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A former tin mine next to St. Just that has been closed in the late 19th century due to falling tin prices and imports from other parts of the world. They drove tunnels that actually extended even under the ocean.
In the meantime Botallack Mine has been awarded the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I'm lichen this little lizard, for Macro Mondays theme 'Made of Metal'. As I have a very strong preference for photographing natural objects, I thought initially I wouldn't be 'playing' this week...until I remembered I had this beautifully detailed antique brooch (2 inches long) and photographed it looking over the edge of a lichen-covered stone.
I've known about the possibility of a Tin Tabernacle in a place called Knowle for a while but it really wasn't feasible to just go and find it (its over a two hour drive) and it isn't actually near anything else we were going to. We were en route to a place for a visit this weekend and I thought it might be able to be seen with a little diversion.
Mrs K who usually comes along on these jaunts was still ecstatic after spotting a tin tabernacle before I did in the North East of England last year but can generally be described as 'ambivalent' about the prospect of finding yet another rusting corrugated building. As we approached where I thought it was, I drove past and said something along the lines of 'oh no, I've gone past it' to which she replied 'no you haven't, its up there'. Confused, I stopped the car and hopped out only to find that there are two what appear to be tin tabernacles within a few metres of each other. I did a quick web search and some chap has posted a shot of the two of them on something called (I think) Geograph. I had a rough idea about one of them but definitely not the other. From what I can gather this one might be called the Primitive Methodist and is definitely disused. The other one looks in good condition and I think is Knowle Mission Room. I couldn't tell if its still being used - or indeed what it is being used for. I'm pretty careful about clicking on dubious weblinks so the info might be out there but I'm just not going to access it. And to be honest, I'm not that interested in the detail - I just want to get a photo and tick it off the list.
I really like this old place. The best bit? On the far left is a little replica in the same materials that looks like it was used as an outside toilet! Or if you live in certain parts of the world and don't like the word toilet - lets call it a washroom then - except I doubt there are any 'washing' facilities in there! And probably not an actual toilet either!
The two Knowle TTs are #34 and #35 on my quest to see as many of these wonderful little places as possible.
This is an actual 1980 H&P biscuit tin. The company hired a freelance artist to design a tin based on paintings by the Victorian artist Kate Greenway. The tin designer incorporated a few rude additions as he admits out of pure devilment. An eagle eyed grocer spotted the rude bits and H&P withdrew all the tins from sale. Can you find them?
Old tennis racquets standing up against the crumbling wall of the Tin Cat Cafe. Someone has carefully woven the cafe name in blue wool into the racquet strings.
A tin tabernacle, also known as an iron church, is a type of prefabricated ecclesiastical building made from corrugated galvanised iron. They were developed in the mid-19th century, initially in the United Kingdom. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by civil engineer Henry Robinson Palmer, and the patent was later sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable buildings for export" in 1832. The technology for producing the corrugated sheets improved and, to prevent corrosion, the sheets were galvanised with a coating of zinc, a process developed by Stanislas Sorel in Paris in the 1830s. After 1850, many types of prefabricated buildings were produced, including churches, chapels and mission halls.
Twin tin tunnels.
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The 31st tin tabernacle I've managed to travel to and photograph. A funny old project really that began by reading a newspaper article. The idea is just to go and get a 'snap' - nothing else. With hindsight I maybe could have done more - like documenting info about them and/or updating or adding to Wikipedia. There are zillions of corrugated buildings in the UK but not many of these wonderful little buildings left, so in theory it is possible to see them all - but it will probably never happen.
I don't have a Tin Tabernacle album on Flickr - but I do have a Corrugated one, so this is in there. With all sorts of other corrugated stuff.
Tin Ear
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I love how this looks like an enormous large-headed robot walking toward me! Night photo of the starry skies enveloping one of the Big Ears of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, run by Caltech since 1958, located in beautiful Owens Valley CA. This looks like a decommissioned radio telescope. It was not operating and has peeling paint. I feel like in the last several years, every time I photograph the Milky Way in Owens Valley during the summer, there are numerous fires. I lit the radio telescope with a ProtoMachines LED2 light painting device during the exposure. Special thanks to Caltech.
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(Plate 8509) Nikon D750/Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens. Earth: 3 minutes f/2.4 ISO 400. Sky: 20 photos "stacked"; each image 15 seconds f/2.4 ISO 4000. July 2021.
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A surprise find seen at the side of the A66 road in the "Eden District" (doesn't that sound nice?). I just saw it as we drove past, which is something that never really happens. A lovely old tin tabernacle, but clearly it has been abandoned for many years now.
Another one from the trip to Cornwall. It's an old tin mine on the coast.
Aperture: f/14
Exposure: 82 seconds
ISO: 100
Camera: Canon 5D MKII
Lens: Canon 17-40L @ 29mm
Filters: LEE Big Stopper
Processing: Photoshop CC and Silver Efex Pro 2