> > 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 [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.
