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a monochrome photo of a very large and wide tower, with cables hanging off going in all directions from it over the rooftops of the houses. In this specific photo there's frosted dew on the cables, making them extra apparent. there's a little snow on the <br />nearby rooftops in the photo

2026-05-25 09:06:39

anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

TIL in Stockholm (Sweden) they made a giant phone tower in the late 1800s to connect 5500 phone lines over the rooftops.

it makes me wonder if the hl2 combine citadel was inspired by it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Stockholm_telephone_tower

#TIL #telecom #HL2 #sweden

2026-05-25 11:06:59

Anthropy

anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

supposedly it indeed is the inspiration for the combine citadel tower; the source being commentary in the game Half Life Alyx: Final Hours

I don't have the game, but they talk about it here on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/og2qge/the_old_telefontornet_telephone_tower_in/

"If you look trough "the final hours of half life alyx" a documentation of the development of the game (you can get it on steam) they openly say that it was part of the inspiration because of it's imposing stature and the wires going everywhere." - TheHollowOne01

2026-05-26 14:02:06

*_jߍyrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Anthropy -> @Lori Emerson