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Hofje van Noblet

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, Netherlands.
Gesticht in 1760 uit de nalatenschap van Geertruijd, Sara en Leonard Noblet. Gebouwd naar ontwerp van Willem Batelaan. Gerenoveered 1990-1991. [English translation:] Founded in 1760 from the estate of Geertruijd, Sara, and . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cahawba - circa 1500

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Cahaba, Alabama.
Two Ghost Towns? Long before Cahawba was built as Alabama's first state capital, there was another village at this location. Just like Cahawba, it thrived for about 50 years, then disappeared. About the year 1500 a group of . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stadtturm / City Tower

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, Germany.
Torturm mit Zeltdach, Laterne, Turmknopf und Wetterfahne, vier Rundgaben mit Uhren, vollendet 1419 als westlicher Ausgang des ersten Stadtmauerringes 1740 Erhöhung des Turms auf 47 Meter für die Wohnung des Stadttürmers - . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Who Lived Here?

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Cahaba, Alabama.
This house, the Fambro / Arthur home, takes its name from two of its owners. One was a judge, the other was a former slave. The Fambro Family A. Judge W. W. Fambro built this house in the early 1840s. He may have created his . . .

(African Americans • Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. John's Anglican Church / Église Anglicane St. John

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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Prominently sited on the parade square, this church was an important symbol of British authority and Anglican dominance for Lunenburg's early settlers, who were mainly German-speaking Protestants. From construction in 1754 . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Fire / Le Feu

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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Beginning in the early hours of November 1, 2001, fire ravaged this historic church, substantially destroying the building. Undaunted by the destruction, the parishioners decided to restore the church. With financial help . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Disasters • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Die Ankeruhr / The Anchor Clock

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, Austria.
Hier auf dem ältesten Platze Wiens, in dessen nächster Nähe sich das Kommandogebaüde (Praetorium) des Römerlagers Vindobona befand, liesz die im Jahre 1858 gegründete Allgemeine Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft Der Anker . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Andrew Ellicott

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
‹Andrew Ellicott› was born in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1st month, 22nd, 1733; to which place his grandfather emigrated from near Falmouth, England about the year 1700. Soon after his marrying to ‹Mary Fox›, Andrew moved from . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Ellicott

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
‹John Ellicott›, brother of Andrew, born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 12th month, 28th, 1739 and removed with his brother Andrew from their mills in Bucks Co., 5th month, 16th, 1771, ‹to Baltimore County, Maryland› Here . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The River Queen

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant used this side-wheel steamer as his private dispatch boat, and it hosted the Hampton Roads Conference, President Lincoln's unsuccessful attempt to negotiate an end to the Civil War.

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Waterfront Industry and Commerce

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
In the 1840s, the Southwest Waterfront was developing into a major commercial seaport and took on an industrial character. Buildings and warehouses were constructed to accommodate coal, ice, and lumber trades, as well as . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Water Street

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
During the Civil War, Water Street was paved for military traffic leading from the gun and powder factory at the Arsenal on Greenleaf Point north along the waterfront to Long Bridge.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Capital Yacht Club

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
The Capital Yacht Club was formed in 1892 when nine yachtsmen hired a watchman to keep an eye on their vessels anchored in the newly formed Washington Channel.

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
In wartime 1943, realizing that unhappiness with living conditions would imperil the already fragile prognosis for producing uranium-235, the Army overseers of Oak Ridge strove to make life as pleasant as possible for the . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
What most branded Oak Ridge as a temporary wartime community was its housing, almost half of which was added in a great rush during 1944-1945 as the town grew to five times the originally planned population of 13,000. Many . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
At the same time the Government was starting large construction programs in 1948 to build permanent housing, work started to replace the hurriedly built wartime schools. The first permanent school finished was Willowbrook . . .

(Education • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
In 1948, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) assigned the task of transforming the “Secret City” into an incorporated city to Frederick W. “Fred” Ford, the AEC’s new Community Affairs Director. In addition to managing the . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1942 - 1992 Samuel Karl Asher • Michael Roger Baker • James Edward Barlow • Jeff Thomas Barnett, Jr. • Martin Owen Boone • Joseph Keith Bradley • Gerald Wayne Davidson • Luther E. Davis • Ronald Edward Hibbard • David . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Type C31 (Cupola) Caboose

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Fairfax Station, Virginia.
This caboose was built for the Norfolk and Western Railroad (N&W) in December 1969. It was donated in 1993 to the museum and repainted as Southern Railway (SR) Washington Division caboose X518606 the following year.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Downtown The Dalles

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The Dalles, Oregon.
Historic Downtown The Dalles Five photographs with descriptions are on the marker: (top right) North on Union Street behind the current Post Office was the Dalles Railroad Depot, built prior to 1910. It was south of the . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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