Ohio River – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Pittsburgh River Rescue

Fortunately it’s a timed challenge practice drill and not a real rescue situation on the Ohio River yesterday. These men and women do important and difficult work.

I’d taken two grandkids to the Carnegie Science Center and we had just toured the submarine docked behind the Center.

Watching the diver dive into the river while tethered to the rope as it unfurled, was something to see. Another diver waited on deck, ready to help if diver one got into trouble.

You have to be a paramedic first before any further training can begin. The instructor was patient and answered all Jack’s questions.

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“USS Requin, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”. Wikipedia

August 30, 2017August 31, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: CArnegie Science Center, diver, Ohio River, people at work, photography, postaday, river, river rescue, scuba diver, SUBMARINE, technology, training exercise, USS Requin 5 Comments

Tugboats and Barges in Daylight

Neville Island. Shot Saturday during the retirement party at a friend’s home along the Ohio River.

Maybe you saw yesterday’s night photography of the barges and tugboats. Those were taken handheld with Canon 24-70 L series lens. The reflection of the lights on the dark river at night are more dramatic but the daylight shots taken with the Canon 70-200 L series let you see the details and appreciate the size of the vessels. They move at a fast clip.

NIghtfall. The bonfire.

August 14, 2017 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 24-70mm lens, 70-200mm lens Canon L series, barge, bonfire, marine transport, Neville Island, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, retirement party, rivers, transportation, tugboat 12 Comments

Neville Island Night Lights on the Ohio River

The retirement party at our friend’s home on Neville Island began in early afternoon but the barges and tugs went by into the night. Both directions!

Lots of drama to watch. Multiple freight trains on the opposite bank blew their train whistles.

See the powerful blue light the Captain was shining down river to illuminate a buoy in the middle of the river? Neville Island Bridge is in the background.

Centerpieces with tiny white lights and fishing accessories glowed like lanterns.

Here you can see the dark barges being pushed by the tug as they approach the bridge.

The bonfire kept us warm and warded off the increasing damp chill as the sun disappeared. Skipping the photo my friend took of me devouring a gooey s’more.

Happy Retirement, Sy

August 13, 2017 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: barge, boat, bonfire, bridge, fire, friendship, Neville Island, night photography, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, river, tugboat 19 Comments

Something there is that does love a bridge

Something there is that does love a bridge

The Pittsburgh Bridges galleries from the past two days have evoked a tremendous response from blog viewers. The views today add more weather and some are taken from the river while on the Ducky Tour or the wedding below.

Cheri Lucas Rowlands at WordPress really unleashed so many of the BRIDGE photos I’ve taken. And finding so many images with bridges makes me realize I have taken bridges for granted.

And my friend V is right about the photos- people respond to the the bridge structures, NOT the sunsets taken from a bridge.

Smithfield Bridge in the snow

Smithfield Bridge in the Snow 712

bridge PNC Park couple 709

roberto 711

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Pickle Bridge 718

SINGER SONGWRITER-Sue Gartland (Ford Fairlaine link)

Sue Gartland 716

bridge 707

Railroad Bridge Allegheny 715

cupples stadium bridge 712

Ready to lace up the panels for Knit the Bridge

cupples stadium bridge 711

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Kevin and Kat were married on the Three Rivers Queen and there are numerous shots with various bridges in their wedding highlights.

bridge at night 728

night bridge 726.jpg

July 9, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Allegheny River, bridge, bridges, Ford Fairlaine, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, postaday, Robert Frost, Sue Gartland, wedding, weekly photo challenge 15 Comments

Queen of the Mississippi on the Ohio River

A guest blog today.

Look what passed my friend’s house yesterday!

The Queen of the Mississippi.

Read the June 28 Article by Megan Guza about The Queen of the Mississippi Returns to Pittsburgh. Click to read

Deb sent me these photos she took as the riverboat traveled down the Ohio River.

Her home is on Neville Island.

Something you don’t see everyday, that’s for sure. Thanks for sending the photos, Debbie.

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Guest Blog, PhotographyTags: guest blog, Neville Island, Ohio River, paddlewheel, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, river cruise, Riverboat 8 Comments

March Afternoon Light Cityscape

A partial panorama of Pittsburgh from West Carson-

the Allegheny River (L) meets the Monongahela (R) to form the Ohio River.

March 4, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Allegheny River, city, freight train, Heinz Field, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, skyline 10 Comments

Ohio River Watch

A short clip of the rising river at Neville Island. Ignore the conversation

was trying to catch a tire floating by.

January 14, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Neville Island, Ohio River, postaday, video, weather 7 Comments

200 Tons of Sand Divided by 5

My friend Roberta called me today. What a great find for the blog! She told me about the cool competition happening in front of the main Carnegie Library. Pittsburgh themed and sand sculptures being created by five international teams of two, right under a big tent in Oakland.

The competition is over Friday afternoon at three-“Trowels Down”

200 tons of sand from a quarry was delivered to the walkway in front of the museum, then moved by a front loader.

Each team received 40 tons of sand to sculpt.

International Sand Sculptor Katsuhiko Chaen has a Sand Museum in Japan

Teammate Bruce Phillips from San Diego concentrating on details of “Dear Andy”.

Teammates Andrius Petkus from Lithuania and Maxim Gazendam the Netherlands creating “The Pearl”“The Pearl”

“Master of Steel”

Jon Woodworth from Texas and Karen Fralich from Ontario Canada work on their sculpture “Master of Steel”

Fergus Mulvany from Ireland and Thomas Koet from Florida

“The Renaissance of Pittsburgh”

“Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio The Three Graces of Pittsburgh”

Teammates Ilya Filimontsev from Russia & Susanne Ruseler of the Netherlands

Sifting the sand to get rid of the rubble

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Main

If you want to try your hand at sculpting sand, here is a link from Katsuhiko Chaen to the Sand Museum in Japan on how to do it.

Sandcityspectacular

and FB page

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, sculptureTags: Allegheny River, Andy Warhol, art, Carnegie Library, design, International Sand Sculptors, KDKA, Monongahela River, Oakland, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, PopArt, postaday, Sand Museum Japan, sand sculptors, sand sculpture, sandcityspectacular, sculpture 16 Comments

Snowstorm Softens Skyline Edges in 2015 and in 2010

Self-assignment: Return to the same place and take another photograph.

Did you ever see two photographs where you are to spot the differences?

Photographed February 2015

Photographed December 2010 Where the Rivers Meet (note the Christmas Tree at the Point)

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 by Ruth Categories: architecture, Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, architecture, bridges, city scene, city skyline, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, skyline, Snowstorm, Three Rivers, winter 14 Comments

Snow Day Tugboat and Barges Push Through the River Ice

View of the Monongahela River and skyline from Grandview Avenue. (Stef, do you think it is smiing?)

See the path where the tug pusning the barges has cut through the ice?

Duquesne Incline in the snow. A path left where the tug and barge cut through the rivers.

Three Rivers Stadium and the Ohio River

School got called off so I went to take some photographs on the way home.

1degree and -16 windchill. I didn’t stay long with my cameras.

My friends Deb and Sy live downstream along the Ohio River. They emailed me the cell phone photos they took at eye level as the tug cut through frozen Ohio River ice

Deb and Sy Photo

Deb and Sy Photo

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: barges, bridges, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, snow day, tugboat, winter, winter skyline 15 Comments

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