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The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: Rob.Wilson on February 26, 2013, 01:39:40 PM
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Hi Lads
Me and the better half are starting to plan or summer holidays and I am after a few ideas /places of interest of an engineering or historic nature in Europe , so far going from London to Paris then on to Venice have not decided on the route back to London ,maybe via Germany . Doing this by train so looking for places that have a train station close by .
Thanks Rob
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Bovington tank museum?
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Hi Rleete
Thanks I have been there , very interesting place , I am looking for more continental Europe :thumbup:
Thanks Rob
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Rob..Takin' time out from werkshop!!!!!
Ye gads what are you thinking of!!!!!????? and by train.... :scratch:
Best I can think is decide which towns are on route by train and google the towns for their tourist attractions...
We're off to Boston in the USA in July, I've already looked to see what shops there on our route... :lol: :lol: I'm guessing that Harbor Freight is their equivalent of Machine Mart but a bit better in terms of selection....
However, go and enjoy the break and have a few bevvies, coz thats what holis are about ny Geordie friend......
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Hi Rob
If you get near Belgium, this is really impressive close up. On the Brussels Charleroi Canal.
http://voiesdeau.hainaut.be/tourisme/voiesdeauhainaut/en/template/template.asp?page=ronquieres&navcont=4,0,0 (http://voiesdeau.hainaut.be/tourisme/voiesdeauhainaut/en/template/template.asp?page=ronquieres&navcont=4,0,0)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sloping+lock+ronquieres&qpvt=sloping+lock+ronquieres&FORM=IGRE (http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sloping+lock+ronquieres&qpvt=sloping+lock+ronquieres&FORM=IGRE)
Dunno about train stations though, probably not. Out in the sticks.
'Kin HUGE thing ...
And don't scoff me sausages this time ...... greedy camel ...... !!!!!!!!!!
Dave BC
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Don't miss http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/.
It's just like the Science Museum used to be, you know, full of proper mechanical things.
It would be easy to spend a day there and then go back again to look at your favourite bits again.
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:lol: :lol: Hi John ,,,,,aye by train ,airports piss me off ,stand around like cattle , rip off prices for bait and generally there no were near were I want to be :bang: most cites/towns funny enough have there stations right in the centre were I want to be :med: I bet I could get from the centre of London to the centre Paris quicker than you can get there taking a plane :coffee: we only do max 4 hours on the train at a time , loads of leg room ,wifi,see the sights as you wiz along ,bait ,drink when you want ,no pissing about checking luggage in .
Route still not planned as yet and can easily be changed .
Boston sound good John :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol: I can just see the look on worlasses face if I was to go tool shopping , its bad enough when I go digging around book shops :palm:
Chees Rob
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Hi Rob
If you get near Belgium, this is really impressive close up. On the Brussels Charleroi Canal.
http://voiesdeau.hainaut.be/tourisme/voiesdeauhainaut/en/template/template.asp?page=ronquieres&navcont=4,0,0 (http://voiesdeau.hainaut.be/tourisme/voiesdeauhainaut/en/template/template.asp?page=ronquieres&navcont=4,0,0)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sloping+lock+ronquieres&qpvt=sloping+lock+ronquieres&FORM=IGRE (http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sloping+lock+ronquieres&qpvt=sloping+lock+ronquieres&FORM=IGRE)
Dunno about train stations though, probably not. Out in the sticks.
'Kin HUGE thing ...
And don't scoff me sausages this time ...... greedy camel ...... !!!!!!!!!!
Dave BC
Hi Dave ...........mmmmmmmmmmm sausage :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I will try hard not too :lol: :lol:
Looks interesting , I would like a better look around Brussels was only there a day last time .
Thanks Rob
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Don't miss http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/.
It's just like the Science Museum used to be, you know, full of proper mechanical things.
It would be easy to spend a day there and then go back again to look at your favourite bits again.
Thanks Anzaniste ,Looks great :thumbup:
Rob
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Visiting a freind who's working in Berlin next week and asked him the same ?
And he came up with this http://www.sdtb.de/Englisch.55.0.html
and this http://cmstraveltrade.visitberlin.de/en/spot/schoeneweide-industrial-museum
and this https://www.facebook.com/pages/Designpanoptikum-surreales-Museum-f%C3%BCr-industrielle-Objekte/164829883543984
That lot should keep you happy :D
Stew
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Hi there Stew
German museum of technology is defiantly worth a visit if your in Berlin http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,7593.0.html :)
Other two places look interesting :med:
There is allot to see in Berlin , museum island is worth a look .
Thanks Rob
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Just remembered John Rudd mentioned coming to Vermont this summer as well, and in that case, John you might want to check out the American Precision Museum about a half hour north of where I live, in Windsor, VT.
Website here:
http://www.americanprecision.org/
If you're into steam boats and a few hours north, near Burlington, the Shelburne Museum has the Ticonderoga, and a lot of other interesting things, though not much engineering oriented.
http://shelburnemuseum.org/explore/collections/
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Hi rob ,let me know when you are going and I will come through and and house sit your workshop, just like they do in the states,that would be a holiday in itself for me ,what do you think? :ddb:
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:lol: :lol: ok Peter ,,,,,,bring your TCG :lol: :lol:
Looks like Munich on the way back ,,,Deutsches Museum – Masterpieces of Science and Technology looks worth a butchers .
