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Went to my local coast yesterday evening to try to get some sunset stuff for a change.
Wasn't happy with anything I took, but while deleting it all in Aperture, I found this from a while back - I'd processed it and then must have decided I wasn't happy with it - on a second view, I like it a bit better..
The client consulted Fusion to fabricate cabinetry around their existing pipework for additional safety. This image shows the piping system enclosed inside a Fusion Fabricated cabinet. Find out more about Fusion here: www.fusionaus.com
The client consulted Fusion to fabricate cabinetry around their existing pipework for additional safety. This image shows the piping system prior to Fusion's work. Find out more about Fusion here: www.fusionaus.com
The Pipeworks in Broseley, Shropshire, still exists. It is part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, it is one of the Ironbridge Museums.
Abraham Darby I is burried in this small burial ground. He was the first of three famous generations of the Darby family. He was only 39 when he died. He was laid to rest here at the Broseley Pipeworks in 1717.
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Ady Matthews's CZ has an exhaust/expansion chamber worthy of note. Martin Stephens on the Husqvarna holds the inside line.
Added some conspicuous pipework on the left side of the frame from stretched sprue. I think they might be grease lines as they're narrow and metal, but I don't really know.
Also added some misc piping behind the oil tanks, the oil filter filler to the right, and a basic representation of the sight glasses. I'll drill these out when dry to represent the glass bits.
Here's a view of the SLO (solids-lifting overflow) pipework coming down into the rear of the fish tank, with the inlet in the foreground. The SLO pipe is 3" in diameter. The horizontal piece has holes drilled in the bottom so the water that drains into the grow beds gets sucked up from the bottom of the tank. The idea is to suck the solid fish wastes into the grow beds to be filtered out (and eaten by the worms I will be adding there).
There's still a lot of red dust in the system from the gravel in the grow beds. It's hard to wash gravel very thoroughly when it's freezing cold outside, assuming you can get the hose unfrozen in the first place!
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To celebrate me upgrading to Flickr Pro (about time), I decided to post something. I still have a bunch of "good but not instant hits" but I decided to share another one from the Russian trip.
This is one of the first shots I took, depicting a seemingly irrational row of chairs next to a pipework, in the yard of a gasoline station. I like the photo, it just somehow felt a bit problematic. But since it's my Pro party, it's my choice.
I softened this photo a bit in photoshop which served to mute it's colors a bit and give it more of a painting feel. In other words, I was bored.
One of the photos I submitted to Pizza Express for their new restaurant in Piccadilly Gardens, apparently opening 18th April. Every entry got a free meal and the top five got a year's complimentary membership to the Pizza Express members' club.
I'm not sure if anyone else actually entered, but I got £20 of vouchers and the membership. Lucky me hey :)
This photo shows the pipework under the fountain.
This view gives an idea of the size of pumps and pipework being used to clear the floods. Thanks to the Dutch for coming to Somerset and teaching us a lesson in flood management!! Eight Dutch pumps in operation at the end of the Kings Sedge Moor Drain. moving water to lower the flood levels upstream on the river Sowey and river Parrett. Six in operation with two yet to be finally connected and commissioned
The first time you stand next to one of these pipes, it's genuinely hard to get your head around the scale of the thing. Inconceivable amounts of hellish pressure once roared unforgivingly through their metal conduits; a couple of steel inches which shielded the outside world from their unnatural power.
An overwhelmed plumber works in a maze of shoddy pipework.
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The Foss Island Railway was a 1.5 mile branch line in York, which was built to serve the city's world famous confectionery company, Rowntree Mackintosh.
The railway, opened in 1895, branched off northward from the York-Scarborough line and curved clockwise round the city towards the immense factory. The company initially used just a single locomotive which was replaced shortly after use of the line began, by a saddle tank bought from Manchester. Two further engines were added between 1909 and 1915 as business flourished on the line.
A connection with the Derwent Valley Light Railway had been built by this time.
and in 1927 a single platform station was built close to the Rowntree plant, at Haxby Road, for workers commuting from further afield, notably Doncaster and Selby.
As business boomed to even bigger proportions, a fourth loco joined the fleet in 1943. Sadly this end up being quite short lived as diesels took over in 1959, displacing all four steam engines to the scrappers.
DMUS were used to convey the commuters and visitors to the factory while an abundance of diesel locos, notably class 31 and 45 dealt with goods.
The Derwent Valley connection closed in 1981, although the Foss Island line continued running until 1988,The line and the station were both closed and the track was lifted four years after.
The Foss Island railway today is a Sustrans cycle route, taking riders and walkers a pleasant 1.5 mile journey round the city.
The trackbed diverges from the LNER Scarborough line, a mile north east of York station. The NCN joins from Wigginton Road, and passes under several impressive bridges along its way. Features to look out for are the overgrown remains of the platform, a huge curving retaining wall, a nature reserve and a new steel bridge across the street at Huntington Road. There are also a handsome collection of sculptures and benches scattered along the route of the line, made from steel pipe that was formerly part of the factory.
Although the Rowntree line ends at Layerthorpe, the Sustrans path has since been extended - it now continues along the Derwent Valley railway for a further two miles to Metcalfe Lane, Osbaldwick, terminating alongside a recent housing development.
York Rowntree line Foss Island disused railway trackbed confectionery industry closed cycle path footpath Sustrans National Cycle Network goods 1895 closed 1988
Free-hand pipework which was iced onto all three tiers. I mixed traditional pipework patterns with some henna inspired details. We managed to transport this cake all of the way to the other side of London without any butterflies breaking off-phew!
Colchester based Cadman plant hire erecting a new chimney at the Nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury
aka "the curse of DUX QEST" (sometimes described in error as Dux QUEST); or 'the black scourge'
thousands of homes throughout new zealand are faced with replacing all of their pipework after this 'new miracle product' of the 80's breaks down and leaks. it's keeping flood cleanup and plumbing companies in clover due to frequency of problems. People are shy to talk about the heartbreak of having an "internal water feature". This affects all sorts of homes - newly built in the late 70's, 80's, or early 90's... or renovations to existing homes (that's right, it's in both expensive and average or cheap homes)...
The issues is that Dux QEST (or QUEST) brings in the form of dull excitement to an afflicted homeowner's life, can be a drip over weeks/months, a trickle, a misting spray under mild pressure, or a full on burst/torrent. Often it's inside walls where one is not aware until it manfests in dampness, bowing/buckling... or flooding. it can happen at any time. It can cause a shitload of damage - remember water always finds its own level.
It's such a problem, many insurers have declined payouts on claims for water damage where the cause is Dux QEST (or QUEST) . We've been fortunate - our insurer has been excellent. Now it's time for us to come to the party and eliminate the cause of the problem.
Apparently it was a 'wonder-product' - quick to install, no need for elbows etc - just run it on the curve. It would be interesting to read a product specification from back in the day, before this uber-crap product was removed from the market.
Crappy 80's product Dux QEST (or QUEST) piping, sprang a leak in the wall behind our ensuite. I've cut off water supply until I fix the problem. The only fix with this stuff is to remove it and replace with better product. The sad thing is, the new stuff is only guaranteed for 25yrs, which is about the max life of Dux QEST (or QUEST) (as it turned out), anyway. F*%#rs. I've been luckier than some - I've heard reports of only 8 years before the stuff started perforating and self-destructing.
It was the sight of my son looking up into the ceiling of our lounge with an expression of 'is it really raining in here again?' that tipped the balance to get this job underway.
fortunately I have a friend who has plumbing tools. Instead of paying $350 for a plumbing callout to have 6-12 inches of this crap replaced, I can spend a little more on parts and do it myself with a more permanent fix.
I approached Dux some time ago about Dux QEST (or QUEST); they were less than helpful. In fact they couldn't get me out of their reception fast enough.
Anyway, watch this space, while 'action Neukoln' replaces piping (eliminating 'on-the-fly curves), re-insulates (noise blocker batts this time), re-clads (fortunately I still have some 9.5mm gib - it's all gone metric to 10mm now), re-plasters, and re-paints. it'll be nice to have our ensuite back in action. And then I'll continue with the supply to the laundry, and then re-route hot supply under the house and re-reticulate, and then re-supply this ensuite from below in the future.
At least our main bathroom was plumbed out in copper by the previous owner in the mid-90's. He'd already experienced the black scourge. I've been advised by plumbers that copper is not cost-effective for retro-fitting jobs.
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