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Obviously some electric power system. The upside down yellow triangle and the windows suggest the photo is upside down.

I don't know anything about gas cylinders but the same scene today would probably show chains around the groups of cylinders anchoring them to a wall.

This looks like the Central Valley, (Fresno or Merced,) but nothing in the photos confirms the location.

Is that cart in front of the F-unit used to jump-start the EMD? Would it be 72 volts?

That’s what 16 days of internment in a British jail does for you

thecricketbatthatdiedforireland.com/2013/09/07/16-days-of...

Ever hear of Kelly’s Corner?

Wow, that's an unexpected backstory to a photo. Bowen -Colthurst really did get away with multiple murders.

Suck Diesel Did not know the origin of Kelly's Corner, so thank you.

Swordscookie And explains why Hanna would have this image of Alderman James Kelly.

So, date established - 1916. And we now know it was taken in London after Kelly's release from Wandsworth Prison.

I think the 'before' photo is worse ...
; )

Via Trove from October 1916, a report of a meeting of the Dublin Corporation with Alderman James Kelly highlighted -
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/291935037?searchTerm=%...

James Joseph Kelly, Tobacco Merchant on Camden Street in 1911, 40.

So 45 or thereabouts in the pic.

I love such a genuine portrait.

History note: this is how it worked before wireless phones. You needed coins or you would probably have to call collect, (called party was billed). Distant calls, and calls requiring an operator, were more expensive.

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Looks like Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Beatrice_of_Saxe-Coburg_an...
"Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria; 20 April 1884 – 13 July 1966) was a member of the British royal family, a male-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She later married into the Spanish royal family, and was the wife of Prince Alfonso de Orleans y Borbón, Infante of Spain, a first cousin of Alfonso XIII of Spain."

The Montessori kids in my small college town go for walks about the village, especially on nice days but even when it requires boots and heavy coats. Mostly not kids of mixed ages. It is interesting here that the little kids are paired with older bigger kids.

For Museum customers who need to buy a copy of a Rohr factory photo, this one is recommended.

What kind of engine has three exhausts like this? Did this thing knock the fence down?

Still there.

heritageireland.ie/unguided-sites/dalkey-island-church/

And here's some information about St. Begnet.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begnet

3-D model of St Beignets church

cherishproject.eu/en/resources/3d-models/st-begnets-churc...

Mike Grimes Well, she's a new one to me! Love the disclaimer: "Not to be confused with the fried pastry Beignet".

Via Trove, a contemporary (1909) description by a visiting Australian -
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170909204?searchTerm=b...

From above article ...

" ... Dalkey Island, which stands in the Bay, opposite Dalkey, is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters in the year of the world 3501, not under its present name, but, under its ancient title, the island has been identified by Dr. John O'Donovan the famous Celtic scholar.
There are here two most Interesting ecclesiastical ruins, which I recommend Catholic visitors from Australia to see—as I did. One of these is on Dalkey Island, sometimes called St. Benedict's Island, but the association of St. Benedict or Bennet with this locality is entirely erroneous.
The ruined churches on the Island, and on the mainland at Dalkey, called "St. Benedict's," were really dedicated to St. Begnet— whose identity is disputed,. In the very long ago, Dalkey Island was called. "St. Begnet's Isle," and later, when the Island got the name of Dalkey, the name was given to the adjacent mainland.
When I first saw the little ruin on the Island, it did not occur to me that it was the remains of a church. I was glad to learn, later on, that a great number of Dublin people were in doubt as to the original character of the building, but that the antiquarians were perfectly convinced of the ecclesiastical character of the structure. It is built of rubble, and is now roofless. In one gable is a bell-turret, which Is said to be of later date than the church. On one side of the building are a very plain window and door, calculated to puzzle an ordinary observer, and a fireplace within would also seem, to the plain man, to demolish the idea of an ancient church. But the explanation is, that the contractor for the Marteilo tower (for defence purposes) on the Island, a hundred years ago, and his workmen, lived in the ruin while the tower was going up. No doubt the old church had then a roof, and the contractor made the window and the door for the convenience of himself and his men. Think of the desecration of the deed—and the man's name was Doyle!
There is evidence that the venerable pile was used as a church up to the middle ages. On the Island there is a well, the waters of which used to be efficacious for the cure of eye diseases. To this day, the error of associating the name of St. Benedict with this old church is perpetuated. In Dalkey, you buy picture post-cards of the church, labelled "St. Benedict Island." ... "

The little street alongside the castle in Dalkey is called Kilbegnet Close.

The 6" and 25" maps mark the site of St. Begnet's Well nearby.

There is another Mason photo of the other side (with the 'modern' door and window). I think it needs a horizontal flip to make sense - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000519580

This photo should be mirrored horizontally. The block house and flame bucket at LC_14 would be on the right from this angle.

As the Atlas 4A was launched in June 1957. The films mentioned above from 1966 should be from another missile. Maybe an Atlas Agena or Centaur

That device is to keep birds and stuff out of the inlet? Is there a performance hit for using this?

Solar Turbines was located in San Diego and made turbines for standy power used by telephone utilties in the 1970s and 1980s. Many were about 250 kilowatt ratings. I have a 1950s firefighting film showing a man-portable turbine pump which never became popular. It may have been made by Solar.

my memory is that they sounded like an aircraft APU. That's what they are.

That odd looking pipe at the left of the image is probably the underground fuel tank vent.

This doesn't seem to match with the Edgemont location or the Riverside Airport location. Still checking...

Employee name may be:
Ronald Thompson
Ronald Tommasen

There are many different kinds of flaring tools. Please comment below if you can describe this type.

This is actually upside down. The Italian colors should be on the left.
static.wixstatic.com/media/839451_498ba3c7c56643a29465537...

This person is working with tubing. I can't tell if it's pneumatic tubing, bleed air, hydraulic tubing, fuel line...

I can't see if this is wiring or something else.

Notice the flourescent lighting is off and everyone is using incandescent desk lamps?

Carol Maddock It looks like that poster, but looking at Theatre Royal posters in the archive, the branding looks like that exact one.

A poster from 1908 looks different, and from 1913 on, different again.

So I think the date is likely 1908-1912.

Niall McAuley Baldoyle! Bualadh bos!

Do you think either man might be Edward Doyle? Who looks more proprietorial, and 48?

And thanks for taking and running with the Theatre Royal poster suggestion!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons I don't think either of them look 48!

I can't find much of a footprint for Edward so far. No sign of him or Baldoyle in the 1901 census, he is supposed to be married 5 years but I don't see his marriage record with a wife's name or any little Doyles, no death record I can see with the right age, born just before searchable records...

Niall McAuley Well done. I spent ages looking. Baldoyle? Balla Doyle. Doyle Town. I wonder is there a connection.

O Mac Edward Doyle's 1911 census return says he's from Skerries

It was taken, looking north, from beside St Bridget's church at Ballinafad, Co Galway.
maps.app.goo.gl/6Aj2eYcb7TzwsryZA

O Mac Well, relieved I don't have to season my hat. But how did you work this out? So the tiny bridge is no more?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons From these photos it would appear that the original bridge exists..
maps.app.goo.gl/YkAfHPW4wT7zdw4e7?g_st=ac
maps.app.goo.gl/PRfttiDiAcZSMVZY7?g_st=ac

It works quite nicely when viewed through the appropriate apparatus - the flora (gorse?) in the foreground stands out from the stones, rocks and gentry, which themselves stand out from the water and mountains in the distance.

I wonder if the small bridge is the location of the present road bridge?

maps.app.goo.gl/XYuBZnT9jTShySpv8

O Mac Map updated

Suck Diesel It could well be,

O Mac The arch looks the same,,?

[Aside]
Ballinafad, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada also had a little old stone bridge.
In February 2007 via edk7

An image of the house Lord Edward Fitzgerald hid in as published in the book 'Georgian Mansions in Ireland (1915)'

archive.org/details/cu31924015372166/page/n83/mode/1up

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"The accident occurred at about 4 p.m [Tuesday, 9/11] in a chemical tank in which nitric acid and chronic acid were brewed and used to remove paint from metal grill structures."
Source: Chula Vista Star-News, 13 September 1979, pp. 1.

There's a version of this pic in a collection of Manning Family photos held at the SLNSW...

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Does anyone know: did the turbines start from DC power (batteries) or from some other source?

For commercial airliners, my stereotype is that flight crew light-off the APU first, then engine start occurs from APU bleed air. Is that the most common way? Am I way off?

This is a good view of the tank and pump on Plant Protection's Ford F-series vehicle. This seems to be a Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) piston pump. It was made by FMC's Bean Division which also made agricultural spray rigs. The Bean Gun is a signature part of FMC fire equipment from the era.

These pumps operated at hundreds of pounds per square inch and were known to push things around when aimed at them. They could cause injury if body parts go into the water stream near the nozzle.

The newspaper describes this as a 17-ton test vessel. It says the Navy awared Rohr a $900,000 contract to test this vessel which was originally built in 1963.

This appears to be a Turboliner cab as demonstrated by this young engineer candidate:

The gun on the deck may be intended to look like this .50 caliber gun being operated by singer and actor Jessica Simpson:

Some kind of prop or tail rotor under test. The blades look temporary but the hub/motor could be flight hardware.