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The first order of business at Prentice was spotting the empty lumber cars at the Biewer Sawmill. I just did this shot in January with CN but found it an interesting contrast now with the verdant framing. Looking up the old Medford-Prentice segment at the remaining track. The log cars were left just short of the Ashland Jct. switch. Once this move was done it was back to the junction for the 9 log empties, then up the Ashland Sub to Fifield. June 6, 2022.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2021) Ensign Mac Fifield, assigned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), holds U.S. flag during a memorial service honoring Chief Electrician’s Mate Stuart Hedley aboard Pearl Harbor. Hedley served in the Navy for over twenty years and survived the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Marines and Sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) are underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jaxson Fryar)
In the 1960s Lake Red Rock was created by humans to give flood water a place to go, to protect natural resources, and for fun, like fishing and boating. So underneath this water there are six towns where people used to live, and work, and go to school! This map shows where the Des Moines River ran before Lake Red Rock was built. The towns of Coalport, Fifield, Rousseau, Cordova, Red Rock, and Dunreath had either already gone away due to other factors or made preparations to be flooded for the Lake Red Rock Project by moving buildings or abandoning them altogether. This photo is of my cousin Chris, sister Jane, and me in 1960 as the project was starting.
St. Martins is also the smallest parish church in Wiltshire, with a Norman font dating from 1150. The village was larger in medieval times and was originally called Fifehide, as it comprised five hides of land. (A hide was about 200 acres).
This photograph was in an unmarked album of 128 photos. Few were dated: two photographs from 1924; eight from 1925; six from 1926; and three from 1932. The images all appear to be centered on Stuart Guy Fifield family and friends.
From Gram Fifield's Album.
An unidentified girl and a contented cat likely in New Hampshire or Maine. The photo is from the album of Gram Fifield (1820-1895). The picture would seem to be from the 1860s.
Gram Fifield and her husband Edward were foster parents for my Great-grandmother Ellen Andrews after her father died in the Civil War and her mother soon after.
Another shot of the the panel castings to the Nostromo bridge - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Checking on whether I can get the entire base floor of the bridge cut. These panels would peg into the floor - I still haven't finished the corner conduits that cover the areas where the panels come together. #alien #nostromo #sith_fire30
I have fond memories of the old Royal Blue Coaches from my (Much) younger days! This one seen in St, George Street Winchester during a Friends of King Alfred Busues running day with a 1950 Dennis Lance K3 Double Decker queued up behind it.
Registration No:- MOD 973
Operator: Southern National
Fleet No: 1286
Chassis: Bristol LS6G
Chassis No: 89.088
Body: ECW C41F
Body No: 6287
Length: 30 feet
Width: 8 feet
Height: 10 feet 2 inches
Aug 52, In service with Southern National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Mar 60, Converted to C39F. ECW Rebuild No. R748
Mar 62, Out of service with Southern National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Mar 62, In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Jul 68 Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Jul 68, W Norths (PV) Limited, Sherburn-in-Elmet (dealer)
Sep 68, service with Peter Sheffield, Cleethorpes
Feb 72, t of service with Peter Sheffield, Cleeththopes
Feb 72, in service with W Fletcher, Bristol
Aug 78, Out of service with W Fletcher, Bristol
Aug 78, R Meaden, Bristol
1985, D Wilson, Bristol
Aug 98, Colin Billington, Fifield
Fifield Furniture, 500 East Coolbaugh Street, Red Oak, Iowa. This building was originally a National Guard Armory. Built in 1896 at a cost of $6,000, the original building was only one story high. In 1905, Pratt and Pratt, a Red Oak Contractor, used screw jacks and blocks to raise the entire roof, and a second floor was added. The building was used as a theatre and civic meeting house in addition to the headquarters for Iowa National Guard, Company M. The National Guard eventually moved elsewhere and the building became a furniture store in 1960s. Fifield Furniture is now permanently closed.
There are few homes in Wellington today more readily recognizable than the gorgeous Italianate “painted lady” standing at 226 South Main Street. For nearly a century-and-a-half, the house gazed across the road at a bustling school campus. In 1867, the Union School had first been erected, and evolved over time into McCormick Middle School, which was sadly removed in 2016. By the mid-twentieth century, the once grand residence had fallen into a state of disrepair, and it is therefore fondly recalled by Wellington schoolchildren of that era as “the haunted house.”
The house may or may not be haunted, but its origins are somewhat mysterious, in the sense that they are obscured by the mists of time. The land on which 226 South Main stands is legally defined as block 1, lot 17. In 1852, early Wellington settler Loring Wadsworth first paid taxes on that lot. Wadsworth had been born in Becket, Massachusetts in 1800, emigrating to Ohio in 1821. In later life, he was one of the men charged in connection with the Oberlin-Wellington Slave Rescue of 1858, as he was believed to be an operator on the Underground Railroad. Wadsworth served twenty-one days in jail as a result, and was later elected mayor of Wellington, possibly in recognition of his principled actions. He served as mayor from April 1860 to April 1861, and died in 1862.
Wadsworth owned several lots adjacent to what is today 226 South Main. The 1857 Map of Lorain County, Ohio (which features a detailed inset of Wellington) shows that in that year, he owned block 1, lots 16, 17 and 90, with the family residence located on lot 16. The Greek Revival house that still stands today at 222 South Main is likely one of the older residences in town, erected by Wadsworth and his family as early as the 1830s.
Though Wadsworth died in 1862, his estate continued to be listed as the taxpayer of record on his former land holdings until well into the 1870s. This was not an uncommon practice; I have always assumed that it had something to do with settling the deceased’s estate, though in this instance, a much longer period of time passed than I have seen before. Whatever the financial or legal reasons, Loring Wadsworth was still listed on village tax rolls for block 1, lot 17 in 1871, when the value of the land suddenly jumped–after decades of remaining flat and unchanging–from $42 to $278. This strongly suggests that a house was first erected on the lot sometime in the period of 1870 to 1871.
Loring’s widow, Statira Kingsbury Wadsworth, died in 1871. Even then, the land and property formerly owned by her husband continued to appear in corporation tax records under his name. It was not until 1874–twelve years after Wadsworth died–that the property legally changed hands. In that year, block 1, lot 17, still valued at $278, passed into the ownership of Horace N. Wadsworth, William Gunn and local cheese dealer William D. Minor.
A real estate transfer published in the Oberlin Weekly News showed the sale of lot 17 was made by Benjamin Wadsworth to Horace Wadsworth and William Gunn for $667. Benjamin Wadsworth was the eldest son of Loring Wadsworth. By the end of the nineteenth century, he was known as “the largest landowner among the agriculturalists of Lorain County,” with over one thousand acres and a well-regarded sheep breeding operation. It has been suggested that Benjamin Wadsworth built 226 South Main as a “retirement home” for his own use. Wadsworth was forty-nine years old in 1870, the conjectured date of construction. Wellington tax records from the period show that he owned no property in the village; instead, he maintained a steady holding of 145 acres in lot 24, the southwestern corner of the township. The 1870 federal census shows Benjamin (49), his wife Maria (44), and children Elmer (18) and Jane (12) living in Huntington; in 1880, Benjamin (59) and Maria (54) were still in Huntington, living next door to Elmer and his wife, Mary, both aged 28. While Benjamin Wadsworth was somehow involved in the construction of the house on lot 17, he sold it soon after completion. The three men listed as taxpayers in the 1874 rolls were most likely conducting real estate transactions for profit, rather than purchasing the house for personal use.
In 1875, a small addition was put on the house, increasing its value slightly to $300. That same year, the property was sold again. From that point forward, the taxpayer of record was one Hattie McClaran. Harriet “Hattie” Lovett McClaran (ca. 1845-1889) was the wife of local physician Dr. Thomas M. McClaran. Harriet was born in Shreve, Ohio, approximately thirty miles southwest of Wellington. She and Thomas were married in Holmes County on March 20, 1866. Thomas had served as a private in the 4th Regiment, Co. E, Ohio Infantry of the Union Army. Wounded during his military service, he collected a disability pension later in life. After the war, Thomas decided to attend medical school, and graduated from the University of Wooster Medical Department in 1874. McClaran suffered from lifelong ill health and was frequently mentioned in the local newspapers as traveling to more beneficial climates, apparently without his family.
The 1880 federal census showed five adults and one child living together in the household: Thomas McClaran (37); Harriet McClaran (35); Lillian McClaran (11); servant Annie Spicer (24); and a young couple from Maine called Edward (24) and Lena (23) Everett. Edward was a druggist, perhaps boarding with the physician and his family during an apprenticeship, or while he attempted to establish his own business in the village. Maybe the McClarans found their quarters too cramped once they took in boarders. By 1881, they made major renovations to their home. The Wellington Enterprise commented on the ongoing work, and the tax-assessed value of the property skyrocketed from $300 to $1,890. This strongly suggests that the back wing of 226 South Main was added at that time.
The McClarans’ tenure in the residence did not end happily. They sold the property to John Britton Smith, owner and editor of the Enterprise, in June 1888. They then traveled to Springfield, Missouri, for a visit with their only child, a married daughter. By October, Hattie McClaran was back in Ohio and committed to the Newburgh State Hospital, an asylum in Cleveland. Dr. McClaran briefly returned as well, moving into the American House hotel during his wife’s committal. Tragically, Hattie died by suicide on a home visit with her sister in Wooster, in January 1889. She was buried in Wooster and Dr. McClaran soon returned to Missouri to live with his daughter. He died June 21, 1890 and is buried in Springfield National Cemetery. When he passed, the Enterprise printed a four-sentence remembrance which noted, “He and his faithful wife toiled here for a number of years and as a result of their labors secured a beautiful place to reside on South Main street, expecting to spend the balance of their days here”.
