Quarries of the late 18th / early 19th centuries are a lot less TNT and swinging sledgehammers, and more like monotonous hours of drilling

Glass dance floors, lit from beneath were popular in clubs, cafes and restaurants in the 1920s

Did modern people decide to remove awnings, as they deemed no longer necessary? Or were they removed under some WWII regulation, and never reinstated? London 1920s

Those lovely church bells, weren't always Church bells. This is where the name (if you're old enough you'll remember) tubular bells came from. 1904

Prefab buildings used in Crimea too - I suspect you folks knew this. thebrunelmuseum.com/hospitalatre...

Pioneer of Prefabrication - Brunel’s Hospital at Renkioi - Brunel Museum

Would you believe that our hero Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneer of prefabrication? Doesn’t sound Victorian-style but in times of national crisis some extraordinary things can be achieved. We ha...

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Prefabricated, or panellised houses are not a new idea. These are from 1925 #prefab

Decorative stone floors are often described as 'Marble' but this is an oversimplification: Ardesia is slate Basaltina is neither basalt nor marble but, limestone Travertine is limestone Perlatino di Sicilia is a fossiliferous limestone Softer marbles wear more over time, creating an uneven surface

There are the "Catch-Scaffolds" on the Woolworth building. This is the detritus it caught.

For between 10-20 cents, someone would run this portable heater full of hot coals up and down downpipes to thaw them out. I imagine people finding one of these in a junk yard would have no idea what it was for.

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Any guesses as to what he’s lowering down the building? 1877

Any guesses as to what he’s lowering down the building? 1877

French stonemasonry using hard limestones less itself to being tooled with a pick

Most of us know what a Doocot / Dovecot is, but did you wonder how that collected the eggs, in the largest ones?

in the 1920s, bank tellers would gas bank robbers, mid holdup.

Ever seen these small doors in the US or Canada?

This 1920s steel casement window must have been appealing to people who'd grown up with wood sash, or much older, draughty wood and lead casements. Builders like the, as they arrived as a singe, easily installed unit.

Asbestos Century Shingles Atlantic City, N.J. c1910

which doorway is the Trompe l'eoil and which is the veneer?

Long before the marble floor (but not the columns) and fancy bell pulls were installed, this was an entrance for horses.

Symmetrically cut veneer has been used for stone and wood for centuries. The 1750s ‎Royal Palace at Caserta⁩, ⁩near Naples

Peperino stone, used for millennia. At times it seems a cross between basalt and Tufo volcanico. Yeah, it’s installed in a 15th century church entrance

Civita di Bagnoregio, a medieval fortified town, partially destroyed by a major earthquake in 1920.

The introductory episode is out. Most people don't live in a Greek temple, but plenty do live in an 18th or 19 century house. So we aren't looking at the Greeks or Romans, but at building conservation, materials, symptoms, problems and their solutions. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

He's back 😄 #archaeohistories

>70 spots left. Why are cheap high quality high comfort upgrades with climate benefits instead of climate burdens such a hard sell in a climate and affordability crisis?

Michael Burchert@michaelburchert.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Enjoy the weekend. I will show how to retrofit our buildings with straw. Today at 21-22:00 CEST online. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

According to this book, it seems to be a myth that apprentices usually worked with their father, and that they found their apprenticeship locally. Completely the opposite actually. BTW, some of these apprentices seem to have more annual holidays than many modern day Americans.

Grinding arsenic 1912 Arsenic was a popular product in paint, coloured wallpaper and a range of other products

It won't be long until the first episode is released! We are presently preparing the episode for the initial series and will post an update soon.