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.
