The day before yesterday, after visiting the world press photo exhibition (which really doesn't make you happy), I was walking through town and saw that on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal they had started installing quay reinforcements by means of tubular piles that are installed vibration-free in the ground by drilling. There should be one at every mark on the quay masonry.
On the other propped but not yet handled side, a heron sat undisturbed fishing for food totally unimpressed by the violence in front of him. (Header a photo one corner further away.)
In any case, it is a very different canal face as usual.
Loved the header!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat's a lot of work.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenS.C., you have documented an impressive construction project. What an amazing drilling machine to install the pilings. The Heron seems most unimpressed.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI'm always fascinated by heavy construction in heavily urban areas. Those folks are good at they do and it requires lots of planning and money!!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI love your header shot with the one lady photographing the other.
Nice header. The canal work will take a while to complete. Nice sighting on the heron.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat is a big project.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenlooks like a load of hard work...... sort of thing that happens in a street when i've booked a hotel there!!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat looks like a fascinating bit of engineering work—it's impressive how they manage to reinforce the quay so precisely and without vibrations, especially in such a historic area.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat contrast between the quiet heron and the construction work is striking—nature quietly carrying on amid change. You captured that moment perfectly. I just shared a new post. Check it out. Thank you.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThey look like very strong pieces of metal, I'm guessing the canal needs it for structure.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI can picture it so clearly—the quiet persistence of the heron against all that heavy work. What a contrast. There's something almost poetic in how life just carries on, isn't there?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInteresting technology.
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