Considering that probably more than 90% of the surveyors in practice in the US work in urban areas, here's a photo to show them what they missed today. This is a windmill at a ranch in the Hill Country Southwest of Austin that I've photographed a number of times over the years, but never in the cold light of a January afternoon.
That same windmill on another afternoon:
and on yet another afternoon:
Kent-
You might search "Beatty Brothers Windmill".
The factory where they were made is within sight of North Aboyne Farm.
Cheers,
Derek
Kent,
Here is one from my father's farm in south Georgia.
Andy
Andy,
That is a beautiful photo
You should get "canvasized'.
Yours and Kent's photos remind me of one my favorite form/aesthetic in art by the Japanese called Wabi-Sabi.
There is a old water tower a few blocks from my house that I really like in that way. When I see it, it always represents some feeling of impermanence by appearance but also denotes a landmark of ’Home’ to me.
> When I see it, it always represents some feeling of impermanence by appearance but also denotes a landmark of ’Home’ to me.
Water tower photos are a bit of a different genre. Here's one from a little town in South Texas:
and another one:
Here is a link to an urban photograher's series of water towers.
As a youth when I took the bus into NYC and went up the ramp at the PA bus terminal, I was always fascinated by the old water towers on the buildings in the City.
I think that I would still be fascnatted by seeing them today.
http://garyhellerphotograph.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-water-tower-series-on-v.html
Nice to see ....
Nice to see a windmill in the operating position (vane pointed backwards). So many of those old windmills have the vane pointed at right angles (to prevent the blade from spinning). I have even seem company logos with the vane pointed in the right angle position.
Another............
That photo exemplifies "godforsaken" in my mind.
Give me Skid Row and other urban delights over that tableau any time.
Now, the woods are a different story. I love the forest and the hills as much as the streets.
Don
Texas Feed Mills beat NYC Water Tanks
> As a youth when I took the bus into NYC and went up the ramp at the PA bus terminal, I was always fascinated by the old water towers on the buildings in the City.
Yeah, but think of how things might have turned out had you been exposed to feed mills, instead. The first is from the booming metropolis of Flatonia, TX.
This one is near Jourdanton, TX.
A Turban for the Windmill Surveyors
Kent doesn't seem to realize...
there is a windmill at the western end of Golden Gate Park in the urban town of San Francisco, CA...
Kent doesn't seem to realize...
> there is a windmill at the western end of Golden Gate Park in the urban town of San Francisco, CA...
I'm pretty sure you've been taken in by a bit of Photoshoppery, Dave. Otherwise, I'm sure that Dane Ince would have previously mentioned this.
Kent doesn't seem to realize...
Actually, it's quite true...
Texas Feed Mills beat NYC Water Tanks
looks like the Multipath Capital of the U.S
A Water Tower for the Urban Surveyors
One of my favorite water towers is located in Gaffney, Georgia.
From this angle, it looks like a giant peach.
From this angle, it looks like a giant butt.
Kent doesn't seem to realize...
Okay, from reading the link it appears that one of the "windmills" doesn't work and is being used as a garden sculpture. The other just doesn't work.
Prior to the failure of the garden sculpture to operate as a "windmill", evidently it was being used to pump water. Not clear from where or to where, but since it's been decades since it worked, that may not matter.
Kent doesn't seem to realize...
"Located on the western section of the Golden Gate Park..."
Clearer than most deeds, I'd say.
Google Golden Gate Park. The windmill is in the northwest corner.
Didn't realize that a non-functioning one was called something different, though. BTW - what would it be called?
Bourbon, Missouri
Gas, KS
