#Telliskivi (Telliskivi)
Brick, tile. See also #Kivi. Named after brick factory founded in 1879 by Johann Grabby hence its other former name of Grabbysche Straße (±1884). See #Kopli.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn #Kalamaja
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
#Stone #Kivi
#Tööstuse (Tööstus)
Industry, manufacture; workshop, plant, factory. Located in a former industrial part of Tallinn. Part of this street once known as #Soo.
#Tallinn #Põhja-Tallinn #Kalamaja #Karjamaa #Hundipea
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
#Sõlme (Sõlm)
Knot, loop. Crossing #Puu, one would hope it’s not not a knot of the arboreal persuasion but, no, formerly #Köie põik after local rope workshops.
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
#Virve (Virve)
Flicker (sound, light or wave), wavering, ripple, reflecting its proximity to Ülemiste lake. Crosses #Laine. Also outdated woman’s name.
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
#Seebi (Seep)
Soap. After local soap operation founded 1881. Word loaned from MLG for soap, sēpe, conflicting somewhat with the EES proposal expressed in #Sauna.
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
#KeepingItClean
#Elektri (Elekter)
Electricity. Known briefly, 1959-1960, as #Iili, by which they probably mean a blast or gust (of wind) rather than clepsine, an outdated term for the glossiphonid or snail-leech. All the more so since its previous name was #Tuule.
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus
