I looked all over for a date and got everything from “early 1800s” to “late 1800s” but nothing exact, so I had to make an educated guess. The first cameras practical enough to take such a photo were developed around 1840 and the excavations began in 1867.

  • @friend_of_satan
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    76 hours ago

    Why on earth would they need to excavate a balloon?