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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: wartsilaone on October 22, 2011, 04:18:57 pm

Title: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: wartsilaone on October 22, 2011, 04:18:57 pm

I was reading the latest posts in Name that Part and it got searching the net.
 I came across this and thought it was worthy of a new topic


(http://s1.postimage.org/2756zdqro/32747537.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/2756zdqro/)

Ali.

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: rmaddock on October 22, 2011, 04:27:19 pm

Reminiscent of that film...what was it?....."Speed ?"

Where the climax sees the ocean liner running into the middle of town.  {-)

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: wartsilaone on October 22, 2011, 04:32:31 pm

There must be lots of buildings all over the world with a maritime feel.

I'll leave it with you.

Ali.

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: wartsilaone on October 22, 2011, 05:05:13 pm

If you've ever been to Rotterdam Central station, you may have seen this just outside in the square.
(http://s2.postimage.org/353won6qs/images_2.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/353won6qs/)
Could be a contender for Name that ship.
Ali.

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: 787Eng on October 23, 2011, 03:52:34 pm

Its the Museum of Maritime Science in Tokyo Harbour. Looking at it now from my hotel window! :}
http://www.happyjappy.com/tokyo/odaiba/maritime_museum.html (http://www.happyjappy.com/tokyo/odaiba/maritime_museum.html)

(http://s3.postimage.org/df9tbax0/Chuo_Ku_20111019_00309.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/df9tbax0/)

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: craftysod on October 23, 2011, 04:03:51 pm

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/craftysod/readymadehotel-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: Kangaroo1 on October 23, 2011, 04:25:12 pm

How about the USS Intrepid... New York?

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: wartsilaone on October 23, 2011, 04:45:48 pm

Isn't the "big I" still floating and thus technically not a building?

 

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: Kangaroo1 on October 23, 2011, 08:59:40 pm

I'll concede to that one...

.... but it's still a great maritime museum....

Title: Re: Well designed Maritime Museum
Post by: Norseman on October 25, 2011, 07:37:55 pm

Hi

Not a maritime museum (though Liverpool has a great one) but a hotel with a prow that faces the Mersey. When it was first built (seventies?) it was quite an exciting addition to the waterfront: and in those days it wasn't hemmed in either side by those two modern buildings.  I remember the hotel had a parrot in one of the bars, it was partial to a wee nip of the hard stuff - great fun. There is also to the far left the absolute monstrosity that is the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo Offices.

If you ever get to Liverpool don't miss a 2 minute walk through the ground floor of the Port of Liverpool Building - a fantastic bit of architecture looking up into the dome. It's on the waterfront so it's handy for The Albert Dock, The Maritime Museum, Merset Ferries, etc

Regards Norseman


(http://s4.postimage.org/sxbzqub89/Atlantic_Tower_Hotel.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/sxbzqub89/)

(http://s3.postimage.org/6a32su4nz/POLB_Dome.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/6a32su4nz/)