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Gateposts made from Old Pipes? - Drive up to Llyn Glasllyn near Y Ffor - Llyn. interesting choice of materials
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost
Knoxville, Tennessee
Listed 12/18/2013
Reference Number: 13000949
The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost are being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C for their excellent representation of the Tudor Revival architectural style and under Criterion C for their contribution to the development of the Westmoreland Heights Subdivision as the source of water and electricity prior to city services. The Westmoreland Wheelhouse (built in 1923) and the Gatepost (built in 1925) were designed by noted local architect Charles I. Barber of the firm Barber and McMurry. Prominent local landscape architect, Charles F. Lester provided the landscape design for the structures. The Water Wheel is a steel overshot wheel purchased by Edward T. Manning, President of the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company from the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania and installed by R.A. Calloway, an employee with the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company. The use of East Tennessee marble is the most notable exterior architectural feature of these structures; other architectural materials worth mentioning are wood, slate, and iron. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost retain a high degree of architectural integrity and are an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style in Knox County and meet the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost also meet the registration requirements in the Historic and Architectural Resources of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee Multiple Property Listing under the historic context of Suburban Growth and Development in Knoxville, 1861-1940.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost, Knoxville, Tennessee, Summary Page
There are six sets of cast iron gateposts like this one at entrances to farms between Blackburn and Mellor.
Beside the most pointless bit of footpath known to man - in the gap between the gateposts of some old estate are two paths, separated by a wall and the type of metal pole railings beloved by the council. The one to the right is steps going up to meet a gate to a private house. The one to the left goes straight ahead beneath the wall of the right-hand one, rising gradually. The lower path meets a fence whereupon it bends back on itself, going up a slight ramp to become the right-hand path. So there's steps and step-free access up to a gate at the back of house whose hidden exit is up the hill. And that's the only purpose this chunk of land serves, despite being fairly obviously public property. Judging by Google's satellite version of the place... blast, I just prepared a map of the area demonstrating what I was talking about, but Google, bless its little electron socks, decides the public version must carry my name. Not so useful. Anyway, the lines of wood, roads and gardens imply there used to be a track which continued along the axis of the path.
Anyone else tempted to amend the H to an M?
A long forgotten typical Cornish granite gatepost at the side of the footpath which leads from Furry Lane up the rear of Castle Wary Close and on into the Penrose Estate. Before the 1960s, this area above the Porthleven Road was fields. This is probably an old field gatepost now overgrown and abandoned in the woods.
Intricate military detail on the top of the gateposts at the Arguello entrance to the SF Presidio. As noted by James Ruddy (in the comments), "Essayons" is the Army Corp of Engineers motto. "Essayons" is French for "let us try" and reflects the role of the French Military Engineers in the creation of the U.S. Corp during the war for independence. The building in the image is the Corps Castle which is used as the emblem of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). The USACE website has an interesting set of photos from the corps involvement in the civil war:
Still life shot of objects on top of a gate post. Today the Hereios of the We're Here group are shooting nice small things.
35mm SMC Takumar f3.5 @ f5.6
Ancient gate posts like this are all over the place here in Yorkshire. Now surrounded by undergrowth, long abandoned and with a few pennies left inside the hole, it feels more like something Pagan or Shinto inspired than something with such a mundane former purpose.
Old gateposts and ruined wooden gate on Royd Moor, overlooking Millhouse Green towards Woodhead Pass. Early snow covers the landscape.
Gatepost fungus
Our gatepost has seen better days so the water gets into the wood where it is cracked and these cute little toadstools grow there too!
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A pair of very fine terracotta pineapple finials on gateposts. Fosterville Avenue contains several, what would have been built as, very opulent Victorian villas.
In the Victorian era pineapples and pomegranates symbolised hospitality and welcome, and are often seen as finials on gate posts
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost
Knoxville, Tennessee
Listed 12/18/2013
Reference Number: 13000949
The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost are being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C for their excellent representation of the Tudor Revival architectural style and under Criterion C for their contribution to the development of the Westmoreland Heights Subdivision as the source of water and electricity prior to city services. The Westmoreland Wheelhouse (built in 1923) and the Gatepost (built in 1925) were designed by noted local architect Charles I. Barber of the firm Barber and McMurry. Prominent local landscape architect, Charles F. Lester provided the landscape design for the structures. The Water Wheel is a steel overshot wheel purchased by Edward T. Manning, President of the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company from the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania and installed by R.A. Calloway, an employee with the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company. The use of East Tennessee marble is the most notable exterior architectural feature of these structures; other architectural materials worth mentioning are wood, slate, and iron. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost retain a high degree of architectural integrity and are an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style in Knox County and meet the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost also meet the registration requirements in the Historic and Architectural Resources of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee Multiple Property Listing under the historic context of Suburban Growth and Development in Knoxville, 1861-1940.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost, Knoxville, Tennessee, Summary Page
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This is a fabulous old gatepost toat stand at the top of the Carriage Drive at Newark Park in Gloucestershire. The current gate is new, but the post speaks of older, grander gates of times gone by.
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost
Knoxville, Tennessee
Listed 12/18/2013
Reference Number: 13000949
The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost are being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C for their excellent representation of the Tudor Revival architectural style and under Criterion C for their contribution to the development of the Westmoreland Heights Subdivision as the source of water and electricity prior to city services. The Westmoreland Wheelhouse (built in 1923) and the Gatepost (built in 1925) were designed by noted local architect Charles I. Barber of the firm Barber and McMurry. Prominent local landscape architect, Charles F. Lester provided the landscape design for the structures. The Water Wheel is a steel overshot wheel purchased by Edward T. Manning, President of the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company from the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania and installed by R.A. Calloway, an employee with the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company. The use of East Tennessee marble is the most notable exterior architectural feature of these structures; other architectural materials worth mentioning are wood, slate, and iron. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost retain a high degree of architectural integrity and are an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style in Knox County and meet the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost also meet the registration requirements in the Historic and Architectural Resources of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee Multiple Property Listing under the historic context of Suburban Growth and Development in Knoxville, 1861-1940.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost, Knoxville, Tennessee, Summary Page
Scanning across the tree tops towards Haytor in the distance from the summit of Manaton Rocks on Dartmoor.
I'd swear Stone Sprites occupy these gateposts - and don't look now but the "eyes" seem to follow you around!
Francis Greg Esq., JP., Commemorated in stone at the entrance to the Bollington recreation ground. We don't seem to have such public spirited benefaction these days. I suspect that the money goes to political parties to buy favour.
The recreation ground continues to provide great public benefit over 100 years after the good Mr Greg left it to the good burghers of the town.
Situated along the edge of the Ellipse (near the intersection of 17th Street, NW and Constitution Avenue, NW) are one of six gatehouses that formerly stood at the bottom of Capitol Hill near the U.S. Capitol. These one-room gatehouses were designed by famed architect Charles Bulfinch around 1827-1828. They were constructed of rusticated Aquia Creek sandstone, the same material used in building both the Capitol and White House. These gatehouses located here appear much more worn than the Capitol or White House because the quality of stone used on these structures was of a much lesser quality and also these buildings were not painted to help protect the sandstone. This particular gatehouse, which was originally situated along the west side of Capitol Hill, also features a doorway that is flanked by two Doric columns.
As mentioned previously, there were formerly six gatehouses that resided outside of the Capitol grounds. As part of landscaping renovations led by Central Park architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1874, the gatehouses were found new homes and usages throughout the city. A second gatehouse is located along the intersection of 15th Street, NW and Constitution Avenue, NW. The remaining four gateposts have all been relocated to the front entrance of the National Arboretum.
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