[Shadowmuse Blown]

Got them thar new fancy four digit phone number listed. But no headlights.

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[solvegas]

Skoda 305mm model 1911 German siege howitzer. Since the Napoleonic era, the single biggest cause of deaths in the battlefield is artillery. Think that is old fashioned? In the present Russia-Ukraine war, that is very true. 

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New York City 1899

[solvegas]

Baltimore Harbor 1900. 

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[MaxBigfoot]

It... has masts in the middle of the runway...?   

[solvegas]

It... has masts in the middle of the runway...?   

They were removable when they launched and landed aircraft. The Langley was a training and experimental ship. It was nicknamed the covered wagon.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

I’d love to see the mechanism for bringing the planes up from below.

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The building of NYC’s first subway line just after the turn of the last century.

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[solvegas]

I’d love to see the mechanism for bringing the planes up from below.

The Langley did not have elevators and she didn't steam too far from port. Her aircraft were stored on deck and were removed and loaded by crane on pier. In wartime, she was used as a transport but was not allowed to engage the enemy. She was scrapped immediately after World War 2.

[solvegas]

1930's New York Central Streamliner locomotive. Pretty cool looking. 

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I’d love to see the mechanism for bringing the planes up from below.

The Langley did not have elevators and she didn't steam too far from port. Her aircraft were stored on deck and were removed and loaded by crane on pier. In wartime, she was used as a transport but was not allowed to engage the enemy. She was scrapped immediately after World War 2.

Interesting.  Thanks solvegas!

[Shadowmuse Blown]

The building of NYC’s first subway line just after the turn of the last century.

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