#metalworkThursday - Kibble Palace, the extrordinary glasshouse designed by eng John Kibble in the 1860s. Orrig for a private client it was dismantled, sailed down the Clyde & re-erected at Glasgow Botanic Gardens in 1873. Cat A listed
#metalworkThursday - there are 86 perforated steel lighting globes hanging above the South Plaza at the Olympic Park in East London - installed as part of the post-games landscaping in 2014
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekK - 'K' is for Knockers! A fine selection from the historic town of Harwich.
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#metalworkThursday A Stothert & Pitt crane at Chatham. This was a huge company in Bath which came to specialise in cranes especially use in docks; first steam powered then electric and mounted on dockside rails. Its Newark Works in that city remain & are grade II listed.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekP - 'P' is for Poem...
'Here’s the bird that never flew.
Here’s the tree that never grew.
Here’s the bell that never rang.
Here’s the fish that never swam'
.... a traditional poem about the #Glasgow City coat of arms.
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