On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the coaling pier at Greenwich Power Station. Colliers used to dock > alongside and offload coal to fire the electricity generators. > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030230_large.html > > The power station is a back-up for the London Underground. It's still > operational, but is now gas-fired. The pillars of the pier are Doric in > style. > > The beach beneath the pier was the setting for a murder mystery written by > local resident and former Poet Laureate C. Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas > Blake.
There's only one thing I remember from our brief study of Greek history in elementary school: Doric vs. Corinthian columns. Funny what useless details one remembers (while forgetting so many more important ones). Those are definitely Doric! ;-) Wonderful photo!! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
