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Designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed from 1882 to 1888 under the direction of civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker. A $75 million underground extension was completed in 1993. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
The Texas State Capitol is 302.64 feet (92.24 m) tall, making it the sixth-tallest state capitol and one of several taller than the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Wikipedia)
The Old Spanish Trail was the first all-weather trans-continental highway in the United States. It stretched from San Augustine, Florida to San Diego, California.
This portion of the OST was constructed in 1921. Most portions of the OST in Texas were constructed of gravel initially. This western half-mile section is a rare exception. It is characterized by its original 16-foot-wide concrete construction that was built to withstand the flooding within the river bottom. Prior to 1920, this same roadbed was used to access a wagon bridge located just south of the 1932 Parker truss US 90 Highway Bridge over the Colorado River. Due to frequent flooding from the Colorado River, this section of the OST was by-passed in 1939 and replaced with the much higher road that connects Columbus and Alleyton and points east.
Info: National Register of Historic Places.
While visiting my sister in Victoria, Texas April 2021 we did some touring of wineries that were close by. Along the way we stopped on the roadside when we saw a potential photo shoot. The wineries of course had their own scenic landscapes with the grape vines and the river close by. Photo Images credited to Vickie Lynne Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs.(VLP&Designs) Photo images may appear on wearable art or home essentials. View at www.vlpdesigns.com
Five-unit sets of FTs were the standard road power through Lubbock, Texas, in the mid-1960s. FTA 159 heads a typical A-B-B-B-A set at the east end of Lubbock's Upper Yard on January 9, 1964. Photo by Joe McMillan. Lubbock was on Santa Fe's Texas main line between Clovis, New Mexico, and Dallas/Houston.
Former mid-1960s Phillips 66 pier style, batwing service station. Now Los Gomez Restaurant.
āIn 1960, Phillips 66 introduced what arguably became its most popular and iconic service station design, which featured a large, upward-slanting, triangular-shaped canopy. Clarence Reinhardt, an architect who worked at Phillips and designed most of the companyās buildings, developed this distinctive design, inspired by designs he observed in Southern California.ā
info: misspreservation.com
I believe this was a feed store in its past life. You can see the old climbing rungs/steps on the telephone pole.
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a flamboyant and colorful species of North American waterfowl. Wood Ducks feed by dabbling and they are strong fliers and can reach speeds of 30 mph. They are one of only a few ducks that have claws on their feet, allowing them to perch and nest in trees. They tend to build their nests within one mile of a lake shore, river bank, or other body of water. Egg-dumping, or intraspecific brood parasitism is common in Wood Ducksāfemales visit other Wood Duck cavities, lay eggs in them, and leave them to be raised by the other female. This may have been made more common by the abundance of artificial nest boxes.
Individual females typically lay 10-11 eggs per clutch, but some very full nests have been found containing 29 eggs, the result of egg-dumping. This beautiful male Wood Duck image was captured at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
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Taken on a photo trip April 12th with Kay (mathteacher) & Jane (42leaves). This was taken near Chappell Hill Texas I believe on Nicholson Lake Road.
They say everything is Bigger in Texas and on this night I have to agree. I captured this in Western Texas just off I-10.
Foreground: F 2.8 - ISO 800 - 90 sec - Blue Hour
Sky - 5 vertical image Pano - F 2.8 - ISO 800 - 2:10 sec each
Captured using a Move Shoot Mover Tracker
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