GrwyneFawr190715_50 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
GrwyneFawr190715_50 / Richard Szwejkowski
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | A walk up Grwyne Fawr to the dam and round the reservoir. A view from the top of the dam wall, looking down the valley, with the Grwyne Fawr stream just about visible. There are three 'tracks' visible, one at the bottom, one running along the hillside and another, just right ot centre, linking the two. All three were constructed as railways, to bring workers and materials for the dam construction. The dam was completed in early 1928 and the valves were closed on 10 February, with an official opening ceremony on 28 March. There is no record of how many actually attended the opening, but estimates at the time suggested that somewhere between 300 and 400 travelled on two special trains to the top of the dam, up the 'main' line to somewhere just the far side of where the blue 'portaloo' is now for a reversal, up the hillside on the link line to the Upper Railway for another reversal, then on to the dam top via the trackbed that runs almost horizontally near the top of the photo. No passengers had ever done that journey before or would ever do so again. Given the number of derailments experienced on the goods traffic, with several wagons having rolled down the steep hillside, it is amazing that this was allowed even in those far off days - and these passengers were not strong, fit workers, but townspeople in suits and dresses. |
| 撮影日 | 2015-07-19 13:39:42 |
| 撮影者 | Richard Szwejkowski |
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| カメラ | NIKON D800 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.005 sec (1/200) |
| 開放F値 | f/16.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 48 mm |