tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3469228757296866799..comments2024-03-28T07:39:52.011-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: More Instamatic PixMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-15022437229159191882012-12-10T19:05:54.353-08:002012-12-10T19:05:54.353-08:00Nancy, just wait, there ARE even better things fro...Nancy, just wait, there ARE even better things from this set of Instamatic pix!<br /><br />Dean, yes, now that you say that, I am sure I read that somewhere! ;-)<br /><br />JG, you could very well be right. Unfortunately these Instamatics are not clear enough to zoom in much further, but that might be a concrete pumping thing or an auger. It looks awfully spindly in the photo, but I have no idea. I do recall that other view that you mentioned, which was from 1966.<br />Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-87218290942978017852012-12-10T14:18:48.183-08:002012-12-10T14:18:48.183-08:00My first guess on seeing that photo was that the &...My first guess on seeing that photo was that the "ladder" is part of a drill rig. <br /><br />I wish we could get a cleared shot on the base of it, but there is definitely something (machinery?) around the base. <br /><br />Wouldn't be autopia cars, since the track is blocked with soil.<br /><br />So, based on the 1965 date estimate, I'm going with construction of the people mover track. The track beam is supported, like the monorail, on concrete piers, which must have used deep drilled foundations (not the flat, spread out kind) in this constrained location between all the existing construction, that would be the only way to do it.<br /><br />So if this is not the drill rig, then it might be the pumping rig used to place the concrete in the hole. <br /><br />If you recall, we saw one of these from the reverse angle in another shot several weeks ago from over the top of the construction wall.<br /><br />Just a guess.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-185116617876643122012-12-08T20:59:25.621-08:002012-12-08T20:59:25.621-08:00That ladder was part of the short-lived Werner Lad...That ladder was part of the short-lived Werner Ladder "Ladder of the Future" exhibit (the first "climb-up" walk-thru) built as part of the testing for the new Tomorrowland.<br />Too many people fell from it, and it was replaced by the Crane "Bathroom of the Future."Dean Findernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-18572767739240401372012-12-08T17:49:48.635-08:002012-12-08T17:49:48.635-08:00Monorail Yellow....it doesn't get any better t...Monorail Yellow....it doesn't get any better than this!<br />Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23022111884882181622012-12-07T13:14:10.337-08:002012-12-07T13:14:10.337-08:00Davelandweb, well, it is different anyway, which a...Davelandweb, well, it is different anyway, which at this point makes it a gem!<br /><br />Nanook, these Instamatic pix are from a number of years... they were all mixed up in several envelopes. <br /><br />K. Martinez, it sure looks like there is a center rail there already, beneath the piles of dirt. I think that the Peoplemover guess is a good one!<br /><br />Rich T, I liked her better when she was blue.<br /><br />Bill, I guess it accidentally achieved a kind of "tilt shift" effect, which I see now that you pointed it out.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-66539803545901068272012-12-07T11:16:50.798-08:002012-12-07T11:16:50.798-08:00The enlarged second photo looks like a model train...The enlarged second photo looks like a model train layout...kind of a cool effect!<br /><br />Bill in DenverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64934326880169774472012-12-07T09:29:26.460-08:002012-12-07T09:29:26.460-08:00At the train station, Veruca Salt's stomping a...At the train station, Veruca Salt's stomping around on the stairs; she wants the park!Rich T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218280822336323825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-10577540621895254402012-12-07T09:11:59.349-08:002012-12-07T09:11:59.349-08:00Either that, or it's the beginning of the Peop...Either that, or it's the beginning of the PeopleMover constuction.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-36269147184628964592012-12-07T09:10:43.189-08:002012-12-07T09:10:43.189-08:00I'd guess that since this is a Mark II Monorai...I'd guess that since this is a Mark II Monorail Gold and there is no PeopleMover yet, it would be the year 1965. This was when the new center guide rail was being installed on the Autopia.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-1040436816338539392012-12-07T08:59:02.245-08:002012-12-07T08:59:02.245-08:00Major-
There was a re-design of the Tomorrowland ...Major-<br /><br />There was a re-design of the Tomorrowland Autopia in 1964. But if all the shots were taken on the same day, that would contradict my thought, as Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln would have yet to open. Hmmmm.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50051855021831996182012-12-07T05:31:11.806-08:002012-12-07T05:31:11.806-08:00That Monorail shot is a gem!That Monorail shot is a gem!Davelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.com