Photos, videos and docs of Michiel 2005, with the keywords: "sewer"

Sewer pipes

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 10:09:34 +0000

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Sewer works

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:18:11 +0000

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Modern art – A study in concrete

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:24:20 +0000

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Old sewer pipes

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:11:38 +0000

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Ancient plumbing discovered

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:06:02 +0000

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Alise-Sainte-Reine 2014 – Gallo-Roman town – Sewer

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:32:22 +0000

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Sewers tend to be the thing that is preserved when a civilisation collapses.

Rennes 2014 – Égouts 1949 Ville de Rennes

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:54:08 +0000

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Stad Antwerpen

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:10:47 +0000

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City of Antwerpen

Drain made by Ets Truffert of Équeurdreville

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:10:37 +0000

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The company started in 1929.

Cleaning the sewer

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:01:54 +0000

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New sewer

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:33:43 +0000

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New sewer

New sewers

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:11:56 +0000

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New sewer

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:14:18 +0000

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More drain covers: Grofsmederij Leiden

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:51:28 +0000

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"Are you going to bore us with even more drain covers?". Yes, I am.

The Nederlandse Grofsmederij was an iron works company, located in Leiden, which didn't survive the big shake-out of the manufacturing industry in the 1970s. It was founded in 1836 by a Dutch-Frenchman William Archibald Bake who (amongst other things) fought in the Russian campaign of Napoleon.
In its heyday it employed around 700 men.

Here is a picture of the workshop of the Grofsmederij:
www.flickr.com/photos/95306653@N00/2212827614 /

Grofsmederij is a composite noun consisting of "grof" meaning coarse or rough, opposite of fine, and "smederij" meaning smithy or foundry. So the company made the big stuff, not fine ironwork.

More drain covers: Grofsmederij Leiden

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:53:15 +0000

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Drain cover of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Grofsmederij

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:48:33 +0000

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I found these ones very near my office in front of the old Anatomy lab.

For most people the subject of drain covers might be boring, but it gives me something to do when walking on the streets. The most-interesting ones are the ones of companies that went down the drain themselves: remnants of the old days.

The Nederlandse Grofsmederij was an iron works company, located in Leiden, which didn't survive the big shake-out of the manufacturing industry in the 1970s. It was founded in 1836 by a Dutch-Frenchman William Archibald Bake who (amongst other things) fought in the Russian campaign of Napoleon.
In its heyday it employed around 700 men.

Here is a picture of the workshop of the Grofsmederij:
www.flickr.com/photos/95306653@N00/2212827614 /

Grofsmederij is a composite noun consisting of "grof" meaning coarse or rough, opposite of fine, and "smederij" meaning smithy or foundry. So the company made the big stuff, not fine ironwork. "Kon." is an abbreviation of "Koninklijk" meaning royal. Dutch companies which exist over 100 years can be bestowed with this title. It does not bring direct benefits, but it may help in marketing, exporting stuff etc.

Drain cover of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Grofsmederij

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:52:12 +0000

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Drain cover

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:50:33 +0000

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For most people the subject of drain covers might be boring, but it gives me something to do when walking on the streets. The most-interesting ones are the ones of companies that went down the drain themselves: remnants of the old days.

More drain covers: Gemeente Leiden 1967

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:44:47 +0000

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"Are you going to bore us with even more drain covers?". Yes, I am.

More drain covers: W. ten Cate en Zn, Almelo

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:49:41 +0000

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Website: www.bennink-tencate.com

"Are you going to bore us with even more drain covers?". Yes, I am.