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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[โ€“] _druid@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a gentleman over there with a dry boat hook, to pull the block stage left. As far as a lock, perhaps there's a slot and a peg going into the floor beneath the wheel?

[โ€“] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, I saw it wrong. I thought that was dude on the ground but this block is already 50ft in the air. Thanks.