Hi there MGD. GOOD WRITE UP. However from a profesional point of view.The image suggests nothing solid to back up the history wrote above.. My point being.." are we to take your word for it and your word alone ". i dont think so. as a photographer im sure you know words should never be needed with such a rich self expressive media as a single photograph, in essence ~ the picture should say it all ~ a title, if it is for gallery display.( a tip ) try to shoot things people will want to look at. to a layman your photograph is just a wall. The words only serve to distract the veiwer, you limit your potentail veiwers instantly to those who have an interest in history, Where as if you ommited to write the " chimineys spec " and gave it a simple title such as..... erm " a fireplace built for no-one "? . If you take alook at the image youll notice the fireplace thing looks like its only 10/15 ft from the stream and one would imagine for such a huge object one would need a huge room and so on. which would lead the veiwer to think why on earth would somebody build such a pointless thing so close to a stream. there could never have been a house finished in such a gloomy looking wood, ect ect. and this would inturn fire the imagination of many veiwers here. after all the place is full of people who are bursting with imagination and creativity. what could have been a mentally stimulating image was stolen away with the sterile commentry. Perhaps your intention was a magazine type artical. if so wheres the rest of it. you say " John Dixon was assessed for taxes on two forge fires " so did he pay? or was the mine taken as colateral. the story stops dead. I am an artist first and foremost Photography is just something i get paid for. My art images are to make the mind work aswell as the eye. sometimes the image is formost, sometimes the title is formost but i would never write a full concise account of my personal thoughts on it ~ Art is suggestive ~.if i were to, i would be defeating the whole point of Art....In any form. I hope you can find constructiveness in my coment as intended. I dont know about you MGD, but i find catty transparant comments so demeaning on the writers Artistic vision and interlect. Final comment. quite a good set-up you have there. The coolpic 4300, very light & user friendly by all accounts. My Personal weapon of choice is the Nikon F5 tough as a Magnum and great in hostile combat situations.