Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 25, 2011, at 2:43 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/China70s/_HeavyIndustw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/4o7o4m7 > > The Harbin generator factory. I made a report on the visit with as much > info as possible and described the building as "industrial gothic" > About 6 months later a report from the CIA crossed my desk, (we shared > industrial info in those days) describing the factory's capabilities and > describing it as "industrial gothic". > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/China70s/FixingLtBulbsW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/4egt3n3 > > Self sufficiency was the word in China in 1976 - here a worker is > refitting fresh filaments into a burned out bulb. We were amazed to see > this being done, and the Chinese were equally amazed that as an advanced > country we didn't recycle our bulbs. I doubt very much of China still does > this. All interesting - though these two stand out from the group - to my eyes. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist