Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky
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In the deep of winter, sometimes it is difficult to shoot photos of nature against a series of extreme weather warnings. But nature can be invited indoors through our lenses and integrated with potted plants. This photo made use of Nikon D850's multiple exposure function and consists of 3 images, 2 outside and one indoors.
The Toronto Carpet Factory Building on Mowat Avenue and its surrounding campus of industrial structures is an example of 1900s' turn of the century industrial architecture and currently houses a mixture of design, technology, media and marketing companies.
Built as a carpet manufacturing facility between
1889 and the 1920s. Ongoing restoration.
Landmark
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A new occasional series I am thinking about based on a day out. This is part of a set from my day out at the Birmingham NEC for a manufacturing trade fair with my designer daughter.
66120 creeps up to Neath and Brecon junction with 6e09, the 1354 Onllwyn to Immingham service. This working conveys anthracite from the opencast sites around Onllywn disposal site for Coal Products Ltd at Immingham, who use the coal in the manufacture of smokeless fuels.
The line to the right is the disused remains of the Vale of Neath railway which connected Aberdare to Swansea Victoria. Latterly the line served the loading point at Cwmgrach (pictured here in 1997 flic.kr/p/24Ep8Vi and here in 1994 flic.kr/p/PBQZhh but was disused by the time of this photograph.
I was fascinated to find this steam era photograph from virtually the same viewpoint:
Hosted on Phil Trotter's excellent smugmug site, it shows a busy yard to the right of the Vale of Neath line and an engine shed, complete with 0-6-0 Pannier tanks on the land now occupied by the Lidl supermarket. All of the buildings in the old photograph have disappeared and have been replaced with housing.
fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species.[5] Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
The heritage of Ibi, a manufacturing town in the mountainous interior of Alicante province, eastern Spain.
Fourth entry for the actual castle contest "Nine Kingdoms - Blades of Light" on www.RogueBricks.de"
This one shows the production of cannonballs and parts for weaponry and amor.
Looking close... on Friday! - Pencils
These are Woodless Colour Pencils and are manufactured in Czech Republic.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
The Falcon's Scepter was developed and manufactured just before the start of a the Martian civil wars, and came to represent the oppression and removal of civil liberties under the rule of the monarch tyrant "Steve". A true fighter and bomber hybrid - this fast and deadly vessel could successfully defend its payload deep into enemy territory and strike at the heart of the resistance.
Reminds me of a slightly more refined version of my "Boom wing.
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Another shot on black with some mild refinements so unoticable that you probably won't even notice.
Also, I should mention it fits a fig, and the wings are slightly adjustable to form different configurations.
Knob on plastic wall thermostat manufactured by Berko.
Taken for the Macro Mondays theme of 4/14/2025: KNOB.
Explored 2016-09-29 #69
The Volkswagen Beetle is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.
The need for this kind of car, and its functional objectives, was formulated by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for his country's new road network. Hitler contracted Ferdinand Porsche in 1934 to design and build it. Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design.
The result was one of the first rear-engined cars since the Brass Era. With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform ever made.
Other platforms:
Celebrating 50 years of the Peugeot 104.
Launched in 1975, the 104 ZS Coupé is offered in a Rallye version with a spoiler-shield assembly, 4 fenders, 4 alloy rims fitted with 175/70 tyres.
In November 1977 Jean-Claude Lefèbvre wins the Winter Race of Serre-Chevalier and Jean-Pierre Nicolas wins the Chamonix 24 Hours.
In 1979, Peugeot launched the 104 ZS2, manufactured in 1000 units for its Group 2 homologation.
In 1979, Timo Mäkinen won the Crampon d'Or at Serre-Chevalier near Briançon in the Alps, an event taking place on snow and ice.
Engine: 4 cylinders, 1360 cc, 2 double body carburettors, 130 hp, 5 speed gearbox.
Maximum speed: 160 km/h.
Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot
Sochaux (25), France.
Here is something I do the electrical design for at work. I'd just finished testing. The HDR processing fits a factory and steel very well.
Manufactured and delivered to LHC in 1998
Named Marhaba Turkey
Transfered to FedEx in August 2019
SN 48785 LN 629
Powered by three GE CF6-80C2D1F engines
It would appear that the American Manufacturing Bldg was lost for good today in the biggest alarm fire in the last 10years not including 9/11. Apparently the neighborhood were fighting the developers as they tried to declare it a Historic National Landmark. Coincidence or not, the owner of the property had previously in 2003 been investigated for arson on another piece of land in dumbo which went down in similiar fashion.
It is a great loss!
The American Tobacco Company manufactured Lucky Strike cigarettes--still does, I guess. This water tower now looks down on the plaza made by the company in downtown Durham, NC. I remember my mother's fondness for this brand. More on the history of Lucky Strikes can be found here.
Swine flu from Mexico, news of manufacturing plant scandals that made it back to the U.S., SARS 1 pandemic from China, SARS 2 from China, tariffs, a trade war turning into a cold war, the worldwide Covid pandemic from Wuhan of 2020-2021 that crippled the economy, which nearly shut the company permanently down.
Things are shifting. There are persuasive arguments being discussed among CEOs about hidden long-term costs of manufacturing overseas that do not show up in quarterly and annual financial statements but that bite back hard. Has the equilibrium point and risk shifted so that their company's best financial interest is to bring manufacturing back? That means higher prices. Will those discussions become reality?
GMD manufactured locomotives visit each other in Thief River Falls - both Canadian variants of the Electro-Motive family. NPR 5535 is a former Canadian National SD60F that has worked reliably on the Northern Plains Railroad between Thief River Falls and Fordville for a number of years while SD40-2, CP 6043, sports an updated livery on the CPKC Railway roster. It is interesting to compare the nose features on these two locomotives. I am glad to catch them in the same frame.
Entrance towards the "building X", the former home of the Renault direction (1922-1975).
2016 ©MichelleCourteau
Le Trapeze, the ground occupied by the former Renault Manufacture, Boulogne-Billancourt.
Architects: www.sauerbruchhutton.de/en/project/bb4
Les grues sont à l'œuvre pour remplacer les friches industrielles de la porte d'Aubervilliers par "une manufacture du luxe". Le groupe Chanel installera en 2020 une quinzaine de ses maisons de métiers d’art dans un luxueux bâtiment (architecte Rudy Ricciotti). Pour abriter les ateliers des joailliers, bottiers, plumassiers, chapeliers, etc. le futur bâtiment de 25 000 m 2 sera entouré d'une résille composée de filaments de béton censés rappeler les fibres du tissu.