Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I visited Volklingen last year - well worth a visit if you're near Saarbrucken. I found the scale of the plant and the horrible nature of the work there very moving. After seeing some of the on-site videos, I'll never complain about work again. The people who were employed there _really_ worked for a living. Steve -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp Sent: 12 March 2006 10:37 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works That's the way the steel world went - Bethlehem, Sheffield, V?lklingen - these monuments to the end of the industrial revolution are the pyramids of the electronic era. Another plant that wasn't profitable enough for Mr Mittal - Very nice set of photos B.D.!! Douglas Philippe Orlent wrote: > Looking at these made me think of this site: > http://www.abandoned-places.com/ > > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > Op 12-mrt-06, om 10:16 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: > >> That's the work that pulled my grandfather out of the Tennessee >> sticks, though he worked the Granite City Steel mill east of St. >> Louis. Those were the good old days. The union took care of my >> grandmother until she died. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Cathedral2 >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Trees2 >> >> Shot like that would have not made him happy. They are telling. >> >> Daniel -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 10/03/2006