#Priimurru (Priimurd)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Väo
Surface (lit. ‘free’) or open-pit mine. No prizes for guessing what you’ll find at the end of the street. See #Väomurru.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Industry #Tööstus

#Malmi (Malm)
Cast iron. After local iron foundry. Scrap iron is #malmimurd. (see #Väomurru). The word also designates a sort of loamy earth especially good for brick-making. Prolonged by #Valgevase.
#Tööstus #Industry
#Onomastics #Onomastika

#Väomurru (Väomurd)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Väo
Metonym (usually #kivimurd: #murd = break/fraction) for the almost 500-ha #VäoLubjakivimaardla ([#Ordovician] limestone deposit) quarry in #Väo.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusmaterjalid
#Geology #Geoloogia

#Priimurru (Priimurd)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Väo
Surface (lit. ‘free’) or open-pit mine. No prizes for guessing what you’ll find at the end of the street. See #Väomurru.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Rocks #Kivid
#Industry #Tööstus
#Construction #Ehitus