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This is Edna's Family Rockies visitation and introduction to the Rockies, Estes and Rocky Mountain Park area. I suppose that I really didn't have to edit this old snap shor but I figured that if I didn't jump on it right away, the water would spill from Colorado's Grand Lake. That would be bad because it is part of the Big Thonpson Water Project and produces electricity on the east side of the divide. Imagine my panic!
Here, hanging out on the docks at Grand Lake on a mid-summer day is Aunt Peg, Edna Sophie Michel and Bill's mother, Alice Isabelle Kiteley. Accordingly this outfit was her premarriage visit to the St. Vrain, Rocky Mountain, Colorado area and above om the Beaver Meadows route. They must have visited the Many Parks Curve construction of Trail Ridge Road on the same visit. The image shows Grand Lake recreation playground on the west edge of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Believe me, I am still otherwise packed with projects includong a new laptop... the days are just packed, Calvin. After I scanned this, I had to immediately do a quick edit to keep the water in Grand Lake, even though it was not much of an original. Frankly, now I have a load of genealogical retouching as wo;; as a new series hanging out in Photoshop. Ah well, I can drop it into the family album.
This was a minor restore and retouch but I showed the before and after. At least, you might take a shot at something this bad of yours. I used tricks to better the image but I didn't have to invent what was missing like the Rockaway retouch: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rockypix/35374462584/]. I expect this was no more a vestibule express train car than Rockaway was more than a painted tugboat.
I'd love to see some of my Flickr friends next Friday night for the tree lighting here, followed by the lighting in Cape Porpoise.
Beautiful sunrise of San Pedro, Belize. Out of hundreds of docks along the beach, this one certainly stood out as a good foreground.
7 shot exposure blending in Photomatix, processed in PS.
The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also comprise the largest single collection of Grade I listed buildings anywhere in the UK.
The history of the Albert Dock dates back to 1837, when Jesse Hartley first began the development of plans for a combined dock and warehouse system.The plans drawn up by Hartley and fellow civil engineer Philip Hardwick for the Albert Dock were at the time considered quite 'radical', as they envisioned the loading and unloading of ships directly from the warehouses. However, this idea was not new, and as far back as the 1803 Warehousing Act, legislation had been passed to allow this form of development to occur, whilst the concept was first actually used in the construction of St Katharine's Dock in London, which was opened in 1828. As part of the development process, Hartley was eager to test the fire resistance of any particular design by constructing an 18 ft (5.5 m) by 10 ft (3.0 m) dummy structure, filling it with timber and tar, and setting it alight. After testing several structural designs he settled on the combination of cast iron, brick, sandstone and granite. The design was submitted for planning permission in 1839 although it wasn't until 1841, when the bill authorising the design of the dock was eventually passed by Parliament, that construction was allowed to begin.
Jesse Hartley
The site chosen for the dock to be built on was an area of land boarded by Salthouse Dock to the east, the entrance channel to Canning Dock to the north and by Dukes Dock to the south. The land earmarked for the site had to be cleared, with 59 tenants being evicted and numerous premises demolished including a pub, several houses and the Dock Trustee's Dockyard. Upon the clearance of this land both the Salthouse and Canning dock's were drained to allow entrance passages into the Albert Dock to be constructed, whilst hundreds of 'Navvies' were employed to dig out the dock basin and construct the new river wall. The dock basin was completed by February 1845, allowing the first ships to enter the Albert Dock, although with the warehouses still under construction this was merely to allow these boats to 'lay-up'
The dock complex was officially opened in 1846 by Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria and the man in honour of whom it was named. This event marked the first occasion in Liverpool's history in which a member of the Royal Family had made a state visit to the city and as a result the occasion was marked with a major celebrations. Many thousands of people turned out for the Royal visit with the newspaper The Pictorial Times noting the reception Prince Albert received:
"His reception was most enthusiastic; balconies were erected along the line of procession, and these and the windows of houses were filled with gay and animated parties. There was a most brilliant display of flags, banners All business is suspended. There are 200,000 strangers in town, and all the inhabitants are in the streets. All is gaiety and splendour." (The Pictorial Times, 1846).
The Prince was taken on a processional tour through the city, including a visit to the town hall where the royal address was made, before departing aboard the fairy across to the Cheshire side of the Mersey and then northwards towards the Albert Dock. Again this stage of the procession route was laden with onlookers with The Pictorial Times describing the Prince's entrance into the Albert Dock:
"From the Cheshire side of the river the Fairy crossed to the Liverpool side, and returned along the line of docks amidst the cheers of assembled thousands and the roar of artillery. The sight was really magnificent, all the ships in the docks were decked out in gayest colours and the river was crowded with boats filled with people. At half-past two the fairy entered the dock, where were assembled two thousand ladies and gentlemen, the elite of the town; they cheered enthusiastically, which his Royal Highness returned, and in order to gratify the crowd sailed round the dock." (The Pictorial Times, 1846).
Despite the official opening occurring in 1846, the construction of the Albert Dock was not fully completed until 1847. In 1848, a new dock office was built and the dock itself was upgraded to feature a hydraulic cargo handling hoist system, the first of its kind in the world. Over the next decade several more buildings where added including houses for the piermaster, his assistant & the warehouse superintendent; and a cooperage. Warehousing in the dock was also expanded to meet the increasing demand by joining together the eastern and western ends of the Southern Stack.
LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE AUTUMN 2012
Dock in winter
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Ely Dock Junction signal box was located in the v of the junction between the Soham branch from Newmarket and the Cambridge to King's Lynn line (in front of the signal box). Thursday 14th November 1991
Ely Dock Junction signal box was a London & North Eastern Railway Company type 11a design that opened in 1928 fitted with an 82 lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company Limited A2 frame (frame number 10007) replacing an earlier signal box located on the down side of the line a short distance closer Ely railway station. A British Railways Eastern Region individual function switch signalling console was scheduled to be commissioned on 19th January 1985 in conjunction with the closure of Waterbeach signal box but the resignalling was postponed, it was commissioned on 2nd February 1985 controlling emergency replacement of 245, 246, 248, 249 and 252 signals. The signal box closed on 11th April 1992 and was demolished in late April 1992 with signalling between Hiams level crossing and Ely Station North passing to Cambridge signal box on 4th May 1992 after remodelling of the Ely station area
The signal box carries a Network South-East printed nameplate which replaced British Railways corporate identity printed nameplates in the late 1980s. On the front of the signal box is a Network South-East printed sign announcing ← Ely 1 mile which replaced a British Railways Eastern Region blue enamel sign which announced ← Ely ½ mile
Behind the signal box is what looks like a McKenzie & Holland three doll balanced bracket with wooden dolls on a lattice main stem carrying (left to right) Ely Dock Junction signal box 55 signal (down soham to single line) with Ely Station North signal box's Single Line fixed distant signal below it, Ely Dock Junction signal box 58 signal (down soham to down main) with Ely Station North signal box 39 signal (Down Main Distant) below it and Ely Dock Junction signal box 57 signal (down soham to down siding)
57 signal was a full size arm until the down goods line was reduced to a down siding, possibly on 29th June 1985 when Ely Station South signal box closed
The distant arms were formerly Ely Station South signal box's down distant signals. The arm beneath 58 signal was formerly Ely Station South signal box 59 signal (Down Main Distant) until Ely Station South signal box closed on 29th June 1985 and the absolute block section was extended to between Ely Dock Junction and Ely Station North signal boxes
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40082 stands with a rake of PCA Cement Wagons on the former Preston Dock Estate on July 9th 1984. During the redevelopment of the area and the building of the Penwortham By-Pass over the adjacent River Ribble, Blue Circle Cement had temporary discharge facilities here. The empty wagons were being returned to Hope in Derbyshire. The tracks here have now been lifted and the site is now part of a link road from the Penwortham By-Pass to the retail developments on the site of the former Dock area.