John Britton Smith occupied 226 South Main from 1888 until 1897. When the editor sold the Enterprise and left the village, the owner of the local boot and shoe shop, Hugh Comstock Harris, purchased the residence for himself and wife Ada Bacon Harris. The couple had no children, and when Hugh was elected to serve as Lorain County Treasurer, they also left Wellington, relocating to Elyria sometime after 1901.
As the twentieth century began, the house welcomed its second owner/editor of the Wellington Enterprise. Henry O. Fifield, recently arrived in the village, purchased the property sometime around 1902. Henry and his wife, Emma, lived with their widowed French Canadian daughter-in-law, Alice, and beloved granddaughter, Stella. Stella had been born in Canada and was a talented musician who went on to teach music herself. She was married in the house in 1920, and a front-page article in the Enterprise described the celebrations in great detail. The family home played a starring role: “The bride…advanced through the library to the living room. At the same time the groom…advanced to the living room from the front of the house. The bridal party…then gathered in a bower of evergreens and palms in the large bay window in the living room. This bower was a beautiful creation and the work of Miss Laura Tissot a friend of the bride. After the impressive ceremony, the bridal party was seated in the dining room…They and the guests were served sumptuously by Caterer Gunn of Oberlin”. Was Stella’s well-publicized nuptials the seed that blossomed into a popular story about 226 South Main being enlarged specifically to accommodate a bride descending the front curving staircase?
Henry Fifield lived to see his granddaughter engaged, but died nearly a year before the wedding. The Italianate at 226 South Main remained in the extended Fifield family for the first half of the century, belonging to Stella and her widowed mother, Alice, who later remarried and brought her second husband into the house.
By 1976, the year of America’s bicentennial celebrations, a young local couple who also happened to be deeply committed to preserving Wellington’s past decided that a grand old home that needed love (and a great deal of work!) was exactly where they wanted to spend their married life. Today, 226 South Main Street is haunted no more. Home for more than forty years to beloved residents Tim and Leslie Simonson, its vibrant wine-red color and flower-filled yard are often the backdrop for large gatherings of friends and family. The renovated carriage house at the rear of the property is well-known in the village as the Simonson Clock Shop.
At Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales Florida, less than three months after its 1 February 1929 dedication by Calvin Coolidge. Harriet and Naomi Austin at Bok Tower, Florida, 8 April 1929
The very busy pulpwood loading siding has Fifield, WI hasn't seen a car in years. One can only hope that a new carrier will buy this line and (hopefully) we'll see action here again.
Aveling & Porter 4-wheel well tank 'Sir Vincent' (Works No.8800 built in 1918) and Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Swanscombe' at the loco shed and station area of the Fifield Central Railway on 31st May 2024. 'Sir Vincent' is essentially a traction engine on rail wheels with a geared drive and compound cylinders. Originally supplied to Vickers Ltd. at Erith in Kent, it was named after the company's Finance Director Sir Vincent Callard. In 1931 it was acquired by the British Oil & Cake Mills in Erith, and sold on into preservation in 1975 to Commander John Baldock at Holllycombe, near Liphook in Hampshire. It arrived at Fifield in 2008 from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road.
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This photograph was in an unmarked album of 128 photos. Few were dated: two photographs from 1924; eight from 1925; six from 1926; and three from 1932. The images all appear to be centered on Stuart Guy Fifield family and friends.
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The Hollycombe Steam Collection's founder and owner Commander John M Baldock taking a ride on the then recently established 200 yards in length standard gauge running line at Hollycombe behind Aveling and Porter 'Sir Vincent' in early May 1975, the early days of the Steam Collection opening to the public. Commander Baldock started his collection of steam traction engines in the late 1940s, moving on to purchasing steam fairground rides and railway locomotives in the 1960s. ‘Sir Vincent’ arrived at Hollycombe from the British Oil & Cake Mills, Erith, Kent circa June 1966. Although a longer 2ft gauge railway is in use today, the standard gauge running line fell into disuse by 2008, by which time ‘Sir Vincent’ had already moved on to the Historical Transport Society, at the Old Station, Rushden, Northants, on 11th March 1989. It is now in working order on the private Fifield Railway near Windsor.
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This apartment building, Echelon at K Station, was completed in 2008 as the first building in a master planned community in Chicago located west of the Chicago River "Y" and is variously described as being in the West Loop, River North, and "Kinzie Station." (K Station is an abbreviated form of this name.) The 9-acre master plan community takes its name from a former railroad station called Kinzie Station.
