Cool (and cold) old photo from Shorpy.com.
Detroit circa 1904. "Fountain of ice, Washington Boulevard." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. (
Super size.)
1909. "Mid-winter carnival, 'storming the fortress,' Upper Saranac Lake, New York." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. (
Super size.)
Very cool! Wonder how long that took for that fountain to grow to that size; surely, not overnight! lol! That would probably take WEEKS or even MONTHS to build to something that monstrous! I don't miss that kind of cold...at all! But both shots are very cool! Thanks for sharing! :-)
ReplyDeleteI also wonder what could cause that structure. If a water fountain, one would think it would get blocked well before it reaches that size.
ReplyDeleteExactly! And...to make it that HUGE would have to mean one heck of a LOT of water over a LONG period of time, I would think! I could see it building, from the bottom, but that seems higher than you would think most fountain water shoots; and...like you said: that size and the blockage; you would think that that would have happened WAY before it could get that tall! It's beautiful but...doesn't make much sense! Would be interesting to see the fountain, without the ice on it, to try to see how that is possible!
ReplyDeleteIs it possible it's a fake? Probably you could use photoshop on an old photograph and make it look real - maybe the ice mountain has had some enhancement?
ReplyDeleteI guess not.
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