On September 21, 1779

Southern Yacht Club

Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built...

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New Basin Canal

The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito...

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waterway

Brieven van Belle

The 18th century writer and "Independant woman" Belle van Zuylen lived in the castle nearby. Besides novels and plays, she wrote letters to the people hiking around the castle, and at some...

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windmill

Jaagpad bij de Vecht

In the 19th and early 20th century rivers were the main transport route. Ships were towed by means of a rope, pulled by horses on the road parallel to the stream.In Dutch this road was called...

transport over water
19th century

Classical parking notice

A Latin and Greek instruction to errant velocipedistsDUAE ROTATE HIC RELICTAE PERIMENTUR-- ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΔΥΟΚΥΚΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΘΑRΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[sic]

America's First Irish Coffee

AMERICA'S FIRST IRISH COFFEE WAS MADE HERE IN 1952 IT WAS INSPIRATIONALLY INVENTED AT SHANNON AIRPORT BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS FORTUITOUSLY INTRODUCED HERE BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS NURTURED TO A...