Wyre Light phantom 3 advanced 3.7km Offshore
The Wyre Light was a 40-foot (12 m) tall iron screw-pile lighthouse marking the navigation channel to the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed by Alexander Mitchell an Irish engineer who developed the screwpile concept. It was one of the first screwpile lighthouses ever built and inspired other similar constructions such as the Maplin Sand Light (UK) and the Thomas Point Shoal Light in the United States.
The 'Wyre Light' stood 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) offshore on the 'North Wharf Bank', sandbanks which mark the 'Lune Deep' and the navigation channel of the Wyre. The Wyre Light along with a pair of on shore lighthouses, the Beach Lighthouse and the Pharos provided a navigational guide to shipping entering the Wyre estuary.
The Light's base consisted of seven wrought iron piles embedded in the sands. Each was 16 ft (4.9 m) long with cast iron screw bases 3 ft (0.91 m) in diameter. The six corner piles formed a hexagonal platform of 50 ft (15 m) diameter. (The seventh pile served as a centre pillar.) The platform supported the lantern and a two story building to house the keeper. Construction began in 1839 and the lantern was lit on 6 June 1840. The building was destroyed by fire in 1948 and not replaced. After the fire, the beacon was made automatic and eventually replaced by a lighted buoy in 1979, leaving behind a derelict structure.
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The Esplanade Fleetwood Filmed With Drone - DJI Phantom, GoPro Hero3
A flight round the Esplanade with views of The Mount, Marine Hall, Beach Lighthouse, Fleetwood Beach Kiosk, Pharos Lighthouse, RNLI Lifeboat Station and the Wyre Estuary Ferry.
Places to see in ( Blackpool - UK )
Places to see in ( Blackpool - UK )
Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters. Built in 1894, the landmark Blackpool Tower houses a circus, a glass viewing platform and the Tower Ballroom, where dancers twirl to the music of a Wurlitzer organ. Blackpool Illuminations is an annual light show along the Promenade.
Blackpool is a seaside resort and unitary authority area in Lancashire, England, on England's northwest coast. The town is on the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Preston, 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Bolton and 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Manchester.
Blackpool rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism in England when a railway was built in the 1840s connecting it to the industrialised regions of Northern England. The railway made it much easier and cheaper for visitors to reach Blackpool, triggering an influx of settlers, such that in 1876 Blackpool was incorporated as a borough, governed by its own town council and aldermen. In 1881, Blackpool was a booming resort with a population of 14,000 and a promenade complete with piers, fortune-tellers, public houses, trams, donkey rides, fish-and-chip shops and theatres. By 1901 the population of Blackpool was 47,000, by which time its place was cemented as the archetypal British seaside resort. By 1951 it had grown to 147,000.
Shifts in tastes, combined with opportunities for Britons to travel overseas, affected Blackpool's status as a leading resort in the late 20th century. Nevertheless, Blackpool's urban fabric and economy remains relatively undiversified, and firmly rooted in the tourism sector, and the borough's seafront continues to attract millions of visitors every year. In addition to its sandy beaches, Blackpool's major attractions and landmarks include Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Illuminations, the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Zoo, Sandcastle Water Park, the Winter Gardens, and the UK's only surviving first-generation tramway.
Blackpool International Airport operated regular charter and scheduled flights throughout the UK and Europe. Blackpool Transport operates the main bus services in and around Blackpool. Blackpool once had two railway termini with a total of over 30 platforms, mainly used by excursion traffic in the summer. Blackpool Central, close to Blackpool Tower, was closed in 1964, while Blackpool North was largely demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility.
Alot to see in ( Blackpool - UK ) such as :
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Illuminations
Sandcastle Water Park
Big One
Central Pier, Blackpool
North Pier, Blackpool
Blackpool Zoo
Grundy Art Gallery
Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve
SEA LIFE Blackpool
Stanley Park, Blackpool
Madame Tussauds Blackpool
The Blackpool Tower Dungeon
Coral Island
Illuminasia
Pasaje del Terror
South Pier, Blackpool
Blackpool Model Village & Garden
Genting Casino Blackpool
Lytham Hall
Coral Island Casino
Fun Land Amusements
Comedy Carpet
Fairhaven Lake
Lytham Windmill
Marsh Mill
Wyre Estuary Country Park
Farmer Parrs Animal World
Fleetwood Museum
Memorial Park
Blackpool Tower
Pharos Lighthouse
Golden Mile Amusements
St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
Kingscote Park, Blackpool
Anchorsholme Park
Jean Stansfield Memorial Park
Northern Victorian Pier
The Mount
Warwicks Amusements
Masons Amusements Ltd
Crossland Road Park
Watson Road Park
Warwick Amusements
Mount Pavilion
Ribble and Alt Estuaries
Ashton Gardens
Granny's Bay
( Blackpool - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Blackpool . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Blackpool - UK
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Fleetwood Landmarks from Above
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Jimmy The Doorman is an American rock band from Indiana. The band incorporates aspects of power-pop, classic r & b, and rock that sounds ten feet thick!... get to know 'Jimmy'
Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Official Video)
In 1989, Billy Joel released his album Storm Front, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum. Watch the official music video for 'The Downeaster 'Alexa'', about the hard lives of Long Island fisherman.
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Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I've worked my fingers to the bone
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can't fall asleep
Billy Joel's official YouTube channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
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Being Flexible in Fleetwood. Tuesday 2nd April 2013
My video of a look at the operation of Bombardier Flexity 2 Trams at Fleetwood.
Filmed on Tuesday 2nd April 2013.
U S statue of liberty 'inspired by an Arab woman
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NEW YORK: The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of democracy and freedom that has greeted countless immigrants to US shores, was inspired by a project representing an Arab woman guarding the Suez Canal, researchers said.
The recent findings are especially startling for some in the United States amid a heated debate over the arrival of refugees from war-scarred Syria and other Muslim majority countries.
French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, who traveled to Egypt in 1855-1856, developed there a passion for large-scale public monuments and colossal sculptures, said the US National Park Service, which guards the Statue of Liberty in New York.
When the Egyptian government sought proposals in 1869 to build a lighthouse for the Suez Canal, Bartholdi designed a huge statue of a robed woman holding a torch, which he called Egypt (or Progress) Brings Light to Asia.
The sculpture originally took the form of a veiled peasant woman, explained Barry Moreno, who has written about the statue, as quoted by the US-funded Smithsonian Institution.
Bartholdi produced a series of drawings in which the proposed statue began as a gigantic female fellah, or Arab peasant, and gradually evolved into a colossal goddess, added Edward Berenson, who has also written about the subject.
At the time, most Egyptians were Muslims -- about 86 percent in Alexandria and Cairo, and 91 percent in other regions, according to the Smithsonian.
Bartholdi's second chance came when French historian Edouard de Laboulaye originated the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States representing Liberty Enlightening the World.
In 1870, Bartholdi began designing the statue based on his previous design. It was inaugurated in 1886.
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, east London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The band's discography has grown to thirty-seven albums, including fifteen studio albums, eleven live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations.
Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums, including 1982's The Number of the Beast, 1983's Piece of Mind, 1984's Powerslave, 1985's live release Live After Death, 1986's Somewhere in Time and 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Since the return of lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999, the band have undergone a resurgence in popularity, with their latest studio offering, The Final Frontier, peaking at No. 1 in 28 different countries and receiving widespread critical acclaim.
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Lighthouse | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:38 1 History
00:00:47 1.1 Ancient lighthouses
00:02:04 1.2 Modern construction
00:05:58 1.3 Lighting improvements
00:08:30 1.4 Optical systems
00:10:33 1.5 Recent
00:11:50 1.6 Famous lighthouse builders
00:13:22 2 Lighthouse technology
00:13:32 2.1 Power
00:15:09 2.2 Lens
00:18:32 2.3 Laser light
00:19:02 2.4 Light characteristics
00:19:58 3 Building
00:20:07 3.1 Components
00:22:19 3.2 Design
00:25:43 3.3 Range lights
00:26:51 3.4 Location
00:28:49 4 Maintenance
00:29:54 5 Preservation
00:31:10 6 Public good
00:31:39 7 See also
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SUMMARY
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A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
Lighthouses | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:42 1 History
00:00:52 1.1 Ancient lighthouses
00:02:17 1.2 Modern construction
00:06:39 1.3 Lighting improvements
00:09:29 1.4 Optical systems
00:11:46 1.5 Recent
00:13:12 1.6 Famous lighthouse builders
00:14:54 2 Lighthouse technology
00:15:04 2.1 Power
00:16:52 2.2 Lens
00:20:40 2.3 Laser light
00:21:12 2.4 Light characteristics
00:22:14 3 Building
00:22:23 3.1 Components
00:24:51 3.2 Design
00:28:39 3.3 Range lights
00:29:54 3.4 Location
00:32:05 4 Maintenance
00:33:18 5 Preservation
00:34:42 6 Public good
00:35:13 7 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Speaking Rate: 0.7133712875516813
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
Caroline - Call me Ishmael (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly Cover)
The Wonderful Caroline performing Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly's 'Call me Ishmael' From the Southend singers début 'The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager' live from the Glorious Back Garden studio