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This historic church was constructed in 1875. At that time native people were still hunting bison on the prairies. The young nation of Canada was only eight years old; the Canadian Pacific Railway still nine years in the future. And this church would become the heart of a thriving community, Morleyville, and for a time the largest settlement in what would be southern Alberta.
UPDATE: Sadly this oldest church in southern Alberta was totally destroyed by a fire on May 22, 2017.
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The historic Marktplatz (market square) in Greifswald.
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This historic house in St. Augustine, Florida, is known for its iconic gated entry. [Flickr Explore #63, June 21, 2021.]
Historic bridge over the river Alzette in the Grund district of the city of Luxembourg, where a craftsmen's quarter developed in the Middle Ages. Robert Schumann, a founding father of the European Union, grew up near here.
Historic Delfshaven
This picturesque marina is one of the few parts of the old city that survived the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940. It has a striking history as the place from which the Pilgrim Fathers left for America and as the birthplace of Piet Hein.
In the past, people in Delfshaven earned their living by fishing herring and distilling gin. Historic Delfshaven has always managed to keep its authentic looks, with the old-fashioned corn mill De Distilleerketel as an important landmark.
Originally Delfshaven was part of Delft. In 1795 it became an independent municipality, to be annexed by Rotterdam in 1886.
Delfshaven was created in 1389, when the Delfshavense Schie was dug to connect the city of Delft with the Maas. Since then, the ships have been able to reach the Nieuwe Maas from Delft via the Delftse and Delfshavense Schie. The harbor town of 'Delfshaven' was created around the lock. It had the status of a 'colony of Delft'. A setback in growth took place when at the end of the Hoekse and Kabeljauwse disputes (around 1490) the Hoeken wreaked havoc. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Delfshaven had just over 100 houses and 400 inhabitants.
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Historisch Delfshaven
Deze pittoreske jachthaven is een van de weinige stukjes oude stad die het bombardement op Rotterdam in 1940 doorstaan hebben. Het heeft een markante geschiedenis als de plek vanwaar de Pilgrim Fathers naar Amerika vertrokken én als geboorteplaats van Piet Hein.
Vroeger verdiende men in Delfshaven de kost met de haringvisserij en het distilleren van jenever. Historisch Delfshaven heeft zijn authentieke looks altijd weten te behouden, met de ouderwetse korenmolen De Destilleerketel als belangrijk herkenningspunt.
Oorspronkelijk was Delfshaven een onderdeel van Delft. In 1795 werd het een zelfstandige gemeente, om in 1886 door Rotterdam geannexeerd te worden.
Delfshaven ontstond in 1389, toen de Delfshavense Schie werd gegraven om de stad Delft een verbinding met de Maas te geven. Sindsdien konden de schepen vanuit Delft via de Delftse en Delfshavense Schie de Nieuwe Maas bereiken. Rondom de sluis ontstond het havenstadje 'Delfshaven'. Het had de status van een 'kolonie van Delft'. Een terugslag in de groei vond plaats toen aan het eind van de Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten (rond 1490) de Hoeken enorme verwoestingen aanrichtten. In het begin van de zestiende eeuw telde Delfshaven iets meer dan 100 huizen en 400 inwoners.
I make this image public for getting an impression of the AVIF format (can be opened in the latest IrfanView, Chrome and Firefox): Link to AVIF in Google Drive
The AVIF image compression (in the HEIF container) is a very promising format as it provides good image quality in a very small package and is (in comparison to HEIC) free of any licenses. I hope Flickr as well as Google and Microsoft products will soon have full support for this innovation.
Besides the high compression efficiency the big advantage over JPEG is that a color depth per channel of 10 and even 12 bit is supported.
The uploaded JPEG is about 17MB in size, the AVIF 1.9MB.
This sample is generated using the avifenc.exe command line encoder for windows.
I used this parameters:
avifenc.exe --cicp 2/2/1 -r limited -y 420 -j 6 --min 30 --max 40 --minalpha 30 --maxalpha 40 in.png out.avif
The result is:
- 6 threads used (for my 6 CPU cores)
- to colorspace YUV420 (422 and 444 is not supported by the Windows AV1 extension)
- 12 bit per channel
Dark slate was and is used to cover roofs, but also to clad entire houses. Slate arises in the transition area from diagenesis to rock metamorphosis.
It's been already a week since my return back and as I have been busy I had no free time to review photos from my recent trip to Greece. So I made a dive into my archives and that photo from Boston's north end caught my attention. A historic alley I would describe it for 2 reasons. First, this alley is part of the famous "Freedom Trail" and second, the wall on the right of the frame is the Old North church, one of Boston's most historic buildings. During the American Revolution, on the steeple of that very church 2 lanterns were carried to warn the American militia that the British chose to advance against Concord by sea.
Thievery Corporation - Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun) ft. The Flaming Lips
Processing/Texture: NIK Color Efex Pro - Vintage.
A broken window, weathering, deterioration and decay: stuff I love to come across and photograph :)
Seen at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. Vancouver, B.C.
Historic Eaton Hall. It has a long history associated with one of Canada’s best known families, the Eatons, founders of Eaton’s department stores.Design was started in 1932 and completed in 1939
Sony A330
Sony DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM
'Blow off a little steam'
World's first steam powered clock
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate
Best experienced in full screen.
Colours and light slightly muted due to weather conditions.
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~Christie
Austin, Texas, ATX, TX. Historic architecture, residence, home, iPhoneography, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint.
One of the finest historic houses, the Heck Andrews house (1870), in downtown Raleigh, NC. They were in the process of renovation on the outside at the time I took this picture. I'm still waiting for them to give the interior some attention!
Much thanks to Alice Popkorn for the beautiful texture. Her link: www.flickr.com/photos/alicepopkorn/sets/72157605289948031
Still have not been feeling well, but I am working on a full recovery, which I hope will not be too much longer.
Thank you all for the nice comments and invites! I plan to be back as soon as I am feeling much better.
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CPR Steam Engine No. 374
Built by: Canadian Pacific Railway
Year: 1886
May 23, 1887, CPR's Steam Engine No. 374 was the 'FIRST' transcontinental to arrive in Vancouver, BC Canada. Linking Canada from coast to coast. Atlantic Ocean - Pacific Ocean.
Power source: Chopped Wood
Today, it is on display at the restored Railway Roundhouse Maintenance Shed now known as the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Location: False Creek, Vancouver BC
Canada
Cost to visit: Free
Agrigento central railway station.
Platform 4: Historic train Agrigento C.le - Porto Empedocle.
Platform 3: Historic train Palermo C.le - Agrigento C.le.
Sagra del Mandorlo in fiore 2017
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Historic dairy farm, Novato, Marin County, Northern California, USA.
Shot in Berne, Switzerland, with Sony A7 Mii and the Zeiss Batis 1.8/85mm at F=1.8.Focus on the Green Leaves peeping into the Stairs.
The Stairs lead up from the so-called "Mattequartier" to the Historic Centre of Berne City.
The Mattequartier is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland