Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Interesting. They probably have to dispose of each type of material in a > different landfill. > Yes, Jim, when they demolished some dorms here, they did the same thing. I understand that they sold the metal for recycle, because they further separated it into piles of rebar, copper and aluminum. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:19 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Demolition > > > > For the last several weeks, a demolition company has been tearing down an >> entire city block of old buildings downhill from my office. The process >> has >> been fascinating and a little unnerving to watch. One or two huge >> excavators literally take apart each building piece by piece, reducing it >> to >> a pile of rubble in a couple of days. Then they sort the rubble into >> piles >> of concrete, wood and metal, and haul them away >> >> Photography is forbidden in my office. Fortunately, that restriction >> doesn't apply outside the building. So... >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/P1060023_1-wc.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/P1060021-wc.JPG.html >> >> I prefer the first one, it's like a monstrous animal with a gaping maw. >> What do you think? >> >> G1 with VC 90/3.5 Lanthar LTM w/ micro 4/3 adapter, 180mm equivalent. >> >> --Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA