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Jun. 2nd, 2009 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogOk, maybe just the fancy uploader isn't working. The basic one behaved just fine. And with that, here's a picture for you.
At the end of the Streets of Yesterday section of The House on the Rock stands this traction engine, matched to a nearby calliope.
Given the nature of the house and it's contents, I can't say for sure how much of either of them is vintage and authentic, and how much might be a construction or an imagining.
But in either case, they are beautiful, and thought-provoking. Just as I'd always wanted to hear a Victrola play, I'd drive a long way for a chance to hear a real, steam-driven calliope. I've always imagined condensing water pouring down around them like rain, and the sun casting rainbows in the air over their pipes.
And now, to bed. Tomorrow's another day....
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(Oh look! I found a video of the calliope on the Delta Queen being played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgqDSBba1g
That's just so neat....)
At the end of the Streets of Yesterday section of The House on the Rock stands this traction engine, matched to a nearby calliope.
Given the nature of the house and it's contents, I can't say for sure how much of either of them is vintage and authentic, and how much might be a construction or an imagining.
But in either case, they are beautiful, and thought-provoking. Just as I'd always wanted to hear a Victrola play, I'd drive a long way for a chance to hear a real, steam-driven calliope. I've always imagined condensing water pouring down around them like rain, and the sun casting rainbows in the air over their pipes.
And now, to bed. Tomorrow's another day....
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(Oh look! I found a video of the calliope on the Delta Queen being played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgqDSBba1g
That's just so neat....)
