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Jonty Wareing

@gigabecquerel Did you just happen to notice this or did you find out another way? I can't find it documented online _at all_!

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gigabecquerel

@jonty Got a tip from someone who knows someone, as these things usually go

Jonty Wareing

@gigabecquerel Fantastic. Super curious how widespread this is on the U-Bahn, I find it hard to believe it was just used in one station.

Will absolutely be visiting that station after CCC camp later this year!

gigabecquerel

@jonty There were (or still are) some tiles at the potsdamer platz (the red line at the ceiling), but that's in the old part of the station which is currently locked out for construction.
I fear it will end up looking like the rest of the station pretty soon, without any uranium in sight.
Found out about that one right here:
allradioactive.com/radioactive

Sven

@jonty @gigabecquerel I found a stray reference to Rosenthaler standing out for it, so it's probably at least used way more there than elsewhere.

But the architect did like 70 stations in Berlin (1910s-30s), so it wouldn't be too surprising if a few more used such glazes in smaller places. Most orange stations I can think of are distinctively 70s though.

Sven

@jonty @gigabecquerel (uranium glaze is limited to orange to red, no bright yellow, right?)

Jonty Wareing

@HeNeArXn @gigabecquerel "Vibrant colors of orange, yellow, red, green, blue, black, mauve, etc. were produced" from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_

I am amused by the concept of vibrant black

Sven

@jonty @gigabecquerel ah ok, seems the orange-red is just the highest concentrations

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