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Started by panda, February 15, 2006, 08:09:44 PM

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NejinOniwa

YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Chocofreak13

so THAT'S where muffins come from.
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stewartsage


Bella

@Stew: What kind of antenna are those in the third pic?

Quote from: stewartsage on February 07, 2012, 09:37:34 AM

Must've been Bells.

Yes! I have trouble believing you're as apathetic as you say you are...

stewartsage

They aren't, they're power transmission line towers.

Bella

Now that you mention it, I can just barely see the power lines running through them. Where/when was that photo taken? And why such an unusual tower design?

Chocofreak13

it's like a tesla coil, only it's a tesla cage. :\
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stewartsage

On the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod.  They were what you call hyperboloid towers designed by the man himself Vladamir Shukhov for the power company in 1927.  The picture's from 1988 a year before the line was rerouted and the towers decommissioned.  However, the company still maintains the surviving tower as a monument to Shukov's work.  It's twin was illegally demolished by scrappers in 2005.

Chocofreak13

too bad that one was taken down, and then taken down again. seems like a cool way to get power. :\
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stewartsage


Chocofreak13

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stewartsage


Chocofreak13

remind me to post that picture of that license plate i saw today.
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NejinOniwa

YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Chocofreak13

#5204
poor thing, she's a pony burger. xD
EDIT: FOR YOOOOOOUUUUUU







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