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A zebra crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing used in many places around the world. Its distinguishing feature is alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface, from which it derives its name. A zebra crossing typically gives extra rights of way to pedestrians and not actual Zebras.
With the energy saving austerity Shibuya Crossing is significantly different to how I have seen it previously www.flickr.com/photos/keitaro/2128660654/
Before crossing a railway line, first look left then right
and instead of a train if you find a guy pointing a camera at you
....ignore him, he is probably insane!
Few department stores may remain from Downtown Crossing's glory days, but there are still several impressive buildings in the area.
Level Crossing leading to Narrow road & St. Mildreds church, Tenterden, Kent.
Photography © Jeremy Sage
Kangaroo crossing!
Can you imagine objects coming to life? Sounds pretty fun but its actually pretty scary if you really think about it.
People come into our lives everyday. Some stay forever, some leave after a while … and some, just cross paths with us momentarily, but leave a mark so significant, it forever stays in our hearts …
“Crossing Paths” is a rustic collection of nick nacks … a miniature book, an old key, different stones … some shiny, some not so, antique brass chains, entwined fiber, coffee stained paper, resin-ed miniature music notes, bits of old lace and leather, all put together to form a chunky bracelet from yesteryears.
*the miniature book is handmade by me and measures 2cm x 2.5cm
*the papers in the miniature book are coffee stained
*the whole length of the bracelet measures 23 inches, and made to wrap round the wrist 3 times.
*the back is secured by a giant lobster clasp
An Akron Barberton Cluster Railway SW1500 was the typical motive power used for the excursion trains the railroad operated during the Kent Heritage Festival. An excursion is shown crossing over the CSX New Castle Subdivision in Kent in July 2009. (Scanned from a slide)
As I was putting my camera gear away, this plane flew directly overhead. I saw it's path and was quick (and Zen!) enough to grab my camera out of my bag, adjust my settings, zoom, focus, brace my elbows and snap this shot. Hind sight- should have side-stepped to the left about 8 feet to place the plane at the moon's center, but this composition has actually grown on me.
The Waverley route crosses from England to Scotland by this bridge over the Kershope Burn, just a few yards north of the level crossing at Kershopefoot. The interpretation board at the Scottish end of the bridge is part of the Border Reiver Trail and explains that this was the site of Tourneyholm where the English and Scottish land wardens met to exchange prisoners.
The safety rails casting shadows on the footpath over the bridge. Many people have committed suicide by jumping over the rails so now they are higher making it very difficult climb up.On Friday, 8 May 1885, Thomas Stevens, resident inspector for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, reported that Ms. Henley had climbed over the railings and on to the parapet. Before anyone could reach her, she had thrown herself off. Witnesses claimed that a billowing effect created by an updraft of air beneath her crinoline skirt slowed the pace of her fall, misdirecting her away from the water and instead toward the muddy banks of the Bristol side of the Avon River. Although there is no evidence that the wind or the skirt saved Ms. Henley from the fall, the story has nevertheless become a local Bristol legend.
An article dated 16 May 1885 in the City Notes of a local newspaper, the Bristol Magpie, reports as follows:
"The rash act was the result of a lovers quarrel. A young man, a porter on the Great Western Railway, determined to break off the engagement, wrote a letter to the young woman announcing his intention. This preyed on the girl's mind, and she, in a state of despair, rushed to end her life by the fearful leap from the Suspension Bridge."
Scropton Crossing Signal box, NSR Type 2 located on the North Staffs Derby Line. Scanned from a pic purchased of ebay
Class 17 'Clayton' D8568 approaches Horsenden Crossing working towards Chinnor, on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway whilst engaged on Driver Experience Courses.
D8568 was built by the Clayton Equipment Co and is the sole survivor of 117 built, first allocated to Edinburgh Haymarket in 01/64 and withdrawn in 09/71.
Sold into the industrial sector has saved this locomotive for us enjoy today, firstly in 1972 to the Hemel Hempstead Concrete Co and then, in 1977 she moved to Ribblesdale Cement at Clitheroe, before moving into preservation in February 1983.
9th June 2018
I finally got back out to take some pictures. Now that I only live 3 miles from downtown you'll probably be seeing more of it. See it large on my photoblog. It's a little hard to notice, but there is a train crossing the bridge. The end of the train is noticeable disappearing on the left half of the frame.
This was one of those winter days, too warm for winter, too cold for spring :). But since it was nice and sunny for few hours, I took a little walk to the Zelezna Studnicka area near Bratislava.
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For centuries a ford existed on the river Tavy at Lopwell north of Maristow. It was used by travellers moving between the Bere peninsular and the other side of the Tavy. Some would have continued their journey across the peninsular and by ferry to Cornwall.
In 1953 Plymouth City Council received permission to built a granite dam across the Tavy in order to extract water to supplement that from Burrator reservoir.
A pedestrian crossing on blocks of granite was inserted as part of the project, and a concrete surfaced road for use at low tide.
The river Tavy begins on Dartmoor and joins the Tamar less than a mile from Lopwell Dam. It is now tidal (and saltwater) between the Tamar and the dam. Just below the dam is one of the south-west's rare saltmarshes. Those on the Tamar, Tavy and Lynher rivers account for 30% of the south-west's entire saltmarsh habitat.