I love photos of old mechanical things. Give me an old locomotive or a set
of rusty gears and a camera, and I'm happy. At some point, I should post
some.
Great photos, Frank. I really love that first one - the contrast of the
oil in the glasses with the almost monochromatic remainder of the photo
really pops.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Frank Wijsmuller <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Nope, this is the real thing. The 'Woudagemaal' (1920) is the largest
> steam-driven pumping station in the world still in use (about 14 days a
> year, in times of heavy rain/ melting snow, this station helps the regular
> pumping station to get rid of the water in Fryslan, a Dutch province).
>
> It is quite impressive with 4 large steamengines, each with their own steam
> supply (300 °C/ 572 °F), driving 8 pumps. And it contains some nice details
> as well: <http://wijsmuller.eu/picture.php?/1101/category/50> (an edit of
> a
> picture in the gallery below after some comments of my fellow photoclub
> members ;-).
>
> More pictures in <http://wijsmuller.eu/index.php?/category/48>. All with
> e-m5 and 12-50mm
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Best, Frank.
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