Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin and other ridgid airships

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I'm on a FB group called "archeology in Britain" and they seem to have found a Zeppelin propeller in the mud. Here is a pic and their last post on the subject:

"**Update on propeller**
Following the original post about a mystery propeller at Bournemouth Air Museum it has now been confirmed as a Zeppelin propeller.
Following comments on the original post we contacted the Zeppelin Musem in Germany who kindly looked at photos, measurements and raided their extensive archives to confirm it as a Zeppelin propeller.
However, mysteriously the propeller didn't have a single identification number on it (which is should have done) so they were unable to confirm the exact airship, and location on the airship the propeller would have been located.
Further digging our end with the person who donated the propeller - it turns out the original owner trimmed the ends off the propeller to fit it into the space they had, and the serial numbers were located on the ends of the propeller.
So, a partially solved mystery in the end. But the Zeppelin Museum spotted some interesting artefacts in the background of the photos of the propeller which they've asked to borrow for an exhibit later in the year. So out of this mystery comes a budding relationship between two museums both passionate about everything that flies! "

 
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Snautzer01 said:
Snautzer01 said:
Then and now

Berlin Lustgarten



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Meanwhile, front page news on the Berliner Tageblatt for that day... "Passengers were flung against the walls and tables and chairs sent flying aboard the Graf Zeppelin on a scenic flight over the city today as the airship keeled over in flight..."

The far edge of the Lustgarten is the Altesmuseum, with the Berlinerdom obvious to the right. Note that in the modern picture construction cranes can be seen Berlin is still one big building site... The design of the pathways in the Lustgarten are said to have been leftover from when the Nazis used the site for mass public rallies and so bits of the surviving pathways from that time have the nickname "the Hitler pathway"
 
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