Owens Island

[bwebster82 1]

Owens Island is my second CJ. The Ferrington CJ is kinda turning into just a series of screenshots so I wanted to make one with a little more back story and detail on the region and its cities. So here we go, my first post will detail some of the . . .

History of Owens Island

In 1798 an uncharted and uninhabited island in the north Pacific was discovered by a Captain L. B. Owens of the ship Eastern Traveler. Owens and his crew explored, mapped, and charted the heavily forested island.

The first map of Owens Island, made by an unknown member of Captain Owens' crew.

The island remained uninhabited and unnamed for the next 120 years. In 1918 while exploring for new reserves the International Mining and Steel company began conducting mineral surveys of the island to determine the possibility of mining there, discovering large reserves of coal, iron, and other minerals in the northwest quadrant.

An early aerial photo of Owens Island, for the IMS company, taken by an unknown photographer.

IMS claimed the island, to be named Owens Island after its discoverer, and began to lay plans for the start of operations on the island . . .

NOTES:

Owens Island uses the map "Desz Compact Region V2" by desz02091

[psander5 197]

Looks like a good region to play. I look forward to seeing the island develop. Your mining story is a good premise for a new colony. Interesting image manipulation too.

[greg1904 1]

great story, but cant seem to see the pictures =]

[bwebster82 1]

History of Owens Island - Part Two

1919 - Owens Island: IMS Company is proud to announce the grand opening of Owens Mine 1, marking the commencement of mining operations on Owens Island.

The main mining complex at Owens 1

The jobs provided by the opening of Mine 1 at Owens Mines spurred the construction of a small rail depot as well as the growth of a small residential district near the depot.

Small residential village at Owens Mines

1921 - Owens Island: The abundance of coal from the Owens Mine, along with the demand from the mine and the town has allowed the IMS Company to construct Owens Island's first coal-fired power plant. The IMS Company held a grand opening celebration with a town picnic and tours of the new plant.

The Owens Mines Coal Generating Station provides power for the mine as well as the town.

Inside the coal plant -- tours were offered during the plant's grand opening celebration.

The IMS Company held a town picnic, complete with a fireworks show, as part of the grand opening of the new power plant.

[Schulmanator 5,793]

A nice start... and I like the photoshopping - looking good!

[Hahayoudied 3]

I wonder what will happen next?

Nice photoshoping, what kind of photoshoping program did you use?

[bwebster82 1]

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psander5 -- Thanks for the compliments. Hope to see you back to read more about IMS and Owens Island.

greg1904 -- Glad you like the story, come back to see what happens next . As for the pics I'm not sure what's up with that, they're hosted at Imageshack .

Schulmanator -- Good to get nice comments like this from experienced players .  Hope to see you back.

Hahayoudied -- Stay tuned for the next episode , As for the program I used to edit the pics, it was GIMP 2.

[RushHourFreak 1]

It is a nice starting; a very interesting story and the pictures are well edited. I will be looking forward to this CJ.

RHF

[Santos16 0]

Nice Story.

If you keep this up, you'll end in the Hall of Fame of CJ's in no time

Best

Santos

[psander5 197]

Whoever kept those photographs was really careless with the coffee!!! It's a great touch. Maybe they sould be put in a museum to prevent them being used as coasters! Nice update.

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend,great history and first pics.

[supercity124 8]

WOW!!!, I can't wait until it becomes a modern city in the late 20th century!!

[un1 41]

Very, very nice!! I like CJ's like this. The only thing is that you have the grid on. Just press G to turn it off!! Good luck and great start!!

Edit: My 1,200th post!! Yay!!

[bwebster82 1]

Should have an update in the works later this evening, but for now a few more REPLIES:

RushHourFreak - Thanks for the compliments. Look forward to seeing you back.

Santos16 - Thank you for the compliments as well. I hope to end up in the Hall of Fame but even if not it'll be fun. Hope to see you back.

psander5 - Good to see you back and glad you like the editing of the pics. I hoped it would be a nice touch. Come back soon.

jacqulina - I remember you visited my first CJ, good to see you here as well. Thought I'd work on something with a bit more depth to it. Again, good to hear compliments from experienced players.

supercity124 - Looking forward to seeing you around as the city grows.

un1 - Thanks for the compliments as well as the tip about the grid. And congratulations on your 1200th post as well.

[bwebster82 1]

History of Owens Island - Part Three

Here's some more pictures I've pulled out of the Owens Island archives, and the history behind them. These photos show how the town has grown in the five years since the opening of the power generating station. It seems that the same careless coffee-loving archivist must have handled these photos as well.

The IMS Company has built a new steel mill complex along with a large freight depot to process and move all of the metals and coal from the mines.

The new steel mill complex and rail depot.

The town has been redesigned with a new downtown incorporating the first school and library, a police station and fire station, and a passenger rail station, as well as shops, offices, and restaurants. The residential population is booming as well. Row houses for the mine and mill workers as well as middle and upper class homes for management have been built surrounding downtown.

An overview of the town east of the steel mill.

A shot of the new downtown area.

A shot of some of the residential development.

[RushHourFreak 1]

The history line is very interesting and the pictures show what the story says.

Coming back for more.

[bwebster82 1]

Working on the next update, hope to have some pictures and history of the harbor ready for your viewing pleasure this evening.

and one REPLY:

Welcome back RushHourFreak. Thanks for visiting Owens Island again and look forward to your visits in the future.

[bwebster82 1]

Finally able to post the update, wasn't able to do it two nights ago then last night ST wouldn't let me on all night. Anyways, here's the update:

History of Owens Island - Part Four

South of Owens Mines you'll find Owensport. These pictures depict Owensport as it looked in 1926, same year as the previous update's shots of Owens Mines. At that time the city consisted only of the port facility and a rail depot.

An overview of the docks.

The Owensport freight depot.

Coal was a major product of Owens Island's mining industry:

Coal staged at the docks awaiting loading.

One of the large coal bulkers being launched on its maiden voyage at the Owensport docks.

Another bulker sailing into port for a full load of coal.

As you can see, mining and its related industries played a major part in the history of Owens Island. But will things stay that way on Owens Island or is the old way of things here destined to change . . .

[anarchy0029 2]

Wow, what an excellent Black & White photos of your CJ!!!! Nice Work!

[jacqulina 162]

yes i did my friend thankyou,and i see your doing really well,these are excellent pics great work and history too.

[bwebster82 1]

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anarchy0029 - Thanks for visiting, glad you like the pics. Hope to see you back.

jacqulina - Welcome back and thanks once again for your compliments.

[bwebster82 1]

Got another update coming soon, installed a terrain pack and forgot some dependencies. Been wondering why my SC4 was crashing to desktop whenever I went to load a city  . .  . Anyways, got it fixed so I'm working on the update . Should have it by tomorrow night my time.

[bwebster82 1]

Hi everyone. I'm feeling kinda uninspired as to what to make the next update about, so I thought I'd open it up to the community. Tell me where you want to see Owens Island go from here, what aspects you'd like to see more of, or any other suggestions on what to show for the next update. Thanks!

[jacqulina 162]

well you know me lol i say rural

[owenluby 1]

I love it! Especially the name!

[hunkske 53]

Great photoshopping! Nice and clean updates - good job! I'll be back for more...

[Twenty20 28]

Uninspired ? why not make some exotic little cities ? when I see "islands" I think "exotic, palm trees, sun, beaches..."

[Mayorm 14]

I love your cj and how you made your pics look old and stained with coffee