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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by kach22i, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Here's a little steam shovel in Alaska, without the housing, so you can see the parts inside . . . :cool:

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    ‘‘ A derelict steam shovel in Alaska; major components visible include boiler, water tank, winch, main engine, boom, dipper stick, crowd engine, wheels and bucket. ’’

    P.S. - I see the picture has been roughly edited to eliminate some parts of the shovel next to it, probably to not disturb the lines of this foreground shovel.
     
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  2. Rurudyne
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    Those gears are beautiful.

    Not sure I'd want to work standing or sitting next to them though.

    Easily fixed these days with "plexiglass" guards.
     
  3. Tiny Turnip
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    Indeed it will, Hoyt! Thanks for that!
     
  4. Tiny Turnip
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    Photos taken in the scrapyard of the Hollycombe Steam Collection, Winter 2015. One day, I'll wander round the scrapyard of the Severn Valley Railway with a camera. That really is something.
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  5. Tiny Turnip
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    A long time ago I had a summer job working in the maintenance crew of the then decrepit and now long gone ITS rubber factory in Petersfield, Hampshire. Best known for Minibrix and Commando ITShide boot soles.

    They mixed specialist rubber compounds in roller mills, with rollers perhaps 12 feet long and 3 feet in diameter. The folk mixing would throw great squabs of raw rubber into the rollers - half a dozen chunks each the size of a small armchair. They got squished and smeared together between the rollers and come round like plasticene on a rolling pin. They'd sprinkle scoops full of various pellets in too, and the whole lot would mix mechanically, warmed by the internal friction of the squishing rubber. When they judged it ready, they would peel it off the roller with a long flexible knife into a wheely bin. The drives to these rollers was through a totally open gearbox at the side, with gearwheels up to 3 feet in diameter. The gears rotated fairly slowly, and dipped down into an oil filled sump in the concrete floor at the end of the roller mill. One of my jobs was to clean out these open sumps, (with the mill switched off!) which unsurprisingly got filled with all sorts of old rubbish. One time while I was reaching down into the filthy oil, up to my elbow, a hand floated to the surface. It took me a minute or so to look carefully enough to realise it was actually a rubber glove...

    Gotta say, though I know we all moan about healthandsafetygonemad, its a great thing that these sort of hazards are now gone, at least in some countries.
     
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  6. Tiny Turnip
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    The Crane 29 'treehouse' was a temporary accommodation installed by glamping company Canopy and Stars. Canopy & Stars at Crane 29 https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk/crane29 In the course of 4 months, 260 folk stayed there. All profits went to Friends of the Earth.

    I wonder if they were inspired by the Harlingen Harbour Crane Hotel, which, IIRC featured in the 'Where is this?' thread a few years ago....

    Informatie - Havenkraan Harlingen http://www.havenkraan.nl/en/informatie/

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    Bookable, from 319 Euros a night....
     
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    ...and the famous/infamous ship music venue the Thekla, established by musical eccentric genius Vivian Stanshall. Also featured here in an earlier thread I believe.
     
  9. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Ha ha :), that was my thought too about the Bristol crane house, see the famous thread's post #5075 (Oct 28, 2010) and a bit further . . . . those were the days reverse image search didn't exist, in fact it was about a year before this feature was introduced and slowly further developed . . :cool:


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    I should have read the article I've linked about the Bristol crane house a bit better though, thanks for clearing it up . . . :)
     
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  10. Jolly Amaranto
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    Old sheds on a ranch outside Egypt, Texas.
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  11. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    That right side one looks to be this former slave dwelling . . .


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    ‘‘ In 1830, Cpt. W.J.E. Heard, son of Stephen and Jemima, purchased 2,200 acres from John. C. Clark in 1830 for $ 111.00 in gold coins. Arriving first in Jackson County where other family members had already settled, Heard sought more fertile lands in then Colorado County (now Wharton County.) He brought with him, his parents, nine siblings and slaves. It was in the Egypt settlement that Heard constructed a double pen, log home for his family, slave housing, sugar cane, corn and cotton mills. ’’

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    Cpt. W.J.E. Heard

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    Plantation House Entryway

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    The other sheds in the above post could have been the housings of this former plantation's sugar cane, corn and cotton mills, and the stock storage of those products.


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    ‘‘ The Heard-Northington Plantation on FM 1161 in Egypt, Wharton County, Texas. View is toward the south-southwest. Note that the plantation's elevation is about 10 feet higher than the land in the right background. - Pic: May 26, 2013. ’’


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    ‘‘ Two state historical markers at the Heard-Northington Plantation on FM 1161 in Egypt, Texas. The newer marker gives the history of Egypt while the older marker tells about William Jones Elliot Heard, the first owner. View is to the south-southwest. - Pic: May 26, 2013. ’’
     
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  12. Jolly Amaranto
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    Yup, same place.
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  13. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Interesting name nascency of Egypt in Wharton County Texas, the below pic is an enlarged text cut out as taken from the above shown right side state historical marker on the Farm to Market Rd 1161 W (aka: W FM 1161 Rd) in Egypt, Wharton, TX, USA. @ 29°24'13.6"N 96°14'00.6"W.

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    Yet another reference of the above Egypt in Wharton County TX naming: - Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)Egypt, TX (Wharton County)

    ‘‘ The town was originally called Mercer's Crossing, but during a severe drought the area supplied corn to surrounding settlements, and people began to refer to it as Egypt. ’’
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    And so the Egypt in Wharton County Texas name origin turns out to be from: Genesis 42 : 1 - 3 Link = Bible New International Version NIV - (CEB - KJV - etc. - etc.)

    ‘‘ Genesis 42 : 1 - 3 - - Bible - New International Version - (NIV)
    42 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
    1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
    2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
    3 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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  14. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    This on the location 29°24'13.6"N 96°14'00.6"W linked aerial view shows the pointer exact between the two State of Texas historical markers, south is up and north is down in this link.

    However in the Google Street View images of june 2008 of the same location looking south, there's now (at this post's date) only the old State of Texas historical marker with the yellow post present at the spot, which means that the 2th and newer State of Texas historical marker with the gray post was placed after the last Google Street View date.

    So about time Google sends their Street View car down the road again to picture the new historical marker about Egypt's history as well, this is the right side one as viewed from the road (aka the west one of the two).

    And also the State of Texas could refresh the paint on the old historical left side marker, as viewed from the road (aka the east one of the two), about the 1830's Cpt. W.J.E. Heard, who's deceased by now I'll take, but anyway, that history plaque of the State of Texas tells that the almost certainly late Captain once founded the plantation on the fertile soil there, and the plaque about these historical facts is now very hard or near impossible to read.

    So Jolly, since your coast is nearby the spot, could you please send these institutions a note about this . . ? :)
     
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  15. Jolly Amaranto
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    I will try my best but don't hold your breath. There are a few misleading statements on the history plaque such as "After 1835, a Methodist Church, a stage coach line and a railroad were established in Egypt." It was well after 1835 when the railroad came through being built between Eagle Lake and Wharton. 1900 to be exact. Cane Belt RR http://www.eaglelakedepot.org/eld2_009.htm
     
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