Collapse of the Westgate Bridge
The Westgate bridge is the main thoroughfare in to Melbourne CBD from the West. In 1970, whilst still under construction it collapsed killing 35 workers. This plaque and part of the bridge...
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- architecture
- engineering
- melbourne
- australia
- university
NORTHBRAE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 NORTHBRAE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS John Galen Howard, Architect, R.E. Mansell, Landscape Architect, 1907 Berkeley’s Northbrae residential subdivision...
- berkeley
- california
- northbrae
- 1907
- 1992
Colonel Armstrong
COLONEL ARMSTRONG HEIGHT - 308 FEET DIAMETER - 14.6 FEET APPROX. AGE 1400 YEARS Submitted by @mad_typist
- redwood
- guerneville
- californai
- colonel
Giuseppe Spisani, Torre Santa Sabina
November 10th 1917 - Here Giuseppe Spisani, torpedo boat captain, died gloriously for a greater Italy. Submitted by @schwanmitbrille
- italy
- puglia
- torre santa sabina
- world war i
- wwi
Pacific Science Center ponds notice
This plaque in affixed to one of the arches, overlooking the ponds and fountains. It reads, "Coins thrown into pools become a part of the building endowment fund. Unauthorized removal of coins is...
- notice
- informational
- coins
- wishing pond
- minoru yamasaki
George Moynihan Memorial Plaque
Attached to the Pacific Science Center arches, this plaque reads: "The Board of Directors of Pacific Science Center Dedicates the Re-Lighting of The Arches in Horor of George P....
- seattle
- memorial
- science center
Pacific Science Center dedication plaque
This plaque is on the outside of the PACCAR IMAX theatre and it memorizes the transfer of ownership of the Pacific Science Center grounds, following the 1962 World's Fair. It reads: "PACIFIC...
- seattle
- pacific scie...
United State Science Pavilion dedication plaque
The Pacific Science Center, designed by Minoru Yamasaki with interiors by Charles and Ray Eames, was made for the 1962 World's Fair to showcase US advances in science and space exploration. It...
- seattle
- pacific scie...
- john f kennedy
William M. Allen Building Plaque - Pacific Science Center
This plaque can be found outside of Building 1 at the Pacific Science Center. It reads: "William M. Allen Building "Much of the strength of America lies in enlightened corporate leadership...
- seattle
- pacific scie...
A-Bomb Dome
The building now known as the A-bomb Done was designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel. Completed in April 1915, the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall soon became a beloved Hiroshima...
Shirakami-sha Shrine
Shirakami-sha Shrine In the old days when the sea-level covered this location, a fire-lit white paper was placed on the reef as a safety marker. The words “paper” and “god” are both...
Peace Memorial Park
Peace Memorial Park This park was established at this location for reasons given below: 1. 1. This area is close to the hypocenter where a large number of people perished around here. 2. ...
Seito Bridge
Seito Bridge From this site Seito Bridge once spanned the Seito River, a river created when Terumoto Mori built Hiroshima Castle in 1591. The Buddhist sage Ekei lived in a house near...
Norman Cousins
Norman Cousins 1915 – 1990 U.S.A. WORLD PEACE will not be achieved by drift or default. The goal must be defined, the approaches must be accepted, the responsibilities must be fixed -Norman...
Monument of Prayer
Monument of Prayer The Monument of Prayer was completed on August 15, 1960, on the fifteenth anniversary of the end of the war, by the Committee to Carry out a National Festival of Prayers for...
Bell of Peace
Bell of Peace We dedicate this bell As a symbol of Hiroshima Aspiration: Let all nuclear arms and wars be gone, And the nations live in true peace! May it ring to all corners of the eart To meet...
Pond of Peace and Flame of Peace
Pond of Peace The Fifth Japan Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s member conference held in Hiroshima in the fall of 1956 concluded with the words “Commemorating this even, we shall...
Korean Victim Memorial
Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors At the end of World War II there were about 100,000 Koreans living in Hiroshima as soldiers, civilian employees of the army, mobilized students...
Nakajima District
Nakajima District (100 to 700 meters from the hypocenter) From the middle of the nineteenth Century to 1945, the Nakajima District (presently the site of Peace Memorial Park) was among the most...
Monument to Tamiki Hara
Monument to Tamiki Hara Engraved in stone long ago, Lost in the shining sand, In the midst of a crumbling world, The vision of one flower Tamiki Hara Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers