June 2012: Candes-St.Martin, confluent of the Loire River and the Vienne.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

A short excursion - 3bis



Here's an extra hint: Notice the (nowadays electric) street lantern and the funnel. When you open the door of the 'device' you'll find a small pulley hanging inside ... Come on, don't be shy and take a guess!

5 comments:

Sharon said...

Is it to 'winch' a heat source up to the lamp to light it?

Bob said...

turns on the street light

SP said...

Hmmmm, smaller that I thought...I'm with Sharon.

SP

Jean said...

A bell pull to summon a servant to bring out a torch ??!!

ladybird said...

Hi Sharon, Welcome to my blog and thank you for posting a comment. And congratulations! You've solved the mystery.

Bob, Indeed!

SP, Wise decision!

Jean, Clever but wrong guess. Sorry. ;)

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