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Teil der Anzeigemechanik eines Wendezeigers (Hersteller: Filotecnica Salmoiraghi S.p.A, Mailand, Italien, Herstellungsjahr unbekannt.) Das Gerät stammt aus Beständen der Deutschen Bundeswehr.
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Part of the display mechanism of a turn and slip indicator (manufacturer: Filotecnica Salmoiraghi S.p.A, Milano, Italy).The device comes from stocks of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).
Озеро Гижгит находится в Баксанском ущелье Кабардино-Балкарии, недалеко от поселка Былым. Взглянув на озеро, сложно представить, что подобная красота является рукотворной, и к сожалению, даже таит в себе угрозу.
Строго говоря, озеро Гижгит совсем не озеро, а запруда одноименной реки. Дело в том, что в 1940-2000 годы примерно в 10 км от этого места рядом с г. Тырныауз действовал Тырныаузский горно-обогатительный комбинат (ТГОК), специализирующийся на добыче и обогащении вольфрамо-молибденовых руд. В 1966 году в русле реки Гижгит, которая является притоком бурной горной реки Баксан, для нужд ТГОК было построено третье (основное) хвостохранилище, или, если говорить проще, отстойник токсичных отходов производства. Устье реки было перегорожено плотиной, в результате чего в русле горной реки образовалось водохранилище, называемое сейчас озером. Сток воды из озера Гижгит осуществляется по специальному отводному тоннелю в реку Баксан.
Хвосты — профессиональный термин, обозначающий отходы производства руды, зачастую токсичные. Хвостами называют токсичные отходы обогащения полезных ископаемых, соответственно хвостохранилище – комплекс специальных сооружений, предназначенный для их хранения и захоронения.
В годы работы комбината в хвостохранилище по десятикилометровому трубопроводу поступали отходы обогащения вольфрамового, молибденового и медно-висмутового концентратов. Около 30 наименований химических соединений металлов, каждый из которых в сильных концентрациях смертельно опасен для здоровья человека и животных. По различным оценкам, с 1966 по 2001 год тут было захоронено от 25 до 118 млн кубических метров отходов.
В настоящее время трубопровод демонтирован, но отходы остаются в озере. Уровень воды в нем поддерживается при помощи сбросного колодца для водопонижения и водоотведения, связанного с водоотводным каналом, соединяющим озеро с Баксаном. Считается, что отходы на дне озера слиплись практически до состояния цемента.
В 2018 году на страницах научно-технического журнала "Вестник МГСУ" группой ученых (К.А. Гегиев, А.Х. Шерхов, З.Ж. Гергокова и К.К. Анахаев) была опубликована статья под названием "Экологические проблемы Тырныаузского хвостохранилища на реке Гижгит", в которой подробно описана опасность, исходящая от бывшего хранилища ядовитых отходов:
"В обогащенных отходах содержатся до 30 наименований химических соединений металлов (в т.ч. высокого класса опасности), которые с поверхности пляжа хвостохранилища в виде пылеватых облаков переносятся постоянно дующими вдоль долины р. Баксан ветрами (Тырны-Ауз в переводе с балкарского языка «ущелье ветров») на прилегающие к ним сельхозугодья и природные пастбища..."
Гижгит — река в России, протекает в Эльбрусском районе Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Длина реки составляет 28 км. В низовьях запружена, образует водохранилище-хвостохранилище Тырнаузского горно-обогатительного комбината. В самом низовье протекает по искусственному тоннелю до места впадения в реку Баксан. Устье реки находится в 112 км по левому берегу реки Баксан.
This steam engine is a real vintage among vintages. Made by Fowler and Company in Leeds, England in 1880, it has been perfectly restored to its former glory. This is a close up of the engine that was pulling the trailer in my previous shot.
"Wheels within wheels..." Notice that flywheel turning.
Eight bronze statues, each twice life size, were installed on Vauxhall Bridge in 1907. A year after the bridge was completed. They represent Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering (seen here), Pottery, Education, Fine Arts, Science, and Local Government.
They were designed by F.W. Pomeroy and Alfred Drury and are mounted on the bridge's piers. Each weighs about two tons.
Pedro e Inês Footbridge | Coimbra
Engineering by António Adão da Fonseca
Architecture by Cecil Balmond.
This detail of the little engine, "Wee Georgie Wood", shows how beautifully cared for it is. Precision engineering at its best, the full flowering of the industrial revolution.
It's not hard to find places of historic significance in downtown Launceston. It is Australia's third oldest city after all. But behind this modern shopfront lies a very famous local firm. No we are not in Glasgow, but the engineering firm that is based in these buildings was founded in 1892 by Scottish immigrants James Scott and John Clark.
Glasgow Engineering - 125 Years
This is Engineering on a Small Scale..........it was by my nephew Stephen who is suffering from Parkinson's disease................
This is in the back garden of the house we have lived in for about 40 years, and this is first time I have noticed the manufacturer's name on the manhole cover (unless I've seen it before and forgotten).
One of the most vivid memories I have from my primary school years was visiting the Dover Engineering Works with my school. It's not surprising that seeing molten iron poured from a ladle into a mould from close quarters would make a lasting impression on a child. I can still see clearly in my mind the wooden pattern they had made of our school's badge being pressed into the compacted black sandy material in the mould. The pattern was then removed and the top half of the mould filled with more compacted material was fitted. Small holes to allow the escape of burning gas were made in the material. When the molten iron was poured into the mould, sure enough, jets of flame appeared from these holes. When the mould was eventually stripped, there was the grey/silver replica of the wooden pattern.
When the company was established in 1830 it was on the outskirts of Dover in the parish of Charlton, with a supply of water from the adjacent River Dour. Charlton has since been absorbed by Dover, and the engineering works is of course gone - with the site now occupied by a supermarket.
Morning warm-up session for the season ending race. Big Red was raring to go and went-on to become the overall race winner.
2019 - IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship
Motul Petit Le Mans, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Not happy with this one, but will have to do for now as I wanted a general shot of the department building and I did find the staircase interesting!
Some oddly over-engineered stairs and fencing for flats above the Old World Deli on State St. in Bellingham. Guess the builder didn't want to pay for any engineering, so just beefed it up until he said, "That ought to hold anything."
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) engineering inspection vehicle TC82, manufactured by Plasser, is seen crossing Borden Ave in Long Island City, Queens as it starts an inspection run back out to points east. This is clearly an unusual sight, as even other rail road employees at the adjacent facility are looking on!
Direct Rail Services Class 66 66430 passes through Lancaster on 6k27 Carlisle Yard - Crewe Basford Hall Yard on 15/03/2018
genetic engineering
could create the perfect race
could create an unknown life-force
that could us exterminate
introducing worker clone
as our subordinated slave
his expertise proficiency
will surely dig our grave
it's so tempting
will biologists resist
when he becomes the creator
will he let us exist
bionic man is jumping
through the television set
he's about to materialise
and guess who's coming next
x ray spex - genetic engineering (germ free adolescents, 1978)
Computer Science & Engineering student Dave Call and instructor Eric Karl working with newly donated equipment valued at around $500,000.
Yeah i love my green lotus! What i tried to do in this picture was create the sort of picture you would see in a magazine, maybe with some text beside it endorsing lotus's engineering skills. I don't know, but i hope you enjoy!
The second room of the Classic Space Monorail Station I am currently working on. What do you think of the power generators?
Sound Studio equipment that largely means nothing to me - how people control that is really beyond me!
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Onsite Hydraulic Repair, 24/7 UK coverage. Each van is professionally kitted out with the appropriate tools for removal, manufacture and refitting of hydraulic hose assemblies accompanied by stock to ensure that 99% of jos are carried out there and then.
Hope the quality has kept on this shot. Having to upload if off my phone via all sorts of weird methods thanks to some pikey stealing the wires down at the Internet exchange place leaving me with no Internet.
Union Pacific Engineering Special pulled by SD70Ace 1111, Powered By the People rolls through Des Plaines IL. on the New Line at Howard St.
For the Pessimist, the glass is half empty.
For the Optimist the glass is half full.
For the Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Olympus OM-2 and Zuiko 50mm f/1.4, Kentmere 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 13 min @ 20°C and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes.
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Standing outside this century old barn, I looked up to see an aircraft flying overhead and thought of how far we'd come. The barn featured a unique swing beam construction that allowed a team of horses, hitched to a wagon, to turn around without having to back up. Horses apparently don't like to walk backwards so this made life easier for farmer and animal alike. When you compare that marvel of practical engineering to the complexity of the plane, it seems there are no limits to what we can accomplish.
The Brooklyn Bridge.
My all time favorite bridge in the world ... countless times I've seen him on photographs and in movies ... Now we stand on his famous elevated pedestrian boardwalk face to face with one of his beautiful towers...What an amazing feeling !!!
Thank you! John Roebling, for this engineering masterpiece.
Location: Between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
City: New York.
Country: USA.
My second entry in this months competition on Bridges.
Had a few days away in Bristol so couldn't really visit without seeing and taking an image of the magnificent Clifton Suspension Bridge.
It spans the river Avon and has a remarkable history which is well worth reading about.
The original design was of Isambard Kingdom Brunel .
Spanning over 702 ft and 249ft above the Avon it had the longest span of any bridge in the world at the time of its construction.
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As seen at the Railway Museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. These tools were used to build the first steam train in The Netherlands...
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The warm glow from a setting sun is reflected off the concrete spillway cells of the Murray Lock & Dam. The dam sits under the Big Dam Bridge on the Arkansas River in Little Rock. The dam & lock is part of a series of similar structures to facilitate commercial vessel navigation on the Arkansas River all the way up to Tulsa, OK.
Completed in 1965, Carson Engineering Center was opened for use during the 75th anniversary celebration of the University of Oklahoma. Designed to house the growing College of Engineering, the facility effectively doubled the space available for engineering programs. The building was originally called the Engineering Center, but was renamed for William H. Carson, the second dean of the College, upon his death in the early 1970’s.