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1. 'Point Valiant'
2. 'Svitzer Bedford'
3. 'Point Chebucto'
4. 'Point Halifax' (Photo: 03/22/10)
5. Halifax Regional Police Patrol Boat
06 May 2010
Ships of Halifax Harbour - Part Two
When I was at the waterfront last week taking pictures (29 April 2010: Ships of Halifax Harbour - Part One) in the rain I managed to miss the real tugboats. The weather yesterday morning was great so I was again at the waterfront for my caffeine fix. I not only saw the tugs, but the regional police boat as well.
View Ships at Halifax Harbour in a larger map
1. 'Point Valiant'
2. 'Svitzer Bedford'
3. 'Point Chebucto'
4. 'Point Halifax' (Photo: 03/22/10)
5. Halifax Regional Police Patrol Boat
View Ships at Halifax Harbour in a larger map
1. 'Point Valiant'
2. 'Svitzer Bedford'
3. 'Point Chebucto'
4. 'Point Halifax' (Photo: 03/22/10)
5. Halifax Regional Police Patrol Boat
05 May 2010
Satellite Earth Station 2005
I first visited the satellite earth station while on Spring Break in 2005. I was really interested in the place and ended up leaving with hundreds of snapshots.
I've returned to the station annually since. Currently, the building sits open to the elements with a wrecking ball almost certainly in it's future. Anything of value has been removed from the site. I assume many components of a satellite earth station can be sold as scrap.
The massive dishes- In 2005, one dish stood upright while the other laid on its side. Since then, the standing dish has been cut, pulled down and mostly removed along with the other dish.
The whereabouts of my pictures from February 2005 were unknown for the longest time. I assumed I'd lost them before finding them on a burnt DVD destined for the shredder. I'd only had low resolution copies with an awful watermark to share until the discovery.
1. The first dish located at the station's main building.
2. Dish, again.
3. Inside the station below the dish.
4. Inside the station below the dish, looking up.
5. Again, computers inside the station.
6.
7. Manuals and guides for station operation.
8. More computers inside the station.
9. At the rear of the station is a garage and a number of derelict vehicles.
10.Inside the rear garage was a suspicious car complete with slashed tires and no windows.
11. The rear dish lying on it's side.
12. Close-up of the rear dish.
13. Entering the base of the rear dish is not recommended.
14. From the rear dish looking toward the front dish.
15. Leaving the facility, we walked through the long hallway and looked back at the first dish.
I've returned to the station annually since. Currently, the building sits open to the elements with a wrecking ball almost certainly in it's future. Anything of value has been removed from the site. I assume many components of a satellite earth station can be sold as scrap.
The massive dishes- In 2005, one dish stood upright while the other laid on its side. Since then, the standing dish has been cut, pulled down and mostly removed along with the other dish.
The whereabouts of my pictures from February 2005 were unknown for the longest time. I assumed I'd lost them before finding them on a burnt DVD destined for the shredder. I'd only had low resolution copies with an awful watermark to share until the discovery.
1. The first dish located at the station's main building.
2. Dish, again.
3. Inside the station below the dish.
4. Inside the station below the dish, looking up.
5. Again, computers inside the station.
6.
7. Manuals and guides for station operation.
8. More computers inside the station.
9. At the rear of the station is a garage and a number of derelict vehicles.
10.Inside the rear garage was a suspicious car complete with slashed tires and no windows.
11. The rear dish lying on it's side.
12. Close-up of the rear dish.
13. Entering the base of the rear dish is not recommended.
14. From the rear dish looking toward the front dish.
15. Leaving the facility, we walked through the long hallway and looked back at the first dish.
04 May 2010
York Redoubt Powder Magazine & Spion Kop
I thought I'd seen just about everything there was to see at York Redoubt. I was wrong.
Today I was introduced to a magazine built in 1870 to accomodate the gunpowder required by the then new rifled muzzle-loading guns you can still find at York Redoubt today.
The magazine isn't very exciting in its current state however it is open to the public. It should be noted that the lightbulbs inside the magazine are all intact suggesting they may be operable. Unless lightbulbs are maintained, they're usually found broken.
Following the brief trip though the powder magazine, we headed down the hill to the path to Spion Kop, the Redoubt's former command post. Spion Kop is also known as Practice Battery.
1. Outside the powder magazine, the passage on the left was reserved for the moment of gunpowder.
2. Magazine Entrance Passageway
3. Magazine Entrance Passageway from inside.
4. Inside the Powder Magazine.
5. Rifled Muzzle-Loading (RML) Gun
6. At Spion Kop, I assume this was guard post.
7. Spion Kop (Rear)
8. Inside Spion Kop's largest room.
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Today I was introduced to a magazine built in 1870 to accomodate the gunpowder required by the then new rifled muzzle-loading guns you can still find at York Redoubt today.
The magazine isn't very exciting in its current state however it is open to the public. It should be noted that the lightbulbs inside the magazine are all intact suggesting they may be operable. Unless lightbulbs are maintained, they're usually found broken.
Following the brief trip though the powder magazine, we headed down the hill to the path to Spion Kop, the Redoubt's former command post. Spion Kop is also known as Practice Battery.
1. Outside the powder magazine, the passage on the left was reserved for the moment of gunpowder.
2. Magazine Entrance Passageway
3. Magazine Entrance Passageway from inside.
4. Inside the Powder Magazine.
5. Rifled Muzzle-Loading (RML) Gun
6. At Spion Kop, I assume this was guard post.
7. Spion Kop (Rear)
8. Inside Spion Kop's largest room.
View York Redoubt in a larger map
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