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Within the Old Quebec City UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The first construction for a chapel on this site began in 1647. It became a parish church in 1664 (so that 2014 marks its 350th anniversary as such).
Its designation as a cathedral in 1674 led to several widenings and lengthenings, as well as a new facade and more elaborate interior decoration, in the period leading up to 1749.
The building was shelled and partially destroyed by the British during the siege of Quebec in 1759, but by 1763 was rebuilt essentially as it had been before the bombardment.
Gutted once more, by fire, in 1922, it was again rebuilt without major changes to its design, so that the building today looks much as it has since the mid 1700s.
March 8, 2021
A melted and refrozen bowl of water created patterns within itself, mimicking the shells and shapes that were scattered around it.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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Constructed between 1847 and 1849 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, (MS&LR - later became the Great Central), this is Torksey railway Viaduct, which crosses the River Trent between Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire, roughly half way between Lincoln and Gainsborough. Designed by John Fowler (1817-1898), who later was one of the two engineers for the Forth Rail Bridge, Torksey Viaduct is a rare, and early surviving example of a tubular girder bridge.
There are two 130-foot spans over the River Trent, each consisting of two massive wrought iron girders - as seen here.
These are supported on stone piers - one in the centre and one at each side. On the Lincolnshire side is a 570-foot approach viaduct of 20 spans, and the bridge proper starts over a small natural island in the river. The position of the Bridge was chosen to use this island to simplify the task.
Captain Lintorn Simmons, the Board of Trade’s inspector, refused to grant permission for the viaduct to be opened, having “entertained doubts as to the ultimate security” of the bridge. After much argument, Fowler, supported by the Engineering profession, won the day, and the first train passed over in April 1850.
The bridge was twice strengthened - in 1877 & 1897, because increasing traffic and train loads. A conventional steel lattice girder (again, seen in this photograph) was inserted centrally into both main spans in the 1897 works, whilst the northern girders were moved out to maintain track clearances.
The "Leverton Branch", as this line (which ran between Sykes Junction near Lincoln and Clarborough, just West of Gainsborough), was known, was closed on November 3rd 1959, with Lincoln-Sheffield trains taking the only slightly less direct route through Gainsborough Lea Road. However, the line to the West of the Trent was reinstated in 1969 to serve the new power station at Cottam's need for coal, whilst on the Lincolnshire side, the line was run from Sykes Junction to the Shell petrol depot at Torksey. Only the viaduct itself remained closed.
The Oil traffic ceased in the late 1980s, and the track is now all lifted (and the road bridge on the Gainsborough-Lincoln road was removed).
Until the early 1990s it was possible the walk across the viaduct - this was no longer possible by the 1990s as the track bed had been removed on the bridge itself, and that part was fenced off. Happily, this was resolved during the las 12 months. The cycling and footpath charity Sustrans have installed the required safety fencing and reinstated the bridge bed on the North side. There is now a fine footpath over the impressive bridge to the riverbank on the Western (Nottinghamshire) side of the river. This shot shows the (still without a track bed) South side of the bridge.
The viaduct is rightly covered by a Grade II* listing but worryingly, also features on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk register.
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Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm zoom
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Bighorn Scenic Byway view of Shell Creek... near Shell Falls Interpretive Center.
Info: 'Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming.' - wiki
There are always shells washed up on the beach but I seldom photograph them but I could not resist the exquisite markings on these.
fishermen collecting sea shells from the Manapad shore and there are people ready to weigh those shells & took them to the furnace in the next village (Kulasekarapattinam)
Manapad, Tamilnadu
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Still lots of work remaining to be done on the strip center, as of April 24, 2018. As work progresses on this building, it will become more apparent just how small a strip center it will be!
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Shell station (& strip center), 2017-18 built, Hwy 51 at W. Oak Grove Rd., Hernando MS
I was playing around with the shell extensions, and came upon this. There's enough room to fit various Technic connectors through the gap.
I borrowed these from my Dad's collection and used his field guide to Tasmanian shells to identify them.
Baby blue eyes, goldfields, tidy tips, poppies and so many other native wildflowers popped this year.
This is a dirty specimen of the old exoskeleton of a cicada. Janice was caring for some of her plants, indoors for the winter, but which reside in the yard during warmer months. She found this abandoned shell in the soil. Apparently, it's been there for months.
artistic still life arrangement
(Shells collected on a beach on the Outer Banks, N. Carolina, in the early 1980s.)
I placed these shells on a piece of mat board that had a mottled, metallic surface in shades of gold and bronze that would complement the shells. I don't have a fancy studio or special photo lamps, so I turned off the room lights and placed a trouble light on the table to the right so it would catch the textures of the shells. Because I was taking the shot from above (standing on a chair) I was unable to use a tripod, but I think I caught the details without one.
This has always been one of my favorite still-life photos. I like the light and shadows. I also like the neutral colors and shades of gold.