Johnbo has tasked us with finding images of the unNatural, ie mechanica/Industrial. Where better to start than with Cornwall’s tin mining heritage….but alas I only have the shells of the engine houses that once housed massive beam engines, those mechanical behemoths, used for pumping water out of thee mines You’ll have to use your imagination
Nearer to home I found a restored waterwheel..first you see the paddles of the wheel, then we peer into the greasy mechanical workings:
Next up we’re off to look at some old lifts in Havana, Cuba- I recall having to be crash landed at each floor by the lift operator in the first one as the mechanism no longer lined up:
Now for an old fashioned funicular in Umbria (but to be honest, not sure how much is mmechanical):
And finally, a bit of industry in Ecuador…loading Tuna into cargo containers ready for distribution:
Linked to lens-artists at John’s here
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So nice to see Wheal Coates again. 😍 Your experience in those misaligned lifts sounds positively scary. 😟
I wasn’t fazed, curiously!
The Cornish mines are always a joy. Good selection, Sue.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete! I trawled the archive!
Oh Sue, you have some fun photos for the lens-artists challenge 😀 😀
Pleased you like them, Cee!
Very interesting collection. The funicular looks like cages on a line. 😃 But I like your first photo from Cornwall best. It’s obvious that it is a relatively new ruin yet it has a very similar feel of thousand-year-old ruins of medieval castles. Neat.
Ah, Wheal Coates and other tin mines in Cornwall had me entranced in my early teens
A varied and interesting collection of industrial applications. Nice work.
Thanks, John!
Mechanical or not, I love the funicular, Sue.
It was quite a curiosity, Jo! Get yourself over to Gubbio!
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I think I’ve been in those cages – is that Gubbio?
Yes it is, Anabel!
I thought so. We had a couple of nights there at the end of a not terribly successful walking holiday, and loved it.
Yes, I really liked Gubbio
Ha! Great selections. Love the lifts, and the funicular! I wonder if ogres or donkeys are in the wheel house turning the cable? 🤷♂️😱😂
Teehee! That funicular was such fun to ride on, but you did feel like you were in a bird cage!
I enjoyed your diverse gallery, Sue.
Thanks, Janet!
I will admit Sue that several of these inventions would not be on my list of things to try – especially the last! some fine finds for the week.
Teehee! Thanks, Tina
A lot of interesting photos for the theme and the tuna being loaded was my fav today
That scene was an early morning one that I saw before breakfast!
Oh how nice
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Wonderful selections for this theme, Sue. So much we depend on machines. 🙂
Well, we do
I love the tin mine shot! And that funicular – I’m wondering if it’s in Gubbio as that’s the only place I’ve encountered a stand-up one like that?
Ah, Wheal Coates….so atmospheric. And the funnny-peculiar (what my late father used to call funiculars) was in Gubbio! 😊😊👍
I love Gubbio – I’ve been three times!
Yay!
The bird cage funicular is pretty cool, though I am sure anyone with vertigo would hate it!
Well, I’m not great with heights, but it was fine, Jude