Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, the wall is the original boundary wall of Bray railway station which was built in 1854. Its 160th birthday is on the 10th July this year. Don't whether the wall is actually that old as the line was extended southwards to Greystones in 1855, but it is no younger than 1855. So it's probably 159 years old, but might be 160... The original line from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire was the third oldest railway in the world (and the first commuter line in the world) when it first opened in 1834, and it in turn was extended to Dalkey using the tracks of the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (the first of of its type in the world too) and then to Bray over the next twenty years. Wikipedia has a bit on it. Things are very old around here - me especially.... Douglas "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote > neat cityscape > > is that stone wall as old as it appears? > > On Feb 24, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > >> ... Like Fun. >> The back entrance to the Fun Palace Casino looks like a cavernous maw >> that swallows a punter's money. >> >> Bray, Co. Wicklow. >> Fuji X100S. >> See Large. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/DoesntLookMuch.jpg.html