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Semaphore Lake in partial melt - we camped on top of the high knoll in front - Locomotive, Tender, Caboose and Faceless in the distance.
Semaphore signals at Banbury: signal BS3 (Banbury South Number 3).
Great Western tubular steel post and ball finial on top, both rather the worse for wear.
Semaphore to Fort Glanville Tourist Railway. The steam train departs from the foot of the jetty at the end of the popular Semaphore Road cafe strip, and parallels the Esplanade and the sand dunes of one of Adelaide's most popular swimming beaches, before passing through the dunes near historic Fort Glanville at Point Malcolm. In South Australia.
Greenford Semaphore Signals on the GWR’s New North Main Line (NNML) from Acton to Northolt to connect with the GWR/GCR joint line to the Midlands (adjacent to the Central Line's Greenford Underground Station), 16 February 2024.
Northern DMU 195114 is seen about to pass a cleared semaphore signal having just departed Edale on a service to Sheffield.
The base of the semaphore tower including what's left of the levers and linkages that operated the signal.
Sémaphore est aujourd'hui un lieu incontournable qui accueille chaque année plus de 70 000 jeunes. Ils y trouvent une structure originale qui regroupe des secteurs d'activité adaptés et complémentaires : l'Espace Info-Jeunes, l'Espace Emploi, l'Ecole de la 2ème Chance, l'Espace Multimédia et enfin l'Espace Santé Jeunes.
Informer, conseiller, former, initier, dans les domaines aussi variés que les métiers, les loisirs, le multimédia, l'insertion professionnelle et la qualification, telles sont les missions de Sémaphore.
The Semaphore House on Telegraph Hill (one of the chain which were used for signalling between the Admiralty in London and Portsmouth).
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.
“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]
Semaphore indicators on cars were introduced in about 1900, operated by cable or pneumatically. Illumination was added in 1908 and by 1918 they were electrically operated. The first flashing indicators were introduced (in America) in 1939 by Buick and they became compulsory on new cars in the UK from 1965.
This tower built in 1865 was used as a chronometer to ships at anchorage. The ball was raised each day at 12.57pm and lowered by electrical signal from Adelaide Observatory at 1.00pm precisely.