Random picture thread. (Real photos rather than AI please)

[Hugin&Munin]

An early ancestor of the low-rider cars of today (?).

The Riley Ulster was built as a Gran Prix car from 1930 until the start of World War II. It had a huge output of 9 hp.

 

[Hugin&Munin]

 

[Kiduttaja]

I saw a plebiscite in favor of the brunette and the blue car. It was also my idea because she is slim and weighs less, improving driving conditions...
Here a few more of them

 

[Kiduttaja]

... and now a monument: the Statue of Liberty on display in Paris before shipment:

 

[theseus]

Sometimes nature provides amazingly surreal sights.



Tristan da Cunha is the most remote permanently inhabited place on earth. the weather is usually wild. Sometimes it surprises you, as it did this day a few weeks ago.

 

[Loxuru]

... and now a monument: the Statue of Liberty on display in Paris before shipment:
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The supporting framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is hence New York's Eiffel Tower.

 

[ducon007]

The supporting framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is hence New York's Eiffel Tower.
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Gustave Eiffel was also a great bridge builder. His achievements (or those of his design office) around the world:
Porto (Portugal):


Hué (Vietnam):


Garabit (France):

Cuenca (Spain):

Tlemcen (Algeria):

 

[Loxuru]

Gustave Eiffel was also a great bridge builder. His achievements (or those of his design office) around the world:

Temse, Belgium, railroad bridge over the Scheldt (350 m). Opened in 1870, blown up in May 1940.

 

[ducon007]

blown up in May 1940.

To slow the German advance, I suppose. Without much success, apparently...

 

[Hugin&Munin]

A few more bridges, but not from Eiffel.

 

[Loxuru]

To slow the German advance, I suppose. Without much success, apparently...

Indeed! After the German breaktrough near Sedan, the Belgian army had to retire to the river Scheldt. But because of the capitulation of Holland, that line had to be abandoned soon too, because the army's left flank had become exposed. A curious detail : the bridge had been designed by a French engineer, built by a French company, and blown up by soldiers of the French Engineers Corps. After the war, a new steel bridge has been built, which still serves today.