Photos From History Thread

[FoolKiller]

Rag & Bone men still exist. Just put any kind of junk on the side of the road and it will be gone in a few hours. My in-laws just did this with old, broken lawn chairs. They set them by the road (we have a large item pick up coming this week) and before dinner they were gone. I've seen guys in flea markets that look like they just set up a junk yard.

Then there are the people that scour yard sales and estate auctions and then sell things for a profit on eBay or to collectors.

 

[W3H5]

But who made sure the knocker uppers' knocker uppers woke up at the right time? Did they have knocker uppers?

I can only guess that maybe they lived by a church that had morning bells.

Rag & Bone men still exist. Just put any kind of junk on the side of eth road and it will be gone in a few hours.

They have been replace in Britainby the pikey. You wouldn't even need to put your old fridge/bicycle/coffee table out front, they'll lift it straight from your back yard. Chances are you probably didn't want to through out the item, but hey, try don't charge a penny for carrying it away.

I also think that most glues these days are of a chemical makeup.

 

[Liquid]

Antonov An-225

The only plane of its kind based off the earlier An-124, the Ukrainian An-225's original purpose was to transport Soviet spaceplanes. Upon decommissioning it has since been in use as a cargo plane for a specialist airline.

It is still the longest aeroplane ever built at 275' 7" / 87m and the heaviest aeroplane ever built with a maximum take-off weight of 640 metric tonnes.

1989

1990

2014

 

[Cano]

That thing is impossibly awesome.

 

[W3H5]

11 out of 10 for cool factor.

 

[W3H5]

Sorry. Phone glitch.

 

[Liquid]

One more of the Antonov.

 

[mister dog]

Back on topic

Circus hippo 1924

 

[catamount39]

Is that FDR?!

Somewhere in eastern Canada a Canadian Pacifc 4-4-0 runs a mixed train through the wilderness. The 4-4-0 in the picture is now preserved and running at the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, Ontario. The loco was originally built in 1883, and received modern features in later years. The CPR used these little steamers a lot on branchlines along with there 4-6-0's.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Antonov An-225

The only plane of its kind based off the earlier An-124, the Ukrainian An-225's original purpose was to transport Soviet spaceplanes. Upon decommissioning it has since been in use as a cargo plane for a specialist airline.

It is still the longest aeroplane ever built at 275' 7" / 87m and the heaviest aeroplane ever built with a maximum take-off weight of 640 metric tonnes.

1989

1990

2014

When I first saw a picture of this thing, I couldn't believe that a six engined plane even existed.

 

[Lizard]

If I ever become mega rich I am going to pay someone to make me one and fit it out to be a private jet.

 

[BobK]

When I first saw a picture of this thing, I couldn't believe that a six engined plane even existed.

Not six, but ten engines. Six piston, and four jet.

And there were planes with even more engines.

 

[Liquid]

When I first saw a picture of this thing, I couldn't believe that a six engined plane even existed.

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Not six, but ten engines. Six piston, and four jet.

And there were planes with even more engines.

While we all have heard of the Hercules H-4, the Dornier Do X is the largest, heaviest and most powerful successful flying boat in history. Although only three were built, they did see commercial use from 1929-1933.

It was built at a time during interbellum Germany's Versailles imposed ban on the speed and range of its aircraft so the factory which built these was in what were technically Swiss waters on Lake Constance.

Twelve engines in total; six fore facing and six aft facing.

Twelve engines means twelve throttles and twelve different sets of dials in the engine room.

 

[turbolefty78]

Tree'd big time, but what the heck, this is still a cool historical pic.

In response to the 6 engine'd plane remark up above, here's a B-52 on takeoff with all 8 thrusting. You can make out each individual exhaust stream. Earlier versions also had rocket assist because the early engine models combined thrust wasn't quite up to the task of getting a fully loaded bird aloft. Nowadays? Piece-o-cake. Engine designs that is, not the plane. They're all down in the Tucson desert, slowly getting scrapped out.

 

[mister dog]

 

[catamount39]

The amount of planes and trains in this thread is too damn high

It's too dang low that's what it is.

 

[mister dog]

It's too dang low that's what it is.

I don't mind looking at old planes or trains, but i suppose this thread is more about history in itself (events and people). And on that note; car crash anno 1921:

 

[catamount39]

I don't mind looking at old planes or trains, but i suppose this thread is more about history in itself (events and people).

I'll try and dig around for something.

 

[Liquid]

 

[Lizard]

Which year is that from?

 

[FoolKiller]

The experiment was a success. The creature came to life. None of the doctors were ever heard from again.

 

[Adamgp]

Looks like it was pre 1949. I don't see anyone in the observation seats eating Junior Mints.

 

[Liquid]

It's pretty vague but I'd hazard a guess of 1890-1930.

 

[Touring Mars]

It's 1901, apparently... it includes Vincenz Czerny who died in 1916... so unless that's him on the stretcher, it must be pre-1916.

 

[Dennisch]

It's a photo of Vincenz Czerny, the guy with the beard next to the guy in black.

He was quite a ground breaker

He died in 1916 so it's safe to say that the picture was taken before that.

Hmm. Tree'd.

 

[Lizard]

When did they stop using viewing galleries? Quite unhygienic. I thought they were mostly gone by the 1900's.

 

[Malcolm Tucker]

All the planes got me thinking about those crazy russian ekranoplans

 

[cmbeal317]

How about the Heinkel He 111 Z

The He 11Z was developed to tow the rather large Me 321 transport gliders...

The He 111Z was also developed to overcome the problems with the first two options for towing the Me 321. First was the underpowered Junkers Ju 90 which was used in conjunction with JATO(Jet Assisted Takeoff) engines mounted on the Me 321...

The Ju 90 was then replaced by a trio of Me 110 fighters, which proved to be extremely dangerous and required an incredible amount of coordination be the pilots of all three glider tugs...

Eventually though, the Germans decided to just mount engines on the Me 321 and created the Me 323...

 

[ScottPuss20]

All the planes got me thinking about those crazy russian ekranoplans

That is off the scale and totally crazy

 

[scourgehedge]

How about the Heinkel He 111 Z

The He 11Z was developed to tow the rather large Me 321 transport gliders...

The He 111Z was also developed to overcome the problems with the first two options for towing the Me 321. First was the underpowered Junkers Ju 90 which was used in conjunction with JATO(Jet Assisted Takeoff) engines mounted on the Me 321...

The Ju 90 was then replaced by a trio of Me 110 fighters, which proved to be extremely dangerous and required an incredible amount of coordination be the pilots of all three glider tugs...

Eventually though, the Germans decided to just mount engines on the Me 321 and created the Me 323...

what the f is that plane with 6 props?!