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The legendary Luggage rack Goth.

[californiastatelibrary]

Happy National Cheese Lovers Day to all who celebrate

Below is a c. 1915 photo of the Orland Cheese and Butter factory in Orland, California. The image shows a creamery operated by the farmers of The Orland Project, which transformed the area’s soil.

What was The Orland Project? Expand for more details:

The Orland Project, in north-central California, is located about 100 miles north of Sacramento. The project incorporates parts of neighboring Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties. The hub of the project, the town of Orland, is in northern Glenn County.

One of the smallest projects ever tackled by Reclamation, the project irrigates 1 percent of the Sacramento Valley’s total irrigable soil, 20,000 acres. The project, one of the oldest federal reclamation projects in the country and one of the first undertaken in California, was authorized by the Secretary of the Interior in October 1907 after a finding of feasibility by a board of engineers.

Water was delivered to the first farm units at the beginning of the 1910 growing season. The project is irrigated by Stony Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River. Flowing northward, the creek gathers water drained from the surrounding slopes of the Coast Range Mountains. The collected water irrigates lands on both sides of the creek near the town of Orland.

The Orland Project comprises two main dams to store water, East Park and Stony Gorge, two diversion dams, almost 17 miles of canals, and 139 miles of laterals. Orland has some of the best conditions for agriculture. The growing season lingers over 262 days from March to November. The project’s soil is considered some of the richest and most productive in the nation. Orland, and the Sacramento Valley, is warmed by a thermal belt, with very few frosts. Average rainfall is 17.99 inches, most of which is measured between the first of November and the first of April. With hardly any snow, winter runoff occurs almost immediately after precipitation. The project has an average annual runoff of 410,000 acre feet.

[Description from usbr.gov]

[uksteamengines]

Eight Down, And Going Like The Clappers! - 30856 by Sir Hectimere on Flickr.

Southern Region 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0 No. 30856 "Lord St. Vincent" pushing the limits a bit rushing through the London suburbs at Wimbledon with a late running Salisbury working, a regular turn for this class of engine at this time. 1961.

[uksteamengines]

The Atlantic Coast Express 1959 - 35029 by Sir Hectimere on Flickr.

Nine Elms Shed in 1959 and 'Merchant Navy' class pacific No. 35029 "Ellerman Lines" is the days choice for haulage of the prestigious 'Atlantic Coast Express'. Captured here on the turntable prior to departure for Waterloo station where she will pick up the stock of her train.