• Archaeopteryx@lemmy.nz
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    2 months ago

    Yeah. On my phone it looks also more like water than just a wet road.

    … but also I presume road building techniques have come a long way in the last 100 years.

    That’s what I find so fascinating about old photos. You can see how quickly technology has developed in 100 years. And the development is progressing faster and faster every year.

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      2 months ago

      Speaking of technological progress, are those power lines strung around in the photo? I bet those are all underground now!

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        2 months ago

        On the right side there are power lines but I am not sure if the thin cables on the left are power lines. They are very thin. Maybe phone lines or telegraph cables.

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          2 months ago

          Ah that would make sense too. Either way, you don’t see that anymore in a central city area. All the cables these days are underground.