Caption: McGiffert loader loading logs on railroad cars near Bena, Minnesota.

Date: 1904

Photographer: Bruce, E. S.

Local Call Number: R9_53846

Credit Line: Photo courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, NC

For information on photo use and more, see the Forest History Society Photograph Collection.

LIRR Second Track

Chama, October 1966. View from cab of 498.

loading at olympia

Wide Load - moving House .. 18 wheeler transporting single storey building - down the Local road .. just Wide enough ..

Guildford, Surrey ..

CEA were employed for the cleaning and loading of a very valuable speedboat.

The boats hull was cleaned with pressure washers, while the internal sections were cleaned by hand. After drying out the boat was vacuumed and polished and all the seats were wrapped in protective sheeting. A specially designed wooden cradle had been manufactured by CEA to hold the boat securely when in the container.

All lifting lugs were sealed and the windshield removed. The boat was lashed to its cradle and foam protectors attached at the point of contact with the boat. After all lashing was in place and the boat secure the team then carefully moved the cradle and boat into a 40ft HC.

Block and braces were installed to secure the cradle in the container and all loose items were lashed securely in place ready for transportation and shipping.

GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 13, 2016) Cpl. Matthew Sroufe, assigned to the âRidge Runnersâ of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), loads a rocket onto an AH-1 Cobra helicopter aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Exercise Alligator Dagger. The unilateral exercise is designed to provide an opportunity for the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to train in amphibious operations within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Somerset is deployed as part of the Makin Island (ARG) to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Chavez)

Load....

Loading were down on Saturday but still great to have a fair number on the bus and getting a few hours on the clock to expose any adjustments and tinkering required.

Paskeville field days

Piling rig escorted from London Gateway to the City of London, EC2Y. Escorted by Teahan Convoi Service.

a moment of confusion :))

Ahhhhh...Mythbusters! Our family's favorite show. (Though technically the baby doesn't care.) I downloaded some images from the internet for the photos and manipulated an image of the show's logo in Photoshop to make the title.

I used a sketch from the Ella Publishing sketch challenge for this one.

This rather grainy photo shows the method - known as "hoist loading" - of loading vehicles on to the first three car ferries to operate on the west coast of Scotland (outside the Firth of Clyde), the MVs Hebrides, Columba and Clansman of 1964 operated by David MacBrayne Ltd (latterly Caledonian MacBrayne after merger in 1973 with the Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd which ran the ferries on the Clyde.)

Instead of driving down a ramp adjustable according to the state of the tide (a "linkspan") directly on to the ship's cardeck at the bow or (more usually with 60s ferries) the stern, hoist loading involved the ship being equipped with a transverse platform which was raised from the car deck by pulleys or hydraulic rams to the level of the pier. A ramp was lowered and 4 or 5 cars could drive on. Turntables set in to the platform enabled some of the cars to be swung round through 90 degrees to ease them being driven off onto the car deck once the platform had been lowered back down.

It was pretty laborious - and almost useless for HGVs - but was necessitated because, whilst the Government was prepared in the early 1960s to invest in ships designed to carry vehicles, it was not at that time yet prepared to invest in linkspans.

Linkspans began to be provided in the early 70s but the process was gradual and I think I'm right in saying that the last service to be converted to "end-loading" ro-ro operations was Mallaig-Armadale in 1994/95.

The only photograph ever taken by me of hoist loading is here at Castlebay although note the end is nigh with the construction of the linkspan ongoing in the background. The ship pictured there has a hoist as well as a ramp at the stern allowing it to operate from linkspans as well. Some Calmac ferries still have hoist systems (as well as the now normal ramps at bow and stern) which would only be deployed in emergency if the linkspan at an island broke down.

I don't know which of the three original ferries it is in the picture or where it is (Craignure on Mull, possibly) but note the MacBrayne's bus on the pier.

This is a scan from an old BBC publication which I think was meant to accompany educational radio broadcast.

Project Real Life week 4

Sign in Edinburgh.

Taken with Holga HL(W)-PLG 25mm f8 lens on Panasonic GX7.

A group of Autobots load Energon cubes on to a transport in Iacon.

From Transformers: War for Cybertron.

It took a superhuman effort to get my sewing machine out but I did it! One more day to go. . . .

This is a lift of Tania at Lotus Paperie

Today's prompt... holiday colors.... does green count? Like, for St. Patrick's Day? Why not.

I made the journaling tag - I was inspired by the idea of not spending $4.99 + $8 shipping from Studio Calico. (I love Studio Calico and salivate at all their products and kits, but really.) Mine cost $0. I'll post a tutorial on my blog if you want to see them up close.... here it is: happiebyabbie.blogspot.com/2012/05/load-512-day-3.html

PP MME, CS Bazzill, Ribbon AC, Karen Foster, Clip MM, Stickers AC, Brads, MM, BG, Rubons Doodlebug.

Omega-Morgan

Supply roll-up, project #5, all open and ready to be rolled! This project took me over 5 hours to do! I had to figure out a way to have two pockets with different divisions. It was a good brain-workout! Difficult, but worth the results! :)

wheel loader

Inside the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

abandonednyc.com

After the Panama Canal Transit, we stopped for a day in Cartagena, Columbia. It was hot, Humid and beautiful. Ever since seeing Romancing the Stone, I have wanted to see Cartagena.

Day Five

Ordinarily, I'd be all about the texture...goodness knows I've got more embossing folders than I know what to do with. However, today was just different...I took a different approach.

The grid-style seems to be working recently, so I'm back at it again.

Same size as the others, 6.5 x 11.

Journaling reads:

"It only took a ping pong ball & a fishbowl at the local church festival - & Jon & I won ourselves a pair of fish! We named them Jager & Meister. We took a midnight run to WalMart to get a bowl & fish food. We loved them for an entire week. However, our out of town trip resulted in a fish casualty. They lasted six days longer than expected. :)"

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Doodlebug [pink]

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug [blue], My Mind's Eye [purple]

Rub-ons: Doodlebug

Letter stickers: Doodlebug

Buttons: Doodlebug

Baker's Twine: My Mind's Eye

Embossing folder: Quickutz

Circle punch: Fiskars

Pen: Staedtler

Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives, Scotch

Ink: Ink It Up!

Thanks for looking!

Loading timber on the "Şevkettin Sonay" (IMO 9334313) at the ABES Terminal at the 5th Haven Dock at the port of Antwerp

Country Music

[My plan is to rescan the past 7 days of layouts in tomorrow, so please forgive yet another horrible cell phone picture. Blah!!!]

Journaling reads:

"I always thought country music was about the neighbor's dog stealing your wife...tunes that only people out in the styx would listen to, or relate to. Never once did I think country music would come to mean so much to me. A summer full of sunny days and loud music. The chance to be the first car in the parking lot...ready for some serious tailgating. The opportunity to be caller number 9 on a local radio call-in contest...winning tickets & meeting a country star [Justin Moore]. Building jenga towers and being the envy of all tailgaters and concert-goers. Being THISCLOSE to Tim McGraw as he rocked out. Having meaningful lyrics that perfectly tell our love story...roadtrips around the state. Getting ON STAGE to take photos at the HOB. Giant jenga down. Discovering a secret love of ice cold budlight. Seats reserved at standing-room-only shows. I never imagined any of this...and now, I won't listen to anything else. 2-7-12"

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill [blue]

Patterned Paper: Echo Park [green], Imaginese [squares and guitars]

Letter Stickers: American Crafts

Pen: Staedtler

Adhesive: Scotch

Thanks for looking!

Hamilton (Thermo Fisher) Buildings, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Fisherman's helper loading the lobster boat.

(photo from "War Diary USS Alabama 1942-1944" published by US Navy)

Trying new genre of street photography inspired by James Yeung and Jeff Krol.

You can find their photos at the link below:

www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrol/

www.flickr.com/photos/jamesyeung/

Find me at: www.snapby.me

back loading and unloading retractable ramps on a wan hai lines container ship - port of oakland, california

Sigma Art 1.4/105 mm; Sony α7II

The load indicator in the back of a 3.5 tonne Transit.

For those that don't know, 3500kg is the weight limit. This includes the vehicle itself, the cargo, any people in the van & even the fuel.

Once I filled up the tank, it was probably overloaded?

Tommy Katt says, "Yes, yes; I know I am magnificent and stunning and you cannot get enough of my beautiful eyes, but will you please remove that camera out of my face before I swat you?"

There are two more cat pages are in my photostream.