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  Re: A new view from Gancaloon's harbour  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 21 Feb 2013 03:32:48
Message: <5125dbb0$1@news.povray.org>
On 21-2-2013 1:28, Sven Littkowski wrote:
> Nice scene.

Thanks.

>
> Remember, in ancient times they had these huge wheel cranes on some locations at
> the harbor. Inside the wheel were humans, and the movement of that huge wheel
> was used to move the crane's top, or to lift and lower the fright from the
> crane's top. Those cranes could rotate, too. And most harbors had also some
> large fires burning at the entrance towers, to make it possible for the ships to
> find it by night.

The cranes are an option indeed, but they will probably not be present 
in this harbour (possibly in the one on the sea side, which will be the 
military harbour as far as I know presently).

>
> There were three books published in the USA, showing some of my works in the
> field of maritime archaeology. The author is Stephen M. Miller.
>

Hmm...

Thomas


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