Flogging Babel

   . Liquid Air Plant This is possibly my favorite of all the lithographs. Fantastic use of perspective and evocation of lighting. This conc...

   . Chimney in the Rain If you've been following this series, you'll recognize the chimney. It's in the background of a lot  of...

   . Base of Boiler-House Stack Another dark and Biblical image. It helps to remember that World War One was going on during the plant's...

   .   Carbide Furnace, Upper Level Once again, Bonestell demonstrates his mastery of perspective. I love how the building recedes into  sha...

   . Carbide Furnace Room, Lower Level It's hard not to marvel at how we've lost touch with the epic scale of the structures that ma...

 . There's only a week more to go and every one of the Bonestell lithographs will be online. When that happens, Marianne and I will crea...

   .   Nitric Acid Absorbtion Towers This is one of Marianne's favorites. Not that small light at the top left of the towers. And if you...

 . W   End View Absorbtion Tower Building Doesn't this look like a scene from the Old Testament? Construction of the Tower of Babel, may...

   . Looking Along Absorbtion Tower Building We're three-quarters of the way through the lithographs and, though they're only very l...

   . The Boiler House One thing I love about Bonestell's lithographs is how much extra work he put into each one to make it visually app...

   . Concrete Chute and Rock Crusher at Power House   And for those who came in late . . . In 1918,  Chesley Bonestell  was commissioned to ...

   .   Power House It's well worth clicking on this image so you can see it in greater detail. But, then again, it's worth viewing a...

 .   View Toward Boiler House Does it strike you that some of these lithographs have similarities to Bonestell's representations of manm...

   . Constructing the Power House Ron Miller,  who is not only a very fine astronomical artist in his own right but also co-author of The Ar...

   . The Lime Nitrogen Oven Building To appreciate this one, you have to click on the picture and see it in detail.   And for those who came...

   . Ammonia Gas Columns by Autoclave Building Is this great or what? (I apologize that I have so little to contribute, other than fanboy gu...

   .   Lime Kilns Half of the Chesley Bonestell industrial lithographs have been posted. Those of you who may be interested in the purpose a...

   . Working on Power House at Night One thing that strikes me strongly about these lithographs is the artistic ambition of them, as demonst...

 . Power House Steel and Base of One of Power Stacks What is particularly striking in this series of lithographs is the variety of technique...

   . The Ditcher   Isn't that a great machine? It really was an age of heroic construction back then. And for those who came in late . ....