TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

My winning projected digital image 'Electric Arch' in the monthly competition at Balsall Common U3A; this one on the theme 'Bridges'. Taken at Electric Wharf, Coventry Canal.

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PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Great Composition. Black and White is a plus. Tonal range is excellent.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas

Cloud structure really assists the mood. Great composition and tonality range.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Excellent work. I like everything about it--the curves, the clouds, the subject interest, the lighting, the B&W conversion, etc.

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

Electric Wharf is on the Coventry Canal, opened 1769, built mainly to convey coal into Coventry from various mines to the north of the city. The wharf is the site of the first electricity power station in Coventry, opened c 1896. The plant was coal-fired, fuel being delivered to the wharf by narrow boats on the canal. Close by was the Motor Mills building, Sandy Lane, the first motor car factory in Britain, considered to be the birthplace of the British car industry. A consortium of companies, associated with a rather disreputable character, Harry Lawson, made cars on the site. The first British Daimler car was made here in 1897 and the Motor Mills later became the Daimler Motor Company. Motor Mills was previously a cotton mill known as the Widdrington Cotton Mill, named after the Rev Widdrington who was instrumental in establishing it in order to relieve unemployment amongst former silk weavers, the silk weaving industry having collapsed in Coventry. The nearby Widdrington Road is also named after him. The mill later burnt down and was rebuilt by the insurers but the owners declined to continue the trade and it remained empty before being taken over as a car factory. The mill was also served by a siding from the Coventry - Nuneaton line of the London and North Western Railway. During WW1 Daimler manufactured aircraft on the site; they flew from the nearby Radford Aerodrome. The site was bombed in WW2 and the Daimler Power House and the company offices (now called Harp Place and used by Coventry Council for adult education purposes), both built c 1907, are the only remnants of the Motor Mills.
http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCT14317&resourceID=1029

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good B&W Tony.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Well deserving of an award, Tony!

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

Thank you for sharing