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This design is not marked and could have been made in many countries, from 1930 to 1950. It is made of Plaskon plastic (urea formaldehyde), a cousin of baquelite.
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The MV Kalakala (pronounced kah-lah-kah-lah)[1] was a ferry that operated on Puget Sound from 1935 until her retirement in 1967.
Kalakala was notable for her unique streamlined superstructure, art deco styling, and luxurious amenities. The vessel was a popular attraction for locals and tourists, and was voted second only to the Space Needle in popularity among visitors to Seattle during the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. The ship is known as the world's first streamlined vessel for its unique art deco styling..
She was constructed in 1926 as Peralta for the Key System's ferry service on San Francisco Bay. On 6 May 1933 Peralta burned as a result of an arson fire at the terminal where she was moored, resulting in the complete destruction of her superstructure. The hull was still intact and on 12 October 1933 the vessel was sold to the Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC), also known by its marketing name, the "Black Ball Line". PSNC funded a refit to restore the vessel as a ferry.
In November 1934, William Thorniley, publicist for PSNC and president of the Olympic Peninsula Travel Association, named the new ferry Kalakala, which was said to mean "bird" in the Pacific Northwest Native American trade language Chinook Jargon.[3][4][5][6] Thorniley launched a national promotional campaign beginning with large billboard signs that simply said "KALAKALA!" Later, they said "KALAKALA, Seattle, WA" and featured a picture of the vessel as well.
The new bridge and wheelhouse were built entirely out of copper, from fear that the steel used in the rest of the vessel would interfere with the ship's compass.[7] Set back from her streamlined superstructure for aesthetics, it was impossible to see the bow of the vessel from the bridge. As visibility also depended on round portholes rather than a fully-glazed wheelhouse, she was known for being difficult to handle when docking.
Kalakala was well known for a heavy shaking vibration that ran throughout the vessel when in operation. This was probably due to poor alignment of the engines in the original construction of the vessel. When the propeller was replaced with a new 5-bladed version in 1956, the vibration was reduced by 40%.[8] Although the company wished the vessel to be known as the Silver Swan, the vessel soon attracted other, less complementary nicknames, including the Silver Slug, Silver Beetle, Galloping Ghost of the Pacific Coast, and, among Seattle's Scandinavian community, Kackerlacka, which means "cockroach"
In February 1946, Kalakala was issued Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license #001 for the first commercial radar syste
The Kalakala moored at Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington in November 2007.
After her retirement in 1967, the vessel was sold to a seafood processing company and towed to Alaska to work as a factory ship. After working as a crabbing ship for a couple of years, the Kalakala was beached in Kodiak, Alaska in 1970 and used to process shrimp.
Peter Bevis discovered the rusting hulk on a fishing trip in 1984. The Kalakala had been turned into a cannery and the internal structure had been reworked to create a building with cement floors, drywall, and ceiling tiles. After complicated financial negotiations and hard work, they managed to refloat her and tow her back to Seattle in 1998. The vessel has since been a source of controversy as her owners were unable to raise sufficient funds to refurbish the vessel or even to keep her moored in Seattle's Union Bay.
The vessel was sold in 2004 to a private investor, who moved her to an anchorage in Neah Bay provided by the Makah people. Soon after arriving at Neah Bay the Kalakala was evicted by the Makah, who also brought a lawsuit against the owners. The vessel has since been relocated to Tacoma, Washington.
In February 2008, Kalakala owner Steve Rodrigues announced his intention to acquire additional vintage ferry vessels and to restore them and the Kalakala as either ferries powered by wind and solar technologies or as museums. The Kalakala was scheduled for work on its hull and superstructure in dry dock in 2010,[11] but this never happened. After six years in Tacoma, the Kalakala began listing, and officials worried of environmental damage the ferry might pose.[12] The state had also passed a state law focusing on the removal of abandoned and/or neglected vessels in Washington state waterways so pressure is being applied to the owner to do something with the Kalakala.
Artistic projects
Several art projects arose from their fascination with the Kalakala, including a full-length album of solo cello compositions recorded onboard the vessel in November 2003, called "Songs From a Parallel Universe." There is also an as-yet unreleased film, also filmed on the Kalakala, about the "Ghost Dance."
There was also a live concert featuring the Icelandic band múm, Serena Tideman and Eyvind Kang, on board the Kalakala.
A temporary "pirate radio" station broadcasting from the Kalakala is featured in the 2005 documentary film "Pirate Radio."
Streamlined nose of Shinkansen series E5 high-speed train
Omiya station
Saitama, Japan
Nikon D700 + DC-Nikkor 135mm f2.0
"Are we going in for a pint?" Where better than this 1930s streamlined pub, The Birdcage, in Pottergate, Norwich? Even the current Pevsner can't come up with the name of the architect, but suggests J. Owen Bond. In the background St Gregory, now redundant and used as an arts centre. Like almost every church hereabouts it is built of flint. The open space was once its churchyard.
Streamlined - Christmas Special. Tweede kerstdag, een mooie gelegenheid voor een mooi feest, zo aan het eind van 2009. En dat was Streamlined zeker. Een van de laatste en tegelijkertijd beste feestjes van het afgelopen jaar 2009! Met meesterlijke sets van Aly & Fila en mr. Streamlined himself: Leon Bolier. Heerlijke sets van hen beiden die avond, zonder de overige dj's te kort te doen overigens. Het klopte allemaal deze avond/nacht. Ik heb een topnacht beleefd tenminste :) En nagenieten kan ook nog eens een keer. Met de livesets van die avond (live broadcast van Afterhours.fm, thx. guys) en natuurlijk de geweldige yearmix 2009 van Leon! Bijna 4 uur intens (na)genieten! De mooiste tracks van 2009 komen nog een keer langs, meesterlijk gewoon! Thx. Leon! En allemaal de beste wensen voor 2010 natuurlijk. Ik hoop jullie snel weer te zien op een mooi feest!
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About digital publishing.
I digitally published it.
The method is described in iBooks Author.
March 17, 2017.
I released the past work as it is.
1. Unforgettable 'English version.
2. Unforgettable 'Japanese version.
3. A streamlined trajectory. Japanese version only.
iBooks Author.
I have been thinking about this means all the time.
I finally decided to do it.
For the time being, I am publishing it in the most standard form.
I have not studied how to use software at all.
But today I was able to publish with intuition.
This is a wonderful software.
It is free now.
But in the future, I will change to a charge.
Future schedule is scheduled for photo album with words.
Apple's iBooks.
Are you installing it?
:)
You should search by the words below.
MITSUSHIRO NAKAGAWA.
I hope that my work will arrive at your hand.
Thank you.
:)
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In November 2014, we caught the attention of the party selected to undertake the publicity for a mobile phone that changed the face of the world with just a single model, and will conclude a confidentiality agreement with them.
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My Novel >> Unforgettable'
(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)
Mitsushiro Nakagawa
All Translated by Yumi Ikeda .
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There are two reasons why a person faces the sea.
One, to enjoy a slice of shine in the sea like children bubbling over in the beach.
The other, to brush the dust of memory like an old man who misses old days, staring at the shine
quietly.
Those lead to only one meaning though they do not seem to overlap. It’s a rebirth.
I face myself to change tomorrow, a vague day into something certain.
That is the meaning of a rebirth.
I had a very sweet girlfriend when I was 18.
After she left, I knew the meaning of gentleness for the first time and also a true pain of loss. After
she left, how many times did I depend too much on her, doubt her, envy her and keep on telling lies
until I realized it is love?
I wonder whether a nobody like me could have given something to her who was struggling in the
daily life in those days. Giving something is arrogant conceit. It is nothing but self-satisfaction.
I had been thinking about such a thing.
However, I guess what she saw in me was because I had nothing. That‘s why she tried to see
something in me. Perhaps she found a slight possibility in me, a guy filled with ambiguous, unstable
tomorrow. But I wasted days depending too much on her gentleness.
Now I finally can convey how I felt in those days when we met.
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Title of my book > unforgettable'
Author : Mitsushiro Nakagawa
Out Now.
ISBN978-4-86264-866-2
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Schedule of the next novel.
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
2018. Spring. It's expected to open it. That's Japanese.
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2017.
Autumn.
Theme.
This must be the place I waited years to leave .
Place. Tokyo Big Sight.
Sponsoring. Design festa.
2018.
The uncertainness of date and time.
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art Annex Gallery.
Place. Sakura-shi, Chiba.
Theme.
From that day ....
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Future's photography place.
2017.
Manhattan. New York. The United States.
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I went to New York 2007.
Day when Japan was left. March 9. Afternoon.
Day where it returned to Japan. March 14. Afternoon.
I am in Japan now.
The photograph in New York starts as follows.
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タイトル。
デジタル出版について。
僕はデジタル出版しました。
その手法は、iBooks Author.
２０１７年３月１７日。
僕は過去の作品をそのままにリリースしました。
１。unforgettable’ 英語版。
２。unforgettable’ 日本語版。
３。流線形の軌跡。 日本語版のみ。
iBooks Author.
僕はずっとこの手段を考えていました。
僕はそれをやっと決行できました。
とりあえず、最もスタンダードな形で出版しています。
僕はソフトウェアの使い方を全く勉強していません。
しかし、本日、僕は直感で操作して出版できました。
これは素晴らしいソフトウェアです。
現在は、無料です。
しかし、今後、僕は有料へ変更します。
今後の予定は、言葉を添えた写真集を予定しています。
アップル社の iBooks.
あなたはインストールしていますか？
:)
あなたは以下の言葉で検索すべきです。
MITSUSHIRO NAKAGAWA.
あなたの手元に僕の作品が届くことを、僕は望みます。
ありがとう。
:)
追伸。
グーグルの翻訳を使用しています。
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プロフィール。
2014年11月、たった1機種で世界を塗り替えた携帯電話の広告を請け負った選考者の目に留まり、秘密保持同意書を結ぶ。
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僕の小説。英語版
My Novel Unforgettable' (This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)
Mitsushiro Nakagawa
All Translated by Yumi Ikeda .
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Title of my book > unforgettable'
Author : Mitsushiro Nakagawa
Out Now.
ISBN978-4-86264-866-2
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次の小説の予定。
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
（いつまでもなくならないだろう）
２０１８年。春。公開予定。それは日本語です。
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２０１7年。秋。
テーマ。
This must be the place I waited years to leave .
場所。東京ビッグサイト。
Sponsoring. Design festa.
２０１８年。
日時未定。
DIC川村記念美術館付属ギャラリー。
場所。千葉県佐倉市。
テーマ。
あの日から、ずっと…
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今後の撮影地。
２０１７年。
マンハッタン。ニューヨーク。アメリカ。
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Day when Japan was left. March 9. Afternoon.
Day where it returned to Japan. March 14. Afternoon.
I am in Japan now.
The photograph in New York starts as follows.
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Yeah, ugly, but I think it might work. This is an idea I'm working with to come up with the nose of a streamlined steam locomotive from the "Wartime/Post-War Modern" era of things, when everyone wanted to make things looked like it came out of Buck Rodgers.
The locomotive will be a hudson, or 4-6-4 locomotive type, built in nearly all light grey (that's the plan so far, anyway) and 6-wide, since the boiler will be 4 wide.
Please see the "20th Century" and "Empire State Express" locomotives on THIS PAGE for reference.
En 2005, notre invité d’outre-mer était Manfred Braun. Membre de Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk (Association des métiers d’arts allemands), il participe à divers événements internationaux, à Frankfort, New York, Tokyo et Cologne, ou il remporte plusieurs mentions et prix. Vaisseaux et luminaires, de grès ou de porcelaine, une collection épurée, à la fois classique et contemporaine.
Considéré comme un des vingt plus beaux hameaux du Québec et ce, à seulement 45 minutes au sud-est de Montréal, Mystic a le grand plaisir d’accueillir une trentaine de céramistes chevronnés. Depuis 2004, CERAMYSTIC est fière de vous inviter à cet incontournable de la céramique québécoise. Notre jardin et notre galerie vous proposent une large brochette de créations récentes incluant sculptures, objets décoratifs et fonctionnels.
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CeraMystic 2005 welcomed German ceramist, Manfred Braun. A member of Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk, he has participated in a variety of international exhibits, in Frankfort, New York, Tokyo and Cologne where he was the recipient of special mentions and awards. Luminary objects and vessels, in stoneware or porcelain, pure, elegant, contemporary designs executed with remarkable craftsmanship.
In the picturesque hamlet of Mystic, 45 minutes south-east of Montreal, a wide array of utilitarian and decorative ceramics will be displayed in a peaceful garden setting. Now in its eighth edition (in 2011), this outdoor exhibition will be featuring the work of some 30 guest artists, from one-of-a-kind garden sculptures, to beautifully-crafted, traditional pottery and contemporary, streamlined porcelain…
These are a few Streamlined and Semi-streamlined steam locomotives in HO scale. All are brass, except the two British LNER locomotives. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RR - The Milwaukee Road - F-7 4-6-4 by Kumata for Nickel Plate Products.
I think I've decided on a design for my 6-wide streamlined Hudson's boiler. I've also decided to do the train with a yellow body, a light bluish grey boiler, and yellow boiler trim (you're welcome, Tim ;).
Of course this is only a mock up, the real thing will be much longer and look a heck of a lot better.
Oh, and did I mention I'm going against everything I hold sacred and building this thing totally studless? (minus the technic half-studs that will be exposed from the 4x4 round bricks)
The Duchess of Hamilton, with the original streamlining restored, at the 2012 Railfest as two Virgin Balloons pass overhead.
The Shape of Speed, Streamlined Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1930–1942. Portland Art Museum. Форма Скорости. Автомобилейи и Мотоциклы Будущего - 1930-1942. Музей Искусств, Портланд, Орегон, США.
These are a few Streamlined and Semi-streamlined steam locomotives in HO scale. All are brass, except the two British LNER locomotives. Southern Pacific RR (SP) GS-4 4-8-4 by KTM
These are a few Streamlined and Semi-streamlined steam locomotives in HO scale. All are brass, except the two British LNER locomotives.
A shiny well preserved streamlined locomotive from the Sonora Baja California Railroad. It ran from Tijuana, Baja California Norte to Hermosillo, Sonora and included two sections on the US side of the border in California. The first US section , through Carrizo Gorge has suffered from floods and fires and is probably currently out of service (a short segment near Campo is used by a private museum for excursions on some weekends). The section from Mexicali to Hermosillo is still used for freight.
This segment west of Mexicali was part of the original rail route from Yuma, Arizona to San Diego, California. Tracks still lead to San Ysidro on the US side of the border. There is also a cross border track connection at Mexicali / Calexico.
As every small boy of my generation knows, LNER No. 4468 "Mallard" holds the world speed record for steam traction - 126mph achieved on 3 July 1938. Beside "Mallard" is one of her LMS built rivals - No. 6226 "Duchess of Hamilton", recently re-streamlined by the Museum (and some would suggest nothing more than an enlarged Churchward "Star" - I could not possibly comment).
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Old Greyhound Bus Station in Jackson, Tennessee. The Art Moderne style building was built in 1938. The Jackson Greyhound station with its blue and white porcelain panels is a great example of the streamlined bus stations built across the country during the 1930s. The station was a "half-way station" due to it being roughly half way between Memphis and Nashville. The last bus used the station in 2018.
The Greyhound Bus Station in Jackson was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 (NRHP District No. 92001871).
A good friend of mine inspired me to build this loco after showing me a hover train from a TV show he watches. I changed it to red and then ran with the idea from futuristic hover mono-rail to 1930's streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific - type steam loco, which was later changed to be a Mountain - type by adding another set of driving wheels.
After making it into a 4-8-2, I decided it was too similar to my brown 4-8-2 non-streamlined loco, so I was faced with a choice:
A) smash the two engines together an create one where once were two,
OR
B) backdate the loco to a Pacific and built it in red as originally planned.
I chose option A, and thus color swapped the loco to reddish brown with black stripes plus I added the tender of the other 4-8-2 loco.
