PESO: arms recycling - nothing new
Once Napoleon was safely locked-up on St. Helena in 1815, there was an enormous surplus of cannons in France. On the other hand, the French sea ports were going through a period of rapid expansion and there was a shortage of bollards, until someone had a really clever idea: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/06/boller-zu-pollern.html This picture is from a recent trip to Dunkirk but it could have been taken in most French harbours from that period. As always... Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: arms recycling - nothing new
Once Napoleon was safely locked-up on St. Helena in 1815, there was an enormous surplus of cannons in France. On the other hand, the French sea ports were going through a period of rapid expansion and there was a shortage of bollards, until someone had a really clever idea: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/06/boller-zu-pollern.html This picture is from a recent trip to Dunkirk but it could have been taken in most French harbours from that period. As always... Ralf there's a lot of them over here, too. http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2009/04/street-furniture-3-bollards.htm l Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: arms recycling - nothing new
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 09:49:15PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher scripsit: Once Napoleon was safely locked-up on St. Helena in 1815, there was an enormous surplus of cannons in France. On the other hand, the French sea ports were going through a period of rapid expansion and there was a shortage of bollards, until someone had a really clever idea: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/06/boller-zu-pollern.html This picture is from a recent trip to Dunkirk but it could have been taken in most French harbours from that period. Are those muzzle up? All of the equivalents I've seen have been muzzle *down*, so you could see the trunnions. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
