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Plaque on Mount Batten Breakwater

This plaque commemorates the building of the Breakwater in 1881. Around 1917 the whole of the Mount Batten headland was taken over by the Royal Naval Air Service as a seaplane base, and access to...

This plaque commemorates the building of the Breakwater in 1881. Around 1917 the whole of the Mount Batten headland was taken over by the Royal Naval Air Service as a seaplane base, and access to...

    Mount Batten Tower

    The Tower was I believe built by Henry VIII as part of his coastal defences, and commands the entrance to The Cattewater. This led to the medieval port of Plympton, a Stannary Town once more...

    The Tower was I believe built by Henry VIII as part of his coastal defences, and commands the entrance to The Cattewater. This led to the medieval port of Plympton, a Stannary Town once more...

      Commemorative plaque and granite crown - Plymouth Barbican

      I wonder where the barbican would stand if there was a list of areas with such items! © Copyright Mick Lobb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob...

      I wonder where the barbican would stand if there was a list of areas with such items! © Copyright Mick Lobb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob...

        First Printing Press in Wales

        Plaque commemorating the first printing press in Wales, erected by the committee of the Happy Winter Evening Entertainments, 1912. © Copyright Marion Phillips and licensed for reuse under this...

        Plaque commemorating the first printing press in Wales, erected by the committee of the Happy Winter Evening Entertainments, 1912. © Copyright Marion Phillips and licensed for reuse under...

          Plaque, Plymouth Harbour, Devon

          Plaque commemorating the departure in May 1839 of the Tory, the pioneer ship in the colonisation of New Zealand. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons...

          Plaque commemorating the departure in May 1839 of the Tory, the pioneer ship in the colonisation of New Zealand. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative...

            Plaque, Plymouth Harbour, Plymouth, Devon

            From Plymouth Sound on June 14 1585 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, "the father of British Colonisation", set sail for Newfoundland and which he claimed for Queen Elizabeth I on 5th August. This plaque was...

            From Plymouth Sound on June 14 1585 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, "the father of British Colonisation", set sail for Newfoundland and which he claimed for Queen Elizabeth I on 5th August. This plaque...

              Eugenie De Montijo

              Eugenie De Montijo Wife of Napoleon III Empress of the FrenchAttended school here   Submitted by @NiallEveritt

              Eugenie De Montijo Wife of Napoleon III Empress of the FrenchAttended school here   Submitted by @NiallEveritt

              • napoleon
              • montido

              Belevedere Tower

              Submitted by @DIYgirl 

              Submitted by @DIYgirl 

              • new york
              • nyc
              • belevedere
              • meteorological
              • draper

              A Car Bomb Exploded at this Site

              A car bomb exploded at this siteon Saturday 15 August at 3.10 pm.This act of terror killed thirty-one people, injured hundreds, and changed forever the lives of many. © Copyright Kenneth Allen and...

              A car bomb exploded at this siteon Saturday 15 August at 3.10 pm.This act of terror killed thirty-one people, injured hundreds, and changed forever the lives of many. © Copyright Kenneth Allen and...

              • omagh
              • bomb
              • terror
              • ireland

              Site of Camp Pratt

              Site of Camp Pratt From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruc-tion for South Louisiana. At one time as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small com-pound for...

              Site of Camp Pratt From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruc-tion for South Louisiana. At one time as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small com-pound for...

              • louisiana
              • civil war
              • camp
              • confederacy

              Site of Bowie Residence

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              • bowie
              • alamo
              • opelousas
              • lousiana

              It is a Replica of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              • new iberia
              • guillot
              • lourdes
              • bernadette
              • soubirous

              The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

              • lousiana
              • longfellow
              • saloom
              • boustany
              • evangeline
              • gabriel

              Opelousas: Capital of Conferate Louisiana

              OPELOUSASCapital of Confederate LouisianaMay 1, 1862 - January 23, 1863 After the Union occupation of New Orleans and surrounding territory in the spring of 1862 the state offices were moved...

              OPELOUSASCapital of Confederate LouisianaMay 1, 1862 - January 23, 1863 After the Union occupation of New Orleans and surrounding territory in the spring of 1862 the state offices were...

              • civil war
              • confederate
              • louisiana
              • opelousas
              • moore
              • red river

              Gatemouth Moore

              GATEMOUTH MOORE Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore was one of America's most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religios leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer. He...

              GATEMOUTH MOORE Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore was one of America's most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religios leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer....

              • moore
              • gatemouth
              • yazoo city
              • blues
              • churches

              40,000 Curious Spectators Came to See the Wreckage

              SCHOONER PARALLEL "BLOWN TO ATOMS" 1882 THE TWO-MASTED, 148-TON PARALLEL LEFT SAN FRANCISCO FOR ASTORIA, OREGON WITH A MIXED CARGO & 42 TONS OF BLACK POWDER & DYNAMITE. CAPT. W.C. MILLER FOUGHT...

              SCHOONER PARALLEL "BLOWN TO ATOMS" 1882 THE TWO- MASTED, 148-TON PARALLEL LEFT SAN FRANCISCO FOR ASTORIA, OREGON WITH A MIXED CARGO & 42 TONS OF BLACK POWDER & DYNAMITE. CAPT. W.C. MILLER...

              • ecv
              • coast guard
              • schooner
              • atoms
              • 1882
              • san francisco
              • california
              • bay area
              • maritime

              Danville Hotel Territory

              Submitted by @jqmcd 

              Submitted by @jqmcd 

              • danville
              • hotel
              • california

              Four-Time Pacific Coast league Champions

              THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF OAKLAND BALL PARKFROM 1913 TO 1955 THE HOME OF FOUR-TIME PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSTHE OAKLAND OAKSWHOSE RANKS INCLUDED BASEBALL LEGENDS CASE STENGEL AND BILLY...

              THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF OAKLAND BALL PARKFROM 1913 TO 1955 THE HOME OF FOUR- TIME PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSTHE OAKLAND OAKSWHOSE RANKS INCLUDED BASEBALL LEGENDS CASE STENGEL AND BILLY...

              • emeryville
              • california
              • bay area
              • oakland
              • baseball
              • stengel
              • martin

              Yale Club of New York City

              Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

              Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

              • dedicatednyc
              • midtown
              • yale
              • yale club
              • nyc
              • jack curry
              • revolutionary war
              • hale
              • army

              Emigrant Savings Bank

              Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

              Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

              • dedicatednyc
              • fdny
              • midtown
              • nyc
              • jack curry