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Speaking of mills. I have discovered another use for those brown wing pieces in the Star Wars Droid Fighter Sets. Windmill blades. The cool thing is that on a good, freely spinning hub/axle they actually work. When you blow on them the blades spin. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The LB in Lake Havasau, AZ was actually built in the 1700s, a bit late for medieval era. The medieval London Bridge was made of wood, which personally boggles me as the Thames is a nice wide river. The stone bridge was built after the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The correct answer is yes. :) More seriously, it depends on the function, as I'm sure you've gathered from the other posts on this thread. There is no "typical" bridge I can point to, but I can offer some suggestions. A stone bridge will be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down..." Sound familiar? Little historic nursery rhyme reference for you. -Phil (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought you were refering to the stone one since the wooden ones are long gone (?). You are correct, the actual stone one was a later-than-medieval replacement. Oops. Bruce (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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