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:
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
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