Posted by yellow_wallpaper Nope. H. |
Posted by Tanuki Beer. Bribe us with beer. It works. KK likes everybody after about 3 pitchers. |
Posted by surekill I thought they dug up and got rid of the cistern at some point? besides it was never shown to connect to those drains. It was stand alone, at least from the drawings in Dr Lai's book. |
Posted by surekill Isn't there like 20 or 30 feet between the drain and the storefronts? I didn't think this cistern thing was more than 10 feet wide was it? Well, anything's possible maybe it's deeper than the "original" storefront. |
Posted by surekill The drain is about 16 or 20 feet underground right? Was this drain and cistern thing put in before or after they raised Johnson St? I know the brick goes right up to the current street level but maybe the extra brickwork was added afterwards? Maybe the cistern was on the other side of the drain, more towards the water. Perhaps he just got its position wrong in the book? Didn't it also say they removed the cistern at some point? |
Posted by Tanuki History prof at UVic? I'd be interested in chatting with him. Probably several of us would be. Any chance of disclosing his name, perhaps over beer? I'm sure you could get a tunnel tour out of it. JP and I have undisputable evidence that the cistern isn't where Dr. L would put it, because we've been beneath Victoria at that location and it wasn't there. |
Posted by A. Lien I was pondering your AV, and thinking that you are Asian, and perhaps an observer of sorts, someone who might hang back a bit. Then I saw your self portrait. hmmm. (I can relate to the photo reporter type of strategy) |
Posted by yellow_wallpaper Well, considering I'm not old enough to get into a bar, I'd have to take a rain cheque. I'll pm his name to anyone who wants it; however, you must use it for good and not evil. Haha. |
Posted by yellow_wallpaper Hmm. You're off by a continent. I'm Ukrainian and just very short. Yellow Wallpaper is a short story writen in the 1800s about mental illness and confinement. |
Posted by Tanuki They have the book at UVic special collections, I'll check it out tomorrow. Does anyone know if there's an easy way to search the back issues of the TC? |
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