That type of construction was commonly used in floors of machine shops in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Womer <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - Transition > >Oak, and they're 4in cubes. Apparently they were installed in the >early 20th century to quiet the streets (the clatter of horse hooves >and metal-rimmed wagon wheels on cobblestones being rather loud), but >proved not to be very durable. This street was restored in the 1990s. >http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > >On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >> Cool...any idea how deep those 4x4's go into the ground or what kind of wood >> they are? >> >> -p >> >> >> On 7/16/2014 7:14 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >>> >>> The old part of Philly still has streets paved with wooden blocks, about 4 >>> in (10cm) on a side. Here it gave way to cobblestones of uncertain age, with >>> the help of some modern concrete: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17808395&size=lg >>> >>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>> >>> Comments ever so welcome, >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- 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.
