A Year in Pictures – Żuraw at Night

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The Żuraw is the old medieval crane of Gdańsk: an enormously tall building with a giant treadmill-driven pulley system inside for lifting cargo from ships. Kyle and I arrived in Gdańsk late at night and discovered our hotel was just across the Motława River from the Żuraw, and so we spent a little while admiring (and photographing) the view. The stillness of the night meant the reflection was absolutely lovely.

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Comments

[brooksmoses]

Nifty!

I was curious and found a couple of pictures from Google image search (here and here) that showed how the mechanisms worked and the interior was laid out.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's lovely.

(Sorry I can never say anything more articulate! But really, it's lovely. :-D)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize! "Oh, that's lovely" tells me people are looking at the pictures and enjoying them, which is important to know. If all I got was crickets, I would start doubting whether this was worth the effort.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Oh what a gorgeous reflection shot.