"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/24/2015 at 12:25 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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Chicago's solution to the downtown parking problem, 1937.
Photo via the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
505Turbeaux
> ttyymmnn
03/24/2015 at 12:25 |
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that is such an awesome picture
Cherry_man1
> ttyymmnn
03/24/2015 at 12:27 |
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That's chool
deekster_caddy
> ttyymmnn
03/24/2015 at 12:28 |
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You must have had to call like an hour ahead to get your car back. That must have either been really slow or really dangerous (or both)!
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ttyymmnn
> deekster_caddy
03/24/2015 at 12:29 |
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1937? I'm guessing both.
BJ
> deekster_caddy
03/24/2015 at 12:59 |
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Isn't it a continuous loop? The car at the top crosses over and goes down the other side, so it should be relatively quick to get a specific car off the tower.
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deekster_caddy
> BJ
03/24/2015 at 13:33 |
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I should hope so, but to move cars around a continuous loop seems like it's got many failure points... At least with the way they built things back then. I'm sure they could figure out how to support all the weight, not much different than a drawbridge or gigantic chain drive. Just imagining the worst I suppose...
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> ttyymmnn
03/24/2015 at 13:52 |
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That's fantastic. The picture and the tower. Also, I want every vehicle in that pic.
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BJ
> deekster_caddy
03/24/2015 at 14:18 |
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US Patent #2,089,047, issued in August of 1937: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pa…
According to Google, the patent was filed in 1933: http://www.google.ca/patents/US2089…
Assuming that the tower was based on this, or a similar design, it's definitely a loop.