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All technology has an expiry date

13. September 202118. January 2022 No Comments

You are probably reading this article on a smartphone, without thinking about it, as all other technology has an expiry date, where it no longer can be used. Even though the hardware might still work, one day it will fall silent. The first step will be when the operating system no longer will be supported […]

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Route 66

5. August 202115. June 2022 1 Comment

Route 66 is one of the most popular road trip destinations in the world, with thousands of people travelling from Chicago to LA every year, on everything from bicycles to RV campers. Route-66 is also called “The Mother road”, and was the first interstate road in America that was covered with asphalt from end to […]

Closed Gasconade River Bridge" on Route 66

Missouri

The Gasconade River Bridge

4. August 202116. June 2022 1 Comment

The Gasconade River Bridge was built in the 1920s, and was a part of the old Route 66, between Chicago Illinois and Los Angeles in California. In December 2014 the bridge was closed permanently, after having been degraded as a emergency bypass road for several years. During the flooding of Central Missouri in December 2015, […]

German Molch M391 midget submarine beeing transported thru Copenhagen by the British army after the liberation - 1945 - The Danish occupation museum

Countries

German equipment under the second world war

3. August 202116. September 2021 No Comments

Submarines Molch Unknown items (help for identification appreciated) Unknown German steamroller. When the German occupational forces were thrown out of the small Danish island Bornholm, they left some equipment behind. One of these items was a damaged steamroller, photographed below, that was left at the local airport outside the main town Rønne. It was given […]

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Lorry and bus manufacturers

3. August 202121. April 2022 No Comments

There has been a long row of lorry and bus manufacturers since horseless carriages began transporting goods and people. Africa South Africa SAMIL Asia Japan Toyota Korea Daewoo Europe England Guy Motors Leyland A Leyland Constructor was base for a Popemobile France De Dion Bouton Germany Berliner Motorwagen Fabrik Mercedes North America Diamond T General […]

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Gulf

30. June 202130. June 2021 1 Comment

In 1901 a group of investors started a refinery in Port Arthur, after the discovery of oil at Spindletop in Texas. They chose to name their company Gulf Oil, after the nearby “Gulf of Mexico”. The flow of oil from Spindletop didnt last, and a pipeline from Oklahoma to Port Arthur in Texas was built […]

Gene Cernan drives the Apollo 17 missions moon buggy - 1972

Science

The history of space exploration

22. June 20218. November 2021 No Comments

People have been fantasizing about going to space for centuries, but before the 1950’s space exploration could only be done by telescope. 1944 – First rocket in space The first rocket to pass the Kármán line and reach free space was a German V-2 rocket, fired from their army’s research facility in Peenemünde on the […]

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The monuments of the Soviet era

21. June 202126. August 2022 No Comments

During the soviet era, thousands of big impressive monuments were erected. Many of these still stand, but in many ex soviet states they have passed laws to remove them. For some they are a painful memory of the past, for others an important piece of history, they wish to keep for future generations. Remaining monuments […]

England

Vulcan Motors

21. June 202126. January 2022 1 Comment

Vulcan Motors and Engineering Company Limited was created by the two brothers Thomas and Joseph Hampson in 1902. They built their first experimental car together in 1899, and after creating the company in 1902 they began producing their first Vulcan cars, with a 4 BHP belt driven engine. In 1914 they began producing commercial vehicles, […]

England

Charles H Roe Limited

21. June 202118. January 2022 1 Comment

Charles H Roe Limited was a Coach builder based in Leeds. The company was founded in 1923 by Charles Henry Roe, and was specialized in building buses. The company was taken over by Park Royal Vehicles in 1947, and later Leyland Motors in 1962. Construction of buses under the Charles H. Roe name continued until […]

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