Hey Tim you missed the end of the story. :-) The tower stood proud and tall until WW2, when the Germans nicked most of the metal for their own purposes.
Jostein 2008/7/2 Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Maybe, maybe not :-) > > Ok. I'll do it. > > It isan old lighthouse, made of cast iron. It represents the story of > labour, and the story of ships in trouble. > > The story goes all back to 1725, when the Dutch ship Akerendam sank > outside the reefs loaded with 19 chests of gold and silver. The first > "lighthouse was just a hole in the rocks. The lighthouse we see here > represented great progress. and it was built in 1859. It was used up > to 1935, Then it was replaced by more modern concrete tower with with > an oil lamp (the oil lamp part is my guess). > > The lighthoue keeper had to have a large coal fire going inside this > gigantic iron cast construction 24/7 all year long. He had to be > dedicated to his job, I presume. > > Ok. That's the brief version of the story. Now it is a memorial over > past times. But to me it represents something more, that's the reason > for the odd title. The construction is now a useless dead object, but > the rust makes it kind of alive. > > MaritimTim > > 2008/7/2 AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I think you had better tell the story behind this stump, Tim. :-) >> >> Jostein >> >> 2008/7/2 Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> One last picture before I call it a day. >>> >>> A light house at Runde >>> http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=239145 >>> >>> -- >>> MaritimTim >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > MaritimTim > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