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Charming little streamlined Tatra T-97. The '97 was the small, four-cylinder version of Tatra's flagship car at the time, the T-87. This one is the only known example on UK roads, and has recently been renovated, including a repaint in this "sand" colour. Formerly this car had been blue. The location is the wonderful Art Deco Aviator Hotel at Sywell, Northamptonshire.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm zoom
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
DC Transit pre-PCC streamlined streetcar, National Capital Trolley Museum. Part of a 20-car order in 1935, split between Brill and St Louis Car Company. Sadly this car was lost to a carbarn fire at the museum in 2003.
For more photos of pre-PCC streetcars, check out this interesting post on the Trolley Dodger blog: thetrolleydodger.com/2015/05/05/chicagos-pre-pccs/ and this post on the Hicks Car Works blog: hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2012/04/h4001.html
Norfolk Southern operated Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive # 611, showing a view of it's drivers while in the yard at Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 1989. The 70" drivers installed on this modern powerful streamlined steam locomotive were of conventional spoked design rather than the more modern boxpok or disc designs. These locomotives also used lightweight alloy side rods. Actually these drivers were of a small diameter size for such a large and modern locomotive. With the use of roller bearings on all locomotive axles, side rods and at other specified locations along with fine balancing of the drivers, these locomotives could obtain speeds in excess of 100 mph with a heavy passenger train. These small drivers also helped this locomotive to produce 80,000 lbs of starting tractive effort with out the use of a booster.
This 1949 art deco / streamlined moderne edifice is no more, having sat nearly 60 years on what is now prime real estate for condos. The Bayshore was 3 stories - a drop in the bucket compared to today's condo highrises. But it had STYLE! Note all the streamline detailing. It was the closest Tampa had to South Beach style. This was located at 319 Bayshore Blvd, just southwest of Downtown Tampa.
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Me in front of the streamlined LMS Princess Coronation Class steam locomotive number 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' inside the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum in York (UK).
6229 was built at Crewe Works by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938.
The gloriously streamlined art-deco Duchess of Hamilton sits outside the National Railway Museum for Railfest.
Built in 1938 and one of thee Princess Coronation class, the train sports a streamlined design by Sir William Stanier and is the most powerful express passenger locomotive built in Britain.
The train was destreamlined in 1947 and only restored in 2009 after a sustained appeal.
Railfest 2012 was a nine-day celebration of all things train-related, held at the National Railway Museum in York during the period of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Famous locomotives such as Mallard, the Flying Scotsman and even the Hogwarts Express all lined up out on the tracks, with thousands of visitors taking the chance to admire them up close or even climb aboard.
Several trains were operating over the course of the festival, with steam puffing into the sky as they carried visitors up and down small stretches of track.
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world and houses a collection of more than three million items, from ticket machines and platform signs to bullet trains and steam locomotives.
The museum charts the rise of the railways in the 19th century, their use in the transportation of goods and people, their role in the Industrial Revolution and their overall effect on the world, especially England.
The current museum was founded in 1975 and is housed in a former steam engine shed, an old goods depot and numerous other buildings close to York station.
The main structure, the Great Hall, holds everything from a replica of Stephenson’s Rocket, the first steam train from 1829, to the Flying Scotsman, from the Mallard to a modern-day bullet train – one of a very select group of bullet trains outside of Japan.
There is also a workshop where visitors can see museum volunteers and engineers working on trains and the station hall, where trains sit on old platforms and you can step in and out of carriages.
With its streamlined styling, low-slung chassis and supercharged engine, the Type 57SC Atalante is one of the most desirable Bugattis. It was personally designed by Jean Bugatti as a two-seater sports coupe and became the rarest of the four different body styles offered by Carrosorie Bugatti. The Atalante body style was an interpretation of the 1935 Aérolithe Coupe, essentially a prototype that reached very limited production in 1936 as the Type 57 Atlantic. This somewhat bizarre car used riveted panels to form a streamlined sports coupe. It’s rumored that Jean Bugatti was influenced by the Mercedes-Benz 500 K Autobahnkurier at the 1934 Frankfurt Auto Show and created the Aérolithe as a response.
