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Reusing Old Cannon in Riga: My Attempt to Solve a Mystery

Areta — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:27:51 +0000

At first I thought these were guard stones, but then I realized their placement is not very typical for guard stones, which were placed at the corners of entranceways to protect the corners of the buildings from the wheels of carriages. Later I was told they are actually old cannon, […]

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Anchor Plates in Riga

Areta — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:41:51 +0000

A sampling of anchor plates from Riga. I especially like the ones shaped like anchors.

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Swedish Manhole Cover in Riga

Areta — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:06:49 +0000

n Riga I found a manhole cover dating from 1901. Upon researching it later, I realized it was made by the Swedish company called Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolag. Sweden’s first telecom operating company (founded in 1883), Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget (Stockholm General Telephone Company) (SAT) installed and operated telephone equipment. The company had […]

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Ghost Signs in Riga

Areta — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:24:12 +0000

Ģipša Fabrika (Gypsym Factory) is located on the island of Kipsala, a former fishermen’s village. This nineteenth-century brick building used to be a plaster factory. Now it is part of a luxury apartment complex. Somewhere in the Old Town These two signs are on a building on Albert Street, a street […]

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Merchants’ Hoisting Beams in Riga

Areta — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:12:01 +0000

Although not nearly to the same extent as in Tallinn, remnants of the merchants’ hoisting mechanisms remain on several of the medieval houses in Riga. A granary from the 18th century

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