2019-06-18 04:34
, Mexico.Avenida Adolfo López Mateos Bel Itzá o Camino de los Itzáes Bacalar era una ciudad de paso obligado para llegar a Izamal, centro religioso prehispánico m… Read More
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2019-06-18 03:02
Westbury, New York.Built by Ambrose Clark, an heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune and prominent race horse breeder and owner. Formerly the Westbury War Memorial Community Center, 1946… Read More
2019-06-18 02:48
Ripley, Ohio.(west-facing tablet) The men who wrought for Liberty were the forerunners of the Abolition Movement culminating in the Civil War. • They were the intermediaries between the… Read More
2019-06-18 02:28
, United Kingdom.Hamilton Graving Dock opened in 1867. It was almost twice the size of No. 2 Graving Dock which had been completed in 1826. 3 million gals The dock holds approximately 3 mil… Read More
2019-06-18 02:25
Bellevue, Ohio.A founder of the Standard Oil Company, Henry Morrison Flagler spent his formative years in Bellevue and began his business career here in 1844, building his home near this sit… Read More
2019-06-18 01:40
, United Kingdom.These blocks originally sat at the bottom of Hamilton Dock. They were used to support ships' hulls. You can see similar blocks under Nomadic's keel. (Industry & Commerc… Read More
2019-06-18 01:36
, Germany.Klassizistischer Pumpen-brunnen - 1832 an der ehemaligen Hl.-Geist- Kapelle aufgestellt als Ersatz eines Rokokobrunnens von 1768, dessen allegorische "Tugendstatue” über… Read More
2019-06-18 01:26
, United Kingdom.Hamilton Dock was refurbished in 1948, when a new 25-inch (64cm) concrete floor was laid. It remained in use until the 1990s, but then fell into decline. In 2009, work bega… Read More
2019-06-18 01:10
Calais, Vermont.Clarence W. Fitch, born in 1885 in East Montpelier, was a leader of the cooperative movement of the mid-20th century, when rural families banded together to create social and… Read More
2019-06-18 00:52
Covington, Kentucky.Humanitarian who stood on this corner in snow sleet, rain and zero temperature collecting monies to help the unfortunate blind of this community for 30 years. (Charity &a&hell…Read More
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