Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, I don't know the dimensions, but I believe that at certain times of the year, bearing in mind the southern French temperatures it still flows, though what actually becomes of the water I don't know. I would guess that it just runs away somewhere before Nimes Peter Dzwig Frank Dernie wrote: > And lets not forget the Romans had slaves so the work that could be done > was less limited by manpower resources. The fabulous Roman aqueduct was > also to supply water not a canal route. Anybody know how wide and deep > the channel is and whether it still carries water? > Frank > > On 10 Jul, 2007, at 15:04, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> >> On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:30 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote: >> >>> 200 years? Not that big a deal. >>> Check out Pont du Gard: >>> http://tinyurl.com/3xqhnl >> >> Obviously the Romans were better engineers than the Brits. >> >> But given early 1800's technology, Thomas Telford was a pretty >> remarkable builder. Many of his structures are still in regular use >> today carrying modern traffic. A couple of blocks away from my house >> in Wales, the Telford constructed Menai Bridge spans the Menai Strait. >> The bridge was the world's first major suspension bridge and offered a >> land route from the port where the Irish ferries docked to England. >> The bridge was designed when horseback, wagons, and shoe leather were >> the major forms of transportation. It is still one of only two bridges >> crossing the Menai Strait and is in regular use for cars, trucks and >> town busses. I commuted to work over it every day. Most of Telford's >> old structures have outlasted their contemporary rivals. >> >> Sad to say, that may be true of photographic equipment too. They don't >> build them like they used to. Maybe if the Romans had invented >> photography we might still be using their concrete cameras. As it is, >> my favorite Leica is a mere 70 years old. My first digital Leica >> failed after three years. >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >