Theme Day for August: Metal

The City Daily Photo Blog theme for August 1 is "metal." Now what might look like a fairly depressing picture, taken yesterday, is actually a little bit of history. This is the sidewalk in Waddington Alley, one of Victoria's oldest streets. Look closely at the "pavement" and you will see it is actually made of wood blocks, a fairly common road building material in 1908. Today's photo theme, "metal," here is the curb, which has a heavy iron edge to it. Waddington Alley used to get a lot of carriage traffic and carriages had iron-clad wheels. To protect the curb from these wheels, the curb was sheathed in iron also.

Many other City Daily Photo Bloggers have posted on this theme today. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants