#Räniliiva (Räniliiv)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
#Silica sand, arenaceous quartz. Part of a sand and concrete materials group, see #Silikaltsiidi.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#BuildingMaterial #Ehitusmaterjal
#Construction #Ehitus
#Sand #Liiv

Street named after a children’s novel about the hero as seen through his son’s eyes, by #AaduHint (born #AdolfEdmundHint, 1910-1989, brother of #JohannesHint, see #Silikaltsiidi): #VessePoeg, Vesse’s Son.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#Literature #Kirjandus
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#Silikaltsiidi (Silikaltsiit)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku #Liiva
#Silicalcite, aka silicate concrete, a building-material more commonly known as #Laprex, invented and manufactured by #JohannesHint (brother of #AaduHint, see #Vesse),...
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#Silikaadi (Silikaat)
#Silicate. #SovietOccupation renaming of #Risti, after the local building-materials industry started by one of #Estonia’s Über-Ministers (Labor, Welfare, War, Roads), #OskarAmberg (1878-1963) in the early 1920s. 1.5 km from the sand/concrete materials group, see #Silikaltsiidi.