PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoChillin' on the deck of the USS Monitor, early ironclad, US Civil War, 1862lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11cross-posted to: civilzation@lemmy.ml
arrow-up177arrow-down1imageChillin' on the deck of the USS Monitor, early ironclad, US Civil War, 1862lemmy.dbzer0.comPugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: civilzation@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremrmhm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI guess railings were a later invention?
minus-squarecassetti@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI mean they used all the iron to make the hull, you think they had any leftover to make a railing around the whole damn ship? gtfoh
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThey’re were removable railings and on ships of the era sorta canvas pergolas were common.
I guess railings were a later invention?
I mean they used all the iron to make the hull, you think they had any leftover to make a railing around the whole damn ship? gtfoh
They’re were removable railings and on ships of the era sorta canvas pergolas were common.