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/collections/machines/power-engines/steam-engines/
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/collections/machines/power-engines/combustion-engines/precursors-of-the-combustion-engine/free-piston-gas-engine-1867/
Rob
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Everning lads
Just reporting in. when in London we stumbled queit litterally into a canny we museum " David Kirtaldy's testing works " free admition and you get a guided tour .they do take donations. They have kept things judt as is .what i mean is they havant kidified it. Well worth a look if your in the area
Had a look round the Paris "musee des arts et metlers" today absoloutly brilliant .allot of very interesting displays .give me a rose engine over the mona lisa any day :)
Suposse i better get back to drinking beer and whatching the French country side go buy lol
Breckfast in Munich :ddb:
Rob
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I used to walk past the "Testing Works" in Southwark Street every day when I was at 6th form college doing my A levels back in the dark ages. It has a very interesting history, and much pivoted on the Forth Bridge disaster if I remember correctly. It was a functioning business in those days when I used to walk past.
http://www.testingmuseum.org.uk/
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Breckfast in Munich :ddb:
Rob
Sausages ???
Wonder if they'll be as nice as the ones you got me ???
Or not as the case may be .... :bang:
Oh well, have fun. :thumbup:
BTW there is a very ancient Medieval Clock in Ulm .. in the Cathedral IIRC, was going to skive off work once when I was there to have a shufti at it but the trip didn't materialise ...
Bit like the bangers really .. :poke:
Dave BC
Nope. it's on the Rathaus ...
http://tourismus.ulm.de/tourismus/en/sehenswert/altstadt_city/beim_rathaus/astronomische_uhr.php (http://tourismus.ulm.de/tourismus/en/sehenswert/altstadt_city/beim_rathaus/astronomische_uhr.php)
I believe it's possible to see the mechanism, maybe only by appointment or prior arrangement ??
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Well I am back in the UK :(
:lol: :lol: Dave , walked straight into a currywurst stand as we left the station at 7 am , curruwurst and chips for breakfast mmmmmmmmmmm that will do me , Julie declined ,,,,,,,,,,, :scratch:
Had a look at that clock , not bad . :thumbup:
Hi Andrew , do you think the view has changed much since you were a lad ?
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060916.jpg)(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060918.jpg)
Yer they did the testing on the Tay bridge disaster too , the history of the works and Kirkaldys is quiet an interesting story ,,,,,,,,"Facts not opinions" :med:
Rob
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Well the Shard has appeared :)
But the railway bridge for the line into Blackfriars Station is the same :thumbup:
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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
And your central girders, which seem to the eye
To be almost towering to the sky.
The greatest wonder of the day,
And a great beautification to the River Tay,
Most beautiful to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
That has caused the Emperor of Brazil to leave
His home far away, incognito in his dress,
And view thee ere he passed along en route to Inverness.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
The longest of the present day
That has ever crossed o’er a tidal river stream,
Most gigantic to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
Which will cause great rejoicing on the opening day
And hundreds of people will come from far away,
Also the Queen, most gorgeous to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
And prosperity to Provost Cox, who has given
Thirty thousand pounds and upwards away
In helping to erect the Bridge of the Tay,
Most handsome to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
I hope that God will protect all passengers
By night and by day,
And that no accident will befall them while crossing
The Bridge of the Silvery Tay,
For that would be most awful to be seen
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
And prosperity to Messrs Bouche and Grothe,
The famous engineers of the present day,
Who have succeeded in erecting the Railway
Bridge of the Silvery Tay,
Which stands unequalled to be seen
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
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And then
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very long time.
’Twas about seven o’clock at night,
And the wind it blew with all its might,
And the rain came pouring down,
And the dark clouds seem’d to frown,
And the Demon of the air seem’d to say-
“I’ll blow down the Bridge of Tay.”
When the train left Edinburgh
The passengers’ hearts were light and felt no sorrow,
But Boreas blew a terrific gale,
Which made their hearts for to quail,
And many of the passengers with fear did say-
“I hope God will send us safe across the Bridge of Tay.”
But when the train came near to Wormit Bay,
Boreas he did loud and angry bray,
And shook the central girders of the Bridge of Tay
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very long time.
So the train sped on with all its might,
And Bonnie Dundee soon hove in sight,
And the passengers’ hearts felt light,
Thinking they would enjoy themselves on the New Year,
With their friends at home they lov’d most dear,
And wish them all a happy New Year.
So the train mov’d slowly along the Bridge of Tay,
Until it was about midway,
Then the central girders with a crash gave way,
And down went the train and passengers into the Tay!
The Storm Fiend did loudly bray,
Because ninety lives had been taken away,
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very long time.
As soon as the catastrophe came to be known
The alarm from mouth to mouth was blown,
And the cry rang out all o’er the town,
Good Heavens! the Tay Bridge is blown down,
And a passenger train from Edinburgh,
Which fill’d all the peoples hearts with sorrow,
And made them for to turn pale,
Because none of the passengers were sav’d to tell the tale
How the disaster happen’d on the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very long time.
It must have been an awful sight,
To witness in the dusky moonlight,
While the Storm Fiend did laugh, and angry did bray,
Along the Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay,
Oh! ill-fated Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay,
I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay,
That your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed.
PS
McGonagall is not the best known poet from Scotland...................fortunately!
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How on earth do you follow that!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: