Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > 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 do you know Peter if there is ever any water running thru le pont du Gard...? Steve > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information