The building was designed by Chicago architects Pappageorge Haymes Partners. The 39-story building is 363 feet tall and includes 350 dwelling units.
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin wrote about the building in 2008 when it was newly completed: "And over on the Near West Side is Echelon at K Station, a better-than-average apartment high-rise that draws inspiration from the Art Deco skyscrapers of the 1920s." ("A High-rise Trio in Chicago Raises the Skyline's Standards," Chicago Tribune, 23 November 2008)
Kamin wrote approvingly of the Echelon at K Station and two other then new buildings designed by Pappageorge Haymes, which is notable because he was not as complimentary of the firm's previous work. Comparing the work of lesser known architects to the well done work of "starchitects", he noted that Chicago had received "a vast array of architectural junk by less talented practitioners. Pappageorge/Haymes has produced its share of the mess."
Concerning this building, Kamin was measured in his praise, but praiseworthy nevertheless:
"The architects have done solid work at Echelon at K Station, a 39-story rental high-rise at 353 North Des Plaines St. backed by Fifield Development Co. Rental buildings have even tighter budgets than do condos, so squeezing any architecture out of them is a huge challenge. This project was even more difficult because of its odd site, which adjoins a viaduct and had to incorporate a belowground, future high-speed rail connection to O'Hare International Airport.
"Somehow, the architects made it work, shaping an exercise in budget Art Deco that extracts pleasing vertical proportions from an inexpensive structure of exposed concrete. Glass notches at the corners open apartments to views of Sears Tower and other downtown landmarks. While this version of Deco lacks the refined setbacks and exquisite details of the real thing, it is nonetheless a welcome change from the dutiful but dull contextualism of Pappageorge/Haymes' Kinzie Station, a squat brown condo high-rise next door.
"It's not great architecture, but it's not terrible either. And a new city neighborhood is growing up around it, complete with a grocery and cleaners across the street. City Hall planners didn't fight the project's height, as they might have in the past. They encouraged it."
When I passed through early on the previous Thursday the siding was empty and I'd hoped some cars might have showed up Friday but no such luck. Unfortunately there was no delivery ahead of this train. That left me hanging on the fanciful notion that perhaps a car or two would be loaded while they had lunch. Of course that didn't happen. What did happen was the day continued to get warmer triggering puffy clouds to take over the previously clear sky. Despite the power now running in the proper direction I had the double whammy of a light engine and plenty of cloud trouble. I tried to be a good sport about it but every spot I selected I was 2 seconds away from full sun, doinked each time. After 3 strikes I called no joy and went on my way. After a quick lunch they're headed back to Bradley. June 6, 2022.
CN's Mellen-Ashland turn heads off into the woods about 10 miles north of Mellen on November 22, 2005.
Part of the reason why I've tried to chase trains on the Ashland line over the years is that I knew, someday, it would likely end up like the C&NW, CStPM&O, and NP's line into Ashland- inactive, abandoned, and finally just a trail. Well, it looks like that day has come. Unofficial word from the north says that the CN has notified it's last two shippers in Ashland that if they want to continue to ship by rail, they'll have to truck their timber to the pulpyard at Fifield, WI- 60 miles to the south. The CN is no longer operating north of Park Falls. Thanks to Dave Schauer for passing the info.
This photograph was in an unmarked album of 128 photos. Few were dated: two photographs from 1924; eight from 1925; six from 1926; and three from 1932. The images all appear to be centered on Stuart Guy Fifield family and friends.
From Gram Fifield's Album.
An unidentified girl and a contented cat likely in New Hampshire or Maine. The photo is from the album of Gram Fifield (1820-1895). The picture would seem to be from the 1860s.
Gram Fifield and her husband Edward were foster parents for my Great-grandmother Ellen Andrews after her father died in the Civil War and her mother soon after.
B W Probets commenced operations in Portishead in November 1977 , trading as Woodspring Coaches. He had quite a high turnover of second hand coaches , initially all Bedfords. This red and cream livery was used from mid 1981 for a few years.
SNK243M was a Bedford YRT / Duple Dominant C53F new in December 1973 to Autotours, London SW5. It was acquired from Reid , Bedford in May 1981 , and sold to Zieba and Fifield , Barry in June 1983. The photo is taken at the depot in Portishead in May 1982.
Like many of my photos from 1982 the colours on the original print have faded.
Paint progress on "The Beast" - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. My first "primed" body and second "primed" head sculpt of the beast - "Snarling" version. Primed, meaning I have painted the pieces with about three coats of gray acrylic. Have three other head sculpts to paint along with two more bodies. I also have an Alien: Isolation beast to paint sometime soon smile emoticon #alien #bigchap #headsculpt #painting