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Bottom view of the TEMPer232 circuit board
This is the bottom of the TEMPer232 circuit board. Notice the hole in the heat-shrink wrap for the temperature sensing component.
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Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011
Top view of the TEMPer232 circuit board
Here you can see the top of the TEMPer232 circuit board. It looks like some effort has been made to...
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Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011
Exploded view of the TEMPer232
I picked up this cheap little USB temperature sensor recently. The instructions on how to interface it...
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Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011
The Aliens have Landed
Modern Ironbridge
This is what Ironbridge is like these days. The cooling towers belong to a power station.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Furnace Lining
Bedlam Furnaces
Exactly in which way this furnace is like a hospital for the mentally disturbed I'm not sure.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Cable Anchors
The anchor point for the cables of the cable stay which is the current crossing of the Severn at Ironbridge.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
The Concrete Bridge
The first non-toll bridge at Ironbridge was concrete bridge. This is what's left of it.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Mallard
A female Mallard spotted outside the Tar Tunnel at Ironbridge.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
What They Should Have Done
Just outside the tar tunnel is a stationary engine powered inclined railway, which is what they should...
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Your Tunnel Ends Here
You can't get any further up the tar tunnel due to, it would seem, tar.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Tar Pool
Through holes in the tunnel wall you can see these tar pools.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
The Walls are Weeping
During construction it was discovered that they had struck tar. Almost all of it has been mined now but the walls still weep with tar.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Squating in the Tar Tunnel
As can be seen this tunnel is much too small for a canal anyway.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
The Tar Tunnel
The description was not clear on the original intention. It seemed to suggest that it was for a canal...
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Steelbridge
Just downstream from the iron bridge is this modern steel cable stay bridge. The contrast is marked as...
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
Geese on the Severn
Spotted while visiting Ironbridge. They seemed pretty underwhelmed by their proximity to industrial history.
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
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