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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 9229353" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>Yes it can be unsettling and upsetting to see familiar landscapes changed.</p><p>But as an engineer I see a certain wonder in man made structures and systems most of which are done as sympathetically as is possible commensurate with need to upgrade essential infrastructure at an affordable cost.</p><p>I often think back to Jonathan Meades and his tour of England reviewing the architecture of the land. The episode on modern farm buildings was particularly good. He acclaimed the boldness, the simple lines and referred to them as cathedrals to agriculture. I remember seeing Belmont tower being built. Nobody complained, it was an admired feat of engineering right in the middle of open countryside. It brought us television. Even the pipelines were a source of pride in some ways. We watched skilled welders join the sections together welding by hand.</p><p>What happened that made us so resistant to progress and ingenuity, to bold solutions, to engineering and industry…. even if it is, I agree, a bit in your face?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 9229353, member: 2119"] Yes it can be unsettling and upsetting to see familiar landscapes changed. But as an engineer I see a certain wonder in man made structures and systems most of which are done as sympathetically as is possible commensurate with need to upgrade essential infrastructure at an affordable cost. I often think back to Jonathan Meades and his tour of England reviewing the architecture of the land. The episode on modern farm buildings was particularly good. He acclaimed the boldness, the simple lines and referred to them as cathedrals to agriculture. I remember seeing Belmont tower being built. Nobody complained, it was an admired feat of engineering right in the middle of open countryside. It brought us television. Even the pipelines were a source of pride in some ways. We watched skilled welders join the sections together welding by hand. What happened that made us so resistant to progress and ingenuity, to bold solutions, to engineering and industry…. even if it is, I agree, a bit in your face? [/QUOTE]
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