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Dragon breeding is a matter of hard work, patience, and careful selection. Fireproof clothing is a must too. - Catchphrase of her infamous speech at the 124th Inter-Guilds Dragon Husbandry Symposium
#101 Balfe Motorsport - McLaren 650S,
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Located at 900 Franklin Street in San Francisco.
Built in 1959
Back of postcard reads: " A modern, new, fireproof and soundproof building with elevator service and under-cover parking... just three short blocks to the main convention area of San Francisco, the Civic Center, and a few minutes ride to San Francisco's points of interest. ALSO THE TIDDLY COCKTAIL LOUNGE."
Max Gosseling, San Jose, Calif.
British GT Championship - Round 4 & 5 - Snetterton
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#20 Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY - Porsche 919 Hybrid
Round 1 World Endurance Championship Silverstone
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The vision of businessman Guido Pfister and his son Charles, the Pfister opened in 1893 as a “Grand Hotel of the West” and a welcoming and luxurious meeting place. It surely succeeded on both fronts. It was the most lavish hotel of its time, constructed at a cost of over $1 million, with groundbreaking features such as fireproofing, electricity throughout the hotel and thermostat controls in every room
NRHP and Listed on The Historic Hotels of America.
Blancpain Endurance Series 2015
Silverstone
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I traveled on this liner from New York to La Guaira, Venezuela, in late 1958.
Wikipedia says:
The SS Santa Paula was a passenger/cargo ship built for the Grace Line South American service in 1958, later sailing on Caribbean cruises out of New York. She was one of the last US-flagged ocean liners ever built.
As the Santa Paula
The SS Santa Paula was built at Newport News Shipbuilding Company with her bigger sister the Santa Rosa for the Grace Line's renowned New York-Central American service, to replace the two 1932-built 9,100-ton liners of the same names. (The first Grace Line Santa Paula was a 1916-built ship.)
She set sail on her maiden voyage from New York City on October 11, 1958, just one day after preparations for service were completed. Her sister entered service the following year. The ship was considered remarkable for her time, with her fireproof aluminum panel interiors and, unlike other ships of their service, every single cabin had its own bathroom.
In the early 1960s Grace abandoned their South American route and put the Santa Paula and her sister on Caribbean cruising service permanently.
On November 25, 1964, while the Santa Paula was returning to New York from the Caribbean, the Israeli passenger ship SS Shalom collided with the tanker MV Stolt Dagali, slicing its stern section off. The Santa Paula was the first ship to respond to the SOS sent out by the tanker's crew, and managed to rescue 25 of the 43 on board.
After being operated successfully for 11 years, Grace Line sold their shipping interests to the Prudential Lines, becoming Prudential-Grace Lines. Despite high passenger numbers, in January 1971 she was put out of service and laid up at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Within a year the Santa Paula was sold to Oceanic Sun Line for service as a cruise ship.
She arrived at Piraeus, Greece to be rebuilt into the cruise ship Stella Polaris. This plan fell through, so was once again laid up until 1976, when Marriott International bought her to become a hotel in partnership with four other companies.
Stella Polaris went to Yugoslavia, where she was rebuilt for hotel service in Kuwait City. She arrived in Kuwait in 1978, where she was renamed Kuwait Marriott Hotel and was landlocked in a specially made berth raised out of the harbor bed. In 1980 work was finally complete and Kuwait Marriott Hotel opened its doors. In 1989 the hotel was renamed The Ramada al Salaam Hotel.
During the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990 many buildings were destroyed, including the Ramada al Salaam, which was set afire. The blaze rendered her a total loss, but some machinery that was intact after the fire was used in the rebuilding of her sister ship the Regent Rainbow. From 1991 to 2001 she sat rusting until in 2002 the ex Santa Paula was scrapped on site. Parts from the ship are visible where she once stood. Some parts are on sale on eBay. Her sister operated as Louis Cruise Lines modernized Emerald until 2009, and was scrapped in 2012.
F1 British Grand Prix 2018 - Silverstone
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Jon MINSHAW / Phil KEEN
Barwell Motorsport
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
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17 Jackson Street West was originally constructed in 1929 as a two-storey, fireproof building, known as the Baker Exchange. The Art Deco-inspired building was clad with smoothed cut stone in an even course, and had a three-storey tower in the northeast corner and a basement. 17 Jackson Street West was expanded into a five-storey building circa 1943 and a seven-storey rear wing was added to the south, known as 20 Hunter Street West.
The building was constructed for the Bell Telephone Company as the site of its new telephone exchange, which was previously located at 8 Main Street East, 44 Hughson Street South, the Hamilton Provident and Load Building, and the Kronsbein building on Main Street. 17 Jackson Street West was named the Baker Exchange building after Hugh Cossart Baker Jr., who established the Hamilton District Telegraphy Company in 1878, which was the first telephone exchange in the British Empire. The building was expanded in 1943 and Bell Canada continues to operate out of the building as of 2014.
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F1 British Grand Prix 2016 - Silverstone
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#8 Team ABBA Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: Adam Christodoulou - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park
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#20 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R: Stuart Hall
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#88 Team Hard Racing - Ginetta G55 GT4 - Benjamin Wallace, William Phillips British GT Championship - Oulton Park - Saturday
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The vision of businessman Guido Pfister and his son Charles, the Pfister opened in 1893 as a “Grand Hotel of the West” and a welcoming and luxurious meeting place. It surely succeeded on both fronts. It was the most lavish hotel of its time, constructed at a cost of over $1 million, with groundbreaking features such as fireproofing, electricity throughout the hotel and thermostat controls in every room
NRHP and Listed on The Historic Hotels of America.
#70 Inception Racing - McLaren 720S GT3: Brendan Iribe
Round 2 - Silverstone 500 - British GT Championship Silverstone Circuit
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 England.
Day Ten .. Visit to the Liverpool Docklands after we dropped our things off at the airbnb were we are staying the night.
Iconic in style; immense in ambition. Liverpool’s docks dominated global trade in the 19th century, with the Albert Dock at their heart. To this day the Mersey continues to play a central role in the city’s cultural life, with the Dock an integral part of our World Heritage waterfront.
Liverpool’s docks dominated global trade by the early 19th century. When it opened in 1846, Albert Dock changed the way the docks worked here forever. Its warehouses were fireproof and secure; traders could do deals before their import taxes were due; hydraulic cranes hauled heavy cargoes across the flagstones. The speed with which ships unloaded and turned around was cut in half.
The bustling docks and their prized cargoes become a target for German bombers, which first drop mines into the water, and then onto its roofs. By now Liverpool is the headquarters of the Admiralty’s Atlantic campaign; bombs raze the Dock’s warehouses day and night during 1941’s May blitz, causing substantial damage.
Liverpool City Council decrees the Albert Dock a Conservation Area, in order to preserve its unique architectural and historic interest. In both 1960 and 1966 the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board had considered demolishing it; its new status assures its future.
Kings Dock has been vastly redeveloped over recent years, and the former dock has now been filled in. The 11,000 capacity Echo Arena is now sited on what was King's Dock as well as a number of new apartment buildings and hotels.
Pier Head is one of Liverpool's most famous locations, it is home to the 'Three Graces' which have dominated the city's skyline for over a century (they are the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building). The Three Graces are not the only buildings located at Pier Head, the Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic is also sited here alongside the Pier Head Ferry Terminal and Queensway Tunnel Ventilation Shaft. Pier Head is bordered to the north by Prince's Dock and to the south by Mann Island. Mann Island is another section of the Liverpool waterfront which has seen significant regeneration over recent years, the Museum of Liverpool and the Mann Island Buildings are both under-construction as of September 2010.
The Prince's Dock is located to the north of the Pier Head and the Three Graces which is now the home of the Liverpool Cruise Terminal where turnaround cruises arrive and depart. The land surrounding Prince's Dock is the subject of major redevelopment and could be part of the very ambitious Liverpool Waters Scheme.
For Info: albertdock.com/history
We've been meaning to walk from Goods Road bridge to Belper Mill, so we finally managed it in early Spring.
The bridge was built in 1796 - 98.
North and East Mill are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Derwent Valley Mill complex. North Mill was the birthplace of the industrial revolution, and is one of the world’s first iron clad “fireproof” buildings, built in 1803 following a fire.
The more dominant East Mill was started in 1911 by the English Sewing Cotton Company.
Originally for textile production, there's now a small museum on the ground and basement level of North Mill and a couple of other business in East Mill but otherwise the building is currently largely unoccupied and becoming more derelict every day.
Lee MOWLE / Joe OSBORNE - Triple Eight Racing
BMW Z4 GT3
British GT Championship 2015 - Silverstone
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The Hat Works is a museum in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, which opened in 2000. Before that, smaller displays of hatting equipment were exhibited in Stockport Museum and in the former Battersby hat factory.
The building, Wellington Mill, was built as an early fireproof cotton spinning mill in 1830–1831 before becoming a hat works in the 1890s. It is a Grade II listed building on the A6, Wellington Road South, between the town centre and Stockport railway station.
The Museum states "This award winning visitor attraction offers two floors of interactive exhibits taking you on a journey through the history of Stockport's once thriving hatting industry.
At Hat Works visitors can step back in time and experience the world of hatting from its humble beginnings in the cottage industry to the mass production of the early 19th century when hat manufacturing was a thriving industry with over 100 hat factories and businesses in the area.
