Well, this is heartbreaking. I guess today's the day for the SS United States https://youtube.com/live/3cJLBcsdx3I
LIVE: SS United States sinking to create the world’s largest artificial reef
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@AbandonedAmerica Travelled on it from La Harve, France to New York City in 1955 and 1963. Sad to see it sunk, but at least it won't be scrap metal.
@AbandonedAmerica Travelled on it from la Harve, France to New York City in 1955 and 1963
@AbandonedAmerica the philadelphia ikea will never be the same
If you'd like to take a look around the SS US before all the prep was done for sinking her, here you go https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states
@AbandonedAmerica She sure was a beautiful ship.
This ship is two totally separate things.
One, an astonishing machine, the last of its kind, with capabilities that boggle the mind. It's sad to see it go, but its time clearly ended decades ago. Air travel killed any need for this machine almost overnight.
It's also a symbol of the excesses of the wealthy. Normal people could only get glimpses on special tour days; it was never for them. It wasted resources at an unbelievable rate to satisfy the rich.
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@AbandonedAmerica Hopefully, it'll do some good down below.
@AbandonedAmerica what a metaphor