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I think the splat from 200 is similar enough to the splat from 2000 that it really doesn't matter.

grandpa always said, past 35 feet it's all the same

 

[Mikel]

1931. Environmentalists will tell you that things have never been worse. In reality air and water quality, as well the extension of forest areas have dramatically improved since this picture was taken.

This one may be a bit later.

Cuyahoga river in 1969.

 

[gozuki]

Back when all the rivers were flammable lol

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

see, look at all the tax money since then, clearly that business structure is working, nice clean air

more taxes will bring back the dinosaurs if we spend enough

 

[rockyota83]

Lunch break in the 70s here at Electric boat, there is a bar to the left out of frame, that used to sell a ton of booze during lunch. Ill have to find the article on it.

interesting how in half that picture everyone is pretty much all walking the same direction then the other half they are all walking the other direction

cool pic and it fits the thread title

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

That red river photo. is that chemicals in the water or algae bloom?

 

[SamuraiKodish]

That red river photo. is that chemicals in the water or algae bloom?

Thats the cuyahoga river in Cleveland. The red is chemical/ pollution from the steel mills and all the industries of Cleveland and Akron. Was likely taken after the notorious river fire in 69.

 

[Mikel]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=2015412645302069

 

[subybaja]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=2015412645302069

"Stockyard workers during lunch hour, Illinois, 1941"

 

[Mikel]

 

[Mikel]

A bit off topic, but amazing photo. March 1945.
Pilot survived but was killed in action two days later.

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

jesus that had to be terrifying for that pilot.. everywhere you look there is fire..

 

[Roc Doc]

I don't think any of those cars made it past 1950. There was a massive technological leap forward when the OEMs refreshed all their product lines after ww2. The difference between early-mid 1930s cars (1930s designs, not something like the model A that was designed in the mid 1920s) is very slim, like the difference you describe between a 2001 and a 2021 car. The difference between a 1940-45 car with design roots in the late 1930s or early 1940s and a late 1940s, early 1950s car is massive.

A 1945 car has a hell of a lot more in common with a 1930s car than it does with a 1948 car. Practically nothing made in the 1930s was being driven as more than just a novelty once the post-ww2 models started showing up.

Before getting drafted into the Army during the Korean war, my Dad drove a Model T from Port Angeles WA to Atlanta GA where it died. He was going to fix it and continue his tour of the US, but Grandpa got sick so he sold it and flew home. I still have the Model T maintenance book and some of the newspaper clippings from the PA paper that featured his letters documenting his travels. PA was pretty sleepy in those days.

 

[Roc Doc]

jesus that had to be terrifying for that pilot.. everywhere you look there is fire..

Run across the wings and hope you don't slip.

 

[Mikel]

 

[grumpy356]

I would take it as "Nothing comes nothing goes."


Really not a crazy idea if you think about it.




Way before food allergies affected anybody I'm sure.

I worked for a supply company and we sold refineries Styrofoam coolers / lunch kits. they would pick one up at the guard gate on their way home. Nothing allowed to leave the refinery.

 

[Mikel]

Civil war

 

[Mikel]

Dodge Brothers car attempting to climb Oregon state capitol stairs, 1915.

 

[Mikel]

A British Tank On An Irish Street

On the 13th of January 1921 a number of British soldiers manning a vehicle-checkpoint on O’Connell Bridge, the main river-crossing in Dublin city, opened fire on a crowd of men, women and chi…

ansionnachfionn.com

 

[Mikel]

Good lord.

These heartbreaking photos show the child workers of Maine's sardine canneries, 1911 - Rare Historical Photos

In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine was hired to report and document the working conditions and exploitation of children across the United States.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

 

[Deuce 40s]

Good lord.

But the island’s economy was primarily directed at the sea. With tides of about 25 feet

That's what I said. Unbelievable.

 

[AKnate]

Back in the day, Connecticut was a busy place.

My pepere worked in a factory that made wire for a while. I believe it was when he came back after WW2. He was in Japan after the bombing, worked as an MP. Not sure what his actual MOS was, he mentioned that he spent some time getting trained on operating tanks, and I have a photo of him and a buddy sitting on a fighter plane, like they may have had something to do with it. Could have just been they had access to it though, dunno.

Many of his brothers and sisters ended up in the Hartford area and stayed their whole lives. I think they were 11 or 12 kids.

His 2 brothers that were taking over the farm died in a car crash, hitched a ride one evening and the driver was drunk. Back then drunk driving wasn't a big deal, not like today for sure. Anyhow, his Dad was going to lose the place (I guess he was a drunk too). So my pepere quit the good paying job, bought the farm and took it over. Farmed potatoes until 1993 when he retired.

In the 60s-80s, he was one of the biggest outfits in the area, farming about 100-150 acres.
I know by today's standards that's tiny, but it was common to have 10-20 acre farms back then. Even when I was a kid in the 90s, the biggest farm was "only" doing 400-500 acres.
100 acres was more than enough to earn an okay living and have at times 15-20 workers.

 

[Sceep]

That's what I said. Unbelievable.

Had to look it up.

"The world's largest tidal range of 16.3 metres (53.5 feet) occurs in Bay of Fundy, Canada, a similar range is experienced at Ungava Bay also in Canada and the United Kingdom regularly experiences tidal ranges up to 15 metres (49 feet) between England and Wales in the Bristol Channel."

 

[XtremeJ]

Had to look it up.

"The world's largest tidal range of 16.3 metres (53.5 feet) occurs in Bay of Fundy, Canada, a similar range is experienced at Ungava Bay also in Canada and the United Kingdom regularly experiences tidal ranges up to 15 metres (49 feet) between England and Wales in the Bristol Channel."

Did my 200 tonne Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster Offshore license in the Cornwall area of the UK early 90's. Had only ever experienced 3 - 5 foot tides that happen twice a day.

Was a bit of a shock to have tidal range of 25 foot plus, and if you were far enough up a river or estuary, the tide sometimes occurs only once a day. Currents due to these tides were often in the 5 - 8 kts range, a challenge in the 35 foot sailboat used for the test. Leave the marina in the morning and the pilings holding the docks were about 6 foot above water level, return in the afternoon and the pilings were 25 foot in the air, and a lot of the anchored and moored boats were lying on their sides in the mud.

 

[Deuce 40s]

return in the afternoon and the pilings were 25 foot in the air, and a lot of the anchored and moored boats were lying on their sides in the mud.

I'd wash in from out of town to find a hotel, tie up with about 3 feet of slack in the lines like I normally would, and wake up the next morning to my cleats swinging in the breeze.

 

[AKnate]

1931. Environmentalists will tell you that things have never been worse. In reality air and water quality, as well the extension of forest areas have dramatically improved since this picture was taken.

This one may be a bit later.

Cuyahoga river in 1969.

Is that poo or rust?

 

[Mikel]

 

[Sceep]

Is that poo or rust?

REport to POST 67.

 

[AKnate]

REport to POST 67.

I'm not reading 3 page of writings!

 

[Sceep]

I'm not reading 3 page of writings!

all you have to do is read one single post.