re: #336 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Idle OT:
Incredible photo of Brest harbor, circa 1860. The Industrial Revolution in full steam, so to speak, with momentous changes just ahead. Note crane, dredging machine and auxiliary funnels on wooden sailing ships that otherwise look like their predecessors of an earlier century..

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Photo from Alexandru Ioniță

WOW.

I like going to Google Earth and finding where old photos were taken. Looks like about here, judging by the round medieval-looking towers in the background: