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Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keeper's house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington and was completed on January 10, 1791, using a fund of $1,500, established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following the formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aerobeacon in 1958. That lens was replaced with a DCB-224 aerobeacon in 1991. The DCB-224 aerobeacon is still in use.
In 1787, while Maine was still part of the state of Massachusetts, George Washington engaged two masons from the town of Falmouth (modern-day Portland), Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols, and instructed them to take charge of the construction of a lighthouse on Portland Head. Washington reminded them that the early government was poor and said that the materials used to build the lighthouse should be taken from the fields and shores, materials which could be handled nicely when hauled by oxen on a drag. The original plans called for the tower to be 58 feet tall. When the masons completed this task, they climbed to the top of the tower and realized that it would not be visible beyond the headlands to the south, so it was raised another 20 feet.
The tower was built of rubblestone, and Washington gave the masons four years to build it. While it was under construction in 1789, the federal government was being formed, and for a while, it looked as though the lighthouse would not be finished. Following passage of their ninth law, the first congress made an appropriation and authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to inform the mechanics that they could go on with the completion of the tower. On August 10, 1790, the second session of Congress appropriated a sum not to exceed $1500, and under the direction of the President, "to cause the said lighthouse to be finished and completed accordingly." The tower was completed in 1790 and first lit on January 10, 1791.
During the American Civil War, raids on shipping in and out of Portland Harbor became commonplace, and because of the necessity for ships at sea to sight Portland Head Light as soon as possible, the tower was raised 20 more feet. The current keepers' house was built in 1891. When Halfway Rock Light was built, Portland Head Light was considered less important, and in 1883, the tower was shortened 20 feet (6.1 m) and a weaker fourth-order Fresnel lens was added. Following the mariners' complaints, the former height and second-order Fresnel lens were restored in 1885.
The station has changed little except for rebuilding the whistle house in 1975 due to its having been badly damaged in a storm. Today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet (24 m) above ground and 101 feet (31 m) above water, its white conical tower is connected to a dwelling. The grounds and keeper's house are owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth, while the beacon and fog signal is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as a current aid to navigation. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Portland Head light (sic) on April 24, 1973, reference number 73000121. The lighthouse was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2002.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Head_Light
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Elizabeth,_Maine
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Pattern and texture are two fundamental aspects we need to look up whenever we think about bringing rustic elements in to our house. You can rely on this principle if you are now considering about replacing your old kitchen cabinets with another rustic cabinet. However, it is not as easy as just...
ANTES DE FASER LEIA TODO O PAP
Vamos ao material :
# miolo de papel
# papelão (paraná,cartolina,duplex) enfim um papelão que vc achar melhor !
No me caso eu tenho uma gráfica e tenho muita sobra de duplex (dica va em uma gráfica e peça sobre deste papelão poucas folhas já da pra faser varias capar !
# tecido
# papel sulfite (ñ ta na foto mas vai aparecer nas próximas )Outra dica da pra faser com papel sulfite usado de um lado mais na frente eu explico !
# cola branca (diluída com um pouco de água)
# pincel
# tesoura
Duvidas pode deixar aki na foto responderei a todas aki tb !
Spring is coming ,this squirrel is collecting material for its nest...
Der Frühling kommt, das Eichhörnchen sammelt Rinde für seinen Kobel...
Bodil is one of three trolls by Danish artist Thomas Dambo that can be seen at Aullwood Audubon in Dayton, OH. The photo shows Bodil holding an "egg"
I first glimpsed this old house from the corner of my eye while driving along an adjacent street. It was one of a billion such scenes my eye takes in while traveling just about anywhere. In this case I just caught a quick glimpse as I passed. But it left a strong impression and planned to make my way back here for a closer look. I timed my return to coincide with awful weather, unreasonably cold, damp and windy. I wanted this as the visual backdrop. Also working in these conditions minimizes the chances of encountering people. The house simply looked lonely when I first noticed it. But up close the loneliness seemed intentional. The front window was boarded off with well weathered plywood. The first floor windows were covered not with curtains but bedsheets and towels. The upper floor windows were not covered at all. The absence of upper floor window treatments made the impromptu ones on the first floor even more nefarious...not there as a house warming touch but only to block prying eyes. The house and yard bore none of the trappings of family life. No decorations, birdhouses, lawn furniture, nothing at all. The old TV antenna was the only sign of easy living, and even that was a stretch. It's one of those places that you can't even be sure is vacant. I approached nervously, walking the road in front of the house, pausing now and then to look. All the while it felt like I was being observed. Perhaps by someone inside the house, lurking behind the bedsheet curtains. Quite likely someone not enamored with photography. I really just wanted to keep walking but resolved not to leave without getting the photos I came for. I shot from several angles, and continued even after I had moved past the house. This view is looking back uphill. The house actually has more presence from a distance. Perhaps the context of its location up on the hill added to the menacing effect. Felt good to finally get away from here. More like an escape than an orderly departure. I still had some distance to cover walking back to my car. Didn't begin to relax until I had driven away.
Materials: stain & ink on Waterford 100% cotton paper (190gsm)
Size: 56x76cm
©Neya. 23.5.10. Finland.
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Material Circulante: CP 2603 + AUT 0358 + AUT 0367 + Arco
Hora: 16:38
Data: 15-11-2023
Local: Vila Nova (PK 116 - Linha do Norte)
Serviço: Comboio n.º 31310 (Contumil --» Entroncamento)
Material Circulante: Medway 1404 + Medway 1444 + 8 Rs (Somafel)
Hora: 14:53
Data: 11-06-2024
Local: Estação de Santa Margarida (PK 124 - Linha da Beira Baixa)
Serviço: Comboio de Carril n.º 74341 (Entroncamento --» Cerdeira)
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This photo was taken early in the morning at Wakodahatchee Wetlands as these Black Bellied Whistling Ducks flew by!! Twenty years ago this duck was a rare sight is South Florida but they have very quickly expanded their range to Florida from Texas and are now one of our most common year round Ducks!! This is our last posting until after the Tropical Weather moves through, hopefully it will miss us. But that means someone else gets to go through one of these nasty storms!! See everyone soon and take care!!
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Thank you Morphine from [monso] for encouraging me to try materials!!!
I've been playing about with it all morning to kinda... try and understand it a little better. But the difference is pretty amazing and I'm thrilled to figure out more about this nifty materials thingy!
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12 Reduction/Constructure by Ben Cumming
This work addresses environmental concerns, focusing on climate change and the over-extraction of materials. Combining ceramics and 3D printing, it critiques material extraction ethics while reflecting hamilton’s industrial history. The piece contrasts natural, finite ceramic with industrial 3D printing, exploring the tension between organic and industrial forces.
Material Circulante: Medway 1437 + Composição de Emergência de Campolide
Hora: 20:51
Data: 23-07-2018
Local: Estação de Casa Branca (PK 90 - Linha do Alentejo)
Obs: Foi prestar socorro a uma UDD 0450 que colheu um animal
Material Circulante: Medway 1905 + Material de Via da Mota-Engil Railway + 8 Rs (Somafel)
Hora: 11:49
Data: 11-05-2023
Local: Barragem do Fratel (PK 44 - Linha da Beira Baixa)
Serviço: Comboio de Carril n.º 74341 (Entroncamento --» Guarda)
Major Material: 100% Cotton
Major Colour: White / Pink
Lati Yellow wearing her lovely checker dress with a bunny headwear and leg warmer.
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Enough of the nicey-nicey landscapey-type shots (popular though they prove to be in Exploreland).
I went to see the Kevin Cummins exhibition "Joy Division Exemplar" at Manchester Photographic today. If you like iconic rock photography and/or Joy Division then it's definitely worth checking out. It's on till the end of Feb I believe...and it's free (bargain at half the price).
This was snapped on the way back to the workhouse. I liked how the different materials used came together...or something like that...waffle waffle.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, UK.
9 January, 2012.
My Northern Quarter set.
Beavers build dams and lodges using tree branches, vegetation, rocks and mud; they chew down trees for building material. Dams impound water and lodges serve as shelters. Their infrastructure creates wetlands used by many other species, and because of their effect on other organisms in the ecosystem, they are considered a keystone species
Roughly 8 x 10.5 inches. All sorts of paper from book covers, book insides, yearbooks, brochures, and so on. Lots of graphite.
Material Circulante: CP 5616 + 3 Sorefame Renovada IC
Hora: 09:36
Data: 08-02-2022
Local: Constância Sul (PK 118 - Linha da Beira Baixa)
Serviço: IC 541 (Lisboa - Santa Apolónia --» Guarda)
[polska wersja poniżej]
A duo of EU07 (running numbers #215 and #242 - both once assigned to Gdynia depot in one Polish State Railways times) as TrackTec Logistics train with a load of hydrotechnical stone in low-sided coal cars leased from Nacco, is going between Jaworzyna Śląska and Żarów stations. June 27, 2015.
TrackTec Logistics was established to secure the transport of TrackTec's core business, i.e. the production of prestressed concrete sleepers and ready turnouts. However, the delay in investment programs on railroads in Poland meant that the investment was far too early and the owner became frantically finding any employment of leased resources. That meant TrackTec had to compete on the market in segments that it never wanted to be present. The story was quite simple - to get anything from the market TrackTec offered substantially lower prices that in short led it bankrupted. The good old "rise and fall" in the next edition. Yet couple years after company's bankrupcy one could spot black locomotives with TrackTec logo, though each of them is at overhaul they are repainted into livery of Cargounit, the owner of the locomotives.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
Duet siódemek 215 i 242 (obydwie kiedyś stacjonowały w Gdyni) pod banderą TrackTec Logistics z ładunkiem kamienia hydrotechnicznego w niskoburtowych węglarkach dzierżawionych od Nacco, przemierzają szlak Jaworzyna Śląska - Żarów. 27 czerwca 2015 roku.
TrackTec Logistics został powołany, by zabezpieczyć transportowo podstawową działność TrackTecu, czyli produkcję podkładó strunobetonowych oraz gotowych rozjazdów. Jednak opóźnienie w programach inwestycyjnych na kolei w POlsce spowodowało, że z planowanej dużej roboty przy tych inwestycjach nic nie wyszło. Poszukując roboty, TrackTec Logistics zaczął gorączkowo poszukiwać roboty na rynku, demolując na nim ceny i doprowadzając się do bankructwa. Stare dobre "rise and fall" w kolejnym wydaniu. Dzisiaj można wciąż spotkać czarne siódemki, chociaż w ramach napraw są one sukcesywnie przemalowywane w kolory Cargounit (dobrze, że przynajmniej tło zostało czarne).
Fot. Jarek / Chester
(Void Set bonus!)
Halloween update of some void weapons! They're lower LI, lower complexity, better looking, and each includes a grayscale version for easy tinting.
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A female purple martin doing some serious nest material.
for The Flickr Lounge 'weekend theme': Photographers Choice
Those who have seen my last couple of postings (Red-bellied Woodpeckers) may recognize the stump this Starling is sitting on. Having finally retired, I now have the time to concentrate on taking pictures.
I have now visited this spot in the woods for the last week, spent 4-6 hours sitting in the Ram (yes, I'm inherently lazy) and have taken about 12,000 images. Truth be told, I'm starting to see this stump in my dreams arrggghhh!
However, the action has been unreal. I will share a number of "stump" images in the next few days. To me its a lesson in patience - pick a spot and the birds will come.
Material Circulante: Medway 4707 + 10 Rs (Renfe)
Hora: 16:24
Data: 01-04-2022
Local: Abrunhosa-a-Velha (PK 138 - Linha da Beira Alta)
Serviço: Comboio Siderúrgico n.º 47840 (Vilar Formoso --» Alfarelos)
Material Circulante: Medway 1945 + 8 U (REFER)
Hora: 15:26
Data: 16-07-2016
Local: Reveles (PK 208 - Ramal de Alfarelos)
Serviço: Comboio de Carril n.º 74361 (Entroncamento --» Amieira)