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A love lock or love padlock is a padlock which sweethearts lock to a bridge, fence, gate, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. Typically the sweethearts' names or initials are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away to symbolise unbreakable love. Since the 2000s, love locks have proliferated at an increasing number of locations worldwide. They are often treated by municipal authorities as litter or vandalism, and are costly to remove.
Rome, Italy '13
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This is a view of the north chamber of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23 (Alexander's Lock), looking west . Lock 23 was a double chambered lock opened at the beginning of the 1842 navigation season, replacing the single chamber Clinton's Ditch Lock 26, which was located nearby. Lock 23 raised and lowered the boats eight feet. This lock was important historically as a busy transfer point for the overland route to Albany which avoided waiting at the locks in Cohoes. The south chamber was lengthened in 1889-90. It was abandoned in 1918 upon the completion of the Barge Canal. General Electric purchased the land from the state, then donated it to the Town of Rotterdam in the 1950's. By the 1990's the lock was almost completely obscured by overgrowth. In 1999 the students and faculty of Unoon College's Civil Engineering Dept. worked on clearing the site. They built a replica of a locktenders shanty and a wooden pier on the upper end of the lock's center island. Lock 23 is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. . The Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail is built on the old towpath and passes right beside the lock. The lock is located in Rotterdam,NY.
River Thames, Goring, Oxfordshire.
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A view of the east side of the Zandvliet lock.
In the front is the brand new gas tanker Eco Green which starts it voyage to the Russian port of Ust-Luga.
Behind it is the BBC Kwatkowski, which loaded a second hand Liebherr crawler crane and will be discharged in the US port of Providence.
On the north side is the Paula C which is destined for the Portuguese port of Setubal.
First of all, I would like to thank the secretary of Northbourne Park School for allowing me to enter St Mary's and take these shots, it was very kind of you and I very much appreciate it, and I hope these shots do the church justice.
St Mary has been a bit of a bête noire for me, being in the Dover Diocese and yet, apparently, always locked and even on the Heritage Weekend / Ride and Stride day, is never manned or open.
Year after year I used to travel here, in the hope that one year it might just be open. So, knowing I had a few days off coming up, I wrote to the school to ask if I could go inside. As it happens, I could and the day I suggested was acceptable. So, a time was agreed, and on the day in question, I presented myself at the school reception and after my credentials were checked, I was given the keys.
The secretary pointed me the way down a gravel park through the school grounds. My poor words cannot hope to describe the school in spring, the colour, the scents of the wild flowers and to my left carpets of daffodils under the shadow of a well kept wood.
I came to a flight of grand ornamental steps leading down, and in the haze of the spring morning, I could pick out the familiar tower of St Mary.
I walked to the porch, put the key in the lock and turned it, the locked clicked, so I turned the large handle, and the door swung open.
To ensure my shots were tip tip, I even used a tripod. Lets hope it's worth it.
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One of the most attractive Victorian churches in Kent, paid for by Sir Walter James in 1853 in imitation of nearby Barfreston. His architect was Anthony Salvin, who effectively rebuilt an existing church. A few objects survived the rebuild including a thirteenth century piscina, the Royal Arms of William III and an extraordinary memorial by Peter Scheemakers to Salmon Morris, representing a Naval scene. A large and imposing Byzantine type porch protects the tympanum over the south door and leads the visitor into a rich and impressive interior. Good quality Victorian fittings include four windows by Charles Kempe.
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The opening words in Arthur Mee's "Kent" about Betteshanger Church are, 'it is like a little paradise, it's sacred shrine set in a scene of wondrous beauty..........the three steps from the churchyard to the gardens live in memory like a dream'.
There is no doubt that it is an absolutely idyllic setting for a country church, well away from the main road at the edge of Northbourne Park. It is constructed mainly of the usual Kent flint but it is not quite what it might seem at first appearance. It is, in fact, a Victorian reconstruction based very much on the nearby Norman Church of St. Nicholas at Barfreston and originally commissioned by Lord Northbourne in 1853. From the outside, it copies the carving over the South door (top left) and at the East end, the three lancet windows and the unusual, for a parish church, wheel window (shown above). The tower, tacked onto the North side of the Church is where the illusion strays. I have seen an earlier picture of this Church where there is ivy covering the Northeast corner of the Church and part of the tower but this has now gone. Perhaps it was taken off during restoration work in 1987 when a 350 year-old yew fell across the Church causing considerable damage to the roof and Chancel. This was probably the yew planted by Sir John Boys, the first member of that family to reside at Northbourne Park, although the yew must have stood outside of a much different building. There is another yew in the churchyard that was planted by Mr. Gladstone at about the time this "new" Church was being constructed.
The interior contains monuments to the Morice (or Morrice) family, including Admiral Morrice, Admiral of the White by the Belgian artist, Peter Scheermakers. On the North side of the Church is a Norman doorway and there is also some 16th Century glass which are just about all that remain of the previous building.
Earlier this century, Betteshanger was in the centre of the Kent coal fields and the towering pit head winding gears stood to the East at the Betteshanger pit (actually closer to Northbourne) and to the South at Tilmanstone. The equipment has now been dismantled and with the addition of a Sandwich and Deal bypass to Dover, this area has returned to peace and tranquility.
A brand new lock on a 300 year old door made a strange combination.
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27th August 2012 at Camden Lock, London NW1.
“Fleádh Mór free preview event for the Return to Camden Town Festival, www.returntocamden.org/.
Country: Britain. Style: Traditional Irish Folk.
Lineup: Martin Mullin (button accordion), John Joe Mullin (tenor banjo), Michael Mullin (mandolin), Colin Mullin (uilleann pipes/whistle), Anne-Marie Mullin (g/v).
The Mullins are a London Irish family immersed in traditional music from an early age through CCE (Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann) vand competing in the British Fleadh. I saw them when they were teenagers (and perhaps younger) at the Hammersmith Irish Centre in 2007 and 2008 supporting Tommy Peoples and Tony MacMahon.
It is a beautiful wedding. Light washes over the altar in spectacular cracked and tinted hues through the stained glass windows above. The mood is tense, then suddenly, the congregation turns to watch as the bride, an immaculate white Macbook paces down the isle to her groom to be, a black ink pen. Up at the altar LOCKSIN performs the ceremony and finely weds illustration and computer graphics. Creative Tempest hopes you enjoy our first female artist of the week and her amazing work. Find ou
It is a beautiful wedding. Light washes over the altar in spectacular cracked and tinted hues through the stained glass windows above. The mood is tense, then suddenly, the congregation turns to watch as the bride, an immaculate white Macbook paces down the isle to her groom to be, a black ink pen. Up at the altar LOCKSIN performs the ceremony and finely weds illustration and computer graphics. Creative Tempest hopes you enjoy our first female artist of the week and her amazing work. Find out more at www.creativetempest.com
Camden Lock is a part of Camden Town, London Borough of Camden, England. It is home to Camden Lock Market, which has become one of London's top markets specialising in arts, crafts and handmade items. You can find small shops and market stalls at Camden Lock Market selling everything from vintage fashion, handmade jewellery, souvenirs and beautiful homewares sourced from around the globe.
This is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 59. This view is of the the upper entrance, looking east , taken from across the street. It was built in 1841 with the south chamber being added in 1874 . The north chamber has most of its stone walls exposed and you can walk about halfway down inside it, after that it gets a little swampy. The south chamber is partly buried . The three openings in the head of the lock are spillway entrances which were used to to release excess water and control the water level. It is located in the village of Newark NY., off route 31 onto North Clinton Street. It is across from the present Erie Barge Lock 28 B.