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I'm still leaning (ha, ha) towards it being a ladder, though I can see these other possibilities. It seems like the rungs on the actual ladder are closer together than they are in the shadow. Now that its blown up in size I notice what looks like a brace or bracket running to the wall at about...

The concept of putting an underwater firing gun on this submarine has to be pure fantasy. The basic physics of the resistance of water to an object moving through it, which slows an object relying purely on momentum, like a bullet, very quickly, is why torpedoes, which are powered all the way to...

Well, I'm not buying that trees that slid into a lake due to an earthquake that liquified the soil would be standing upright and firmly rooted in the soil. Also I'm not buying that trees that have been underwater for 1100 years would be "as sound and fresh as timber felled on Washington's slopes...

Thanks Cemen. Crazy stuff. Looks like he had a hard time deciding where to place that exhaust. This pic looks like his best version. I've ridden all kinds of motorcycles in all kinds of situations over the years but when I look at the contraptions they were riding back then I've just gotta...

Yeah, no. Who knew that making shoes was such a profitable business, that one could invest their spare time and money in making actual live torpedoes and also buy a schooner to fire them from. I guess there wasn't much oversight of these sorts of things back then. So the torpedo had no...

I don't believe in meteors, nor satellites (you know where I'm coming from). Its interesting how different the rock looks in the early two pics from the "today" pics. I wouldn't recognize it as the same chunk. Maybe they're displaying the side that was down in the first two shots. When you...

Wow, the thorough nature of your research never ceases to amaze me. I have over 35 years in the motorcycle industry behind me so my eye is always drawn to bikes. I haven't seen this one before, even in my Encyclopedia of Motorcycles. Interesting that these do have pedals like a bicycle. The...

Wow, there's a lot to look at on this page. The amount of research you do is just phenomenal. I've always felt that many of these streets in these old photos are way overbuilt if designed for horse powered traffic, but I hadn't considered the point you made about horse manure. Do you think that...

Good research and an interesting idea I hadn't heard of. The electric version in an elevated format seems very practical for use in cities. I don't think having to build and maintain that strong upper rail and supports makes much sense for long distances through rural areas. As far as when the...

There should be horses and horse drawn coaches outside of any building being visited by people who have come from farther than walking distance, just as we park our cars outside of places we visit. Not visible in these pictures. I think if this city was burned to thwart Napoleon then they must...

So... I took some time and examined these pictures, which are remarkably good for 1867, if we can believe the date, as always. I didn't do anything high tech, just made them as large as I could and looked at them in detail with my reading glasses on. I did come up with a few things, including...