The Flickr Wornouttires Image Generatr

"This is not inherently a Rust Belt condition," I decided. "This could be anywhere in the U.S."

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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, were used tires outside Ziegler Tire at the northwest corner of Ohio Street and Whittlesey Avenue (U.S. Route 250 and Ohio State Route 13).

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Huron (county) (1002497)
• Norwalk (2081160)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• repair shops (300006410)
• tires (300266412)
• wear (300219449)

Wikidata items:
• 16 June 2024 (Q69307201)
• Connecticut Western Reserve (Q1126227)
• Firelands (Q5451878)
• June 16 (Q2653)
• June 2024 (Q61312789)
• pile (Q12718104)
• tire shop (Q47516839)
• Treaty of Fort Industry (Q7837057)

Stack of old tires surrounding a recycling bin

The photos in this album are of the property, possessions and projects of a fine older gentleman named Willie Shepherd.

He owns a LARGE property in Lookout, California. It is full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA

Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/

Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. For years Willie has been showing and demonstrating his equipment for anyone interested.

A few years ago, Willie had a steam powered sawmill in operation, on which he sawed a log during his show.

This year (2014), Willie's open house show is to be held on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15.

You can telephone Willie at (530) 294-5141
Be patient, he's a bit hard of hearing.
How to get to Willie's Ranch

Almost all of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D50.

see previous in color