Fort Myers, Florida.
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Specifications:
Wingspan: 110 feet
Length: 67 ft. 7 5/8 inches
Height: 18 feet
Max Weight 65,000 pounds
Empty Weight 36,500 pounds
Bomb Load 8,000 to 10,000 pounds average
16 500 pound bombs 4 2000 pound bombs
Armament Ten 50 Caliber Machine Guns
Crew Ten
Power Plant Four 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney
R-1830 65 Engines
14 Cylinders
Turbo Charged & Super Charged
Performance: Max Speed 290 mph • Service Ceiling 26,000 feet
Cruise 180 mph • Max Range 3000 miles
(War, World II • Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Specifications:Wingspan: 110 feet
Length: 67 ft. 7 5/8 inches
Height: 18 feet
Max Weight 65,000 pounds
Empty Weight 36,500 pounds
Bomb Load 8,000 to 10,000 pounds average
16 500 pound bombs 4 2000 pound bombs
Armament Ten 50 Caliber Machine Guns
Crew Ten
Power Plant Four 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney
R-1830 65 Engines
14 Cylinders
Turbo Charged & Super Charged
Performance: Max Speed 290 mph • Service Ceiling 26,000 feet
Cruise 180 mph • Max Range 3000 miles
(War, World II • Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Whaling was more dangerous than ever in the late 19th Century, as the number of whales declined and it became necessary to venture farther north and stay longer in pursuit. By the early 1880s, the bomb lance, an iron tube 20 inches long and an inch in diameter, was loaded with dynamite and prepared to explode inside the whale. The bomb lance was shot from a gun that enabled small whale boats to remain at a safe distance from the dying agonies of the whale. 
Conceived in 1804 by Joseph Ellicott (right), Niagara Square was the beginning of what renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted would in mid-century call "the best planned city as to its streets, public places, and grounds in the United States, if not the world." The center of early social life, the Square was surrounded by the mansions of illustrious citizens, where "...the revered hosts and hostesses gave to this city for all time the best examples of good citizenship, culture, and refinement, and bever-to-be-excelled hospitality." The Greek Revival residence of Erie Canal promoter and early mayor Samuel Wilkeson stood on the site now occupied by City Hall. The Tudor Gothic mansion of former president Millard Fillmore (right) occupied the northeast corner. 
At the time of the Gold Rush, Tichenor's Ways built and repaired early wooden steamboats and vessels. Calm but deep water near Steamboat Point helped this industry thrive. Henry B. Tichenor built a marine railways in 1851, but shipbuilding moved south when Pacific Rolling Mills, an ironworks ship builder, moved its operation to Pier 70. 
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain biographical information on the person for whom the street is named, appropriate quotation(s) and relevant illustrations, cast in bronze. 
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain biographical information on the person for whom the street is named, appropriate quotation(s) and relevant illustrations, cast in bronze. 
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 Officers and 3,131 men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on “Patrol”.
J.P. Richardson, Jr., better known as the "Big Bopper" lived 1 mile south of this site in the 1950s in a garage apartment on Arcement Street near the intersection at French Street. In 1952, Richardson married Adrianne Joy Fryou, a native of the Bourg-Montegut community
The Valley View Ferry has been operating since 1785 making it the oldest continuously operating business in Kentucky and perhaps the oldest ferry in America. Valley View Ferry was chartered near the community of Valley View, a thriving river town that, at that time, was larger than Lexington. 
Celebrated here/The First City Council/of the /City of Guatemala./on 02 January of 1776. /Guatemala, Bicentennial City/Municipality of Guatemala
02 of January of 1976.
Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.
Born in Barbados, West Indies in 1859, Captain William Thomas Shorey served as the only black captain on the Pacific Coast during the rise of San Francisco as America's principal whaling port. Captain Shorey, known as "Black Ahab" by his crew, took his wife and daughter whaling on the Gayhead, upon which Mrs. Shorey remarked of their 4-year-old daughter: "Victoria is a remarkable sailor, she knows all the ropes and has perfect command of her father." 
Construction of the State Belt Railroad began in 1889, making it possible to load and unload ships directly to railcars on the piers. At first, rail spurs ran down the center of piers inside the sheds. After 1910, most tracks were laid on the pier aprons outside the sheds. In both cases doorways had to be large enough for trains to pass through the front. It ceased operation in 1993. 
San Francisco was an ancient river valley were creatures who grazed and browsed and stalked their prey, left their bones. 
The vista along Court Street from Niagara Square to Lafayette Square embraces a continuum of human struggle for freedom and justice. In the center of the vista stands a monument to the soldiers and sailors who perished in the war to preserve the Union over the issue of slavery. Adjacent to the monument, the Liberty Building celebrates the concept of freedom with two statues of Lady Liberty on its rooftop. At the farthest point is the Michian Avenue Baptist Church, a stop on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves en route to freedom in Canada. 
