Mister Neon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agoWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?message-squaremessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?Mister Neon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agomessage-square156fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoBirmingham Alabama has a zeppelin mooring building. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoMooring to the top of tall buildings didn’t generally work well in practice
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 days agoMaybe they kept it around in hope of making it a flying saucer dock, as in old Popular Mechanics cover art.
minus-squarePieisawesome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoChicago has one, but it’s never been used
Birmingham Alabama has a zeppelin mooring building.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel
Mooring to the top of tall buildings didn’t generally work well in practice
Maybe they kept it around in hope of making it a flying saucer dock, as in old Popular Mechanics cover art.
Chicago has one, but it’s never been used