Subject: Re: Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark + Singap/Malays ia
Date: Jun 15, 2001 @ 05:59
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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I don't think there is a London Underground station called Aldwych.
The closest one would be Temple. This is near the London/Westminster
border. This border is marked, by the way, by Temple Bar on the spot
where the Strand changes into Fleet Street.

Peter S.

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
> The various Spanish-French and Italian-French road tunnels are
marked I'm
> sure.
> I was near Aldwich tube station in London last year, and at one
nasty road
> intersection, they have quite a complicated series of pedestrian
underpasses
> to cross the streets (so complex, there is a map of the underpass
at each
> set of stairs down off the pavement). In one, marked with a nice
brass
> strip, the city of London and whatever the other one is, was
marked. I hzve
> a photo somewhere...
> BW
>
>
> >From: "Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen" <jesniel@i...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark +
Singap/Malays
> >ia
> >Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:26:03 +0200
> >
> >Speaking of tunnel borders:
> >
> >Does anyone know if any borders within tunnels are marker`?
> >
> >Jesper
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mats Hessman" <Mats@l...>
> >To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> >Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:20 PM
> >Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark +
Singap/Malays
> >ia
> >
> >
> > >
> > > And then there is the case with borders
> > > in tunnels under the sea, and I can think of
> > > only one; France - UK.
> > >
> > > If we think there are only two categories,
> > > land borders and sea borders, then I'd count
> > > bridge/tunnel-border as land borders.
> > >
> > > After all, they have a lot in common with
> > > ordinary land borders; wheeled traffic can
> > > cross them, you can put boundary markers in
> > > the ground on them, overly pedantic customs
> > > officers can harrass you at them and you can
> > > close them with off with fences and barbed wire.
> > >
> > > Then again, they are so special and therefore
> > > exciting to us boundary-nuts, that they may
> > > qualify for a classification of their own?
> > >
> > > Let there be:
> > > 1. Land borders
> > > 2. Sea borders
> > > 3. Man-made-constructions borders
> > >
> > > Btw, does this have any bearing on the discussion
> > > on clave classification? :) Are there man-made
> > > claves? Aren't (weren't) there some quite interesing
> > > cases in the Canal Zone, as has been put forward here
> > > recently?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Hering [mailto:hering@m...]
> > > Sent: 14 June, 2001 22:00
> > > To: BoundaryPoint@egroups.com
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark +
Singap/Malaysia
> > >
> > >
> > > Very interesting subject, Mats!
> > > Quite recently, Jesper and I had a
> > > discussion on this topic:
> > > are boundaries on bridges to be seen
> > > as land boundaries.. it goes not only for
> > > the new "Oeresundbro" betw. Se + Dk,
> > > but for the socalled "causeway" between
> > > Singapore and Malaysia as well - I've
> > > crossed this causeway/dam several times
> > > and recall it to be quite a "broadway"
> > > compared to bridges...
> > > (and quite a dangerous place, btw-
> > > remember Singapore's demands of
> > > everybody looking neat and "beardless"
> > > in the old days...?!?)
> > > Peter H.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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