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At display during the Bonaparte at the Scheldt exhibition. With this instrument, the semaphore or visual telegraph, it was possible to pass a message via symbols to somebody observing at a station some 10 to 20 km further, read the message and pass it on to the next one. Along the Scheldt Semaphores were placed every 10 to 20 km. It took about 15 minutes to pass a message some 200 km further.
At the MAS - Museum Aan de Stroom - is a new Museum at the River (or Stream) in Antwerp. This river is the Scheldt.
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 80 Class 3-car DEMU Nos.99 'Sir Myles Humphreys' 779 747, running between the tunnels at Downhill near Castlerock, with a Derry/Londonderry to Belfast Central Inter-City service, May 1990.
© Robert McConaghie
Found while I cycled on some part of the St. James Way that apparently goes from Osnabrück to Münster.
Semaphore - Audio/Visual Performance at LichtRouten International Forum of Light in Art and Design.
27th September - 6th October 2013,
Sterncenter
Lüdenscheid, Germany.
''As a forum for light in art, design and architecture the LichtRouten in Luedenscheid are one of the festivals with focus on light-based installations and interventions in public space. Under the artistic direction of Bettina Pelz and Tom Groll international artists and designers working with light are presented throughout public space.Under the title “The Art of Projection” the art trail will run from the city’s center to the new station quarter. On display will be a variety of installations and interventions ranging from an dated light bulbs to digitally animated architectural projections.''
Teaser Music: Ivo Ivanov - Glitchmachines
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Sixties Nostalgia - Steam Trains, Semaphore Signals, Shorts and Kneesocks.
The Royal Scot class locomotives were phased out of British Railways service between 1962 and 1965 and the locomotive on this trip, 46115 "Scots Guardsman" was one of the last in service. Recalling the past with a water stop at Stirling during a steam hauled rail tour in 2012, when the Stirling area still had semaphore railway signalling.
Shorts and kneesocks were de rigeur for those of us at school during the last days of BR steam in the nineteen sixties.
28th April, 2012.
At one time all train stations had order boards on the roof -- a type of a semaphore signal to tell the train crew when to stop or when the line was clear. A few still have them just for display purposes, not (obviously) for signalling. Like the ones in Reading and Andover, the metal part of this order board is stamped "B&M Signal Department," and is probably original. The blades and lenses are almost certainly modern additions though, since they are in such perfect shape.
Foundation stone 27 Nov 1882 by Mr L L Furner, designed by D Williams, Jnr with schoolroom beneath chapel, opened 20 Mar 1883, final service 26 Mar 2000, restored 2013-14. Earliest services in wooden chapel in Turton St, opened 25 Nov 1878, later used as a school.
“Memorial windows are erected in honour of the Rev. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Neill, and Miss Minnie T. Mellor.” [Register 13 Sep 1924]
“A few months ago, circumstances forced upon the attention of the Semaphore Baptist church and congregation the necessity of securing a new place of worship combining in itself the following advantages:— 1. A better and more prominent site. 2. A more substantial and permanent building. 3. Enlarged accommodation. The present wooden chapel was built four years ago in a narrow side street. During this winter it has been found only large enough for ordinary morning congregations, and it became a serious question how friends who visit the seaside could be accommodated in the summer. . . The building is to be constructed of Dry Creek stone, with cement dressings, and the style is that often adopted by Baptists and generally known as ‘tabernacle style’.” [Advertiser 28 Nov 1882]
...one of many static signals on display along the Crosshaven Railway Walk. This walk was once the railway alignment of the Cork, Blackrock & Passage railway that ran from Cork Albert Street via Blackrock, Rochestown, Passage, Monkstown, Rafeen, Carrigaline to Crosshaven. This line was closed in the 1930's.
The Semaphore is used to call the Ferries attention. It is equipped with a solar cell combined with led lights for dark hour use.The Box is for the daily newspapers.
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 80 Class 3-car DEMU No.85 767 734, arriving at Portrush with a local service from Coleraine, August 1994.
© Robert McConaghie
Window with decorative keystone head. and example of cast iron 'lacework'. 237 Military Road, Semaphore. the house was built by a Dr Curtis in 1897. Within two years it was bought by the Dominican Sisters.
66651 passing Plumley West working the 6H02 09:28 Arpley Sdgs. to Tunstead Sdgs. empty hoppers 01-05-24
A V Line train from Melbourne passes the now out of use semaphore signals at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The engines are the same 750 hp Cummins engine as utilised on the British Voyager trains
Illinois Railway Museum Diesel Days, July 17, 2010. The musuem's mainline has all kinds of working signals, including a few sets of semaphores.