February 28, 2013February 28, 20131950s, Vehicles Arctic Wanigan Cutaway, 1950 The “wanigan” was an 8 x 24 foot mobile caboose that was attached to the back of Arctic explorers’ tracked wagon trains. […]
February 27, 2013February 27, 20131950s, Military Structures, Simulated Places, Submarines, Training Simulators Dry-Land Submarine Trainer, 1950 Its proper name was the Mark VII Attack Teacher and it was housed in a 3 story building in New London, CT. […]
February 27, 2013February 27, 20131960s, Pierre Mion, Submarines Deep Diver “Ferry” Submarine Cutaway, 1967 A gorgeous late 1960s cutaway from Pierre Mion for the “Deep Diver,” a ferry submarine designed by Edwin A. Link and built […]
February 27, 2013February 27, 20131960s, Military Structures Inflatable Vietnam War-Era Quonset Hut Cutaway, 1967 This Quonset hut-style hospital was kept inflated by compressed air from a utility unit. Standing 20 x 52 feet, this portable hospital’s […]
February 26, 20131950s, Alexander Leydenfrost, Tunnels Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Cutaway, 1950 The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was new in 1950, when Alexander Leydenfrost drew this cutaway. At 9,117 feet, it is the longest continuous underwater […]
February 26, 2013February 26, 20131920s, Commercial Buildings Elevator-Style Garage Car Park Cutaway, 1920 Elevator-style car parks were still quite a novelty when this cutaway was published in 1920. The garage shown could hold 6x the […]
February 26, 2013February 26, 20131920s, Railroad Old vs. New Locomotive Cutaway, 1920 It was a fairly accurate prediction, in 1920, of the difference between the bulky locomotive of the day vs. the predicted streamlined […]
February 26, 2013February 26, 20131950s, G.H. Davis, Tanks Soviet T-34 Tank Cutaway, 1950 A circa 1950 G.H. Davis cutway drawing of two Soviet T-34 tanks (in the rear is the bottom of the upcoming Joseph […]
February 25, 2013February 26, 20131950s, Commercial Buildings Cutaway of TV Studio Floating on Air, 1950 This TV studio in Chicago had one problem: it was located in the same building as printing presses for the Chicago Tribune. […]
February 25, 2013February 26, 20131960s, Vehicles Pickup Truck Camper Cutaway, 1967 This pickup truck camper was pretty state-of-the-art stuff for RVs in the late 1960s. It had a pass-through to the cab; 12v […]