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Compressors are the heart of every underground coalmine.
During a mine closure, this vital part comes to a halt and the underground mining operation dies, due to a lack of oxygen and compressed air....
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:
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:
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:
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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:
In Thai is Kwan Phayao.
Phayao has one of the most serene lake in Thailand. This picture was taken on 2.Dec.2012 at 10am.
It was created using the blending of 3 HDRs generated by Photomatix Pro HDR, namely Details Enhancer, Tone Compressor and Exposure Fusion.
De Compressorenhal bevindt zich op de eerste verdieping van het indrukwekkende Energiegebouw.
In de grote persluchthal stonden de luchtcompressoren. Beneden in de mijn werden de machines met perslucht aangedreven om het ontploffingsgevaar via elektrische vonken te vermijden.
Bron: c-mine.be/energiegebouw-0
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The Compressor Hall is located on the first floor of the impressive Energy Building.
The air compressors were located in the large compressor hall. Down in the mine, the machines were powered by compressed air to avoid the risk of explosion via electric sparks.
Source: c-mine.be/en/energy-building
50 mm diameter at the base
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This was manufactured on a 5 axis Robodrill CNC machining center.