What to make of renewed fascination with art deco and the steampunk subculture? 1) There is the socioeconomic reason of erosion o...

“La Tour” by Didier Graffet

turningpagesover: Various air balloons and airships. Drawing from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1890-1907

It’s time for another Steampunk generator! This time let’s name airships. Click here for the Steampunk Persona Generator. Click the image to expand even further. ******* UPDATE: Thank…

A symbol, a trope, a hallmark, a cliché – call it by any other name, the airship is inseparable from Dieselpunk. Our alternative skies are full of dirigibles, real and unreal, peaceful transp…

From the British periodical "War in the Air - Aerial Wonders of Our Time", 1936. The accompanying caption reads: PASSENGERS' ENTRANCE TO R101 When R101 was moored to her Cardington mast - 200 feet high, and equipped with a lift and staircase - the passengers and crew entered and left the ship via the mast itself and a gangway let down from beneath her nose. Above is a party of M.P.s entering R101 on an inspection visit. Photo is uncredited.

The R100 airship was built as part of a British government programme to develop airships to provide passenger and mail transport between Britain and the countries of the British Empire,…

The imaginary allure of traveling by airship comes to life for fans of steampunk through books like Leviathan and Boneshaker. Oh, the thrill of floating gracefu

On May 3, 1937, as the German zeppelin airship Hindenburg was attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, a spark reacted with a hydrogen gas leak and

The Toronto of the 1930s was a city mired in the Great Depression. Though high-profile construction projects like Commerce Court and Canada Life Bu...

Recent technological advances have produced the airship. Should these technical arts proliferate, they could one day drive magic from the world. An airship (飛空艇?, ひくうてい, Hikūtei?, lit. Flying Boat; originally 飛空船?, ひくうせん, Hikūsen?, lit. Flying Boat) is a recurring feature throughout the Final Fantasy series, having made an appearance in almost every game. Airships are a form of aerial transport, although their appearance has differed widely. Only very few airships in the series look like actual

Steampunk Architecture represents a very unique architectural style. Even though, it is not real, Steampunk architecture is alive!

Q 27488. Three members of crew at work on the starboard engine gantry of a Royal Navy Air Service North Sea (N.S.) type non-rigid airship during an anti-submarine patrol off the British coast circa 1918

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed as it was attempting to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster

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