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Onboard HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast is the ninth of ten Town-class cruisers; begun at the end of 1936, Belfast was launched March 1938 (on St Patrick's Day. After striking a mine in November 1939, Belfast spent two years undergoing repairs and improvements, finally returning to service in November 1942. Throughout 1943, Belfast was involved in escorting Arctic convoys to the USSR; in December 1943 Belfast was involved in the Battle of North Cape, during which it assisted with the sinking of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944, Belfast took part in Operation Overlord and the Normandy landings; the following year Belfast was redeployed to the British Pacific Fleet, remaining in the Far East until 1947 when it returned to Portsmouth and underwent a refit. At the end of 1948 Belfast was based at Hong Kong and became the flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron, and returned to combat during the Korean War between 1950-52. Upgraded and modernised between 1956-59, Belfast moved into reserve in 1963, then marked for disposal in 1971, only saved with the formation of a private HMS Belfast Trust that took possession in July of that year. Initially an independent museum, Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978.
Abbey Transport DAF C F coupled to a three axle tanker tipping at the Nestle Purina pet food factory at Sudbury
When replacing old working pipework with new it's often necessary to construct a temporary bypass to isolate the section to be worked on. The big blue pipe is such a bypass. This is part of the tramworks near Haymarket station. The planners of the Edinburgh tramworks project very sensibly decided that while they were diverting important services and accesses from under the proposed tram line foundations it would be a good idea to upgrade anything needing it while they were at it. But why did they cost the tramline laying on the basis of having already done all the utilities upgrading and diversions first, yet started the tram foundation works before the utilities work had been finished -- and in many cases even begun?
But not to worry, because the Edinburgh Festival is now upon us, and it looks like congratulations all round for this heroic record-breaking effort of having far more of Edinburgh's city centre roads torn up during the height of the summer tourist season than ever before. That should really hammer home the message that wheeled transport is not welcome in this city.
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Foundation and pipework on Cougar Mountain. Up to 3,000 people lived in the mining towns and camps at their peak, but again, those structures have succumbed to either development or the elements. Only durable industrial remains are still intact.
Pipework - three into one under the engine. Reminds us old fogeys with long memories of the plumbing complexity on the Mark 1 Metisse scrambler [ - see p.11 of 'Built for Speed' by John Griffiths ]