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Victualling Yard

VICTUALLING YARD Completed 1853 A Victualling Yard is an essential part of any naval facility. It is the area concerned with the storage, preparation and packaging of food and drink for the Fleet....

VICTUALLING YARD Completed 1853 A Victualling Yard is an essential part of any naval facility. It is the area concerned with the storage, preparation and packaging of food and drink for the Fleet....

    King Neptune

    KING NEPTUNE THIS REPLICA IN STONE OF THE FIGUREHEAD FROM HMS IRRESISTIBLE (BUILT 1859, 2ND RATE, 80 GUNS) WAS DONATED BY NUCLEAR MUTUAL LIMITED AND NUCLEAR ELECTRIC INSURANCE LIMITED 15 JUNE 1995...

    KING NEPTUNE THIS REPLICA IN STONE OF THE FIGUREHEAD FROM HMS IRRESISTIBLE (BUILT 1859, 2ND RATE, 80 GUNS) WAS DONATED BY NUCLEAR MUTUAL LIMITED AND NUCLEAR ELECTRIC INSURANCE LIMITED 15 JUNE 1995...

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    Furnas Volcano Caldera

    The Furnas Volcano is a major dormant volcano of silicious noture, with a summit subsidence caldera. This huge volcanic depression has on eiliptical shape, 8 x 5.6 km in size and includes an...

    The Furnas Volcano is a major dormant volcano of silicious noture, with a summit subsidence caldera. This huge volcanic depression has on eiliptical shape, 8 x 5.6 km in size and includes an...

      William Golding

      SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

      SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

        Marquette Iron Range

        The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party discovered...

        The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party...

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        Scandinavian Lutheran Society / Norwalk Lutheran Church

        In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

        In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

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        Indignation plaque

        THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

        THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

          Onekama Springs / Glen Park

          In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

          In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

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          Mary Delany

          From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

          From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

            Sleepwalk With Me

            IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

            IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

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            In Memory of Henry W Ingwersen

              Oscar Wilde on San Francisco

                Science, Biology, Geology, Native Peoples, Heritage Square

                Submitted by @JimStLeger

                Submitted by @JimStLeger

                  Damian Rios

                    Alleyways in Chinatown

                      Quality Row

                      Cambridge Historical Commission Quality Row These substantial houses on Third Street were built for wealthy owners giving the street its popular name 1860

                      Cambridge Historical Commission Quality Row These substantial houses on Third Street were built for wealthy owners giving the street its popular name 1860

                        Oldest Church in East Cambridge

                        Cambridge Historical Commission Oldest Church in East Cambridge Erected by the Third Congregational Society early Minister James D. Green elected first Mayor of Cambridge, 1846, became Holy Cross...

                        Cambridge Historical Commission Oldest Church in East Cambridge Erected by the Third Congregational Society early Minister James D. Green elected first Mayor of Cambridge, 1846, became Holy...

                          Frank Lloyd Wright

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                            "Gypsy" Joe Hanxtik

                              Charles (Chuck) Presley Eschbach