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Re:The unintentional dystopian beauty of oil rigs by thedanbob on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:53AM (#35729938)
When I was a kid I loved (who am I kidding, I still love them) the Incredible Cross-Sections books which have exploded-view drawings of tons of machines, real and fictional. The oil rig in particular sticks out in my mind because that’s how I learned they were movable and had their own engines. Seeing all the different parts and what they were for was fascinating.
Re:The unintentional dystopian beauty of oil rigs by Solvate8441 on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:41PM (#35744589)
Here's the Incredible Cross-Section of an oil rig:

https://i.imgur.com/oiMObcE.jpeg

Re:The unintentional dystopian beauty of oil rigs by thedanbob on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:39PM (#35759258)
Interesting! That is not the one I remember. I did some digging and realized it was actually the “Look Inside Cross-Sections” series of books I had as a kid, though I can’t find the oil rig from there on the internet.