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Candle House

    Ernest Christopher Dowson, Edward Owen Greening

    Submitted by @running_past

    Submitted by @running_past

      Hannah Snell 1723 - 1792

      HANNAH SNELL 1723-1792 Born Here on 23 April 1723 Britain's Famous Female Soldier Sponsored by Ladies Crown Probus Worcester Submitted by @David_F_Taylor.

      HANNAH SNELL 1723-1792 Born Here on 23 April 1723 Britain's Famous Female Soldier Sponsored by Ladies Crown Probus Worcester Submitted by @David_F_Taylor.

        Vining: Small Town, Big Talent

        Submitted by @thepracticalpen.

        Submitted by @thepracticalpen.

          Pony Express, Marysville Kansas

          Submitted by @prchovanec.

          Submitted by @prchovanec.

          • pony express

          Calloway County

          Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

          Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

            Dedicated to M. R Atkinson Not Dead, Just Likes Plaques

            • not dead
            • just likes plaques

            Pine to Palm Highway

            Submitted by @brent_bellamy See here for the southern end of this highway.

            Submitted by @brent_bellamy See here for the southern end of this highway.

              Pine to Palm Highway, New Orleans

              See here for the northern end of this highway. Submitted by @brent_bellamy

              See here for the northern end of this highway. Submitted by @brent_bellamy

                Carted and Mounted on this Wagon

                THIS LOG WAS CARTED AND MOUNTED ON THIS WAGON BY WALTER MARWEN BROOKS AND HIS MATES ON SEPTEMBER 4 1968 HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT 1930-1968 Submitted by @priyabgandhi

                THIS LOG WAS CARTED AND MOUNTED ON THIS WAGON BY WALTER MARWEN BROOKS AND HIS MATES ON SEPTEMBER 4 1968 HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT 1930-1968 Submitted by @priyabgandhi

                  Honorable Phra Ajarn Sombar Yanavarn

                  Founder of Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Founder of Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills Submitted by @Ritterton

                    BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY

                    NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31

                    NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31

                      John Herbert Chapman

                      JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD in...

                      JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD...

                        The Black Snake Affair

                        THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade with...

                        THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade...

                          EarthScope Plate Boundary Observation Station

                          Submitted by @zxqwd

                          Submitted by @zxqwd

                            Captain Jock Porteous

                            At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates 7th...

                            At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates...

                              The Franklin Institute

                              Submitted by cruicej

                              Submitted by cruicej

                                Regional Districts BC

                                Submitted by @robertdall

                                Submitted by @robertdall

                                  Shire of Flinders Electric Ball

                                  SHIRE OF FLINDERS ELECTRIC BALL THIS SPHERE WAS PART OF A DEVICE DESIGNED BY A MR ROBILLIARD IN 1909, WITH A VIEW TO HARNESSING THE SEA TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR SORRENTO TOWNSHIP THE SPHERE WAS...

                                  SHIRE OF FLINDERS ELECTRIC BALL THIS SPHERE WAS PART OF A DEVICE DESIGNED BY A MR ROBILLIARD IN 1909, WITH A VIEW TO HARNESSING THE SEA TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR SORRENTO TOWNSHIP THE SPHERE...

                                  • although at ...
                                  • electric ball
                                  • severe wave action

                                  Perronkap Utrecht Centraal

                                  The plaque tells the story of the old railway station roof. In Dutch: perronkap. The iron roof was constructed in 1895. In 1968, when the station (Utrecht central station) was replaced by a new...

                                  The plaque tells the story of the old railway station roof. In Dutch: perronkap. The iron roof was constructed in 1895. In 1968, when the station (Utrecht central station) was replaced by a...

                                  • historic rai...
                                  • iron construction