Monday, September 24, 2012

Where Am I?


11 comments:

Speedway said...

The London 'Party-All-Nite' Eye?

dive said...

Brr … I had to shudder at the midnightless night (oh, in case you have a life and don't do the Guardian crossword, "midnight" in a clue invariably means the letter "g").

As for the location, you're quite a few miles and over a century out, Speedway. Yikes!

Speedway said...

Oh, well, I did notice all the rivets so thought it might be one of the old bridges. And the red circle seems to have a valve at its center, so it might be marking a place to oil the joint of a hinge of sorts. Yeh, I knew it wasn't the Eye, but damn, it does look a bit sore.

dive said...

The valve is an old gas lamp spigot, which should help date it.

Speedway said...

Tower Bridge. I saw the red "eye" on the sides of the bridge, left and right, in a picture. I imagine the lights were to mark the span for ships.

dive said...

Ah, the Queen of Research always gets there in the end. Boffo!

savannah said...

I was way off, sweet pea! I thought it was something from Legoland! *snickering* xoxoxoxoxo

Petrea Burchard said...

I don't believe you. I can't find any corroboration on the web and of course the web knows everything. Where on the bridge is this?

I'm being belligerent for the sake of it and because my feet are cold.

Speedway said...

OK, since I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and I went on the odyssey, here is the giant red dot - enlarge the 3rd image down, on the right and you will see the red bits, bright as the worst hung-over eyes you'll ever see -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge

Petrea Burchard said...

I love you, Speedway.

dive said...

Savannah, I believe Legoland has one of these, so you're closer than you think.
xoxoxoxo

Hee hee, Petrea. Warm your feet on Boz and I'll post some corroborative evidence.

Doh! Speedway beat me to it.

Hell, I'll post it anyway …