I worked hard all day Saturday, yesterday, and today on family history stuff, and now I’m too brain-dead to concentrate on it anymore. So, here are a couple of web sites I’ve come across recently that are pretty interesting.
One recounts a molasses disaster that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1919. It was very hot, so the molasses expanded, and the tank holding it was inadequate for the task. It sounds funny, but 21 people died (smothered in molasses, I believe). Go have a look at the site—it’s a curiosity. Family engineers-in-training, take note!
The other is one that has some neat aerial photographs from WWII. Some special magic was done on some of them to produce 3D pictures. Unfortunately, the site appears to be down at the moment—an article recently appeared about it in a British newspaper, and I think it generated a lot more traffic than it was expecting! Dale did get to look at the pics before the site was taken down, and he said they were worth it. The pictures include American troops landing on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, the seizure of the Pegasus bridge by British paratroops, the aftermath of the first 1,000-bomber raid on Cologne, and the German battleship Bismarck as the Royal Navy hunted her down.
Posted by elizabeth at January 26, 2004 09:58 PM