Steampunk paradise
by Grodgeman
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Posted 13/02/2016 - 12:56
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Where is it and what was it for?
Posted 13/02/2016 - 14:30
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Nantes used to be the most important port in France until around the beginning of the 19th century (and the apex of the slave-sugar trade triangle). The shipyards were still functioning until the early seventies. Almost half of the island between the two branches of the Loire river still running through Nantes was given up to shipyards and related activity. These big things are foundry furnaces. Mementos of the past. Nantes is also the birthplace of Jules Verne and the city wants to become - and is becoming - one of the SF and steampunk capitals of the world. Look up the Nantes Elephant, Machines, and Carousel. Cheers.
Posted 13/02/2016 - 17:25
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A marvellous bit of kit.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Posted 13/02/2016 - 17:49
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There is also a steep cliff on one part of the loir "gorge" at the top of which is the Jules Verne Museum. They have very cleverly arranged it so you go down and down and down and down in a 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
I like your furnaces
I like your furnaces
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