tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post3389323004819840782..comments2024-03-10T03:34:53.803-07:00Comments on German Bunker in my Garden: Some Progress!CY88http://www.blogger.com/profile/03682490892446986259noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-46924576749602379452010-06-11T12:23:10.824-07:002010-06-11T12:23:10.824-07:00Your Fumigator is a Flamethrower. it would be fill...Your Fumigator is a Flamethrower. it would be filled with napalm and a smal area for compressed air. the back would be work like a backpack while a hose going to a spraying nozzle would ignite the napalm on its way outAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786608338865178036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-52413605006915606832009-10-24T13:54:16.993-07:002009-10-24T13:54:16.993-07:00Its been over a year, any new updates?Its been over a year, any new updates?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03216572033265221193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-27028859715655870592009-05-30T20:01:59.510-07:002009-05-30T20:01:59.510-07:00Any progress on the bunker or is it a dead project...Any progress on the bunker or is it a dead project?PhotoFlow3https://www.blogger.com/profile/00869473501153897442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-85986330906386754312009-05-14T10:00:00.001-07:002009-05-14T10:00:00.001-07:00hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just vi...hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-90781096670872177962009-04-13T16:23:00.000-07:002009-04-13T16:23:00.000-07:00Any updates?Any updates?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968522005547258884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-67962317274507726172009-03-06T14:38:00.000-08:002009-03-06T14:38:00.000-08:00It seems feasible that the rods with insulating po...It seems feasible that the rods with insulating porcelain cones were used for telegraph wires, given that near enough all bunkers were linked up with a telegraph system, for military communications.<BR/><BR/>Presumably, the wires used at the time were bare with no insulating outer layer, which would explain the need for porcelain insulators where the wires are attached to the poles.Dan Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892072282063775477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-38066421319023525402009-01-18T15:33:00.000-08:002009-01-18T15:33:00.000-08:00HiThe ceramic jobbies are insulators, and i can te...Hi<BR/><BR/>The ceramic jobbies are insulators, and i can tell you that they were used to carry both power and telephone lines. my grandfather was an communications engineer at the end of the war and i've still got some things that look like that at the back of a shed somewhere!rat256https://www.blogger.com/profile/02874089773925525478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-85490217204852854412008-11-18T04:42:00.000-08:002008-11-18T04:42:00.000-08:00What, no more updates :-oWhat, no more updates :-oolimortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225568711337273927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-91427779908976495852008-11-15T15:06:00.000-08:002008-11-15T15:06:00.000-08:00I would assume the caps weren't for use in the bun...I would assume the caps weren't for use in the bunker itself, unless you've found actual piping going through the roof. Probably, they were used or intended for use on the exhaust pipes of heating stoves in above ground structures. If you've ever seen old episodes of MASH, the stove they have in the center of the Swamp is typical of these.<BR/><BR/>That isn't any type of flamethrower I'm familiar with. They almost always have separate tanks, one for fuel and one for propellant, usually air or oxygen. The tanks are thick metal, like welding tanks, and are carried on a simple tube steel frame, with the backpack straps attached to that. Probably a pump sprayer of some kind, but who can tell what for now?Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887217957635993312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-10116824644197732322008-11-03T10:25:00.000-08:002008-11-03T10:25:00.000-08:00As psha said, those ceramic things are insulators....As <B>psha</B> said, those ceramic things are insulators. They aren't just for electric fences, however, they're used for all sorts of electrical wiring. Shielding around the wiring wasn't very good back then (before plastics were widely used), so anything that carried a significant amount of current had to be suspended by ceramic or glass insulators to keep it from grounding out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309005222673793100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-49102922319244715502008-10-27T10:30:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:30:00.000-07:00Could it be a flamethrower? Given that rifles were...Could it be a flamethrower? Given that rifles were stored there it's possible that other weapons were too.<BR/><BR/>Doe's it look anything like these? http://www.waffenhq.de/infanterie/flammenwerfer41.html<BR/><BR/>RickAWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991669656543792379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-19716881759063737522008-10-25T05:39:00.000-07:002008-10-25T05:39:00.000-07:00the first pictures look like chimney caps http://w...the first pictures look like chimney caps http://www.markandbuttons.com/images/products/chimney_caps/SS_Round_Cone_small.jpgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10928752803873499328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-42660789387020708332008-10-23T21:45:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:45:00.000-07:00about time for the update! I check on a less freq...about time for the update! I check on a less frequent basis now than when you first discovered it, but still coming back. <BR/><BR/>The caps look like stove top or vent caps.<BR/><BR/>i eagerly await more pictures.<BR/><BR/>Rod<BR/><BR/>Duluth, MN, USArod.bibeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034679660106918536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-67388351165139458412008-10-22T09:29:00.000-07:002008-10-22T09:29:00.000-07:00Greetings from Seattle! I am so glad to see an up...Greetings from Seattle! I am so glad to see an update on your tunnel. My first thought about the photo you posted of the caps was also an exhaust or chimney cap.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178592066635902741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-77694529289840381032008-10-22T01:38:00.000-07:002008-10-22T01:38:00.000-07:00Those ceramic insulators are used on electric fenc...Those ceramic insulators are used on electric fences. Here's one: http://flickr.com/photos/mnesterpics/2420580239/<BR/><BR/>But what about that canister? My first though was flamethrower, but that's probably just my imagination running wild.<BR/><BR/>Love the blog btw, keep up the exploring!Pshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371215109091189568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-64013256959681012382008-10-19T14:23:00.000-07:002008-10-19T14:23:00.000-07:00The caps look like typical exhaust caps used for s...The caps look like typical exhaust caps used for stoves and the like. They could have gone up to ground level and the caps would have kept out the rain. Or maybe they were intended to and they were never installed?<BR/><BR/>Here's a similar one.<BR/>http://www.shepherdshut.co.nz/giovanni_stoves.htmlChris Bachmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810735817077453669noreply@blogger.com