On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Offramp wrote:

On 28 Jan, 10:27, wrote:

The gasometers that featured in The Ladykillers are going to be
executive flats.

Have you seen those gazometers in Vienna?

only from the air - and then only via the magic of the internet:

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=48...,0.004828&z=18

they really are rather remarkable:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasometer,_Vienna
http://europeforvisitors.com/switzau...meter_town.htm
http://www.phototravels.net/vienna/v...er-photos.html

There's three of them, made of brick. How did that work?

i assume the brick bit was a housing inside which the actual gas tank rose
and fell.

tom

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