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Spouting Horns

SPOUTING HORNS  THE ERODING OF THE WEAKER MATERIAL, OR THE PRESENCE OF LAVA TUBES WITHING THE COASTAL ROCK FORMATION ALLOWS THE PULSE OF THE SEA TO BE RELEASED AND THROWN SKYWARD IN A RELEASE OF...

SPOUTING HORNS  THE ERODING OF THE WEAKER MATERIAL, OR THE PRESENCE OF LAVA TUBES WITHING THE COASTAL ROCK FORMATION ALLOWS THE PULSE OF THE SEA TO BE RELEASED AND THROWN SKYWARD IN A RELEASE OF...

  • ocean
  • depoe bay
  • oregon

George Blanda

  • oakland
  • raiders
  • coliseum

Repaired Fountain 1744

I think it is discussing the restoration of water to the Trevi Fountain.  Plaque reads: 'Benedictus XIV POM ivos aqua virginis compluribus locis manantes quique in usu esse  desierant in urbem...

I think it is discussing the restoration of water to the Trevi Fountain.  Plaque reads: 'Benedictus XIV POM ivos aqua virginis compluribus locis manantes quique in usu esse  desierant in...

  • rome
  • italy
  • fountain

In Memory of Delwin H. Poe By His Family

  • dunsmuir
  • california
  • memorial

Unknown Soldier, Civil War

IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIER BOYS WHO FELL IN BATTLE FROM 1861 TO '65  ERECTED BY JOHN F. MILLER W.R.C NO. 15, MAY 30, 1903  UNKNOWN

IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIER BOYS WHO FELL IN BATTLE FROM 1861 TO '65  ERECTED BY JOHN F. MILLER W.R.C NO. 15, MAY 30, 1903  UNKNOWN

  • civil war
  • oregon
  • brownsville
  • 1861

Liberty Tree Memorial

.@readtheplaque Do you have this one in the Nick's parking lot in Winthrop, MA? https://t.co/JDV2ehqVAz Tweet Submitted by @probablyaliens

.@readtheplaque Do you have this one in the Nick's parking lot in Winthrop, MA? https://t.co/JDV2ehqVAz Tweet Submitted by @probablyaliens

  • liberty elm
  • tree
  • 1765
  • boston
  • winthrop
  • keene
  • stamp act
  • sons of liberty

Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial

Submitted by @jikamens

Submitted by @jikamens

  • rhode island
  • ireland
  • famine
  • providence

San Diego Fishing Pier

SAN DIEGO FISHING PIER DEVELOPED BY CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME RESOURCES AGENCY STATE OF CALIFORNIA -1966- Submitted by @theluisfraire

SAN DIEGO FISHING PIER DEVELOPED BY CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME RESOURCES AGENCY STATE OF CALIFORNIA -1966- Submitted by @theluisfraire

  • san diego
  • pier
  • fishing

Tragic Accident Hop- Pickers

NEAR THIS BRIDGE 30 HOP-PICKERS WERE DROWNED IN THE RIVER MEDWAY IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE 20th OCTOBER 1853. THEY ARE BURIED IN ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD HADLOW. Submitted by @matthiascarter

NEAR THIS BRIDGE 30 HOP-PICKERS WERE DROWNED IN THE RIVER MEDWAY IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE 20th OCTOBER 1853. THEY ARE BURIED IN ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD HADLOW. Submitted by @matthiascarter

  • drowned
  • hadlow
  • hop-pickers
  • 1853

Burial Vaults

Burial Vaults  This is the site of Thomas Holt's mausoleum. The vaults were carved out of the sandstone rock in the 1870s. However no one was ever interred in them.  Historic Trail Plaque 2 funded...

Burial Vaults  This is the site of Thomas Holt's mausoleum. The vaults were carved out of the sandstone rock in the 1870s. However no one was ever interred in them.  Historic Trail Plaque 2 funded...

  • cooks river
  • australia
  • mausoleum

Hugh Kaul

  Hugh Kaul followed in the footsteps of his fatehr and grandfather -  linking business success with service to one's community. He  successfully organized the Alabama Forestry Association with...

  Hugh Kaul followed in the footsteps of his fatehr and grandfather -  linking business success with service to one's community. He  successfully organized the Alabama Forestry Association...

  • birmingham
  • alabama
  • zoo
  • forestry
  • lumber

Ancient Stump

ANCIENT STUMP  BACK TO THE DAWN OF THE BRONZE AGE!  This root mass was one of many buried beneath the breaches along the Oregon Coast between Newport and Neskowin. It once supported a spruce tree,...

ANCIENT STUMP  BACK TO THE DAWN OF THE BRONZE AGE!  This root mass was one of many buried beneath the breaches along the Oregon Coast between Newport and Neskowin. It once supported a spruce tree,...

  • stump
  • bronze age
  • newport
  • neskowin
  • spruce
  • 4100 years
  • 1998

5th Century Repair to the Colosueum

Plaque reads: '"Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, Senator of the rank of the most famous and illustrious, Prefect of Rome, ordinary Consul, restored the arena and the podium which were destroyed...

Plaque reads: '"Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, Senator of the rank of the most famous and illustrious, Prefect of Rome, ordinary Consul, restored the arena and the podium which were destroyed...

  • rome italy a...

Restoration Rome Train Station

Plaque reads: 'All' inizio del grande giubileo del duemila alla presenza di Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Presidente Della  Republica E' riconsegnata alla Citta' Di Roma la stazione termini restaurata...

Plaque reads: 'All' inizio del grande giubileo del duemila alla presenza di Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Presidente Della  Republica E' riconsegnata alla Citta' Di Roma la stazione termini...

  • rome italy t...

Ponte Fabrico

Plaque reads: 'The bridge takes its name from its first builder, Lucio Fabriclus, who built it in 62BC to join the left bank of the Tiber with Tiber Island. It is built of tuff and peperino, faced...

Plaque reads: 'The bridge takes its name from its first builder, Lucio Fabriclus, who built it in 62BC to join the left bank of the Tiber with Tiber Island. It is built of tuff and peperino,...

  • italy rome a...