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December 15, 2008
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English text on the right |
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Dagens baghave: |
Backyard of the Day: |
London Bridge, Lake Havasu
City, La Paz County, Arizona
The London Bridge is located in
Lake Havasu City in La Paz County, Arizona.
"London Bridge is falling
down, falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
my fair lady..."
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Og faldt gjorde den, London
Bridge, i hvert fald sank den langsomt, og inden man vidste af det,
stod den her ved Lake Havasu i stedet for i London.
I øvrigt var barnesangen
om London Bridge skrevet om en meget ældre forgænger til
denne bro, som blev revet ned under en kamp mellem danske pirater og
den norske viking Olaf Haraldsons mænd i 1014. |
And fall it did, or at least it
sank little by little, and before anybody knew it, the bridge was
standing here at Lake Havasu instead of in London.
Incidentally, the nursery rhyme
about London Bridge was written about a much older predecessor to
this bridge, which was pulled down in a battle between Danish pirates
and Norwegian Viking Olaf Haraldson's men in 1014. |
Velkommen til Paradis! ~ Welcome
to Paradise!
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Der har været en London
Bridge i London i de sidste 2000 år, og den, der nu står
i Lake Havasu City, blev bygget i 1831. Broen, som er bygget af
granit, var oprindelig beregnet til fodtrafik, og efterhånden
som tungere, motoriseret trafik tog til, begyndte den langsomt at
synke. Da det blev besluttet først i 1960'erne at broen skulle
erstattes med en ny, blev den gamle købt af Robert Paxton
McCulloch, som netop havde grundlagt Lake Havasu City. Broen blev
taget fra hinanden, de 10.276 enkeltdele blev nummereret, og den blev
genopført her. |
There has been a London Bridge
in London for the last 2000 years, and the one that now stands here
in Lake Havasu City was built in 1831. The bridge, which is built
from granite, was originally meant for pedestrian traffic, and as
heavier, motorized traffic increased, it began to sink slowly. When
it was decided in the early 1960's to replace the bridge with a new
one, the old one was purchased by Robert Paxton McCulloch, who had
just established Lake Havasu City. The bridge was dismantled, the
10,276 pieces were marked, and it was reassembled here. |
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