Photos tagged as museums

Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Mom

The State of New Mexico set up a Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, which we visited.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Longhorn & Calf

This longhorn has her newborn with her.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Eqpt Display

This shows some of the equipment on display at the Farm & Ranch Museum.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Covered Wagon

There were many types of covered wagons in use in the old west, not just the Conestoga often seen in the movies.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Cactus Garden

The Museum had an excellant cactus garden, but unfortunately has not labeled the plants.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Corriente Bull

The Corriente Cattle were brought from Spain to the America's in the 1400's. They are smaller then many breds raised today, but quite hardy. Texas Longhorns are probably descended from Corriente's.

• Date: 10 February 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Mission, Ox Cart Wheel

Part of the restored Mission is devoted to a Museum. This is an Ox Cart wheel of the same type as used in this area in 1749

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Mission, Diarama

There were several very nice diarama's in the museum, such as this, depicting different aspects of life in the late 1700's.

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Copper Perol Diagram

This is a diagram showing how 1700's priests and workers used the Perol to distill liquor for the Mission and settlement use (both drink and medicinal)

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Copper Perol

This was discovered during excavations at the Mission.

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - The Old Sacristy

Prior to 1770, this room was used as the Sacristy, a room for keeping objects used in Church services as well as Church record keeping. Once the new Chapel was built, it was converted to a grainery.

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert on Catwalk

My cousin Robert and I went through an Oil Derrick that has been turned into a museum

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert & Top Drive

A sign says the Top Drive hangs in teh derrick attaching the drillstring below the travelling block. This replaces the kelly & swivel technology. Looks like you need to learn some new terminology to work on an oil derrick.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Power Tongs

Power tongs (wrenches) provide a way to screw together the drill pipe connections.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Link from Chain

My cousin, Robert, is standing by a single link from one of the chains that tie down a drilling platform.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Escape Pod

The sign says this can old 28 people in an emergancy. Seems a bit cozy to me.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Semisubmersable Platform

The museum has a large display showing many different types of offshore oil platforms. This one is a semisubmersible and can be kept on location with thrusters.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Jack-up Platform

These platforms can be moved from one place to another, then anchor themselves in place by lowering the jack like legs.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Fixed Production Platform

This model represents a centrally located, fixed production platform. It can support directional drilling and ongoing production of up to two dozen wells.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drilling Models

This is part of a very large (24' square?) display showing different types of drilling platforms, both above and below the waterline.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drill Bits

The bottom row is for hard rock that can be chipped. The top row are bits used for softer rock that responds better to scraping.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Diving Suit

Ultra-deepwater atmospheric diving suit capable of dives up to 2,300 feet.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Derrick

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Crew Qtrs

Crews on an offshore oil platform work 12 hour shifts.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star,

This is an old offshore oil platform that has been converted to a museum. You can walk around many sections of this, including the catwalk visible in the center.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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