Tag: 1960s

  • Golden Gate Bridge, 1968

    Golden Gate Bridge, 1968

    It’s a pretty fanciful look at a double-decker Golden Gate Bridge that never happened.  The neighboring Oakland Bay Bridge is double-decker, but not the Golden Gate Bridge.

    No information about this cutaway found on Flickr than the artist is Michele and the date is 1968.

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    Golden Gate Bridge 1968
    Golden Gate Bridge 1968

    Source:  JoeKane17

  • Deep Diver “Ferry” Submarine Cutaway, 1967

    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 by Perry Submarine Builders, Riviera Beach, FL.

    This 22-foot, 4-man craft was meant for work, not play–underwater construction or research.

    Interestingly, Perry Submarines is still around and making submersibles, one of which is going for $695,000!

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    Deep Diver Ferry Submarine Cutaway 1967
    Deep Diver Ferry Submarine Cutaway 1967

    Source:  Popular Mechanics July 1967

  • Inflatable Vietnam War-Era Quonset Hut Cutaway, 1967

    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 utility unit provided the positive air flow, power, heat, hot and cold water, and most welcome in the Southeast Asia jungles–air conditioning.

    Note:  poor alignment of pages cuts off part of structure.

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    Inflatable Vietnam War-Era Quonset Hut Cutaway, 1967
    Inflatable Vietnam War-Era Quonset Hut Cutaway, 1967

    Source:  Popular Science July 1967

  • Pickup Truck Camper Cutaway, 1967

    Pickup Truck Camper Cutaway, 1967

    Pickup Truck Camper Cutaway 1967
    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 outlets; aircraft inclinometers to indicate when the camper was leveled off; stiff springs; and an over-the-cab bunk.

    Source:  Popular Mechanics May 1967

  • Community Bomb Shelter Under Bridge, 1962

    Community Bomb Shelter Under Bridge, 1962

    In addition to small residential bomb shelters built in backyards or in basements, some communities planned–and in some cases, built–larger shelters for the community.

    Most community bomb shelters were based in existing buildings–church or school basements, in particular.  But this cutaway drawing shows a bomb shelter under a bridge built for this express purpose.

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    Community Bomb Shelter Under Bridge, 1962
    Community Bomb Shelter Under Bridge, 1962

    Source:  LIFE January 12, 1962