Steamy Steampunk Buildings

[chironex]

[Sorontar]

They are some great photos. I especially like the Church of St Maccas.

[chironex]

I seriously did not notice that there. Is it up the drive behind the church, perhaps?

[Mercury Wells]

To me, it looks slightly Art Deco-ish.

[Mercury Wells]

Barton Swing Aqueduct

The aqueduct, is the first and only swing aqueduct in the world.

Barton Aqueduct - In Operation

[chironex]

King's Cross station on the King's Cross -Colney Hatch Necropolis line, the lesser-known Great Northern Cemetery railway.

Colney Hatch Station.

The second terminal of the London Necropolis Railway.
Source:
https://robslondon.com/the-london-necropolis-railway-the-great-northern-cemetery-company-transporting-the-citys-dead/

[J. Wilhelm]

They are some great photos. I especially like the Church of St Maccas.

Apparently it's some sort of downunder cult. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=church+saint+maccas&client=firefox-b-1-m&sxsrf=ALeKk01EjW_0mJK3RJTgX1D8lP-9sjq1Ag:1621620788793&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ4M2YsNvwAhWOdd8KHc-mD-gQ_AUIBygC&biw=360&bih=517

Maccas is uniquely Australian nickname... So for one or two seconds there I thought there WAS a Saint Maccas. A rather weird saint, I say with yellow and red striped suit, red hair and nose.

Is there a relation to Saint Wendy perhaps?

[von Corax]

Now I want to start a fast-food chain named "Burger Messiah."

[J. Wilhelm]

Now I want to start a fast-food chain named "Burger Messiah."

Burger Buddha

[Sorontar]

We like to keep our names simple. We don't actually give people titles like Saint most of the time; we just state the bleeding obvious. That's why the rival to Maccas is called Hungry Jack's,  rather than being considered an edible monarch.[1]

Sorontar
[1] Actually it is because they weren't the first in Australia to call a restaurant BKing, so they had to find an alternate name.

[J. Wilhelm]

We like to keep our names simple. We don't actually give people titles like Saint most of the time; we just state the bleeding obvious. That's why the rival to Maccas is called Hungry Jack's,  rather than being considered an edible monarch.[1]

Sorontar
[1] Actually it is because they weren't the first in Australia to call a restaurant BKing, so they had to find an alternate name.

I've read the story online. You guys missed out on having a hamburger mascot that looks like Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V (that's absolutely not missing out on anything, though). 

[chironex]

Now I want to start a fast-food chain named "Burger Messiah."

Burger Buddha

urrrgh lentil burgers

[E.J.MonCrieff]

Garage of SL Whitestone, showing GE "Runabout Type Mercury Rectifier" charging station for electric cars,
Schenectady, New York, 1911.

Private Garage with electric charger , 1909

Private Garage of Willis T Hanson, with electric charger, 1907

Eat your heart out, E... M...

[E.J.MonCrieff]

Has anyone mentioned the Central Market in Budapest?  There are some excellent photographs on Wikipedia.  The place is well worth a visit, particularly for those interested in food!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Market_Hall,_Budapest#/media/File:VasarcsarnokFotoThalerTamas.JPG

[Miranda.T]

Garage of SL Whitestone, showing GE "Runabout Type Mercury Rectifier" charging station for electric cars,
Schenectady, New York, 1911.

Private Garage with electric charger , 1909

Private Garage of Willis T Hanson, with electric charger, 1907

Eat your heart out, E... M...

Charges in the lightning quick time of 6 hours with a massive range of tens of miles... 

Yours,
Miranda.

[Miranda.T]

Has anyone mentioned the Central Market in Budapest?  There are some excellent photographs on Wikipedia.  The place is well worth a visit, particularly for those interested in food!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Market_Hall,_Budapest#/media/File:VasarcsarnokFotoThalerTamas.JPG

Definitely on our wish list for travel, once of course one can travel without the current level of awfulness.

Yours,
Miranda.

[J. Wilhelm]

Hotel Gillow in downtown Mexico City, circa 1900

Another house from the early 1900s in the horrible "citadel style" in Mexico City
The Fernando Torreblanca House, circa 1930.

[J. Wilhelm]

Corner shop in Roma Norte Borough, Mexico City
"La Bella Italia"  ice cream shop closed its doors to the public this January

[chironex]

Much-needed works going on in Brisbane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eadbK1bVBqY



Main drag of Halifax, NQ.

[maduncle]

Pump house point power station in Tasmania.

Now a B&B ...

[maduncle]

Newtown fire station in Geelong, Victoria.

Now restored as a private residence.

[Sorontar]

Much-needed works going on in Brisbane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eadbK1bVBqY

Interesting news report. I never knew about the timekeeping for ships (or that it was the oldest building on Brisbane).

Sorontar

[J. Wilhelm]

Newtown fire station in Geelong, Victoria.

Now restored as a private residence.

That's an awesome building.

Here's another converted building. A converted carriage house, formerly owned by Jehova's Witnesses in Brooklyn Heights, NYC, was sold for $9.95 million

Converted old firehouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is offered for office space.

[J. Wilhelm]

A Day in Paris, 1900. A film by the Lumière Brothers.

[4k, 50fps, colorized] (1900). A Sunday in Paris. Lumiere Brothers.

[Sorontar]

That is a very interesting film. I was surprised at the number of people on bicycles. Not something you tend to see in Hollywood movies. I wonder, was this more a French or Parisian thing or were bicycles quite popular on the streets of British/Italian/American cities as well?

I realise that a lot of work has been done on the film but I was also surprised at its resolution, frame rate and how stead the shots were.

Sorontar