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Another Victorian Bowling Lane

December 4th, 2009 admin No comments

The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, UK houses this old set of bowling lanes. It is assumed to be from the Victorian era and was installed for the benefit of the naval pensioners. Ironically, the morgue is next door.
I keep finding more of these old lanes hidden away in estates or old facilities, untouched [...]

Transatlantic tunnel telescope – Victorian mad science

May 30th, 2008 admin No comments

This bit of Victorian mad science is a joint venture between New York and London. Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St. George dreamed of creating the Telectroscope, a giant tunnel under the Atlantic connecting two giant telescopes.
Now people on the street in London can see people on the street in New York. Well actually it is [...]