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Earls of Chesterfield

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Here Lived Philip Second Earl of Chesterfield Born 1633 : Died 1713 also Philip Third Earl and Philip Dormer Fourth Earl of Chesterfield K.G. Born 1694 : Died 1773

(Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bloomsbury Square Gardens

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Restoration of Bloomsbury Square Originally known as Southampton Square Bloomsbury Square was one of London's first designed garden squares. It was initially laid out during the middle of the 17th Century, after Lord . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Faraday House

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, United Kingdom.
Faraday House Electrical Engineering College Occupied This Building From June 1903 Until April 1967

(Education • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kershaw's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Kershaw's Brigade. McLaws' Division, - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Joseph Brevard Kershaw. September 20, 1863, 1 p.m. 2d South Carolina, - Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard. 3d South Carolina, - Colonel James D. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gracie's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Gracie's Brigade. Preston's Division -- Buckner's Corps. Brigadier General Archibald Gracie, Jr. September 20, 1863, 4:30 p.m., 2d Position 43d Alabama - Colonel Young M. Moody. 1st Alabama Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

63rd Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 63rd Regiment Infantry. Gracie's Brigade Preston's Division 5:30 P.M. September 20, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

8th South Carolina Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
8th. Regiment South Carolina Infantry Commander Colonel John W. Henagan.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

15th South Carolina Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
15th. Regiment South Carolina Infantry Commander Colonel Joseph F. Gist.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elfin Oak

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, United Kingdom.
Elfin Oak Originally carved in 1911 and maintained for over 40 years by sculptor Ivor Inne With grateful thanks also to Spike Milligan CBE and his friends whose interest and support enabled complete restoration of the wee . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Victoria R

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, United Kingdom.
Victoria R — 1837 — Here In Front of the Palace Where She Was Born and Where She Resided Until Her Accession, Her Royal Kensington Subjects Erect This Statue. The Work of Her Daughter, to Commemorate Fifty Years of Her . . .

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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Emmeline Pankhurst 1858 1928 This Statue Of Emmeline Pankhurst Was Erected As A Tribute To Her Courageous Leadership Of The Movement For The Enfranchisement Of Women

(Women) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

No. 31 Mine Portals

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Lynch, Kentucky.
(panel 1) These portals were finished in 1920 while coal was being removed from temporary portals to the west. The main haulage goes straight through the mountain to Lewis Creek in Letcher Co., while an offset continues to . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Winifrede Mine Conveyor

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Lynch, Kentucky.
This conveyor, installed in 1968, transported coal at a rate of 500 tons per hour from the Winifrede mine borehole (1800 feet underground in No. 31 mine) to the 2300 ton silo at the tipple. Three entries in No. 31 mine were . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Lynch

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Lynch, Kentucky.
To build the town and mine support facilities Bog Looney Creek was rerouted and over one mile was walled with local quarried native sandstone. Among the structures chronicled here, the coal company constructed six miles of . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

You are in The Holy Land!

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Springfield, Kentucky.
Central Kentucky witnessed an influx of religions settling here after 1785. The Presbyterians settled here in 1785 with Terah Templin being the first ordained minister in Kentucky. Located here is the Springfield . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cunningham-Haydon House

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Springfield, Kentucky.
This home was built by J.A. Seay circa 1882 when Andrew Cunningham lived here with his wife Elizabeth Bullock. Mr. Cunningham operated the dry goods store in Springfield. The house was purchased in 1932, from the . . .

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Bloomingburg Area Underground Railroad

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Bloomingburg, Ohio.
Side A Recognized by many as “one of the most active communities in Southwestern Ohio, the Bloomingburg area was a significant link in the Underground Railroad. As many as twelve to sixteen escaped slaves were said to have . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mark Road Bridge

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Washington Court House, Ohio.
Originally constructed in 1883 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, this 103 foot single span Pratt Truss was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The structure was rehabilitated, . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1st Michigan Artillery, Battery D

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery D, First Michigan Artillery Afternoon Sept. 20, 1863

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marktplatz Nr. 11 / Market Square No. 11

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, Germany.
Das von J. M. Keller umgebaute Haus steht an der Ecke zur Bocksgasse und ist das Stammhaus des Handelsgeschäfts von Franz Achilles von Stahl. Eindrucksvoll das prächtige Portal mit geschmiedetem Oberlichtgitter. Den . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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