A bit of a follow up to the post I made a while back about the foundry roof collapse at Brymbo – I’ve been informed by the Brymbo Heritage Group that the roof has now been safely removed and the walls made safe and watertight. I suppose this is a case of having to move…
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#398 – Library of Congess Images – Main Street Buffalo
I’m guessing that this photograph was taken by some intrepid photographer climbing a tall riverside gilding such as a grain elevator as for the most part, downtown Buffalo looks quite a low lying city with few tall buildings. What strikes me about this scene is the clear summer sky, as so many of the photographs…
#397 – Library of Congress Images – Logging train
Although huge swathes of Britain were once forested, much of this was cleared in mediaeval times and before for use as fuel and construction materials (for buildings and ships). So by the time the steam railway came along, there wasn’t much left and there was no requirement for railway haulage out of the forests. However,…
#396 – Shadows of the North at Helmshore extended for another week!
As there are no plans for using the Hub area of Helmshore Mills for the week commencing 2nd March, I have agreed with the museum to extend the exhibtion by one week. The final day is now 8th March 2015.
#395 – Upcoming talks in March – Huddersfield and Batley
A bit of early warning that I will be presenting my Mechanical Landscapes talk on the follwoing dates: Tuesday 10th March – Batley Camera Club Wednesday 18th March – Huddersfield Photo Imaging Club. I have no more talks scheduled currently, but will consider all offers. My preference is within a 6o minute drive from Chorley. This…
#394 – Photographs from Helmshore Exhibition!
Finally – a few snaps from my Shadows of the North exhibition at Helmshore Mills Textile Museum. It’s not the biggest exhibition you’ll see, and on reflection it would have been nice to have had an extra display board to space things out a bit but they only own two. I’m working on bringing it…
#393 – Shadows of the North Exhibition at Helmshore Textile Museum opens Monday!
The pictures have been delivered to the museum and are now on the wall, and everything is ready to go! The exhibition will run over the Lancashire half term period, and opens Monday 16th February. It is located in the room between the two mills (rather than the giant exhibiton space on the top floor…
#392 – Library of Congress Images – River Steamers
Harbor Springs, Mich., Str. North Land at dock Large river steamers were not unique to America, big Paddle Steamers carried day trippers on British rivers too. Steamers such as the PS Waverley were once a common site on the Clyde, Bristol Channel, and around Britain’s coasts. And, like America, by the 1960’s, their days of…
#391 – Library of Congress Images – Switching (shunting) locomotive
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2008011106/ This image was simply titled Bethlehem Steel in the Library of Congress archive, and had no supporting information other than it was published in the period 1910-1920. Interestingly, the engine has written Washington Terminal on the tender, which is confusing given the title of the picture. Wikipedia tells me that the Washington Terminal company…
#390 – Library of Congress Images – Mallett articulated locomotive
Although articulated locomotives were a British innovation, and Beyer Peacock built over a thousand of them, only a few Beyer Garrets and narrow gauge Fairlie’s ever saw service in Britain. However, articulated locomotives were quite widely used in other areas of the world, especially where huge amounts of power were required without the loading gauge…
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