Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PS: there is a waste brick pile within a few yards the house which featured an absolutely striking millstone that pile makes me more sure that the house has been in the same location. ric > On Jan 13, 2021, at 11:33 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I have not heard anything of its having been moved, so I suspect that the > original brick foundation was replaced in place as it failed. Stone does > not exist here, so brick would have been the foundation of choice of for a > nice home. The poor would have used stump sized wood, often tree cross > sections. > > Any stone here is imported. The town I live in has several walls/fences, > but rarely buildings of stone. These were cast off ballast from visiting > merchant ships. > > ric > > > >> On Jan 13, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> I notice that concrete building blocks serve as pillars, and I wouldn?t >> think their ? invention ? is as old as the house itself. The bricks >> though, attest of much older established. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information