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Lamplighter · 02-10-2012, 02:59 PM

The circle of stones in the path might make it a mill of some sort

classicman · 02-10-2012, 03:02 PM

Its a safety zone from falling coconuts.
When it gets windy, everyone runs there for cover.

capnhowdy · 02-10-2012, 03:07 PM

Grist Mill

Beest · 02-10-2012, 03:13 PM

My first thought was Lich gate, but I think it would be fancier and not so long and there would be a wall.

Rhianne · 02-10-2012, 03:14 PM

Correct!!

Well, there are no coconuts here, but Classicman has it!

The path goes under an old, disused railway viaduct with a slightly crumbly exterior.

The roof is stronger than it looks, made of logs sawn in half.

Pic in a second when I find it....!

Rhianne · 02-10-2012, 03:17 PM

From the other side first.

glatt · 02-10-2012, 03:31 PM

way to go classic!

I wonder if any engineering went into designing that roof, or if they just decided to go with the heaviest timbers they happened to have available. Like how do they know how massive the chunks will be that happen to fall down? There's enough weight up there to flatten this structure like a pancake if it all comes down at once. So they are making an assumption that it will come down in pieces a little at a time. How did they decide that the pieces would be a certain size?

classicman · 02-10-2012, 03:36 PM

I was sort of kidding. (lot more than a little)
We were directed to a couple of those when in Hawaii.

Rhianne · 02-10-2012, 03:40 PM

I think the viaduct itself is pretty secure as a structure (I walk over it fairly regularly and it hasn't collaped under my weight!) and there doesn't seem to be any big chunks missing, just some crumbly bits here and there.

ZenGum · 02-10-2012, 06:29 PM

Perhaps, they were worried about lumps of coal falling from the railway.

Or spitters.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-11-2012, 04:40 PM

Or rocks from the railbed, and maybe ice in winter.

footfootfoot · 02-11-2012, 07:33 PM

nuts, bolts, spikes, and plates.

capnhowdy · 02-12-2012, 06:47 AM

Or hobos.

Sundae · 02-12-2012, 10:25 AM

Rhianne that's a gorgeous photo!

footfootfoot · 02-12-2012, 11:42 AM

Maybe in case it starts

02-10-2012, 03:02 PM	#1907
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its a safety zone from falling coconuts. When it gets windy, everyone runs there for cover. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-10-2012, 03:07 PM	#1908
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Grist Mill __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-10-2012, 03:17 PM	#1911
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	From the other side first. Attached Images

02-10-2012, 03:36 PM	#1913
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I was sort of kidding. (lot more than a little) We were directed to a couple of those when in Hawaii. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-10-2012, 06:29 PM	#1915
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Perhaps, they were worried about lumps of coal falling from the railway. Or spitters. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-10-2012, 02:59 PM	#1906
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The circle of stones in the path might make it a mill of some sort

02-10-2012, 03:13 PM	#1909
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	My first thought was Lich gate, but I think it would be fancier and not so long and there would be a wall.

02-10-2012, 03:14 PM	#1910
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Correct!! Well, there are no coconuts here, but Classicman has it! The path goes under an old, disused railway viaduct with a slightly crumbly exterior. The roof is stronger than it looks, made of logs sawn in half. Pic in a second when I find it....!

02-10-2012, 03:31 PM	#1912
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	way to go classic! I wonder if any engineering went into designing that roof, or if they just decided to go with the heaviest timbers they happened to have available. Like how do they know how massive the chunks will be that happen to fall down? There's enough weight up there to flatten this structure like a pancake if it all comes down at once. So they are making an assumption that it will come down in pieces a little at a time. How did they decide that the pieces would be a certain size?

02-10-2012, 03:40 PM	#1914
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I think the viaduct itself is pretty secure as a structure (I walk over it fairly regularly and it hasn't collaped under my weight!) and there doesn't seem to be any big chunks missing, just some crumbly bits here and there.

02-11-2012, 04:40 PM	#1916
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Or rocks from the railbed, and maybe ice in winter. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-11-2012, 07:33 PM	#1917
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	nuts, bolts, spikes, and plates. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-12-2012, 06:47 AM	#1918
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Or hobos. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-12-2012, 10:25 AM	#1919
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Rhianne that's a gorgeous photo!

02-12-2012, 11:42 AM	#1920
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Maybe in case it starts __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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