Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff
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JonRB said:
Ok, not strictly on topic, but I quite liked these:
This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Fantastic, but scary!This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Mercury00 said:
JonRB said:
Ok, not strictly on topic, but I quite liked these:
This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Fantastic, but scary!This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
BHC said:
Mercury00 said:
JonRB said:
Ok, not strictly on topic, but I quite liked these:
This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Fantastic, but scary!This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
JonRB said:
Ok, not strictly on topic, but I quite liked these:
This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Interesting. Reminds me of Logan's Run when they escape from their city.This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster on io9
Lawbags said:
It's a warning basket.
In the World Wars, these were dotted from various positions alomg the coast, in lines up to London (and various other strategic locations). The powers that be, wanted a way of passing a message that we had been invaded, if all other lines of communicatons were lost. They'd set fire to some s
t inside it and it'd be seen by the next, which was lit and so on.
They are ultra rare now.
I think theres one of these still standing in hackney downs park east London.on a pole about 15 feet high,i often wondered what it were and figured it something from jubileeIn the World Wars, these were dotted from various positions alomg the coast, in lines up to London (and various other strategic locations). The powers that be, wanted a way of passing a message that we had been invaded, if all other lines of communicatons were lost. They'd set fire to some s
t inside it and it'd be seen by the next, which was lit and so on.They are ultra rare now.
Edited by Lawbags on Tuesday 10th September 14:07
Edited by edgyedgy on Tuesday 19th August 06:22
edgyedgy said:
Lawbags said:
It's a warning basket.
In the World Wars, these were dotted from various positions alomg the coast, in lines up to London (and various other strategic locations). The powers that be, wanted a way of passing a message that we had been invaded, if all other lines of communicatons were lost. They'd set fire to some st inside it and it'd be seen by the next, which was lit and so on.
They are ultra rare now.
I think theres one of these still standing in hackney downs park east London.on a pole about 15 feet high,i often wondered what it were and figured it something from jubileeIn the World Wars, these were dotted from various positions alomg the coast, in lines up to London (and various other strategic locations). The powers that be, wanted a way of passing a message that we had been invaded, if all other lines of communicatons were lost. They'd set fire to some s
t inside it and it'd be seen by the next, which was lit and so on.They are ultra rare now.
Edited by Lawbags on Tuesday 10th September 14:07
Edited by edgyedgy on Tuesday 19th August 06:22
mcdjl said:
You'll find that fire beacons massively predate WWII. If there's a beacon hill near you, guess what was on it. I do seem to remember some getting rebuilt for the jubilee.
Yep Napoleonic wars and earlier still right back to the balefires warning of Saxons. Many were rebuilt to their Napoleonic incarnations for the Jubilee.RedLeicester said:
mcdjl said:
You'll find that fire beacons massively predate WWII. If there's a beacon hill near you, guess what was on it. I do seem to remember some getting rebuilt for the jubilee.
Yep Napoleonic wars and earlier still right back to the balefires warning of Saxons. Many were rebuilt to their Napoleonic incarnations for the Jubilee.IIRC the railways also used semaphore at one time.
Anyways, here's an abandoned pottery in Stoke taken from a recent canal trip;
- of which there is no shortage on that stretch of water (blooming miles of dereliction) many of which have machinery still in situ, which I thought would have been 'recycled' years ago...
used to warn of the spanish armarda IIRCThe Don of Croy said:
Have a google at 'telegraph hill' or similar - old semaphore system for passing messages from the admiralty (London) to the boats (Portsmouth) before electricity, and quicker than horseman.
IIRC the railways also used semaphore at one time.
Anyways, here's an abandoned pottery in Stoke taken from a recent canal trip;
- of which there is no shortage on that stretch of water (blooming miles of dereliction) many of which have machinery still in situ, which I thought would have been 'recycled' years ago...
Our narrow boat is moored about 25 minutes drive from there, it would take a week to get it there.IIRC the railways also used semaphore at one time.
Anyways, here's an abandoned pottery in Stoke taken from a recent canal trip;
- of which there is no shortage on that stretch of water (blooming miles of dereliction) many of which have machinery still in situ, which I thought would have been 'recycled' years ago...
Adz The Rat said:
Of Course It's Safe by Adam Kennedy Photography, on Flickr
Forgotten Files by Adam Kennedy Photography, on Flickr
jurbie said:
The bottle kilns are all listed so you can't do anything with them especially not knocking them down to make way for new vibrant developments. Makes regeneration schemes a bit difficult but hey it's important history.
A couple of places are developing around them and making them a kind of centre piece. Look quite cool imo. Melman Giraffe said:
Adz The Rat said:
Of Course It's Safe by Adam Kennedy Photography, on Flickr
Forgotten Files by Adam Kennedy Photography, on Flickr
DanielSan said:
A couple of places are developing around them and making them a kind of centre piece. Look quite cool imo.
Definitely and it can work well, in my rock and roll days my band used to rehearse in a place where there was an internal bottle kiln which the studio owner had turned the inside of into a chill out room. That was pretty good but having an ugly brick carbunckle which you have to pay to maintain is just as likely to put businesses off. One place that had one removed the iron rings that had been fitted to support the structure in the hope it would collapse of its own accord. Someone blabbed to the council and they were forced to refit them.
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