I'm slowly reading through this. It's easy to how influential it's been on other creators.
Hikers overlooking Grand Falls in 1951. Captured by photographer Kathleen Revis for National Geographic.
The Sleipner A offshore oil platform, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Fascinating read, as the original platform collapsed during final steps of putting all in place:
Mad lad move.After the accident, the project leaders from Norwegian Contractors were brought before the Statoil board, and were expecting severe repercussions. But the director instead asked the famous question "Can you make a new one before schedule?"[citation needed] to which the contractors replied "Yes we can". The new hull was completed before schedule.