Odessa Stairs in Warsaw
Posted 18 July, 2012 - 10:01 by meteor2017Translated 24 July, 2012 - 09:16 by meteor2017
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- Poland›Mazowieckie województwo›Warszawa
Description
GPS will lead you to the Marshal Edwars Rydz-Smigly Park, which
was previously called the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. The Park
was formed in 1940s and 1950s at the ruins of Powisle District (eastern
part), and remains of Frascati Gardens (western part, near the Vistula
river slope). There were plans to all Powisle District change onto big
park, but in the 1960s plans have changed.
There's central axis in the park, it starts with the terrace at the top
of the slope, with beatiful view down to the rest of axis, then it goes
down with monumental staircase, and with long alley it reaches the
monument Glory to Sappers, and Landing Operation Plate by the Vistula
river.
Staircase at the slope is modeled on the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa.
Altough they are much smaller than stairs in Odessa, they are still
quite impressive, and it's very popular place of photo sessions.
Geocache is hidden near the bottom of the stairs (in really big tree stump)
Hint: not too high, not too low
Geocache is also hidden at opencaching.pl and geocaching.com
N 52° 00.000' E 20° 00.000'
Posted 23 July, 2012 - 20:29 by meteor2017Translated 23 July, 2012 - 20:35 by meteor2017
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- Poland›Łódzkie województwo›Łowicz
Description
N 52° 00.000' E 20° 00.000' confluence is located in young pine forest, 4-5m from it's border with crop field.
N 52° 00.000' E 20° 00.000'
view from the edge of the field
view from confluence to the north
vew from confluence to the west
view from confluence to the south
view from confluence to the east
Gasworks at Powisle
Posted 19 July, 2012 - 09:15 by meteor2017Translated 19 July, 2012 - 09:19 by meteor2017
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- Poland›Mazowieckie województwo›Warszawa
Description
Gasworks at Powiśle 1860-71
Source: M. Drozdowski, A. Zaborski "Historia Warszawy" (www.warszawa1939.pl)
First Gasworks in Warsaw was built in 1857 in Powisle District at Ludna
Street 10/12/14/16. Gasworks was built and exploited by German
Continental Gas Company from Dessau (Deutsche Continental
Gasgesellschaft). It was the source of gas used in gas lanterns in
Warsaw. The gas plant was originally equipped with a horizontal
cast-iron Clegg furnaces, later ceramic furnaces, and after 1910 the
vertical Büb system furnaces. At the beginning two polygonal gas holders
were built (1856-1857), another two - cylindrical gas holders were
built later in 1868 and 1914. In 1888 5km pipe connected it with new
gasworks in Wola District. The gaswork was closed before II world war,
and two oldesr gas holders were demolished, other gas holders burnt
during war, and all building were demolished, when the war has ended.
In the park you can find remains of two gas holders - small hill, and bigger, round hill with small wall ruins.
In the park you can find remains of two gas holders - small hill, and bigger, round hill with small wall ruins.
here you'll find ruins of cylindrical gas holder
Geocache: szukaj nisko przy murku.
Hint: w rurze, za cegłą
geocache is also registered at opencaching.pl and geocaching.com
Benchmark PKP (Polish State Railways)
Posted 18 July, 2012 - 19:36 by meteor2017Translated 18 July, 2012 - 19:40 by meteor2017
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- Poland›Mazowieckie województwo›Piaseczno
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EN: Benchmark PKP (Polish State Railways) is located near Piaseczno-Grójec Narrow Railway, in the wall of abandoned station Szczaki-Złotokłos.
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