PS Waverley
View allAll Photos Tagged ps
Have a great week end, I will be out of town. I will get to you all as soon as possible. xxoo
Thanks to skeletalmass
PS Waverley, leaving Llandudno Pier.
PS Waverley Coordinates... 53°19′54″N 3°49′30″W
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
Since 2003, Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance".
PS Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott's first novel. She was built in 1946 to replace a PS Waverley that was built in 1899, served in the Second World War as a minesweeper and was sunk in 1940 while helping to evacuate troops from Dunkirk. Shipbuilders A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow launched the new 693 ton steamer in October 1946. She joined the London and North Eastern Railway Clyde paddle steamer fleet of Lucy Ashton, Jeanie Deans and Talisman in June 1947, entering service working the LNER's Firth of Clyde steamer route from Craigendoran Pier, near Helensburgh, up Loch Long to Arrochar. In her first year in service, she wore that company's red, white and black funnel colours.
Llandudno Pier is a Grade II* listed pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom. At 2,295 feet (700 m), the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales. In 2005, was voted "Pier of the Year 2005" by the members of the National Piers Society.
Click the pic to Explore ❤️
This is the PS Marion, one of the oldest wood fired, steam driven side wheeled paddle steamers still operating in the world today. Here it is tied up at the Mannum wharf on the Murray River in South Australia, and it still operates regular daily and overnight cruises for tourists. It is sitting alongside an early cable operated car ferry and is part of the wonderful little display at the Mannum Dock Museum.
This was a full colour shot, but I did a little sliding to simulate a sepia effect to fit in with the photography from the era of when it was first launched back in the late 1800s.
Happy Slider Sunday!
© Todos los derechos reservados.
No utilizar las imágenes contenidas en este sitio sin mi permiso.
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios.
© Todos los derechos reservados.
No utilizar las imágenes contenidas en este sitio sin mi permiso.
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios.
A Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla) was picking seed off a frozen birdbath. Looked like it was learning to skate!
PS Our main birdbath has a heater. Providing bird with water in the winter is very important.
PS WAVERLEY passing BAE Systems Scotstoun on passage down the Clyde.
Vessel Details:- Steam powered paddle steamer.
Vessel Name:- PS WAVERLEY.
IMO:- 5386954
MMSI:- 232001540
Call Sign:- GRPM
Classification Society:- Lloyd's Register.
Length:- 239ft 11in
Beam:- 57ft 3in
Draught:- 6ft 3in
Builder:- Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis Glasgow.
Power Plant:- 2 x Cochran Marine Thermax boilers fitted with Hamworthy Electrotec II rotary cup burners, feeding Diagonal Triple Expansion Steam Engine by Rankine & Blackmore Ltd, Greenock (Engine No 520).
Propulsion:- 2 x Fixed paddles with 8 Feathering paddle floats on both paddles.
Tonnage:- 693t.
Copyright 2020 Harry Garland, All rights reserved
.::PS Pantera Store::. Lingerie Andreia Pink "
marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PS-Pantera-Store-Lingerie-An...
ღ My Blog:
katnnisjohansson.blogspot.com.br/
ღ My Flickr:
Today the world's last sea-going paddle steamer celebrated her 70th birthday by retracing her maiden voyage.
The PS Waverley entered service on 16 June 1947, sailing from the River Clyde, near Helensburgh, up Loch Long to Arrochar.
We had torrential rain for a while at the event but people were still smiling :) I think that's part of the magic of the 40s events I've been to over the years:)
PS I got soaked trying to get the umbrella opened lol :)
Copyright photo PS
Enlarge
Click diagonal arrows and press F11 Fullscreen.
(or use flickr's + cursor and move mouse.)
I was recently gifted a clock from Shiraz, Iran, which incorporates some of the historic Persian craft-art work. Here's a detail.
Radials:
The craft of Khatamkari has existed for more than 700 years and is still practiced in Shiraz.
Delicate and meticulous marquetry has been produced since the Safavid period. Khatam was so popular in the court that princes learned this technique alongside music and painting. Khatam means incrustation and Khatamkari refers to incrustation work. This craft consists in the production of patterns (generally star shaped) with thin sticks of wood (ebony, teak, orange, rose), brass (for golden parts) and camel bones (white parts). Sticks are assembled in triangular beams, themselves assembled and glued in a strict order to create a cylinder 70 cm in diameter, whose cross-section is the main motif: a six-branch star included in a hexagon. These cylinders are cut into shorter cylinders, and then compressed and dried between two wooden plates, before being sliced for the last time, in 1 mm wide trenches. Now sections are ready to be glued on the object to be decorated, before lacquer finishing. The trench can also be softened through heating in order to wrap around objects. Many objects can be decorated in this fashion, such as jewelry/decorative boxes, desks, frames or some musical instruments. Khatam can also be used in Persian miniatures.
Central blue:
Minakari. The art of "Minakari" or "Enamelling" is called "miniature of fire" as well as the decoration of metal and tile. Minakari or Enamelling is the Persian art of painting, colouring and ornamenting the surface of metals by fusing over it brilliant natural colours that are decorated in an intricate design. Mina is the feminine form of Minoo in Persian, meaning heaven. Mina refers to the Azure blue colour of heaven. The Iranian craftsmen of Sasanid era invented this art.
Nightingales:
Another feature is the alternating nightingales (bolbols). These have an association with Shiraz roses.