Nihonbashi bridge was built in 1603 and is the origin point of the five major roads designated by the shogunate. The present bridge was built in 1911. The original zero milestone was...
Submitted by @jqmcd
S. S. MOYIE CANADA This elegant sternwheeler is the oldest intact passenger steam vessel of its type in the world. The machinery and the steel frames of its hull were built by the Bertram Engine...
Dedicated To The World’s Mariners 10th December 1895 Submitted by @paulori
Welcome to St Dunstan in the East A church was first built on the site of this garden in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD and then rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after...
Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot, called Withe Station, was established in 1856. The land was given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872 his land holdings were...
Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand
In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to...
VAN DER DONCK PARK AT LARKIN PLAZA RESTORED 2012 MIKE SPANO MAYOR CHUCK LESNICK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN, 1ST DISTRICT WILSON TERRERO, COUNCILMAN, 2ND DISTRICT...
Saw Mill River DaylightingA Fish Passage What looks like a ladder to the right of where you are standing really IS a ladder-an Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder. It was placed here to allow...
Moving Through Yonkers From Sail to Steam In colonial times, the Dutch and English settlers in Yonkers moved their merchandise up and down the Hudson River under sail. In 1807 Robert...
Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans past, present, and future that served to make this country free Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans Organizations2012Submitted by @lampbane