Posts tagged with Ireland
17 December 2009 - Let The Flo Gas Flow!
Two Flo Gas gas cylinders sit inside the office of a derelict garage near Blarney.
16 December 2009 - Strong Shadows
Strong shadows in exceptionally bright sunlight in May 2008 in Blarney.
15 December 2009 - Thumbs up for Comandante João Belo
Members of the crew of the F480 Comandante João Belo as the ship was known in 2005. In 2008 it was sold to Uruguay, with official transfer on 8th April 2008, renamed ROU-01 URUGUAY.
14 December 2009 - In the Knows
An Alpaca stared intently at me while he munched on some straw in Blarney on Saturday.
13 December 2009 - The Lone Donkey
The single solitary donkey huddled among the Alpacas yesterday in Blarney.
12 December 2009 - Alpacas know best
Several Alpacas were in Blarney earlier as part of a Bothar promotion to encourage people to support them. The animals, including one donkey, were a big hit with the kids. I only had my 50mm lens with me so no wide angle shots, but I did get a couple of nice ones.
11 December 2009 - Bars Bars Bars
Supporting bars criss cross the arm of a crane on Cork’s Docklands in 2005. Probably the same crane I posted a few days ago.
10 December 2009 - Endangered Species
Not so long ago these metal edifices defined the skyline in Cork and other Irish cities. They’re all gone in Cork now, but there’s still one left in Killarney, County Kerry.
I hear tourists are taking photos of them now..
9 December 2009 - F211 – Fregatte Köln
The Fregatte Köln docked in Cork Harbour in 2005. Glorious day for a photowalk!
8 December 2009 - Priestman
Priestman are, or at least were, a brand of crane and excavator manufactured up until possibly the late 1990s. They have a long history according to this page. I found the logo above on a crane on the docks in Cork Harbour back in 2005. It’s probably still there!
The Priestman story began when William Dent Priestman in 1876, who had founded an engineering firm in Hull six years earlier, was asked to build a winch and grab for work off the west coast of Spain, in an attempt to locate lost gold. Though nothing was ever found, the mechanism that William Dent created was found to be equally effective at dredging mud and silt in docks, rivers and harbours.
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Today, what is left of the firm trades in Bradford under new owner, Gardner Denver, the american based compresser and blower manufacturer. No longer are cranes or excavators manufactured. The replacment parts business became unsustainable after the last Priestman emplyee retired in 2007. All the drawings and specifications exist. These are all in storage slowley deteriating with age. The legacy lives on ?.
I gotta go back there and check if that crane is still there and get a decent photo of it. Here’s a very enthusiastic fan of Priestman vehicles. If that link doesn’t ping his post, I’ll leave a comment pointing him here!
PS. this is my first post from my newly installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a big 500GB internal drive. Previously I managed with about 40GB of space which wasn’t enough when shooting in RAW. Working off external USB drives was sort of painful but now I can store a few years worth of photos on my speedy internal drive!