Tag: Stockholm
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Boot Scrapers: Stockholm
An interesting type of book scraper which I haven’t seen before hese are hinged so they can be kept upright and out of the way when not being used Chained to the corner of the door
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Manhole Covers in Stockholm
I didn’t find many old manhole covers in Stockholm, and the ones that I did find were all connected to the telecommunications infrastructure, in particular, from the company Rikstelefon (see also Rikstelefon’s phone booths and markers). This one dates from 1909 – it is similar to Swedish-made manhole cover that […]
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Rikstelefon Markers
There are quite a few of these Rikstelefon markers in Stockholm. Rikstelefon was a brand of Televerket, which was a Swedish government agency responsible for telecommunications from 1853 to 1993. The makers include numbers and an arrow so I assume they point to a manhole cover or something else that […]
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Rikstelefon Phone Booths
A few old Rikstelefon phone booths can still be found in Stockholm. Rikstelefon was a brand of Televerket, which was a Swedish government agency responsible for telecommunications from 1853 to 1993. Other traces of this company can be found around Stockholm on manhole covers and markers. Rikstelefon means that the […]
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Hoisting Beams: Stockholm
Many of Stockholm’s old buildings, especially in the Old Town, used to serve as storehouses/merchants’ houses, and thus remnants of the hoist systems can still be found.
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Guard Stones: Stockholm
A sampling of Stockholm’s various kinds of guard stones. Stone Cannon Pipes Finding these only confirmed that the cannon that I saw in Riga were indeed used as guard stones Next to this cannon is a rune stone, which is 1,000 years old. More info about it here. Metal
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Fire Marks in Stockholm
Most of the buildings in Stockholm’s Old Town are still adorned with fire marks – plaques that showed that a building was insured in case of a fire. The signs, which depict a phoenix rising from the flames, were introduced in the 1740s. In the event of a fire, the fire brigade would […]
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Anchor Plates: Stockholm
Stockholm has a wide range of anchor plates — of all shapes and sizes, spanning back at least to the seventeenth century. My favorite is the one that looks like an owl: A collage of the various kinds of plates that can be found in Stockholm: I found several examples […]