Coachwood panelling at the High Court, Canberra
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Coachwood panelling at the High Court, Canberra
Luxury gold Middle East glass wall panel by plusobject.com .
Placed in front of a reflective modular glass wall panel with an interference pattern (x4).
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
The radar tower on Mount Umunhum is an important artifact of Cold War history, as well as a familiar landmark on the skyline of the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
I took this photo in August 2002 during a tour of the tower with a ranger who has since retired from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD). This is an empty office inside the tower.
The tower is the largest structure built for the former Almaden Air Force Station (AFS) on Mount Umunhum, south of San Jose, California. Built from reinforced concrete, the tower is 84.5 foot (25.8 m) tall. Almaden AFS was operated by the 682nd Radar Squadron, United States Air Force, from 1958 to 1980.
MROSD opened the summit to the public in 2017. The tower is sealed, and its interior is not accessible to visitors. For more information about the summit, see:
www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/mount-umunhum-summit
The tower was built to support a very large AN/FPS-24 search radar. This site was one of 12 similar installations built to detect potentially hostile aircraft approaching the United States during the Cold War. These radar sites were integrated into the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense system.
For a view of what this tower looked like when it was operational, see: flic.kr/p/ddnuKL
The tower is an important historic artifact. It serves as a monument to the Air Force personnel who served with vigilance at this site and others, and to all US military personnel who served and sacrificed throughout the Cold War.
Additional information about Mount Umunhum and the Almaden Air Force Station is available on Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Umunhum
AN/FPS-24 Radar (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FPS-24_radar
SAGE Air Defense System (MIT Lincoln Laboratory):
www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/SAGEairdefensesystem.html
The tower block that makes up part of the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is, along with the cathedral, one of the main sights in Gloucester's skyline.
It dates back to the 1970's and in the past year has had £12m of work done to freshen its appearance up, in the form of this silver and grey panelling. I must have missed a lot of the works while they were being done as in all honesty I only happened to notice it looked different as I strolled past today...
It's not exactly the most inspired choice of colours for a new look but it does sort of match up with one of Pulham's two-tone grey double deckers seen next to it on service 99.
Lisbon, Portugal
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
provided by Rev. Dunford, rector from 1832 ; probably Flemish