Just visible on the left is one of the 4-wheel TTA tank wagons then used on the Bitumen and Petroleum workings to the storage and works facilities at the West end of the Dock Estate.
Captain Whiffo leaves a new small dock to the Corries in New Haven in fulfillment of the Treaty of Malto.
Just a little build from me for BoBS - I did try out a bit of a new (for me!) rock-work technique which was meant to be SK's angled rocks (connected via a technic axle), but I'm not really too sure about how it turned out, haha.
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The Dock Road has always been one of my favourite roads, and a hive of industry in Liverpool. The Bascule Bridge was re-opened after being refurbished in 2008, and these days 20,000 cars and dock traffic pass over it.
Any box is o.k. if it can hold index cards; made from paper, plastic, or woods. Soul is much more than body.
I've been using a card box from Correct. I call it as "Dock" because all index cards I wrote gathers and stored there. All of my index cards are cetralized into the dock. According to increasing a number of index cards, the dock become more important, because it prevent your index cards from dissipation. They are my external brain, or analog "HDD".
I own one dock system at my office, and another at my home. One dock system is consisted by three docks.
Ref. : @blog, Card Dock
Curly dock (Rumex crispus), also known as sour dock, yellow dock, narrowleaf dock, or curled dock, is a perennial weed native to Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa. Curly dock was introduced into the U.S., possibly arriving as a seed contaminant in the early 1600’s when the British brought crops and cattle to New England. The weed has spread to every U.S. state and Canadian province, and is now considered one of the most widely distributed weeds in the world. Curly dock seed can remain dormant in the soil for 80 years and germinates at various times throughout the year.
Photographed along Austin Walk Trail in Waitsfield, Vermont.
In Annapolis, MD there are a few places where the public can go to launch their boats. Conversely, these few places can be used by boaters visiting the city to dock their dingy.
One of those out of the way places is located here, and I have done a series of zone plate images around the dock. As it leads to a residential area, the primary use is by locals, who have boats that are currently on Spa Creek.
The Humberside Offshore Training Association (HOTA) operates from premises close to the entrance lock at the east end of Albert Dock in Hull. It was established in 1987 and as a Limited Company with Charity Status. HOTA provides Internationally Approved and Certified Training and an extensive portfolio of bespoke courses for the Renewables, Offshore, Maritime and Onshore Sectors. The tower to the right is for working at height training. In the background is the lifeboat experience with No.4 missing in action.
Oakland docks, shot using the iPhone's panorama mode from the SF Bay Ferry from Pier 41 to Jack London Square.
It might have been slightly better if I'd been outside, but on the other hand being inside let me wedge the phone against the glass, so perhaps it's more stable this way.
Boat leaving the docks at Morro Bay as the sun sets behind Morro Rock in the distance. Morro Bay, California, USA. 25 August 2014.
A MOC I built a few months back but never really posted properly.
This is the Docking ring version, which features an outer-space scene with planets and stars.
A green dock beetle chews its favorite food, the weed called dock. Dock refers to a large genus, Rumex, of about 200 species, some of which are weeds in pastures and agricultural fields. This green dock beetle, Gastrophysa viridula, is working with a host of others to defoliate dock growing at Lower Church Lake, one of the sections of Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks.
The beetle is native to Europe and introduced to North America. In the last century, in England, the beetles were collected for their iridescent green elytra (wing covers) which were used to adorn women's hats.
Evening shot across the Canning dock,the red boat to the right is the Planet which used to be the light ship at the entrance to the Mersey estuary. The Buildings are known as the 'Three Graces', The port of Liverpool Building,Cunard Building and the Royal Liver Building.The Building with the green lighting is one of the vent shafts to the Mersey tunnel.