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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:27:36 +0200
References: <06B08B64-5E18-4137-B2E5-A06CF5A4F4B9@frozenlight.eu>

I've always like lines that take the eyes off on a trip ... works well.

Daniel

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> We are spending the last day of our UK trip at our son's place in Bath 
> before all four of us fly back to Alicante tonight. I woke up early and 
> went for a walk in my son's not very interesting neighbourhood. And yet, I 
> took my picture of the day during this walk--one of Britain's and hence 
> the world's oldest rail lines, connecting Bath with Bristol and built by 
> Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1839-1840. By coincidence, I am reading a book 
> about the arrival of the railroad in Bath in 1840 and the impact it had on 
> the local economy and society. Fascinating piece of social history.
>
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=1956365831&k=TNkwJQg&lb=1&s=XL>
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> (sent from somewhere)
>
>
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