#Paneeli (Paneel)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe #Sõstramäe
Panel. Construction-material street-name group. See also #Armatuuri.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Construction #Ehitus

#Sõmera (Sõmer)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn
Coarse sand, grain or granule, gravelly, shingly, gritty, the latter two not to be confused. Street named in 1931, two years after Saue, its peer, had been renamed.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Graniidi.

View along Graniidi, Tallinn, from the Soo direction.

Old wall in overgrown plot on Graniidi, Tallinn.

'Kuri koer' - guard dog on active duty in Graniidi, Tallinn.

#Graniidi (Graniit)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Granite. After local depot of paving- and other stones imported from #Finland.
Reposted, with photos!
#Stone #Kivi
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Veerenni põik.

View along Veerenni põik, Tallinn, from the Veerenni direction.

View along Veerenni põik, Tallinn, in the Veerenni direction.

House in Veerenni põik, Tallinn.

#Veerenni põik (Veerenn)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
Side-road on the southern end of #Veerenni essentially serving the Espak building materials company and a few residential houses on the northern side of the road.
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Construction #Ehitus

#Silluse (Sillus)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe
Lintel, supporting crossbeam. Street parallel to #Gaasi.
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Construction #Ehitus
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

Yet another street outside my peregrinations. If you have photos you'd like to share, please do!

Former water tower in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to the Tallinn Tõnismägi high school (Tallinna Tõnismäe Riigigümnaasium).

Another view of the former water tower in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to the Tallinn Tõnismägi high school (Tallinna Tõnismäe Riigigümnaasium).

Yet another tower cum folly in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to a petrol company.

Another view of the tower cum folly in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to a petrol company.

that #Tõnismägi used to be much higher until the damn #Swedes turned up and forced the local peasants to hack off its lofty crags as building material for city earthworks.
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#FragmentsOfHistory #AjalooKillud
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Stylized grafitti with image of city and gecko indicating the odonym of Shopping Street (poetänav in Estonian), In Tallinn.

#Telliskivi (Telliskivi)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn #Kalamaja
Brick, tile. See also #Kivi. Named after brick factory founded in 1879 by #JohannGrabby hence its other former name of Grabbysche Straße (±1884). See #Kopli.
#Industry #Tööstus
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Betooni (Betoon)
Concrete. Construction-material street-name group. See also #Gaasi.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe #Sõstramäe
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

#Armatuuri (Armatuur)
Fixture, (light-)fitting, framework, mounting accessory/ies. Construction-material street-name group, and close to two of the town’s main building supplies’ merchants. See also Asfaldi.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe #Sõstramäe
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Raua (Raud)
Iron, both literally and metonymically, i.e. horse bit, horseshoe, chains, gun… Renamed (1952-1989) as #Gogoli N. during the #Soviet occupation. One of a metals street group. See #Terase.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kompassi
#Metals #Metallid
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Kaabli (Kaabel)
Cable. Second in the electrical circuit. See #Korgi.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Lambi (Lamp)
Lamp, light. Fourth of a ring mains. See #Lüli.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Engineering #Tehnika

#Vase (Vask)
Copper. One of a metals street group. See #Hõbeda.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Juhtme (Juhe)
Lead, wire, conductor. Part of a seven-street electrical-engineer’s fantasia. See also #Kaabli.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#Industry #Tööstus
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Kruusa (Kruus)
Gravel, shingle, ballast. Named after former gravel-pit.
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

#Paide (Paide)
Town in #Järvemaa, south-east of #Tallinn. Known as Tsemendi / Zementstraße / Цементная ул. from 1913ish to 1939.
#Kesklinn #Kitseküla
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

#Graniidi (Graniit)
Granite. After local depot of paving- and other stones imported from, oddly, #Finland.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Stone #Kivi
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid