ITCOW 360

This emplacement was constructed in 1886 as a single position for a 7 inch Rifled Muzzle Loading gun. In 1892, it was modified with the addtion of a 6 pounder Quick Firing gun (QFG) position adjacent to it.

In 1899, the 7 inch RML fun was remove followed by a modification to the emplacement and a second 6 pounder was moved in.

6 Pounder QFG:

Velocity - 1725 feet per second
Range - 5500 yards
Rate of fire - 25 rounds per minute
Type - Anti motor torpedo boats
Came into service in 1893

12 Pounder QFG

Velocity - 2257 feet per second
Range - 10,100 yards
Rate of fire - 15 rounds per minute
Type - Anti motor torpedo boats
Ammunition Type - High Explosive Rounds
Came into service in 1894

This Canon is A Tribute to the Gunners of Labrador Battery which Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery of the 7th Coast Battery, 7th Coast Regiment under the Faber Fire Command operated.

This particular 6 inch gun barrel was found a meter below ground at the former Beach Road Camp and is believe to be part of a 6 inch Quick Firing gun. Such guns were put into service on 13 Sept 1894 and were used for coastal defence duties.

Max Range - 10.900 yards/ 9967 meters.

Max Elvation - 20 Degrees

Traverse - 360 degrees

Main Use - Anti Ships

Weight - 6.5 tons

Shells weight - 45kg each.

Some minor parallex error on this.

From http://tinyurl.com/2ramqm

Labrador Park’s high vantage point led the British to identify it as a defence site to protect the entrance to the harbours of Singapore in 1843. Now, it is an oasis of tranquillity and offers a picturesque view of the sea. Nature lovers will be pleasantly surprised to find a rich variety of wildlife, such as the White-crusted Laughing Thrush, the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the regal White-bellied Sea Eagle. Also catch a glimpse of the past as you explore the underground complexes used during World War II for the storage of ammunition and supplies.

All Fullscreen from this post onwards will be DevalVR as it’s smoother compared to Flash or Quicktime. You should see all pano in FULLSCREEN, if you are not, you have not install DevalVR plugin. Click below to install.

This is art and a great way to show art.

http://tinyurl.com/2gjyta

The artist writeup is here.

-Extract:

Catch of the Day is a drawing installation that can be seen as either a sequel or a prequel to Liquidation (2006), in which the artist filled Little Mountain Studios with over 1700 cans of food. In this work, rather than treating the gallery as a store full of containers the artist will instead cover the ceiling and four walls of thegallery with one large drawing in an effort to stress the gallery’s function as a container itself.

Photographer site is here. Great work Dylan!

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This is one I left out to be released today on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas!

http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/

Yep, they’re the same guys who shot the Nikon Challenge series.

I forgot about this!!!! arghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

St Regis Grand opening. I wrote this on 8 Nov after reading up the next WWP event (posted here) and hoping to find something special that will happen or have happened on this date and found out that St Regis Hotel Singapore located at 29 Tanglin Road (map) will be having it’s grand opening on this day. It’s fully booked (on Nov so no chance of taking 360 panos of the insides of rooms…I just passed by this in the works hotel today after a buffet dinner with my sisters at Shangri-La hotel’s “The Line“.

Original Post in Nov 07

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That’s it. T3 series ends with the above. You can review it all from this “monster post“.

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I believe many have known this but i hope to share it more.

SPI-V has a flickr plugin for any equi imag. It will auto generate the 360 pano on it’s own.

See fieldofview.com/flickrtools/

Easiest way is to install the Bookmarklet. Go to your equi image on Flickr and click this link from your bookmarks (i bookmark it on my Firefox bar) and it works.

Great for friends who does not host their own panos.

Discussion here.