215 Comments Posted by Prancer

Hippo down...

Nothin' sadder than an old burned out Dalec...

Bad Joe.

Brrrr?

There is something about chairs with built-in ashtrays that cracks me up.

Thanks for the awesome wallpaper

Estimated time of the crime Mr Watson? I' say around 2:19 in the morning.

Egad Holmes!

blh blah blah

23rd!

I read the title and saw it as a mine shaft at first glance.

Thanks again

Oh Pool Girl,
pit me an olive..

So, the floors above the ceilings, poured concrete on the barrel vaulting? That would also help stop the brickes from falling as the iron rusts out. An interesting pre-rebar construction techinque. Good luck to whomever tries to demolish it, seems like a heck of a project. Perhaps that's one reason it's still around.

Dang,
I was gonna ask if it was Hansel sized...

Periscopes.

Ditto on the Wallpaper please

Someone stole / sold the bannisters, and left these behind? Or was this only on the top floor?

Soo many questions..

Looks like a barrel vault with the lower ends tucked into a steel I-beam.

Then the "brick beams" look like it's also held up with steel bands.

Sorry, not steel, since it's rusted, cold iron? I'm not so hip on the fireproofness of this now. Seems like cold iron has a relatively low melting point and could potentially start sagging if the room furnishings produced enough heat.

Per my history degree and tours of castles in Europe;

The narrow doorway, leading to a darkened steep flight of stairs would also commonly lead to a sharp turn to the right. This was commonly used as an excape route by the besieged fleeing from assaulting men in armor. The narrowness of the entryway forced the assaluting parties to turn sideways to fit through, the dark staircase was another obstacle to slow down the besieging party, and the twist at the end turns right because all knights and men-at-arms were trained to wear thier shields on thier left side. The turn purposefully exposed thier unshielded side.

Just a thought, or perhaps they got the doors half price.