Electric red

highlighted functionality

This double ring "ELECTRIC SERVICE" manhole cover features a 15 x 15 cross hatched rectangular diamonds central panel.  The outer ring consists of an alternating pattern of 30 "=" and 30 "|".  Red paint is used to highlight the function of this manhole cover.

The circular crackles around the cover enhance this scene in the street beneath our feet.

Contrails in the cloud

Four flew by

Jet airplanes on their way to somewhere flew through these cirrocumulus stratiformis clouds.  The airplanes are long gone; their contrails remain in the clouds as visible reminders of their passage.

Starry starry pumpkin

A fourth grade arts class interprets a pumpkin patch on a starry night with a crescent moon overhead:  

Pumpkin 3

 

Pumpkin 5

Pumpkin 6

Pumpkin 7

Pumpkin 8

 

 

Pumpkin 9

 They are all so good!

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To dispel any notion that those pumpkins are distorted dimensionally:

A sheet load of pumpkins

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Leaky rainbow

 

It is colorful, but it is not a rainbow

Passers-by were taken by surprise by the petroleum product drip "rainbow" that appeared in the parking lot beneath their feet.

 

Colorful cobbles

 

Rain drain

This scene in the street beneath our feet has an 8 x 3 rectangular opening storm drain grate and a 9 by 9 square diamond manhole cover with 23 "teeth".  The somewhat symmetric cracks and colorful cobbles add to the scene.

 

Other examples of that style of manhole cover can be seen here and here.   

 

 

Turn three

 

Roaring by

Close together and in a bunch, this pack of lawn tractors rounding turn three makes for an exciting afternoon of racing.

 

Marlbleous

pillars and balustrades

This set of stairs on the second floor is in the Second Empire style.  The scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

At a siding

 

Durable and yellow

This Budd car (BC-30) is parked at a siding.  In front of it, a long lasting yellow-painted Durable Bumping Post marks the end of the track.

 

This siding scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

n.b. the pre-bumper stop Budd car can be scened here. 

 

 

 

 

Security envelope polygons

Security envelope patterns come in different patterns.  Usually, they are small and tightly packed, covering the whole interior of the envelope to obfuscate the contents.  It was a pleasant surprise to receive this envelope security pattern of widely spaced polygons.

 

It's a tee shirt!

This blue polygon pattern has been mirrored left-right and  up-down.  The tiny diamond in the center is the lower-right, lower-left, upper-right, and upper-left corner, respectively, of the pattern after the horizontal and vertical flipping and tiling.

Some sketchy V and H flips and overlays give a rough draft view of a more complete polygon security pattern.

 

. . . flipped and overlaid . . .

 

This rough sketch demonstrates the result of enthusiastic polygon pattern and line matching.

 

adjusting lines to meet

 

It is possible to continue the process and create even denser patterns.

 

Budd and buddy

 

"Stripey" and "Red"

The Budd car (BC-15) has a friend - a red (number 120) interurban car.

 

The red (No. 120) car is a Model 55 gasoline car that was built by the J. G. Brill Company of Philadelphia.  It went in to service in 1929 as a track inspection (Sperry Rail Service No. 105).  During WWII, it served as munitions car for Remington Arms.  Later, it was painted bright yellow and was at the Branford Electric Railway Association before ending up at a trolley museum.  At present, it is here.

 

This rail yard scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph. 

 

Blue engine

 

Blue engine and red caboose

 

The rolling stock in the yard awaits for passers-by to admire them.  This scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

Seldom scene

 

Red door (sunlit)

 

This red door at the back of the building is seldom seen.  This scene is of more interest than what is seen at the front of the building.

 

 

 

Frozen fog

 

one hundred millimeters high

A snow fall of frozen fog in still air left four inch "sugar piles" sticking to the tree branches.

 

Bare to the walls

 

Nothing left behind

With the closure of a store, the interior was gutted to the bare walls, leaving behind an empty storefront. 

 

Most of the items on the outside back wall were also removed. 

 

Red sign left behind

The red "Video Recording In Progress" sign was left behind, reminding the casual passerby that video recordings are in progress.

 

 

Empty 3d interior

A relaxed view 3d stereograph of the interior is provided for the stereogrammers.  

 

 

 

  

Cover relic

 

Is that an eye?

  

This "Time Warner Cable Of New York City" manhole cover was made the East Jordan Iron Works.  In 2016, Time Warner Cable was acquired by Charter Communications, which brands itself as "Spectrum".  Despite its re-branding, the parent company still has not made a complete logo consolidation of its acquisitions, leaving these relics in the street beneath our feet.

 

 

Ess see em

 

Perpendicular diamonds

This cast iron 15 x 15 cross diamond pattern utility cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.

 

This is a Model SCM-5 cover made by Fairfield Industries of Georgetown, South Carolina.  It is part of a spill containment manhole that contains any spills that may happen while filling underground storage tanks. 

 

Seen to the left is a 5 x 'lots of holes' cover for a rain drainage system.