Ohlone Dog Park
BERKELEY HISTORY OHLONE DOG PARK Berkeley’s Ohlone Dog Park, situated along a strip of land cleared in the 1960s for BART undergrounding, is widely considered the world’s first dog...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- dog park
- people's park annex
- benedict
- richards
Paloma (Fosteria)
GWIN MINE, PALOMA, AND LOWER RICH GULCH WAS MINED FOR PLACER IN 1849. QUARTZ WAS DISCOVERED BY J. ALEXANDER IN 1851. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM M. GWIN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR, IN...
- paloma
- california
- mine
- mining
- quartz
- gwin
St. John's Church
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- church
- polk
- 1842
James Knox Polk
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- polk
- 1916
National Engineering Landmark Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads: 'This 64 metre diameter telescope is the realisation of the vision of CSIRO's Dr E.G. Bowen. Designed by Freeman and Fox Partners to a CSIRO specification and built by...
- radio telescope
- australia
- nsw
- csiro
- astronomy
Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads 'On 21 July 1969 the Parkes Radio Telescope brought television pictures of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk to 600 million people around the world. This remarkable event was achieved...
- radio telescope
- apollo 11
- australia
- nsw
- nasa
- moon
- csiro
Johnny's Well
Plaque reads: 'Johnny's Well was not a well in the accepted sense, but a spring which provided clean water to passing ships from ports the world over, including American whalers. Water from...
- water
- spring
- nsw
- australia
Wishing Tree
Apparently people used to walk around the tree three times backwards and then make it wish, it was apparently a popular thing to do. Plaque reads: 'This was the site of the Gardens first Wishing...
- tree
- botanic gardens
- sydney
- australia
- tree
O'Shaughnessy Dam
66,000,000,000 gallons. #HetchHetchy Submitted by friscolex
- hetchhetchy
- dam
- reservoir
Lawrence Hall of Science Children's Fountain
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- lhs