tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post4640023845791950327..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: The fate of yesterday's guns (part 1)Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-46427197727818015832012-11-10T14:11:18.516+13:002012-11-10T14:11:18.516+13:00Thanks, Sandy. I did pop into the library there to...Thanks, Sandy. I did pop into the library there to see if there was anything -- couldn't find any info. Whatever you turn up would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Next part's coming, on the Albert Park guns.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-16227220049299610222012-11-10T13:50:49.861+13:002012-11-10T13:50:49.861+13:00Lisa fantastic post!
I'll talk to the history ...Lisa fantastic post!<br />I'll talk to the history curator at work about the guns. See what i can did up. This is sort of in my area of care now also at the museum. Fascinating!<br /><br />Cheers<br />SarndraSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-8087093315494939152012-11-06T01:09:56.188+13:002012-11-06T01:09:56.188+13:00While historically it's a "WTF??" th...While historically it's a "WTF??" thing to our eyes today, back then it was economics. I read somewhere that before World War I, the main country buying scrap metal was -- Germany. Which was outbid by Japan in the scrap metal market between the wars. The pig iron, along with the scrap metal, would have been just as useful to Japanese manufacturing plants. In America, the Chinese Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-20882882297400757882012-11-06T00:56:09.789+13:002012-11-06T00:56:09.789+13:00Australia did better than send scrap metal to Japa...Australia did better than send scrap metal to Japan pre WWII. We sent 'pig iron', whatever that is. Well, not purified iron, it seems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com