As majestic and unusual as the Atlantic was, it wasn’t suitable for series production with its high set doors, fussy construction and split front window. The design was revised into the Atalante which included the Aérolithe’s teardrop shape, but with a flat windshield, a separate trunk area with recessed spare-tire and full-size doors that retained the signature kidney-bean windows.
On the 57S Atalante, Jean used a two-tone paint scheme that accentuated the use of his French curve on the side of the car. Typically, the car was black with an intense highlight color. On some cars, this accent dash extended around the entire cabin.
The basis for this remarkable car was Bugatti's top-of-the-line Type 57S chassis. These were the same type that Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist drove to win the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans. It had a much lower chassis than the preceding Type 57 and also used complex de Ram shock absorbers
. In many ways this was the ultimate Bugatti since no logical successor was ever produced. Some cars came with fitted superchargers, while others were retrofitted with them.
To maintain exclusivity, no two of the Type 57S Atalantes were the same. In detail, each was distinct and some major differences were introduced. For instance, two were made as Roll-Back Coupes with reclining soft-tops. Some of the first had independent headlights while others were sculpted into the body. Most featured skirted rear arches and wire wheels or polished aluminum hubcaps. Some of the more dramatic cars feature lengthened rear fenders. Essentially, where anyone tries to make a rule there is usually an exception.
Type 57SC Chassis
Atalante bodies were manufactured on the complete range of Type 57 chassis. This was Jean Bugatti’s answer to model consolation, replacing the six luxurious and sporting chassis made under his father’s direction. Using the dual-overhead camshaft (DOHC) concept engine from the Type 55 road car, he designed an entirely new chassis.
The first of these were the Type 57 and supercharged 57C both were distinguished by their tall radiator and chassis. They were powered by a new engine with 72mm bore and 100mm stroke, producing 135 bhp at 5,000 rpm. Almost as important, they provided the support for Jean Bugatti’s exceptional bodies which were elegant, with balanced proportions and daring colors.
Later, the chassis was definitively upgraded into the lower Type 57S or Surbaissé version. The main chassis rails of this model were elegant and complex. Towards the center of car, the chassis rails became wider and taller to provide the necessary rigidity. At the rear, the axle passed through the chassis and was supported by reversed quarter-elliptic leaf springs. This allowed for the lowest possible ride height while retaining suspension compliance. Furthermore, the engine clearance dictated a dry-sump lubrication was needed that used a 20-liter external reservoir.
Outwardly, the Type 57S chassis was distinguished by its ovoid radiator that formed a deep vee. Other chassis details included self-adjusting DeRam hydraulic shock absorbers on both the front and rear axles. Furthermore, the engine was not a stressed member of the chassis anymore, instead being mounted with rubber bushings.
As the ultimate Atalante, the Type 57SC had both this lower chassis and supercharged engine. It was distinguished by its 4–5 psi supercharger that helped the 3.3-liter engine produce 170 bhp. This Roots unit was mounted at the rear of the engine and driven directly from the camshaft. Versions of this engine went on to win the best races including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
With such a capable chassis, the Type 57SC has been described as the world’s first supercar
Steamtown, USA display of former Canadian Pacific non-streamlined 4-6-4 H1b Hudson (Empress) # 2816, with son Jeff standing by the rear 75" driver at the museum in Riverside, Vermont, August 1982. You can see why steam locomotives always looked so large to kids when they were looking at the drivers. These drivers are only 75" in diameter, however, many others are up to 80 inches or more at 84 inches in diameter.
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Streamlined moderne, which I always accidentally call steamship moderne, because that's what it looks like
The Birdcage public house was built as the Pottergate Tavern, which name it retained until recently. In what appears to be a fairly recent picture of the building, found on Google, the band between the floors was painted cream, as were the strips around the edge of the roof. The black is not an improvement and, in any case, it looks as though the walls were originally of unpainted brick. The hanging baskets ought to go but it is good to see the metal windows still in place. How unfailingly traffic cones and wheelie bins sprout in the vicinity of buildings one wishes to photograph.