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I always wondered (since watching Popeye cartoons) whether those "funnels" are for sucking fresh air in, or for blowing stale air out? Or for putting Popeye in?

beachcomber australia The combustion air for the boiler furnace gets drawn down these ventilators. The products of combustion go up the funnel.

blackpoolbeach Thanks! Presumably they swivel to catch the breeze.

Picture of SS Conningbeg leaving Waterford port. City is on starboard side (right in picture). Various funnels are for the ships ventilation system. Hard to believe that my grandfather Thomas who went down with this ship in December 1917 leaving a wife and NINE children, would have walked this deck. Thanks for publishing it.

Possibly The Lizard docked at top right?

Can't say much about the track but this is from wonderful Wikipedia: The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974 (at 4:00 am). Held at the 20th of May Stadium (now the Stade Tata Raphaël), it pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, a former heavyweight champion; the attendance was 60,000. Ali won by knockout, putting Foreman down just before the end of the eighth round. It has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century". It was a major upset victory, with Ali coming in as a 4–1 underdog against the unbeaten, heavy-hitting Foreman. The fight is famous for Ali's introduction of the rope-a-dope tactic.

Close to this location.

"Kiltimagh railway station ... was closed to passenger traffic in 1963, with goods traffic ending in 1975." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiltimagh_railway_station PS: According to www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf, goods closure was on 17.06.1963, whereas www.museumsofmayo.com/Kiltimagh1.htm indicates that the last goods train passed through the Station in 1979. PPS: From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_Corridor: "Passenger services between Claremorris and Collooney ended in 1963, with the section being closed completely in 1975."

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The Other Burma Road www.westontrack.com/history01.htm

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50 years or so after this one:

A Mr Michael Kenna would have been station master at the time. www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/7653446174/in/photolist-cE...

There's a description of the last day of the railway here under "Caherciveen Closure." "The 39½ mile branch line from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour - one of the most scenic lines in Ireland - was closed to all traffic on and from February 1. As January 31 was a Sunday the last trains ran on Saturday, January 30, a day on which the Kerry weather, true to form, provided rain almost without a break throughout the day"

The location is Renard Point. The Royal Hotel and other buildings in Knightstown, Valentia are to be seen across the harbour. A famous restaurant and bar are at The Point today and a fish processing plant. A modern ferry runs to Valentia on a constant basis during daylight in the summer. The Royal Hotel in Valentia is still in business and thriving. There are now plans afoot to create a cycleway where the trains once ran.