[–] xvf22 7y ago ↗ Toronto has quite a few fake houses used as transformer stations with some looking pretty out of place with the boom in condo development.http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/02/18/transformer-next-door/https://www.blogto.com/city/2010/10/toronto_hydros_not-so-hi...
[–] walrus01 7y ago ↗ There is a railway tunnel in Burnaby, BC with a ventilation structure disguised as a house.https://www.google.ca/search?q=burnaby+tunnel+ventilation&oq...
[–] jgh 7y ago ↗ LA has a few camouflaged oil derricks! https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/08/the-urban-oil-fiel... [–] google_censors 7y ago ↗ Even further offshore, Anacapa Island has a water tank disguised as a building to stop people from shooting at it from their boats.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WATER_TOWERS,_ANACAP... [–] jefurii 7y ago ↗ More info about these: https://www.stand.la/pico-blvd-drill-sites.html
[–] google_censors 7y ago ↗ Even further offshore, Anacapa Island has a water tank disguised as a building to stop people from shooting at it from their boats.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WATER_TOWERS,_ANACAP...
[–] nateweiss 7y ago ↗ Great photos, thanks! Reminds me of the "the world’s only Greek Revival subway ventilator" in Brooklyn:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Joralemon_Street
[–] blowski 7y ago ↗ I’ve walked down there a few times, and never realised they were fakes. So they’re quite effective.
[–] amelius 7y ago ↗ A lot of real houses would benefit from having such a fake facade put in front of them.
[–] madengr 7y ago ↗ Here is a water pumping station. Could have done a better job with the telemetry antenna.https://goo.gl/maps/hNk7cUphLJy
[–] rjsw 7y ago ↗ Dummy houses have been used to hide military bunkers [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROTOR
[–] rhcom2 7y ago ↗ Also cell towers that look like trees: https://www.vox.com/2015/4/19/8445213/cell-phone-towers-tree... [–] skookumchuck 7y ago ↗ Makes me wonder why the cell equipment can't be mounted atop an actual tree. [–] nradov 7y ago ↗ Trees aren't stable enough, and they tend to drop branches or occasionally fall down entirely.
[–] skookumchuck 7y ago ↗ Makes me wonder why the cell equipment can't be mounted atop an actual tree. [–] nradov 7y ago ↗ Trees aren't stable enough, and they tend to drop branches or occasionally fall down entirely.
[–] nradov 7y ago ↗ Trees aren't stable enough, and they tend to drop branches or occasionally fall down entirely.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 41.0 ms ] threadhttp://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/02/18/transformer-next-door/
https://www.blogto.com/city/2010/10/toronto_hydros_not-so-hi...
https://www.google.ca/search?q=burnaby+tunnel+ventilation&oq...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WATER_TOWERS,_ANACAP...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Joralemon_Street
https://goo.gl/maps/hNk7cUphLJy
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROTOR