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Old School DX Image Thread

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p.38 #1 · p.38 #1 · Old School DX Image Thread

Hike in the Solling

NIKON D40 + AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED @ 18 mm (27 mm in 35mm) @ f/3.5, 1/13 s, ISO 1600, DxO PL6.

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Mar 24, 2023 at 08:55 PM

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p.38 #2 · p.38 #2 · Old School DX Image Thread

Scheduled Service: Bad Karlshafen -> Höxter on the Weser

Well, let's get started with a trip on the Weser from Bad Karlshafen to Höxter.

According to the posted schedule,

it takes2 and a quarter hours by sightseeing boat.
First impressions.

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Mar 25, 2023 at 03:17 AM

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p.38 #3 · p.38 #3 · Old School DX Image Thread

Bad Karlshafen - Herstelle - Würgassen - KWW map

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Herstelle+map&t=osx&ia=web&iaxm=maps

This map shows the Weser from Bad Karlshafento Herstelle (orange dot), Würgassen, and the KWW. KWW stands for the decommissioned Kernkraftwerk (nuclear power plant) Würgassen.

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Mar 25, 2023 at 11:38 AM

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p.38 #4 · p.38 #4 · Old School DX Image Thread

The Weser at Herstelle

Herstelle is interesting as it still has, or at least in 2009 had, a ferry operating across the Weser. In the above image one can see the ferry boat attached to a rope, hanging off a high steel rope across the river. One of the supporting towers is also visible. This small ferry is only used to transport people, bicycles, and such across the Weser.

Lüchtringen, in addition to this set up, also had a large ferry that could get cars, trucks, and large wooden horse wagons across the river. It was always exciting to see when a pair of heavy Belgian draft horses pulled a heavy wagon up the fairly step river banks.

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Mar 25, 2023 at 12:08 PM

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p.38 #5 · p.38 #5 · Old School DX Image Thread

Kernkraftwerk Würgassen (KWW)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernkraftwerk_Würgassen

The nuclear power plant Würgassen (KWW) was built in 3 years and operated from 1971 until August 26, 1994 when cracks were found in the steel containment vessel of the reactor core. Subsequently for economic reasons it was decided to dismantle the facility over time. Details are described in German in the above reference.

This image of the plant was taken in 2009 with my D40 after the cooling towers had already been dismantled.

However these warning signs were still present.

The first one warns

Electrofischscheuchanlage
Abstand halten

or in English

Electro Fish Drive Away Facility
Keep your Distance.

So they used electricity to prevent fish from entering the cooling system of the plant.

Achtung
Abstand von der Bojenkette halten
Kentergefahr für Sportboote

or in English

Attention
Keep your Distance from the Chain of Buoys
Danger of Capsizing for Sport Boats

From my childhood in Lüchtringen I remember times when ice floes were forming on the Weser, growing in size, sticking together, finally assembling on top of each other and forming a solid layer of ice. On that ice layer we would walk across the river or walk along in the middle of the river for long distances, ,making sure to stay away from open patches of water. I don't recall seeing ice on the Weser in Lüchtringen during the operation of the KWW. I don't know whether there is a connection or simply warmer Winter temperatures were the cause. Anyway, here are a few images taken on 2021-02-21.

So, Ice floes have returned.

A few more images near the KWW.

K-H.

Mar 26, 2023 at 03:43 AM

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