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Work in progress

A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, a couple of entries still pending, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1889 of the 1891 articles entered, 1 or 2 links may go nowhere.

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

Home

Truubi (Truup)

Pipe, flue, drain, covered trench, culvert and ‘little bridge’. In line with Trummi to which it is perpendicular, the meaning here hovers between the latter three acceptions. Named to match other streets in a hydrology-themed sector. See also, but rather oddly, Alliksoo.

Tuha (Tuhk)

Ash, cinders, and cinders = Cinders = Cinderella, in Estonian Tuhkatriinu: Ash-Katie. Street built over limestone quarries filled with oil-shale ash. For interested parties, there is a põlevkivimuuseum (oil-shale museum) in Kohtla-Järve, 165 km E of Tallinn. One of a rock-based neighborhood. See Kivimurru.

Tuhkpuu (Tuhkpuu)

Cotoneaster, member of the rose family, related to hawthorns, etc. Renaming of the north, western or ‘top left’ end of Lõhmuse põik in 2016. Tree/shrub group, see Kontpuu.

Tuletorni (Tuletorn)

Lighthouse. Apparently a renaming of Päe põik, road leading up to Tallinna Ülemine Tuletorn (Tallinn upper lighthouse' located at ///campers.ramp.alarm, sometimes known as Katharinenthal Rear Light, but correctly as Tallinn leading-line rear lighthouse, visible at 12.6 nautical miles. Top one third an optimistically-named black and bottom two thirds white. For lighthouses, see also Valge.

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