Brutkey

Daniel Schildt
@autiomaa@mementomori.social

Most comical mistake in the UK:

"The workmen hauled in the chain, along with a large block of wood that was attached to the end of it, and knocked off for a tea-break."

"By the time they all returned, the canal had disappeared. It was then that realisation dawned. Jack and his men had pulled out the plug of the canal. One-and-a-half miles of waterway had gone down the drain."
https://issuu.com/madeinn/docs/made_julyaug_issue17_issuu/s/10719854

#UK #history


Tor Lillqvist
@tml@mementomori.social

@autiomaa@mementomori.social Is there any information on how long it took for that stretch of canal to be filled with water again, one wonders?

Daniel Schildt
@autiomaa@mementomori.social

Sattuu sitä virheitä työmiehille muuallakin. Britit vahingossa vetivät tulpan pois kanavasta, jolloin pari kilometriä vettä katosi 1770-luvulla rakennettuun viemäriin. Josta ei ollut mitään tietoa kenelläkään.