Germany, Thuringia, Erfurt
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ehemalige
Lehmannsbrücke
Älteste Erfurter Brücke, erstmalig im Jahre 1108
erwähnt, 1342 als steinerne Brücke mit 4 Bögen
errichtet, 1977 durch einen Neubau ersetzt.
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Former Lehmanns Bridge
Erfurt's oldest bridge, first built in 1108
Mentioned in 1342 as a stone bridge
with four arches
Replaced by new build in 1977
(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
ehemalige
Lehmannsbrücke
Älteste Erfurter Brücke, erstmalig im Jahre 1108
erwähnt, 1342 als steinerne Brücke mit 4 Bögen
errichtet, 1977 durch einen Neubau ersetzt.
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Former Lehmanns Bridge
Erfurt's oldest bridge, first built in 1108
Mentioned in 1342 as a stone bridge
with four arches
Replaced by new build in 1977
(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Site of the
Running from Mahwah to Bound Brook, the Watchung Ridge served as a natural barrier to protect George Washington and his troops. "The Bulwark that Saved a Nation" helped to keep the American supply lines open.
Near this spot from 1655 to 1698 stood the Indian College. Here American Indian and English students
lived and studied in accordance with the 1650 charter of Harvard College calling for the education of the English and Indian youth of this country.
(1st plaque)
(front)
Gold Hill's first fire company was organized as Silver Hook & Ladd on Novemeber 18, 1863. It disbanded and re-organized as Liberty Hose Co. No.1 on August 19 1864, purchasing its first hose carriage from Folsom & Hiller of San Francisco in October of 1864 for $400. The company occupied a 16 by 25 foot town owned building, later moving to Sol Weil's building on Main St. In 1868, the company purchased a Hunneman hand-pumped fire engine from San Francisco's Howard Engine Co. No.3, re-organizing as an engine company, but retaining the hose company. In 1869 Liberty built its own 28 by 60 foot firehouse on this site, with a bell tower and second floor rooms for the foreman and one or two others. In 1873, the company sold the Hunneman hand engine and purchased a new Button hand, adding a structure on the north side for maintaining and storing hose in 1874. Liberty sold its hand engine in 1910, keeping a four-wheel hose carriage and two-wheel cart in service. Liberty Engine and Hose No.1 disbanded in 1938. A WPA project repaired and painted the firehouse that year, but the combination of heavy snows and schools desk stored on the second floor collapsed the old firehouse in the winter of 1952.
In the spring of 1871, a secret organization comprised of leading citizens and business men, was formed to combat lawlessness in Virginia City.
After Washoe Engine Co. No.4 organized in August 1863, it purchased a new Button hand-pumped fire engine with 9 1/4 inch cylinders, and 600 feet of hose for $4,288. The company housed their fire engine at the Virginia Stables on C Street, then purchased a lot from John Piper on Union Street for a fire hall later that year. If February 1865, Washoe Engine Company No.4 converted a former auction shop in Collin's Brick Building at this location into an engine house. In 1872, the company purchased a new 3rd size Button steam fire engine for $4,500, housing it and the hand-pumped Button engine in this location. Washoe's steamer was down for repairs when the Great Fire of October 26, 1875 broke out behind the courthouse, and the hand engine of No.4 proved ineffective against the wind-driven fire that would comsume 33 square blocks of town. Because its firehouse survived the fire, Washoe's hall housed equipment of several burned out engine companies afterward. While most other fire companies disbanded after the fire, No.4 remained in service until organization of the Virginia Paid Fire Department, selling its hand engine to Reno for $800 in 1876. It sold its steam fire engine to the town of Truckee, California and disbanded in 1877.
Lake's Crossing, a growing community along the Truckee River in Northern Nevada, was parceled into a proper town site by the Central Pacific Railroad. The railroad named the town Reno, 
The first religious service in Nevada, officiated by a visiting Protestant Episcopal Reverend, was held in Virginia City's U.S. Courthouse on Sept. 11, 1861. A Parish was organized as St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal. In the following year the Rev. Franklin S. Rising became St. Paul's first Pastor and missionary, also holding services in Gold Hill and Silver City. A $30,000.00 church was built and the first service was held on Feb. 22, 1863. It was destroyed in the great fire of 1875 and rebuilt the following year on the original site.
Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principal revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US consul to Alta California, contracted with the Mexican government in 1841 to rebuild and enlarge the Custom House. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag over this building on July 7, 1846 to signal the passing of California from Mexican to American rule. Restored through the efforts of the Native Sons of the Golden West with the assistance of the people of California.
English
On your left near this spot lie the remains of … / À votre gauche, près d’ici se trouvent les restes de ….
