmund zählt zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten der “Route Industriekultur”. Hier ein Teil eines der letzten Dampfkompressoren (Baujahr 1928). Die Anlage wurde im Dezember 1992 außer Betrieb gesetzt.
The Hansa coking plant in Dortmund is one of the sights of the "Route of Industrial Culture". Here is part of one of the last steam compressors (built in 1928). The plant was decommissioned in December 1992.