Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seems so: http://www.submarinebooks.com/Manitowoc.htm On 6/19/07, Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Any photos of this around? Would be cool to see. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Biava" Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Forbidden building > > > >I was not around to see it, but new American submarines were built in > >Wisconsin and traveled down the Mississippi to the Gulf on > >their way to the war. And that's a fact.... > > > > > > ( But to tell "the rest of the story" they were transported on river > > barges.) {8o) > > > > Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > During WWII, Germans living in New Orleans(including ambassadors) were > > using their cameras(on fishing trips) to photograph the > > waterways in and around the mouth of the Mississippi River. Of course > > now we know there was no way a U-Boat could get into the > > Miss > > River but they had excellent targets at the mouth of the river to shoot > > at for 2 years before we actually did something about it. > > > > I've never had any problems here photographing bridges, but like Jeff > > pointed out, the local gov does not like their refineries > > photographed. > > > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA