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Re: [OM] IMG: Steampunk?

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Steampunk?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:00:35 -0500
I like that one very much too.

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/6/2012 4:54 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> That's a very cool subject, Frank, with rich colours on my laptop.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Nov 2012, at 08:18, Frank Wijsmuller <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Nope, this is the real thing. The 'Woudagemaal' (1920) is the largest
>> steam-driven pumping station in the world still in use (about 14 days a
>> year, in times of heavy rain/ melting snow, this station helps the regular
>> pumping station to get rid of the water in Fryslan, a Dutch province).
>>
>> It is quite impressive with 4 large steamengines, each with their own steam
>> supply (300 °C/ 572 °F), driving 8 pumps. And it contains some nice details
>> as well: <http://wijsmuller.eu/picture.php?/1101/category/50> (an edit of a
>> picture in the gallery below after some comments of my fellow photoclub
>> members ;-).
>>
>> More pictures in <http://wijsmuller.eu/index.php?/category/48>. All with
>> e-m5 and 12-50mm
>
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