Industrial Photography

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This is a forge that is a few blocks from my house. I went for a walk one day with my old Nikomat equipped with standard f2 50mm, and in the summer they have the building open because it gets hot in there of course in the summer months. This forge is right on a street practically so when I was walking by I just stepped in the door and took a couple of shots. The forge is very old, probably well over 100 years, and has been a part of my life since I was born, I can remember being in my parent's automobile driving past it back in the early 1960s. At one point I knew a member of the family who owned it as we had some common interests in riding bicycles, motorcycles etc. but unfortunately he got pancreatic cancer and is gone.

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It's interesting as a local to see how visitors find places like that so distinctive that, like yourself, they can recognise it straight away from a quick snapshot like that. Legend has it that in the industrial age, boats queued all the way to Kent to berth there 100+ years ago.

I've been to conferences at the Excel center. It's a very distinctive display.
 
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The local grid maintenance training facility ...

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Hmm. Our power's off here ATM. The electricity supply company is upgrading the local network, possibly because of the large number of large rooftop solar panels installed around us here, including on our house.

They gave us plenty of warning though. Two letters, two SMS, the last of the latter about two minutes before they flicked the switch at 0802H . Supposed to come back on at about 1130H.

They are probably replacing the local transformer in Morey Road, around the corner from us.

I will go for a walk and inspect the works after I get out of bed.
 
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Warribanno Lead Smelter Complex by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

Francis W Pearson built the Warribanno lead smelter complex for the Geraldine Mining Company. It primarily operated between 1853 and 1859. The Warribanno Smelter Complex Ruin is the oldest identified European mining site in Western Australia, and the smelter is the oldest surviving smelter in Western Australia and one of the earliest in Australia.

Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathway Exploration July-August 2020 - #GMOPE 101.
 
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