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Pinterest, moms and other friends...​

Corgi adopts two ducklings who'd lost their mother​

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She seems stuck with them for life​

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Samoyed (?) adopts a whole flock of ducklings who'd lost their mother​

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Best friends since the beginning​

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Thanks for the great series of pictures Hoyt . .



The above shown ± 1868 start picture, of your contemporary site series, showing a wooden predecessor, made me dig further into it, the Getty turned out to have the original of the 1885 picture of the newer mostly steel version, with the older wooden approaches still at each end.

It seems to have been a problem bridge (pics), first in wood and then the mid section replaced by steel, which still turned out to have many issues, while this all looked to be sponsored by some kind of snake oil . .



Or... more likely, it was an early commercial billboard along the railroad, nevertheless it could have been snake oil...

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St. Jacobs Oil​

St. Jacobs Oil Conquers Pain, Victorian Advert 1897, for sale on eBay....



St. Jacobs Oil conquers pain, New York Harbour, 1870 ~ 1900 advertising postcard...

 

And here I thought it was something like Macassar Oil, widely used for fissionable hair back then.

It got so bad with everyone using it that it ruined the seat backs on the passenger coaches. This lead to the invention of the Antimaccasar which was draped over the seat back to protect it.

 

Oh Bravo, Hoyt and Angel - well done! (mind, I've come to expect nothing less of y'all!)

 

Carrizo Gorge Goat Canyon Trestle, California, world's largest wood train trestle.



the distances are for hiking, not the bridge dimensions

Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge Hike: Worlds Largest Wooden Trestle ...

Goat Canyon Trestle - Wikipedia
The trestle was built in response to the collapse of Tunnel 15.[18] Construction began in 1932.[6][19] Sections of the trestle were assembled at the bottom of the canyon, then lifted into position.[4] Redwood timber,[1] the same type used for railroad ties along the rest of the route,[20] was utilized because Carrizo Gorge's considerable temperature fluctuations could have led to metal fatigue in a steel bridge.[4] To resist Goat Canyon's high winds, it was built with a 14° curve.[6][21] Additionally, the bridge was built without nails.[6] Construction was completed by 1933, leading to a realignment of the railroad route.[4] For fire suppression a tank car was located near tunnel 16.[22]

 

Thanks for the sharp eye to spot it in the first place . .

 

Note as said in the ad Macassar oil is or was a trademark of ‘‘A. Rowland & Sons’’, Thomas Rowlandson responded around 1814 with a cartoon...

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I did very little. Angel did all the heavy lifting.

 

That Macassar oil might be good for some of our soft headed politicos everywhere.

 

What happens when you go away for the weekend.....

 

Visually interesting photograph but such a shame for a classic motoryacht...... (Baglietto 20 M)

 

Make matters worse I'd bet the little crud muffins made off with everything on the inside that they didn't vandalize.

 

Damn vandals, they even paint over each others graffiti . . ​

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S'Arenal beach in San Antonio Bay on Ibiza, the fishing boat Drass and the little boat were removed in 2011 after nearly three years on the beach, with mainly British tourists around it, the Italian yacht Key West had to stay a bit longer due to an ongoing drug smuggling case . .

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It seems to be cleaned up now . . . ​

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Good looking vessels the Baglietto 20M, even 45 years later...

1972 Baglietto 20M SS Power New and Used Boats for Sale - http://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/1972/Baglietto-20M-SS-2877222/Italy?refSource=standard%20listing#.WwfAHu6FN0w

 

Southern Belle run aground in Hudson.