Hat Works houses a recreated hatting factory floor with a collection of over 20 fully restored working Victorian style machines, rescued from former local hat factories. There's also a tremendous collection of over 400 hats of which some 250 can be seen in thematic displays in our hat gallery."
British GT Championship - Rockingham Motor Speedway
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After the great fire of 1886 which destroyed 14 timber buildings in Calgary, Calgarians started building with sandstone, which was fireproof and readily available. Because so many buildings were built with the stone, Calgary earned the nickname "the Sandstone City."
Photographed at Heritage Park
#42 Century Motorsport - BMW M4 GT4 - Ben Green, Ben Tuck British GT Championship - Silverstone - Sunday
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Moto GP - British Grand Prix Silverstone 2017
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Marco ATTARD / Alexander SIMS - Barwell Motorsport / Ecurie Ecosse
Lee MOWLE / Joe OSBORNE - Triple Eight Racing
Jon MINSHAW / Phil KEEN - Barwell Motorsport / Team Russia by Barwell Racing with Demon Tweeks
British GT Championship 2015 - Silverstone
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I've been tagged by "Flickr" Cupid's love arrow by our lovely friend Faithful Love. These questions all apply to "romantic love." You can use first names only if you like. Please add your answers to a photo, a collage, or a shot with hearts! Picnik has a cute new "Valentine's collage template" and would be welcomed too. Be creative. Happy Valentine's and have fun!
1. What was the name of the first person you loved? *My Parents
2. How old were you when you got your first romantic kiss? *20
3. Who do you love now? *Everyone but most specially my better half ;-)
4. Do you have special plans for Valentine's Day? *Not really 'coz we're working that day probably just a simple dinner after work...
5. How do you show your love for your sweetheart (keep this answer clean)? *Just by saying i love you everyday to her...
6. What is your favorite love song? *Somebody by Depeche Mode...
7. Who is your love guru (meaning author, television star, or friend)? *My Dad and my Mom who have been married for 39 years...
8. Tell us the best love/dating advice you have ever received? *Be truthful and honest!
While I'm Waiting by John Waller Please watch if you have some time ;-)
I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait
I will move ahead, bold and confident
Takeing every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait
I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord
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During my walkabout in Road Town on Tortola of the British Virgin Islands, I found the "Fireproof".
The building was built around 1750-57. Because it was one of the buildings to survive the 1853 Road Town fire, it was called the "Fireproof".
Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG
Formula One British Grand Prix 2016 - Silverstone
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Hat Works Museum - Stockport
The Hat Works is a museum in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, which opened in 2000. Before that, smaller displays of hatting equipment were exhibited in Stockport Museum and in the former Battersby hat factory.
The building, Wellington Mill, was built as an early fireproof cotton spinning mill in 1830–1831 before becoming a hat works in the 1890s. It is a Grade II listed building on the A6, Wellington Road South, between the town centre and Stockport railway station.
The Museum states "This award winning visitor attraction offers two floors of interactive exhibits taking you on a journey through the history of Stockport's once thriving hatting industry.
At Hat Works visitors can step back in time and experience the world of hatting from its humble beginnings in the cottage industry to the mass production of the early 19th century when hat manufacturing was a thriving industry with over 100 hat factories and businesses in the area.
Hat Works houses a recreated hatting factory floor with a collection of over 20 fully restored working Victorian style machines, rescued from former local hat factories. There's also a tremendous collection of over 400 hats of which some 250 can be seen in thematic displays in our hat gallery."
#7 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 2019: Glynn Geddie, Ryan Ratcliffe - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park
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Formula One British Grand Prix 2015 - Silverstone
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Dan Cammish - Redline Racing
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2015
Silverstone 2015
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The vision of businessman Guido Pfister and his son Charles, the Pfister opened in 1893 as a “Grand Hotel of the West” and a welcoming and luxurious meeting place. It surely succeeded on both fronts. It was the most lavish hotel of its time, constructed at a cost of over $1 million, with groundbreaking features such as fireproofing, electricity throughout the hotel and thermostat controls in every room
NRHP and Listed on The Historic Hotels of America
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1194975
Date First Listed : 2 August 1982
Former mill, now student accommodation. c1800, steam-powered worsted factory, converted into cotton spinning factory by 1828. Heightened by 3 feet and re-roofed, probably c1830, with south-east lift tower added by 1877. Production ceased 1975, and converted into student accommodation 1988-89. Walls battered, of squared coursed sandstone, with slate roof. Of fireproof construction, with vaulted brick floors carried on cast-iron beams and columns, with original flagstones now replaced by concrete. Roof of timber spars and purlins between sectional cast-iron trusses. Rectangular plan alongside the Lancaster Canal, with coped gables, the cap of a ventilation shaft at the southern apex, and with a truncated chimney stack against the north gable. Re-entrant south-east corner filled by lift tower of darker-coloured stone. 5 main storeys, with basement storey and attic expressed on west side. The east facade, facing the canal, is of 10 bays, the left-hand bay belonging to the lift tower. An external iron fire escape, now non-functional, extends across the 2 right-hand bays. Plain ashlar frieze below the eaves, added when the roof was raised. The roof slope now contains C20 rooflights. The south gable wall contains windows to the lift tower, restored after demolition of adjoining buildings, with rusticated round-arched heads. The entrance is now through a Doric porch, added by Charles B Pearson Son & Partners (Architects) as part of the restoration. The west wall is also of 10 bays and has a central gabled round-arched loading door at attic level.
HISTORY: the worsted mill was built by Thomas Higgin & Co. Thomas was the second son of John Higgin Senior, Governor of the Castle. In 1828 it was recorded as a cotton mill owned by Burrow, Higgin & Co. In 1846 it was purchased by John Greg, who then owned Moor Lane Mill South (qv). In 1861 it was sold to Storey Brothers, who operated it until its closure. The original engine house occupied the north bay of the mill and rose through 4 storeys, and evidence found during conversion work suggested that the mill was designed from the outset to house a beam engine. The engine bay was floored over in 1929. Conversion work involved demolition of some later additions, provision of new emergency stairs in the north-east corner, a new hydraulic lift in the lift shaft, and sub-division into study bedrooms.
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1194975
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Lancaster,_Lancashire
Shot trackside at round 8 of the British GT championship at Brands Hatch in 2019.
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#1 Team Parker Racing Ltd - Bentley Continental GT3 - Seb Morris British GT Championship - Silverstone - Sunday
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The Rookery was built in 1887–1888 by the architectural partnership of Daniel H. Burnham and John Wellborn Root, known as Burnham and Root. In the architectural boom that followed the Great Chicago Fire, architects in what would become known as the Chicago School of commercial architecture competed with each other to create the world's first true skyscrapers. By mixing modern building techniques, such as metal framing, fireproofing, elevators and plate glass, together with traditional ones, such as brick facades and elaborate ornamentation, Burnham and Root sought to create a bold architectural statement. At the same time, they intended their buildings to be commercially successful. This building is one of the few results of their partnership that is still standing.
Beginning in the early 20th century, the building underwent three major renovations. In the first, from 1905 to 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright was retained to remake the interior spaces. In keeping with contemporary tastes, Wright's design covered Root's elaborate wrought iron finishes with white carved Carrara marble surfaces. Nearing the peak of his fame, Wright's changes brought enhanced status to the building, making the Rookery one of the most sought after buildings in all of Chicago. Some of Wright's other changes included incorporating simplified ironwork and adding planters as well as light fixtures.
Built:
1886
Architect:
Burnham & Root; Frank Lloyd Wright; William Drummond; et al.
Architectural style:
Chicago
Governing body:
Private
NRHP Reference#:
70000238
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Chicago Landmark
Formula One British Grand Prix 2015 - Silverstone
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AF Corse - Ferrari 488 GTE #71 driven by Davide Rigon (ITA) / Sam Bird (GBR)
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#66 Team Parker Racing Ltd - Mercedes-AMG GT4 - Nick Jones, Scott Malvern British, British GT Championship - Donington Park
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The Potter Building at Beekman Street and Park Row had an advanced fireproof construction when it was completed in 1886. Perhaps not coincidentally the New York World Building it replaced burned down in 1882.
A long exposure shot from the Millennium Bridge facing St. Paul's Cathedral.
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From Waymarking.com
The Greenhill Hotel, named after West Canadian Collieries' nearby Greenhill Mine, was another major construction project in the company-owned West Townsite. The builder was W. Pettifor of Calgary, using the fireproof hollow red clay blocks common in many WCC buildings of the time. After its completion in late 1921, the Greenhill was leased and opened in February 1922.
Although the hotel provided rooms for miners, its best rooms were reserved for wealthier clients and visiting WCC share-holders. As the newest establishment in town, the Greenhill Hotel was 'the' place to stay; guests have included Queen Maria of Romania and boxer 'Sugar' Ray Robinson. The bar on the main floor served miners and managers alike.
From Alberta Register of Historic Places:
The exterior is an eclectic mix of architectural styles popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tudor Revival half-timbering, classical columns and a gambrel roof make this an unusual and engaging structure. Plan was originally U-shaped; now rectangular.
The building has the appearance of wood frame and stucco, but it is actually constructed of twelve-inch-thick hollow brick tile covered by stucco.
Three dormers, north elevation and one, south elevation. 2nd floor portico over main floor porch, east and west elevation, with wood pillars and decorative brackets, blustrade. North elevation pillared and projecting front is piece forming main entrance no longer in use.
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The historic registry lists the building as a 1918 building, whereas the plaque suggests it wasn't completed until 1921