Water Towers or Standpipes
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Eastbound at Quinnimont is C&O coal for Newport News with U30B 8223 leading an SD40 and another GE passing the standpipe, water tower and pair of shifter GP9's and rusty rails from recent rains- July 23, 1976.
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Seen in an unusual place this morning. Near the water standpipes on Hoppers Lane for locals.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
Deep below the streets of Jersey City, NJ Transit trains rumble back and forth through the Bergen Tunnels to and from Hoboken Terminal. The 4,200-foot long tunnels cut through Bergen Hill, the southernmost end of the Hudson Palisades. The northern tunnel was built from 1873-1877 by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, with the southern tunnel opening in 1910. Partway through the tunnels are two large open-cut ventilation shafts, which also feature emergency exit staircases and standpipes for firefighting. At left is an older ventilation shaft, one of five that date back to the construction of the tunnels. These were stabilized and backfilled during the 2001 renovation of the tunnels. In this view, GP40PH-2B no. 4208, the railroad's Conrail heritage unit - identifiable by its blue color, rather than the black roof of nearly every other NJT locomotive - is seen shoving non-revenue train X132 through the north tunnel on Track 1.
Finger Lakes train GC2 heads back to Geneva after working at Canandaigua on October 19, 2018. The train is at MP69 at the corners of Standpipe Rd. and Pioneer Rd. in Shortsville, NY.
A lot of restoration and maintenance work happening on the UC Berkeley campus during this year of considerable emptiness. Very few students/faculty to be seen, as the school is engaging in mostly distance learning.
Happy Monochrome Thursday!
HDM!
Standpipe and substructure, in the pond, at...
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
18 January 2021.
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▶ "The pond, built in the 2000s in former weed-infested land, is in the center of the historic cemetery. Fed by a natural spring, the pond is stocked with fish, the pond is also home to swans, ducks, and turtles, and is a stopping place for Canada geese on migration."
— Cemetery brochure (and Wikipedia).
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Out and about a few weeks ago I came across another Lionhead Standpipe this time in the little village of Aubourn. I managed to get a shot on the point and shoot camera I had with me but the bright sun made it difficult to see the screen and I was not happy with the shot so resolved to come back another day and get the shot I wanted which I did.(It can be seen here). These standpipes are not all that plentiful so imagine my surprise driving round the block to find another this one in Royal oak Lane. Two for the price of one.