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PS: Ok, it could be not so cool but it's interesting to see 3 sister ships together.
[ 02-15-2008: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
quote:Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:Since when do you lower lifeboats on the dockside? As in the case of Carnival Triumph in the photo?cruiseshipluver
I have seen it before. In Bill Miller's book on the Independence and Constitution there is an image of one of Constitution's boats lowered to the dock. Could be for painting or other maintenance.
quote:Originally posted by LeBarryboat:.except their all the same.
Triumph (in the middle) is slightly different. Her upper decks forward have a different design.
quote:Originally posted by mike sa:What is interesting is the huge number of differences between them, its like one of those spot the difference quiz things.
Thats what I was thinking too.
It is actually common practice - this is a photo of mine I found quickly - I am sure there are many more.
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quote:Originally posted by Ernst:It is actually common practice - this is a photo of mine I found quickly - I am sure there are many more.
It really makes the most sense for maintenance. The crew can safely work on one or more boats at a time w/out the chance of falling overboard!
quote:Originally posted by VDK:What's interesting about the picture is the parallel betwen the sister ship repetition and the buildings located in the foreground - they also repeat. How boring we have become as a population.
I know what you mean but it is of course all about keeping the cost of construction down and it has been going on for decades.I remember the first time I saw 'row' or attached houses in England as a child and was amazed. The closest thing we had in Southern California were post-WWII tract houses and only every fifth or so house was repeated. Before that nearly all single family homes were custom built and unique.
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:I remember the first time I saw 'row' or attached houses in England as a child and was amazed. The closest thing we had in Southern California were post-WWII tract houses and only every fifth or so house was repeated. Before that nearly all single family homes were custom built and unique.
In New York there is loads of late 19th and early 20th Century housing stock like that. Same thing in the UK. I think Brooklyn must have the biggest concentration of this type of housing in the US. A while back the New York Times did a feature on the British ex-pat community in New York and many remarked that the style of architecture in Brooklyn made them feel right at home, and indeed in a lot of Brooklyn you could just as well be in London with very, very similar Victorian architecture. (People forget that most of New York City isn't in Manhattan and isn't made up of tall buildings.) People talk about San Francisco but if you really want to see lots of Victorian architecture come to Brooklyn !
This type of housing is fairly prevalent in some other parts of the city as well, and in some places right across the river in New Jersey, e.g. Jersey City and Hoboken.
[ 02-20-2008: Message edited by: dougnewman ]
Why put two houses on an acre of land if you can fit eight? Why make them ‘detached’ if you can build then ‘terraced’ as we call them. Land is at a very high premium in the UK.
See Here
(Interesingly those house pictured in Bath UK are probably worth a small fortune.)
Try this uK property web site for fun: Here
You can just type in a place like: Bath, Notting Hill, Westminster etc.
[ 02-20-2008: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:See Here(Interesingly those house pictured in Bath UK are probably worth a small fortune.)
quote:Originally posted by dougnewman:And some nice Brooklyn versions here. Note that they have very different detailing even though they are all the same beneath the facade.[ 02-20-2008: Message edited by: dougnewman ]
At least they attempt to make them look different, we don't always!
See Here for an exmple of how little we get in London for our money. (£1 is about $2 ish)
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