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Talybont Reservoir (Welsh: Cronfa Ddŵr Tal-y-bont) is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres (1.29 km2). Talybont-on-Usk is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream of the dam.
Construction of the current dam started in 1931 by Newport Corporation, and in 1939 the reservoir started supplying Newport with treated water.[1]
The reservoir is now owned by Welsh Water. In 2019 a £10 million modernisation took place, including upgrading the pipework inside the dam
3.5 inch guage ROB ROY. 90 percent ready to be tested on steam. coal fired. Some pipework still to finish then may be painted.
The Broseley Pipeworks were abandoned in 1957 closing the door on 350 years of traditional pipe making skills. The site remained abandoned for many years until it was re-opened in 1996 as a part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums. Today visitors will find the traditional tools of the job preserved, lying on benches, just as it would have looked when the workers left and the factory closed all those years ago.
This clay pipe factory looks and feels just like it did when the doors closed behind the last pipe maker in 1957.
Added textures are my own.
Thank you for any comments
When you are re-plumbing an 80 year old house there are several nightmare processes you have to go through:
1. Remove all the asbestos. It seemed like a miracle material in the 1930's: insulative, fire proof... and now we know DEADLY! So that was money well spent over three months removing it!
2. Install the new biomass boiler (relatively easy if expensive). Remove the old pig iron oil boiler.. in pieces as it won't fit out of the window, oh and remove all the asbestos from within it.
3. Check that the plumbing still works... well the heating system - dormant for over 35 years is still basically 100%, but the hot water pipes have all been cut in places we can't find.
That's why Simon here is crawling around in the spooky dark tunnel. I'll just lock the access hatch again so he can't escape before he finds the problem.
34-52- Week 34 of the project 1/52 challenge- Back from an awesome few days exploring round Belgium!
This was our final and most anticipated location on day one- A huge abandoned power plant nestled within a city that was once a heartland for industry in Belgium.
We arrived late in the afternoon, found access within the grounds and started to search for access to the power plant whilst avoiding security. After searching far and wide only to find all apparent points sealed, we started to head back till we noticed that gap that we dismissed earlier as most probably being an entrance into some maintenance building or something.
Upon climbing in we found ourselves within the boiler rooms and head up 5/6 stories capturing some shots of some awesome pipework along the way. As cool as this was, we had set out to find the Holy Grail- The turbine hall and while at the top of the boiler house we done a little thinking and realised we may be close.
By this point the light was fading fast as we head back down the levels trying to find our bearings. Mid way down I spotted a gap, peered in and realised we had found our gold!
After a hastily trip down the stairs, slip through a small gap, up a couple of platforms we were greeted with an epic turbine hall! It was something like going through the wardrobe to Narnia! Incredibly impressive in scale!
It was dusk by this point so virtually impossible to capture decent images due to dark! We had our recce and planned route so headed back for a well earned Jupiler and early night to head back early morning! This was my only shot that night due to losing light!
Platforms and pipework, at Cambridge station. As well as yellow signs and yellow lines. It's an odd place, eh?
The Chalking of the Doors: An Epiphany Tradition Explained (onepeterfive.com/the-chalking-of-the-doors-an-epiphany-tr...)
If you’re a Catholic, you’ve probably seen it: a mysterious series of letters and numbers, looking for all the world like an equation, inscribed in chalk over a doorway at your parish, or at the home of a friend. Maybe you thought you could figure it out. Maybe you were too embarrassed to ask, “What the heck is that?” If you don’t know what the chalk is all about, don’t be ashamed. You’re certainly not alone. Epiphany (also known as Twelfth Night, Theophany, or Three Kings Day) marks the occasion of a time-honored Christian tradition of “chalking the doors.” The formula for the ritual — adapted for 2019 — is simple: take chalk of any color and write the following above the entrance of your home: 20 + C + M + B + 19. The letters have two meanings. First, they represent the initials of the Magi — Caspar, Malchior, and Balthazar — who came to visit Jesus in His first home. They also abbreviate the Latin phrase, Christus mansionem benedicat: “May Christ bless the house.” The “+” signs represent the cross, and the “20” at the beginning and the “19” at the end mark the year. Taken together, this inscription is performed as a request for Christ to bless those homes so marked and that He stay with those who dwell therein throughout the entire year. The chalking of the doors is a centuries-old practice throughout the world, though it appears to be somewhat less well-known in the United Sates. It is, however, an easy tradition to adopt, and a great practice whereby we dedicate our year to God from its very outset, asking His blessing on our homes and on all who live, work, or visit them there. The timing for the chalking of the doors varies somewhat in practice. In some places, it is done on New Year’s Day. More commonly, it is performed on the traditional Feast of the Epiphany — the Twelfth Day of Christmas. Most often the chalking takes place after Epiphany Mass, and can be done at any church, home, or dwelling. Traditionally the blessing is done by either a priest or the father of the family. This blessing can be performed simply by just writing the inscription and offering a short prayer, or more elaborately, including songs, prayers, processions, the burning of incense, and the sprinkling of holy water. After many Epiphany Masses, satchels of blessed chalk, incense, and containers of Epiphany water (holy water blessed with special blessings for Ephiphany) are distributed. These can then be brought home and used to perform the ritual. Another common practice is to save a few grains of the Epiphany incense until Easter, so that it can be burned along with the Easter candle. Practicing traditions like the chalking of the doors helps us to live our Faith more concretely and serve as an outward sign of our dedication to Our Lord. Our homes are also the place where many of us will make the greatest strides in our spiritual growth, through observance of daily prayer, spiritual reading, and work offered as an oblation to God. The chalking of the doors of a home encourages Christians to dedicate their life at home to God and to others. Seeing the symbols over our doors can help to remind us, while passing in and out on our daily routines, that our homes and all those who dwell there belong to Christ. It also serves as a reminder of welcoming the Magi gave to Jesus. We should strive to be as welcoming to all who come to our homes to visit us!
After the prayers of the blessing are recited, each room of the home is sprinkled with Epiphany water and incensed. The initials of the Magi are inscribed upon the doors with the blessed chalk. (The initials, C, M, B, can also be interpreted as the Latin phrase “Christus mansionem benedicat” which means “Christ bless this house”.)
Example: 20 + C + M + B + 19
Another possible prayer to say during your Chalking:
May all who come to our home this year rejoice to find Christ living among us; and may we seek and serve, in everyone we meet, that same Jesus who is your incarnate Word, now and forever. Amen. God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only-begotten One to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who inhabit it. Fill us with the light of Christ, that our concern for others may reflect your love. We ask this through Christ our Saviour. Amen. Loving God, bless this household. May we be blessed with health, goodness of heart, gentleness, and abiding in your will. We ask this through Christ our Saviour. Amen. However you do it, it’s a rich tradition, a worthy invocation of God’s blessing, and a great conversation starter for your guests. For every person who asks about the inscription, there’s an opportunity to spread this authentically Catholic practice during the Epiphany.
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, at 1625 Locust Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. It is part of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The church was founded in the mid-19th Century as part of the Tractarian Oxford Movement revival in the Anglican Church. The building was built by John Notman in the Gothic Revival style between 1847 and 1849, based on an original design by English architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter. The tower was designed by Notman, and completed in 1865 by George Hewitt. The Main entrance with polychromed figurers depicting "Christ in Majesty" are part of the portal designed by Milton Bennett Medary of the Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary firm in 1923. The Lady Chapel was designed by Cope and Stewardson in the late decorated Gothic style. It was built in 1900; the ceiling is the first known example in the US of a stone vault. Both construction of the chapel and its furnishings were donated by Rodman Wanamaker in memory of his late wife. Because of its architectural quality and significance, the building has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL). The church contains several ornaments by Charles Eamer Kempe; the Lady Chapel was originally decorated entirely according to Kempe's designs. When it was later redecorated, the altar was moved to the head of the north aisle to become the St. John's Altar. The polychromed figures were moved throughout the church, while the original stained glass remains in place. The church also has several Kempe frontals, representing a significant proportion of the surviving embroideries from that firm, some of which are still in occasional use. The Lady Chapel now contains a world-renowned silver altar with nearly 150 individually sculpted saints and scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. It is humorously said of this altar that it is "The only place where one can worship both God and Mammon at the same time." The tower is one of about fifty in North America hung for change ringing, with a ring of eight bells. The bells were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London. The heavy four bells were cast in 1876 and the light four were cast in 1878. The bells were restored for change-ringing in 1999. The Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, op. 948 (built 1936-1937) at the front of the church was designed and voiced by G. Donald Harrison. It is an early example of Harrison's American Classic style. The church also contains a String Organ given by Rodman Wanamaker and installed by the Wanamaker Organ Shop. The Screen Organ, which resides in a handsomely carved case situated between the Choir and Lady Chapel, dates from the 1902 Austin organ, which was voiced by British organbuilder Carleton Michell. In 2004 the Organ Historical Society rescinded its 1982 historical organ citation after the organ was expanded with digital voices and a new console built by Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders. In 2017-2018, the digital and all of the Zimmer pipe additions (except for the Trompette-en-chamade) in the rear gallery will be removed and replaced with vintage Aeolian-Skinner pipework, chiefly from the 1956 organ of St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York. The current organist and choirmaster is Robert McCormick; notable former organists and choirmasters at Saint Mark's include Wesley A. Day, Donald Nally, Scott Dettra, Diane Meredith Belcher, and Matthew Glandorf. In the summer of 2008, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania voted to allow Saint Mark's to adopt the Church of St. James the Less as a mission of St. Mark's. A middle school was opened on the property in September 2011. The church maintains a daily Mass schedule, as well as running a food cupboard and soup kitchen. The Reverend Sean E. Mullen is the 14th Rector of the parish.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Philadelphia)
First add in my Corellian liberators project.
System: Corellia system
Sector: nearly Coronet City
[Dendar] ,,Do you feeling it?"
[Lexi] ,,What we should feel?"
[Dendar] ,,Something incoming."
[Chiff] Agrhhhh...!
[Treei] ,,Just my comlik, boss calling, we have got deal...listen."
[Miru Nadrinakar] ,, Communication base Zero 2 prepare yourself for next huge challenge, Empire started ocupating Antar world, their inhabitants havent got manny guns and equpement to fight with Empire, deal for us. I'm going to connect with my contact at Antara and tell him about our plans. Your mission is now contact with our freindly in all system and find some more informations about Empire's occupatin and main targets. Send this message other outposts. Miru Nadrinakar end."
[Zero 2] ,,Scout base Dragon 4, did you get our mesaage?"
[Dragon 4] ,,Yes, we are downalding it. Dragon 4 end".
[Zero 2] ,,Zero2 end."
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Finaly I finished this awesome base, after more than 3 months building I done it. People who inspired me I also tagged too! Thank you guys, you are awesome!!
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Ace Bricks studios
The unique 40 069 awaits her fate in the evening sunshine at Doncaster Works
This locomotive had the bottom of the bodyside cut away, exposing some of the pipework
This guy has been welding pipeworks on this project since November. It's slow, laborious and skilled work. I, personally, would grow a bit weary of the same or similar task, day after day, but he's consistently upbeat and proud of his work.
When I asked if he would mind if I photographed him at work, he was totally jazzed about the idea. What a ham.
"Is it true? That humans aren't very human?"
"We're all just the pipework that runs life through this world."
Macro-Monday " "Pareidolia"
The equipment here is a temperature sensor used to measure the temperature in industrial pipework, this one is from a steam turbine.
The Eyes.. used for the electric wires in and out to supply power & send information.
The Top Hat.. the electronic brain that sends the information to the computor for data feedback.
The Neck...the part that screws into the pipework that measures the water temperature.
this is a hdr verson of a photo i took at easter in the guinness storehouse dublin, hdr done in photomatix and a bit of photoshopping.
This is the cluttered view from the road over bridge at Burton upon Trent station, looking north. There is plenty of pipework on show, although the foreground joint look a bit suspect. All are connected with Burton's favourite industry: brewing. The large brick-built edifice in the background used to belong to Bass, but now sports the name of Coors, the US-brewery giant. The silo's in the background are all part of the Coor's complex which abuts the Birmingham to Derby mainline next to the station. Not a pretty sight, but very necessary for all lovers of Burton ales. Added to the scene is a pair of Direct Rail Service Class 37s, Nos. 37194 & 37604 which are about to restart Pathfinder Tours 'Northumbrian Explorer' 1Z42 0530 Bristol Temple Meads - Alnmouth on 18th May 2013, after calling vat Burton to pick up passengers. Copyright John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
The organ casing is from the original 1843 Henry Erben organ.
The pipeworks, however, have been redone several times by different companies over the years (the latest being Patrick J. Murphy & Assoc., in 2009).
Port Joinville, Ile d'Yeu, juin 2019
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Pentax MX
Pentax M 50mm f/2
Rollei RPX 100
Spur Acurol-n 1:100 30min
The Crown Pipeworks, makers of clay tobacco pipes were abandoned in 1960, and as the buildings and equipment had not changed in 80 years the pipeworks became a true time capsule. In the years that followed the buildings slowly began to crumble however they were saved from demolition in the 1980s and were grade II listed. Open days are few and far between however, save for two heritage days when they are once again open for the public to enjoy.