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...That’s why I’d Love to Hang my Hat in Tennessee.
A bit of a twist of the lyrics from George Strait’s 1987 Country Hit Recording : )
Last October, the Mrs. and I enjoyed a week in the Beautiful State of Tennessee. In addition to visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a Bucket List item) we had a delightful day at the gorgeous Cumberland Mountain State Park located in Crossville Tennessee.
The Byrd Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of the Cumberland Mountain State Park. The seven span bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cumberland Homesteads Historic District. The Byrd Creek Dam is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps built this unsuspended bridge between 1935 and 1940, for a 30-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, containing 8,000 tons of concrete, is faced with Crab Orchard stone for the 319-foot span. Seven spillways, rising 28 feet above the stream bed, carry the 18-foot wide roadway approximately, which is 16 feet above water level.
Cumberland Mountain State Park began as part of the greater Cumberland Homesteads Project, a New Deal-era initiative by the Resettlement Administration that helped relocate poverty-stricken families on the Cumberland Plateau to small farms centered on what is now the Cumberland Homestead community. The 1,720-acre park was acquired in 1938 to provide a recreational area for some 250 families selected to homestead on the Cumberland Plateau.
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Imagen capturada en contraluz y contrapicado bajo una de las Setas de Sevilla.
Recomiendo hacer doble click sobre la imagen y ver en grande.
I recommend see in larger, clicking double on the imagen.
The Romanesque Revival Style commercial structure was completed in 1892. The Roman arched windows, horizontal belt courses and the rounded turrets identify it as Romanesque Revival. It honors Judge William Brown, a pioneer of Rockford.
Contraluz bajo las "Setas de Sevilla" proyecto "Metropol Parasol" del arquitecto aleman Jürgen Mayer.
Backlight under the "Mushrooms of Seville" project "Metropol Parasol" by the German architect Jürgen Mayer.
The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a charismatic species from Andean South America. It is found from Venezuela and Colombia in the north to Bolivia in the south. The species belongs to a monotypic genus, Ensifera, and is quite different from all other hummingbirds; metallic green and bronzed overall, with a black bill that is slightly upcurved and longer than the body length. This is the only bird species with a bill length that exceeds the body length. When seen perched, the species usually holds its bill quite upright, presumably because of balance issues stemming from this long and relatively heavy structure.
doi.org/10.2173/bow.swbhum1.01
For me one of the most amazing hummingbirds of Ecuador! Taken at the amazing Zuro Loma Reserve.
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Ursprünglich wurde das Wasserschloss als Unterkunft und Werkstatt für die Hafenarbeiter genutzt, welche die Wartung und Reparatur der hydraulischen Speicherwinden ausführten. Sie wurden Windenwärter bzw. Windenwächter genannt und hatten – neben anderem technischen Personal – das Privileg, in der Speicherstadt wohnen zu dürfen.
Die Winden waren ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Speicherhäuser: Es gab – und gibt bis heute – keine Lastenaufzüge. Sämtliche Waren wurden mit Winden außen an den Fassaden zu bzw. von den Lagerböden der Speicher gezogen.
Die für die Wartungsarbeiten erforderlichen, zum Teil schweren Ersatzteile konnten von hier aus über die Straßen und Kanäle transportiert werden. Auf dem Wasserweg über zwei Kräne an der Ostseite des Gebäudes, zu Land über eine alte Pflasterstraße, die direkt in das Gebäude führt und hinter den großen Flügeltüren des Wasserschlösschens endet.
Heutzutage wird das Gebäude gewerblich genutzt. Im Erdgeschoss befindet sich eine Gewerbefläche für Teehandel mit angeschlossener Gastronomie. In der ersten Etage ist ein Anbieter für Sauerstofftherapie ansässig. Wegen seiner Lage und Architektur diente es auch als Kulisse für Fernsehproduktionen, beispielsweise für die TV-Kinderserie „Die Pfefferkörner“.
Das Wasserschlösschen firmiert außerdem als „Außentraustelle“ des Standesamts Hamburg–Mitte.
Originally the moated castle was used as a shelter and workshop for the dockers, who carried out the maintenance and repair of the hydraulic storage winches. They were called Windenwächter or Windenwächter and had - in addition to other technical personnel - the privilege to live in the Speicherstadt.
The winches were an important component of the storage buildings: there were - and still are today - no freight elevators. All goods were drawn with winches on the outside to the facades to or from the storage floors of the store.
The spare parts required for the maintenance work, some of them heavy, could be transported from here over the roads and canals. On the waterway over two cranes on the east side of the building, on land over an old paved road that leads directly into the building and ends behind the large double doors of the water castle.
Nowadays the building is used commercially. On the ground floor there is a commercial space for tea trade with attached gastronomy. On the first floor, a provider of oxygen therapy is located. Because of its location and architecture, it also served as a backdrop for television productions, such as the TV series "Die Pfefferkörner".
The Wasserschlösschen also trades under the name "Außenentraustelle" of the registry office Hamburg-Mitte.
The "Corral de Comedias de Almagro" is located in the Plaza Mayor of this city of La Mancha.
Declared a National Monument on March 4, 1955, it maintains the original structure of the 17th-century comedy Corrals, probably due to the continuity of its use as an inn.
It is the only example of theater of this kind preserved in its entirety; that occurred both in seventeenth-century Spain and in the England of Elizabethan theater.
Following the popularity of the Almagro Classical Theater Festival and the Corral de Comedias, in 1994 the National Theater Museum was installed in Almagro, where the history and evolution of theater in Spain meets.
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El Corral de Comedias de Almagro está ubicado en la Plaza Mayor de esta ciudad de La Mancha.
Declarado Monumento Nacional el 4 de marzo de 1955, mantiene la estructura original de la comedia del siglo XVII Corrales, probablemente debido a la continuidad de su uso como posada.
Es el único ejemplo de teatro de este tipo conservado en su totalidad; eso ocurrió tanto en la España del siglo XVII como en la Inglaterra del teatro isabelino.
Tras la popularidad del Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro y el Corral de Comedias, en 1994 se instaló el Museo Nacional de Teatro en Almagro, donde se encuentra la historia y la evolución del teatro en España.
I spent my latest trip exploring Parke County, Indiana. It's claimed to be the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". Parke County was once home to 53 covered bridges, today 31 remain. It is said that Parke County has so many bridges because of the numerous streams and creeks but also because several bridge builders/designers lived in that area.
I was able to visit 30 out of 31 bridges and photographed 29 during my trip. Most of the bridges are in good condition and almost all are accessible. If you are interested in making the trip, it will easily take two to three days to visit and properly appreciate all 31 bridges. Some may think I'm crazy (which I might be) but I enjoy traveling through rural Indiana anyway so this was the perfect getaway! I probably won't share pictures of all the bridges (a lot of them have the same look or paint scheme) but I will share the most notable over the next few weeks with some other highlights. 😁
Now onto this bridge, this one was the first that I visited and probably my favorite. While I was snapping pictures, I heard a noise in the bushes behind me. I turned around and a whole family of cats and kittens jumped out and walked up to say hi. Naturally they got their pics taken too and you'll see them in my next upload!
Big Rocky Fork Bridge
Built: 1900
Built by: J. J. Daniels
Total Length: 88 ft
Mansfield, Indiana (Parke County)
Clevedon Pier, last of the summer weather. If you look really close mid centre at the bottom of the scene there is a gentleman who obviously loves the sun. My opinion only, just a little too much sun can be dangerous!!!
This arch was designed by Bristol-born artist, John Maine RA.
The self-supported structure, made up of 15 granite blocks weighing seven and a half tonnes each, is eight metres high and 14 metres wide and sits in pride of place on the promenade opposite the Melrose car park, Somerset, Weston-super-Mare. UK.
Sint Nicholaskerk is the most seen and at the same time overlooked church in Amsterdam as well as being one its most recent constructions, no one can miss this iconic structure upon arrival to the city walking from Centraal Station your eye is immediately drawn to it at 58 m in height it towers over the city skyline.
This Roman Catholic Church was designed by Architect Adrianus Bleijs and is a nod to the past combining elements of neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance styles, completed in 1887 it was made a minor Basilica in 2012.
The church is dedicated to the 4th century charitable patron saint of children that became our Santa Claus as well as the patron saint of sailors and prostitutes, another winning combination.
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas and a feast has been celebrated for over 700 years in his name and adopted in the early part of 20th century the tradition of leaving small gifts in children’s shoes was practiced on Dec 6th which has evolved now to become a Dec 5th evening tradition of gathering of family and friends to exchange gifts and laughter.
While Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations are mainly for the children its adult component is an annual grievance poem written to the recipient that must rhyme and be read out loud by the subject at the evening party all in good fun but beware you may get as good as you give.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 15 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
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