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Post by Peter S. on Oct 13, 2007 4:11:32 GMT -5
Dear camera collectors, this is not the town I live in - but I have to drive through it about once a week when I have to work in the companies headquarter in Herisau, Switzerland. There are lots of intact small villages - most of them got less industry than Bischoffszell, and hence these are even more beautiful. But that old stone bridge is a quite unique piece of architecture. It is not wider than maybe 1.5m and the railings are about 50cm high. (but about 75cm thick).  taken either with 90 or 135mm lens The river is the Thur, which lends it name to the canton Thurgau. Here I got another one, that gives You an overview on the scene. Best regards Peter  most likely taken with 35mm lens |
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Post by Randy on Oct 13, 2007 8:09:32 GMT -5
Looks like a railway bridge to me. Very nice photos!
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Post by scott on Oct 13, 2007 20:02:21 GMT -5
a very nice photo of a really pretty spot.
I recognzed the scene immediately-- In the mid 90s, I made a few trips to Switzerland to visit my girlfriend, and we strolled the rocky banks of the river near that bridge many times.
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 14, 2007 5:16:56 GMT -5
Hi Scott,
that is funny - and more evidence for the statement, that the world were small!
I would have estimated, that the backyards of Thurgau are not that widely known.
I hope to get some better frames in the next spring. The trees are already a bit brownish.
Best regards
Peter
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Oct 14, 2007 5:20:45 GMT -5
Beautiful photos Peter. Thanks for sharing these with us.
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Post by Reiska on Oct 15, 2007 12:26:34 GMT -5
That is a part of Switzerland where I can move without a major dizziness. Clear water and fresh air on the roof of Europa. Oerlikon might be in the neighborhood? Btw, what might have happened. The second picture went just as big as 208 728 bytes and 1000x685 pixels  ?? Edited by adding this: The picture is of that size. My browser just bolted a bit ;D Cheers Reijo |
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 16, 2007 3:35:19 GMT -5
Dear Reiska, Oelikon is a part of Zurich. And I can guarantee that Zurich won't induce any dizziness. The place shown above is about 60 km away from Zurich - which is pretty much for the Swiss - as You might know Switzerland is a pretty small country. And no - this part of Switzerland is not part of Europe's roof. The altitude is about 400 to 450m above sea level. Maybe its the groundwork of the roof...  Best regards Peter |
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Post by Reiska on Oct 16, 2007 7:56:24 GMT -5
Once I have driven through Switzerland via Basel to Milan but mostly "over" Austria.
Those were the times when I still loved driving a car.
I asked Oerlikon because I remember seeing a signpost or similar somewhere there and
the name was familiar because in my youth I used Oerlikon cannons ;D
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 16, 2007 12:37:21 GMT -5
Funny thing, I work for Oerlikon Contraves for about 5 years - however in the space departement, as weapons are not the kind of things I want to invest my creativity in. Btw. in WWII only very few bombs have been dropped on Switzerland - most fell just a few meters across the boarder. One had been dropped near Zurich on a railroad area next the Oerlikon Maschinenfabrik. Hardly a matter of accident.
Mr. Bührle came into Switzerland in the late twenties to start developing and manufacturing what became that 2cm Flak machine canon that was ubiquitious in Germany air defence during WWII. Quite a lot of these canons have been manufactured in Zurich...
Best regards
Peter
PS: when I had to do my services I had to load a 2cm Flak gun, which was still very similar to the WWII model, just that the more modern rigs just had 2 guns instead of 4.
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Post by Reiska on Oct 16, 2007 13:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 16, 2007 14:11:42 GMT -5
I know this canon. But when being employed at Oerlikon Contraves (later Oerlikon was split away and sold to Rheinmetall) they had a single barrel type, blowing the same amount of steel through one barrel. They used to have a unit standing on the roof of the Contraves premises to tweak the pointing algorithms using the aircraft coming in to Zurich Kloten as dummy target(no amunition inside the gun ;-) ). They just hat problems with the 747, as the radar could not decide wheather the bow of the tail of the 747 was the real aircraft *LOL*.
Best regards
Peter
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