[modeleng] Re: Alternatives for sleepers Jarrah now OT
- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:00:39 -0000
Jabrock is a hard wood grown in the Philippines.
Not too common now as so much of all woods there have been depleted.
Lignum is, I believe, from a south American tree.
As for wood for roads, I once came across the amount of wear on wooden roads
in London, and added it to my website as the sort of trivia that might
interest someone.
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.alanstepney.info
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----- Original Message -----
From: <KJones9154@xxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:45 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Alternatives for sleepers Jarrah now OT
In a message dated 21/11/2004 12:37:17 GMT Standard Time,
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Before the era of
> bitumen roads, famous roads in cities such as London and Berlin were paved
> with blocks of jarrah.
>
I have been interested in the discussions about Jarrah because my father,
(who was an aircraft fitter in the 1940s) occaisionaly brought home blocks
of a
material which he called Jabrock.
This material was made up of wooden laminations each about 1/16 inch thick
and appeared to be available in thicknesses up to about 3 inches. It was
very
hard and surprisingly heavy for a product used in aircraft. Could this have
been
made from Jarrah?.
Another thing which has always intriged me is - what does a lignum vitea
tree
look like?.
Ken Jones, in dark but mild (11DegsC) Berkshire
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