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Flood markers at the weir

Flood markers showing the heights of the floods at Buscot Lock © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Flood level marks on a house in Girton

The heights that River Trent floods reached in the village of Girton are marked on a house wall. The house is now known as Mallard Corner but is identified as Sunnyside on old maps. ©...

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• rural settlement
• flood
• flood levels
• geograph

Sheldon Grist Mill

SHELDON GRIST MILL SITE OF GRIST MILL BUILT BY JARED DIXON (JOAQUIN) SHELDON 1846-47 ON OMOCHUMENES RANCHO, GRANTED TO HIM BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 1843. SHELDON BORN VERMONT JANUARY 8, 1813,...

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• omochumnes
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Destroyed by Fire in 1890 and Rebuilt the Same Year

  Submitted by Sheila Paske

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• california
• sheldon
• consumnes
• stanford
• leland
• fertile
• amador

Such Evidence Found as to Leave No Doubt (Lewis's Grave)

MERIWETHER LEWIS1774 - 1809 BENEATH THIS MONUMENT ERECTED UNDER LEGISLATIVE ACT BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, A.D., 1848, REPOSES THE DUST OF MERIWETHER LEWIS, A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY,...

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• tennessee
• burying the lede
• grinder
• grave
• such evidence
• no doubt

Formerly the Plow Tavern

THE PLOW TAVERN FORMERLY OCCUPIED THIS SITE BUILD 1745 . . . DEMOLISHED APRIL 1, 1924. TRADITION SAYS THAT ON ITS REGISTER WERE THE NAMES OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND GENERAL LAFAYETTE WHEN...

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• pennsylvania
• tavern
• washington
• lafayette
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Mathias Roeser

MATHIAS ROESER Here from 1740 to 1771 lived one of colonial American's most impor-tant gunsmiths. His work was central to the develop-ment of the Pennsylvania rifle. Other family mem-bers and...

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• pennsylvania
• gunsmith
• rifle
• revolutionary war

Bailey's Printshop

Submitted by ‏@TBuckwalterLNP .  

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• printer
• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• paine
• crisis congress
• commonwealth
• 1773
• 1780
• historic imprints

Fred's Lounge

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

• louisiana
• radio
• reed
• mardi gras
• courir
• tate's
• wwii
• 1050
• kvpi

Cahuenga Peak

[location approximate] Submitted by @clpichotta.

• california
• hollywood
• los angeles
• lucasfilm
• hefner
• spielberg
• sony
• fox
• warner bros
• walt disney

Hardships Caused by Fires, Inadequate Finances, and Equipment

ACADIA BAPTIST ACADEMY1917 - 1973 The Acadia Baptist Academy once occupied these buildings and grounds. The school was founded in 1917 by Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and the Southern Baptist...

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• acadia
• baptist
• fires
• financial pressure

Academy of the Sacred Heart

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

• louisiana
• catholic
• aude
• layton
• duchesne

Embodies the Bond Among Marines Everywhere

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• hawaii
• vietnam
• milling
• first marine brigade

Rosalind Franklin

Via Open Plaques 496 By Spudgun67 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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• watson
• crick
• dna

DNA Double Helix 1953

  Via Open Plaques 1352 Photo credit Simon Harriyott

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• science
• watson
• crick
• franklin

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the...

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• bay area
• california
• norway
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• magnetic
• bering straits
• gjoa
• oslo

They Shall Not Pass

Plaque to remember anti-fascist demonstration 1937. Submitted by @Schopflin  

• london
• wwii
• fascist
• blackshirt

Reston: A "New Town"

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

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• virginia

Robert E. Simon Jr.

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

• reston
• virginia

Information on Cropton's Well

© Copyright Colin Grice and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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