@_Luk and I counted 266 houses with derpy stairs inside the walls of DA. Which means that there was about 500 derpy stairs. Dol Amroth has about 450+- houses.

Eriol_Eandur said:

I only now noticed that the floor of the dry docks of New Town are ABOVE sea level. That seems quite pointless to me

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Could be that they roll the ship down on logs once it's finished? Huh, for all my nautical knowledge I actually don't know how dry docks works.

The one problem I see is that the dry docks would be practically useless for repairing a ship, as it would be much harder to get ships up from sea level, (which is a given), than it would be if it were below sea level, (also a given). I would think that they would make them so that the dry docks could serve the dual role of repairing as well as making the ship, rather than just being able to make the ship in the dry dock. Of course, if the dry dock were just used for making ships, this would make perfect sense using the method that Ryt brought up. However, as I previously stated, I think they would make them dual purpose so that they are working smarter, (making dual purpose dry docks), rather than harder, (making double the amount of dry docks, with half being for building, and half for repairing.)

It appears that I was looking at the wrong thing.

However, looking at what I now believe to be the dry docks, I see something else. Oak stairs.

Due to the fact that the surrounding area is made out of stone, I would expect stone stairs, as you will see in the picture (you can also tell from sketches of the Charlestown Navy Yard dry docks made in the early 1800s that they carved stone steps out of the surrounding rock.)

The stone stairs would also require less maintenance, like having to gradually replace the rotting wood (I know it doesn't happen quickly, but it still would happen. The process would also be slightly sped up due to the fact that is in a shaded area all of the time.) This would also be a much more stable structure, as you would have many thousands of gallons (or litres for you crazy people that use the metric system) crashing down into the stairs. This would most likely make the stairs get pushed into the wall and fall apart, which would result in more work than having stone stairs that are a part of the surrounding rock, therefore being much more solid.

Also, looking at the wooden stairs, they have do not have supports to hold them up from the bottom (except at the very end), but they are built right next to the wall. This could mean two things: Either A.) The stairs are built into the stone wall, or
B.) The stairs aren't affected by gravity (which probably isn't the case )


I also know I probably shouldn't really care about the fact that the stairs are wood and not stone.
I actually don't really care-I just have nothing else to do

I like the idea of an underground criminal town in the sewers. Maybe have it beneath one of the more dodgy areas of the city though and not right bellow the entrance to rich town like in Eaglz' version.