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Coaling Station A
California, Fresno County, CoalingaThis is the approximate site of Coaling Station A established by the S.P.R.R. in the late 1880’s from which the City of Coalinga derived its name. (Industry &...
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Webb Building
California, Fresno County, CoalingaIt was built by A.E. Webb, an Englishman, who came to join English friends A.P. May and Elgar Adams in homesteading on the Los Gatos. The building was two stories...
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Green Brae Brick Kiln
California, Marin County, LarkspurThe Remillard Brick Company, of which the Green Brae Brick Kiln is the only surviving structure, was by 1900 the largest brickmaking firm on the Pacific Coast. The...
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Greenbrae Brickyard Superintendent's Cottage
California, Marin County, LarkspurThis cottage, built in 1891, once housed the superintendent for the adjacent Greenbrae Brickyard of the Remillard Brick Co., which was declared a California State...
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"Our Flag Was Still There..."
Kansas, Lyon County, Emporia ...All gave some, Some gave all... and... ...Our flag was still there... Founding city of Veterans Day Emporia, Ks. 1953 - 2003 Dedicated November 6, 2003 (Arts, Letters,...
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93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler Alconbury and Hardwick, England North Africa: Three Tours WWII Strategic Bombing 1942 - 1945 In Memory of All Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The Skies Over...
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Belle Isle Hydro Plant
Virginia, RichmondIn front of you are the remains of a hydroelectric power plant. It powered the trolley system on the south of the river and the steel company at the east end of the island. To your...
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The Large Stone Structure
Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem"And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar - trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house" (II Samuel 5: 11) Excavations in...
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Design Challenges
District of Columbia, WashingtonLimited funds and dramatic change in elevation at the Meridian Hill Park site -- falling 75 feet from north to south -- challenged the Commission of Fine Arts and their...
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Buckberg Mountain
New York, Rockland County, Tomkins CoveHere Generals Washington and Wayne, surveyed the British fort on Stony Point and panned the victory Of July 15-16, 1779 (Forts, Castles • Patriots &...
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Park Designers
District of Columbia, WashingtonNoted landscape architects George Burnap and Horace Peaslee, who worked in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, designed Meridian Hill Park under the guidance of...
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In Honor of Mendon's Soldiers
Massachusetts, Worcester County, MendonWho fought in the French-Indian Wars 1755 - 1763 and its Minute Men who responded so quickly to the Lexington Alarm April 19, 1775 and its Revolutionary Soldiers...
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The Power of Moving Water
Virginia, RichmondThe ancient river bank is the top of the hill before you. Floodwaters have slowly carved out the valley of the James. The Hollywood Cemetery is now 80 feet above the River. The rocks...
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Second Principal Meridian
Indiana, Marshall County, near CulverThis marker is on the corner of Starke, Marshall, Pulaski and Fulton counties and on the Second Principal Meridian. This Meridian is the line from which all...
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Native American Fishing
Virginia, RichmondIn April and May, the Falls of the James is the richest source of food available. 400 years ago, Native American men would wade with nets and spears among the rocks and rapids to...
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Ironworks Oil House
Virginia, RichmondThis stone storage shed was built to hold flammable lubricants and dangerous acids. The hand-cut stone likely was quarried here on Belle Isle. The shed served the Old Dominion Iron...
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Old Dominion Iron & Steel Company
Virginia, RichmondThe tall design, thick "I" beams and a mix of different sized pieces mark this as one of the first factory buildings constructed by the ODIS -- probably in the early 1900's. OIDS was...
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Belle Isle Rolling Milling and Slitting Manufactory
Virginia, RichmondThrough the arched doorway mules pulled carts of scrap iron from England. Water powered the machinery. European immigrants and black slaves provided the labor. The nails, wire and...
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Headgate
Virginia, RichmondThe river brings logs and debris with every flood, but clear water is needed to push the turbine blades that turn electric generators. Logs were floated away through the gate in the...
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Headgate Cleaner
Virginia, RichmondWater leading to the power plant was kept clean by passing it through slats in the headgate called trash racks. Bits of wood can wear away the edges of turbine blades and make them...
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