|
Post by Jordan U on Jan 28, 2015 23:48:10 GMT -5
The college I went to used to be an old monastery and the chapel is used as the library of the college. The chapel still has it's original stain glass windows from Limoges. In 1999 they transformed it into a college and added a new postmodern style part to it in contrast with the old european part made of stones. Sounds like a very interesting building. I haven't been to many churches with stained glass windows, most only the older Catholic churches around here have them. They're really beautiful during the day.
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 28, 2015 23:58:05 GMT -5
A few more from various places. Here's another 4 Saisons Industrial 140 cm from around 1982-1984 in Montréal, Québec. www.flickr.com/photos/lucifert/15707203572/in/pool-abdnmtl/These two recent Fanelite in Guyane Française (220V-50 Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/113367580@N03/14014583619/in/photolist-nTmGbK-nSDuwh-nmqps4From the same photographer still in Guyane Française. It's not a ceiling fan but still interesting. www.flickr.com/photos/113367580@N03/14364670847/in/photolist-nTmGbK-nSDuwh-nmqps4A Fasco Charleston II in Nouvelle-Orléans, Louisiana, USA www.flickr.com/photos/xshamethestrongx/5303734359/in/photolist-A vintage SMC K56 in Hawaii www.flickr.com/photos/radloffphotography/3973324558/in/photolist-1980's Xpelair Whispair II in extremely sad shape somewhere in the United Kingdom (240V-50 Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/54613011@N04/7621707200/in/photolist-1960's GEC in Singapore (240V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/54212664@N07/6338976081/in/photolist-1980's Tatung spinner in very sad shape somewhere in Ohio, USA www.flickr.com/photos/twistingshout/2647782488/in/photolist-Late 1980's early 1990's Mistralaire somewhere in Australia (240V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/103738963@N04/14520811730/in/photolist-Vintage SMC Laguna in very sad shape in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA www.flickr.com/photos/sadandbeautiful/5679388123/in/photolist-1940's GEC Madras in Nicosia, Cyprus (220V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/bad-pixel/6038719296/in/photolist-Early 1980's brown Evergo spinner in Genoa, Illinois, USA www.flickr.com/photos/bellydnce1103/5283689520/in/photolist-Very early mid century S&P somewhere in Catalonia, Spain (220V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/waysbcn/3955682480/in/set-72157621677555564Early 1990's Canarm Industrial in very sad shape in Montréal, Québec www.flickr.com/photos/jerm9ine/5905546092/in/photolist-A 90 cm bottom mount spinner with four cane blades in sad shape where it's not supposed to be! Kitchener, Ontario. www.flickr.com/photos/spaceamoeba/223286382/in/photolist-Vintage chunky GE vent with four cane blades somewhere in Ontario, Canada. www.flickr.com/photos/bentfoto/8390058537/in/photolist-1940's GEC Kingsway in Durban, South Africa (240V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/43066879@N06/8348881428/in/photolist-Damn! Late 1950's Marelli E 140 cm. One of my missing important childhood fan. Somewhere in Italy. (220V-50Hz) www.flickr.com/photos/28890648@N06/5007324411/in/photolist-
|
|
|
Post by Jordan U on Jan 29, 2015 16:32:50 GMT -5
Very neat install! I’ve always liked fans in greenhouses. Those are disgusting, I wonder what kind of room that was. That has got to be the worst condition I’ve ever seen a stand fan in. I thought about making an abandoned portable fan thread, but I don’t think there are really that many as there are ceiling fans so mixing this one is fine. Aside from whatever is on the blades, it looks like it’s in remarkable condition. I can’t believe the blades aren’t warped at all. I’ve always liked those early SMCs. Oh my, that is awful! I didn’t know Xpelair made ceiling fans as well. Looks like a pretty powerful unit with those blades. Vandals... What’s that junk all over the downrod? That’s probably the worst I’ve ever seen a Laguna. Shame, I like Lagunas and it looks like it was a cool install. That’s a neat fan, would like to see it closer up. Does that have a spinner motor or a stack motor? How it survived all the ceiling tiles falling is beyond me, it looks like new. Very strange looking motor, but then again I rarely see 220V fans. Cheese! That’s awful. Was definitely vandalized at some point. This is a first! I’ve never seen a ceiling fan being used as a window fan. Interesting how aside from the blades, it looks to be in excellent condition. This looks just like that other one from the 40s (different colors). I’m beginning to think it’s a stack motor type, definitely not spinner. That has gone to be the most bizarre photograph on this thread! Too bad it’s been vandalized, if it was hanging in that building it must have been a pretty cool install. Where do you remember seeing these fans? I’m surprised something that old is a childhood fan.
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 30, 2015 23:38:29 GMT -5
Yes I'm surprised that the blades on the Fasco are still intact in such a humid climate. Yes, Xpelair had about three different generations of fans but they only have one model in three different sizes at the time. They still have a model right now. That one you saw was the second generation made around the mid to late 1980's. Those GEC Madras and Kingsway have a direct drive motor. The motor shell spins with the blades. Apparently stack motor were not used in ceiling fans until the mid 1970's and they are almost only used by US companies. Well obviously the small spinner in Ontario fell and got in the window or someone placed it there. The last picture is an artistic setup. Most of my childhood fans are older fans, mostly from the late 1970's to early 1990's but some much older too. It's still possible to see some pre 1970's fans installed in some places. The was a library I used to go to when I lived in N'Djamena in 2001-2002 that have a whole row of those late 1950's Marelli E installed on a tall vaulted ceiling always spinning very fast. All of the were 140 cm except for one 120 cm that was always spinning much slower and was pretty dusty. This is the only good picture I've been able to find of the place where we can see some of the fans. The smaller fan would be behind the photographer. This picture is from February 2011 so quite a few years after I lived there. I expected that they would be replaced with something else. I'm glad only one got replaced and the original fans remains there. We can see five 140 cm ones plus one of the cheaper Chinese replacement. Behind the photographer there must be at least another big one plus the medium size one. I hope the smaller one is still there. On the right side of the picture the fan we see was a 1990's USHA Pulsar. The room at the back where we can see the door on the left side was filled with many more fans, mostly CMC from the 1990's and maybe a few Mazdas and/or SMC mixed in. It was really cool that when they took this picture the fans were off. At the time I was there they was not air conditioning in this place so the fans were always on and on high except the the smaller one on a fast low speed. Once my mother went there when there was a power outage but I wasn't with here. I wish I did I would have seen the fans off. I might make a thread about theses fans since they are pretty important for me, very cool looking and pretty difficult to find.
|
|
|
Post by Jordan U on Feb 1, 2015 14:43:45 GMT -5
Very interesting history there. I've seen this picture before, or a picture of this place, but I can't remember where. Sure seems like its a neat install. Making a thread about these fans isn't a bad idea, maybe someone has some more pictures of them.
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Feb 1, 2015 19:06:17 GMT -5
Very interesting history there. I've seen this picture before, or a picture of this place, but I can't remember where. Sure seems like its a neat install. Making a thread about these fans isn't a bad idea, maybe someone has some more pictures of them. Yes I've posted about it before. I wish they would be more pictures of the library.
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Feb 1, 2015 19:12:19 GMT -5
In this closed restaurant there are four vintage fans starting at 6:00. Three brown New Fans with three curved metal blades and a white fan with a nut in the kitchen.
In this one an antique brass 4 Saisons Classic 132 cm can be seen at 17:00 and in later parts of the video too.
|
|
|
Post by Jordan U on Feb 1, 2015 19:21:06 GMT -5
Yes I've posted about it before. I wish they would be more pictures of the library. Is that library still open?
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Feb 1, 2015 19:24:32 GMT -5
Yes I've posted about it before. I wish they would be more pictures of the library. Is that library still open? Yes.
|
|
|
Post by Jordan U on Feb 1, 2015 19:31:34 GMT -5
You should go sometime and take pictures of the fans! In this one an antique brass 4 Saisons Classic 132 cm can be seen at 17:00 and in later parts of the video too. I like that one! In this closed restaurant there are four vintage fans starting at 6:00. Three brown New Fans with three curved metal blades and a white fan with a nut in the kitchen. Looks like that was a very nice restaurant in its time. This video showed the fans pretty good.
|
|
|
Post by Jean Lemieux on Feb 1, 2015 20:06:42 GMT -5
This library is located at the Centre culturel français in N'Djamena in Tchad. I haven't been there in a long time but I'm planning to go back at some point.
We cannot see well what is the white fan with the nut in the kitchen.
|
|
|
Post by Jordan U on Feb 1, 2015 20:19:25 GMT -5
This library is located at the Centre culturel français in N'Djamena in Tchad. I haven't been there in a long time but I'm planning to go back at some point. We cannot see well what is the white fan with the nut in the kitchen. I was referring to the brown fans..the white one I actually didn't see at all. This computer I'm on is pretty old and the YouTube lags quite a bit, it may have skipped over the part that showed it. I'll have to watch it again later on the other computer.
|
|