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Gastown Steam Clock
Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver.
Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles.
Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock.
The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes.
The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited.
The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
**Please note: All enclosed information has been collected from various online sources and in no way has been verified to be true or accurate.
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761
Thank-you for visiting
~Christie by the River
World's first steam powered clock
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate
Best experienced in full screen.
Colours and light slightly muted due to heavy rain.
Thanks so much for comments and visits
~Christie
Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Its historical boundaries were the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. ("Burrard Inlet"). The official boundary[citation needed] does not include most of Hastings Street except for the Woodward's and Dominion Buildings, and stretches east past Columbia St., to the laneway running parallel to the west side of Main Street.
Wikipedia
Featured in this image is the World's First Steam Clock.
For more information, please see the previous photo.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Its historical boundaries were the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. ("Burrard Inlet"). The official boundary[citation needed] does not include most of Hastings Street except for the Woodward's and Dominion Buildings, and stretches east past Columbia St., to the laneway running parallel to the west side of Main Street.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place
my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
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Gastown Steam Clock
Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver.
Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles.
Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock.
The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes.
The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited.
The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
**Please note: All enclosed information has been collected from various online sources and in no way has been verified to be true or accurate.
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761
Thank-you for visiting
~Christie by the River
Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Gastown Steam Clock
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
The Leckie Building is a massive cubic seven-storey Edwardian era warehouse/factory building located at the southeast corner of Cambie and Water Street in the historic district of Gastown. Built in 1908 and a large addition to the east was constructed in 1913. Exterior: brick and granite. Internal structure: built of massive timber elements.
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses.
Wikipedia
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
World's first steam powered clock
Historic Gastown
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
Water Street is a street in the Gastown area of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is named for its proximity to the water, in this case the south shore of Burrard Inlet, and was briefly known as Front Street. Water Street is popular amongst tourists; its most famous landmark is the steam clock.
History
In the early to mid 20th century, Water Street was the center of Vancouver's food, clothing and dry goods wholesale businesses. Due to Vancouver being the main port of western Canada, much of the trading of goods from east Asia went through Water Street. Water Street also housed the British and American firms that provided heavy equipment for the coastal and interior logging operations.
In the 1960s, due to limited space and rising real estate costs, the wholesale business left Water Street and gentrification occurred afterwards with shops, restaurants, offices and galleries opening on the street.
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Gastown Steam Clock
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Information compiled from Wikipedia
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
in search of the mechanical phenomena called sound...
Press "L".
Pentax 67ii, SMC 105mm f2.4 reversed, Kodak T-Max 100 developed in Adox Adonal (Rodinal) 1+25, wet-mounted drumscan.
Using an application to create slow shutter speeds on an iPhone I managed to capture this shot. Quality is well rubbish I won't be giving up the 5D just yet. Think the iPhone is better used waving at a camera to LP with!!
Still it's a start.
Copyright © 2010 Jacqueline Stewart Brown. All rights reserved. Photos may not be reproduced without the permission of Jacqueline Stewart Brown.
The Brooklyn Bridge.
The Brooklyn Bridge was the world's first steel-cable suspension bridge. When it was built, it was the world's longest suspension bridge.
Four main steel cables connect the towers, from these four cables more than 1000 suspender cables were connected to the bridge floor.
Construction on the bridge began in 1869 and took 14 years to complete.
One of New York’s most beautiful and famous landmarks.
City: New York.
Country: USA.
Please press "L" to see large picture.
IMG_8302 Built in 1830 and now part of MOSI - Museum of Science andIIndustry
Liverpool Road Station was the Manchester terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose-built passenger and goods railway.
World's First Millet Ice Cream made available at Millets and Organics International Trade Fair 2023 in Bengaluru city.
Details best viewed in Original Size.
This 40-foot (12m), 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D opened in 1921 in Amsterdam, six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axis robotic arms equipped with welding gear, spans the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal in Amsterdam's Red-Light District. The structure used 9,900 pounds (4,500 kg) of stainless steel, which was 3D-printed by robots in a factory over a period of six months before been craned into position over the canal.
The Helix Bridge opening on 24 April 2010 taken 1 day before. I always hated the opening day as the crowd always makes shooting more difficult. So I tried to capture this the day before the opening. This bridge will lead you to the long awaited Casino of Marina Bay Sands. Wish you luck everyone if you decide to cross it. It could make your day or end up a sad day.
In 1950 Rover introduced world's first jet turbine propelled car with looks of an ordinary roadster. But with unfortunate luck this machine found it's place into a museum!
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the worlds first passenger railway station at Liverpool Road, Manchester, GMT painted two Standards, one Fleetline and one Atlantean, in an allover advertising livery to commemorate the milestone. This one, the Fleetline is seen at Manchester Victoria station working a 205 service whilst based at Hyde Road depot. The bus, as was the norm for vehicles in advertising liveries wasn't allocated to a particular depot but was a 'pool' bus, being moved around various locations during the course of the advert being carried.
This bus worked out of several garages in the southern and eastern areas in 1980/1 including Princess Road, Northenden and Hyde Road as seen here to name a few.
Thai Smile (WE)
Airbus A320-232(WL)
Reg : HS-TXQ
Named : Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Livery : Cartoon Network Amazone
At Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
16.05.2015
This is a retake of one I did quite a long time ago. The shot I took before was at night/blue hour but this time was mid-day. This is Farringdon Station which has both a Tube station and National Rail. This line was the world's first underground metro line which went from Paddington to Farringdon in 1863.
In the background is the Shard and St Paul's Cathedral.
I'm sharing this photo in honor of the anniversary of Thomas Edison's passing 80 years ago on 18 October 1931. Edison's chemistry lab stands frozen in time, everything left in its place.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
West Orange, New Jersey
October 2011
My son and I are obsessed with light, time, matter, and I could go on and really let my nerd show, but I won't! Just know we're nerds when it comes to Edison, Tesla, Einstein (my son share's his birthday), CERN, and all that nerdy stuff. Unfortunately, my mom and hubby don't share our enthusiasm so I don't think this place was as exciting for them as it was for us.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
The Metallic Gloss Silver CVT is a light-weight, low pressure, staggered directional one-piece cast wheel. It is offered in 20" and 22" diameters.
Pagani Zonda F Roadster engraved by hand on carbon fiber by Shawn Lisjack (Exotic Engravings).
Medium: Original / Hand engraving on Carbon Fiber Sheeting
Dimensions: 11x14"
Engraving Time: 150+ Hours
Hand Engraved iPad 2 (#7 of 12) Paisley Design by artist: Shawn Lisjack (Exotic Engravings)
Shawn Lisjack (Exotic Engravings) hand engraved 12 iPad 2's for the 2011 New York International Auto Show and this iPad is number 7 of 12 created.
Medium: Original / hand engraved on back of iPad 2 (aluminum)