Does anyone know what these are?

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Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Guacho » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:28 pm

On an old building on Washington St

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Below the Kingston bridge

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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Bridie » Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:54 pm

Have a hunch that the first pic is here;

http://goo.gl/maps/ZhiKo

which is listed as being once a cooperage and store, so it may have been something to do with hoisting barrels?
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Vinegar Tom » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:38 pm

Guacho, the bracket in the first one is not placed with much sympathy to the original detail. Could it be a bracket from the 1990's for something like an Atlantic Telecom antenna? btw these are still visible in various parts of the city.
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Guacho » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:07 pm

Would there be more than one? The remains of one in the second dormer as well

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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Vinegar Tom » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:45 pm

Guacho wrote:Would there be more than one?
Definitely not. My speculation was wrong. Anyone have any other ideas?
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby crusty_bint » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:35 pm

the first pic looks to be a bracket for cables. doubt they are gpo or tram, could be for lighting, or an internal communication system. you can see three of the brackets, one in each arrowslit on the smaller two gables, and one poking out parallel with them from the crowstep on the larger gable.

could the other pic just be a re-sited mooring bollard (im sure it has a term)? nice cobble job.
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby scoobydoo » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:02 pm

The second one is one of the fixed survey points used to monitor the Kingston Bridge when major works were carried out in the 1990's. The is one to the west of the bridge near the quay wall at Anderston Quay although it may be removed during the stabilisation/ reconstruction works being undertaken to the quay wall
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Guacho » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:46 pm

scoobydoo wrote:The second one is one of the fixed survey points used to monitor the Kingston Bridge when major works were carried out in the 1990's. The is one to the west of the bridge near the quay wall at Anderston Quay although it may be removed during the stabilisation/ reconstruction works being undertaken to the quay wall


Cheers Scooby :D It looked so incongruous I thought it must have a purpose
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby yoker brian » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:28 pm

Could the bracket thing, possibly be for a flagpole? What was the buildings former use?
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Guacho » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:12 pm

yoker brian wrote:Could the bracket thing, possibly be for a flagpole? What was the buildings former use?


They look a bit insubstantial for that. more like phone or telegraph, but I don't recall seeing brackets like these. I think the building was a bonded store.
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Re: Does anyone know what these are?

Postby Guacho » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:40 pm

[quote="Guacho"]On an old building on Washington St

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Today's consensus- flagpole holders!
makes sense looking at them again
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