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Holger Emil Clausen Memorial Plaque

Holger Emil Clausen*30-12-1887      +21-2-1945Died for DenmarkTortured to death byGESTAPO whose headquarter were in this building18-9-1943         5-5-1945

Holger Emil Clausen*30-12-1887      +21-2-1945Died for DenmarkTortured to death byGESTAPO whose headquarter were in this building18-9-1943         5-5-1945

  • danish resis...
  • wwii

This Steel Mast

On part of the overhead Gantry at the end of the erstwhile island platform, this reads: "This steel mast was the first of 35,000 to be erected as part of the scheme to electrify the East Coast...

On part of the overhead Gantry at the end of the erstwhile island platform, this reads: "This steel mast was the first of 35,000 to be erected as part of the scheme to electrify the East Coast...

  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • 1985
  • lowlands
  • railways
  • east coast main line

We Will Remember

    Mr. Pike Ward

    [Location approximate]

    [Location approximate]

    • fishing
    • whalebone arches

    Sorbonne Library

    The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

    The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

      David L Ramsay

      • ramsay park

      Dorchester's History

        Montclair World War II Memorial

          The University Lofts

            The Rock, Ketchikan

              This Tree and Stone

              THIS TREE AND STONE DEDICATED TO THE  BERKELEY BOYS AND SONS  OF BERKELEY CHAPTER  A.G.S.M

              THIS TREE AND STONE DEDICATED TO THE  BERKELEY BOYS AND SONS  OF BERKELEY CHAPTER  A.G.S.M

                The Western Addition Peace Wall at Koshland Park

                  The Western Addition Peace Wall

                    John Hollman Grave

                    Marker is on Nebraska Highway 27, just south of the town of Oskosh and the North Platte River. For reference: about 125 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 85 miles west-northwest of North...

                    Marker is on Nebraska Highway 27, just south of the town of Oskosh and the North Platte River. For reference: about 125 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 85 miles west-northwest of...

                    • nebraska
                    • garden county
                    • oskkosh
                    • great plains
                    • oregon trail
                    • overland trail

                    Methodist-Episcopal church

                    The Methodist-Episcopal Church Erected c.1844 by the people of Duane and used for public meetings and as a place of worship until 1982. The domed cupola and rounded arches are in the Romanesque...

                    The Methodist-Episcopal Church Erected c.1844 by the people of Duane and used for public meetings and as a place of worship until 1982. The domed cupola and rounded arches are in the...

                    • duane ny
                    • adirondacks
                    • alan r reno
                    • church
                    • methodist-episcopal
                    • national register

                    Rio Puerco Bridge (Route 66)

                    Rio Puerco BridgeThis Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F. D. Shuffelbarger of...

                    Rio Puerco BridgeThis Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F. D. Shuffelbarger...

                    • bridge
                    • route66

                    Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

                    109 East Palace1943 Santa Fe office 1963Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory University of California All the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret...

                    109 East Palace1943 Santa Fe office 1963Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory University of California All the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret...

                    • santa fe
                    • atomic
                    • nuclear
                    • los alamos

                    Mississippi River Old Ferry Landing - Port Allen - Baton Rouge Site - 1820-1968

                      Horses and wagons first used the ferry, then gradually giving way to cars and trucks. Pedestrian traffic was always an important part of the ferry service. At one time all east-west traffic...

                      Horses and wagons first used the ferry, then gradually giving way to cars and trucks. Pedestrian traffic was always an important part of the ferry service. At one time all east-west traffic...

                    • louisiana
                    • mississippi river
                    • ferry

                    Houmas House

                      Houmas Indian land grant sold to Conway and Latil in 1774. Sold to Revolutionary War hero Wade Hampton 1811. Greek revival mansion built by John Smith Preston in 1840. Restored by Dr. George...

                      Houmas Indian land grant sold to Conway and Latil in 1774. Sold to Revolutionary War hero Wade Hampton 1811. Greek revival mansion built by John Smith Preston in 1840. Restored by Dr....

                    • louisiana
                    • plantation
                    • gardens
                    • antebellum
                    • native americans

                    Baton Rouge Lakes - City Park Lake

                      The idea to create lakes from the old Perkins Swamp originated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting in 1933, when thousands of men needed work and the relocation of the LSU campus had created...

                      The idea to create lakes from the old Perkins Swamp originated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting in 1933, when thousands of men needed work and the relocation of the LSU campus had created...

                    • louisiana
                    • environment
                    • waterway
                    • lakes