The First Successful Flight of an Airplane
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANE WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT THIS TABLET...
- wright brothers
- airplane
- north carolina
That Inhaling Ether Causes Insensibility to Pain
TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVER THAT THE INHALING OF ETHER CAUSES INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN FIRST PROVED TO THE WORLD AT THE MASS. GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BOSTON OCTOBER AD MDCCCXLVI Submitted by @thatmattwade
- boston
- massachusetts
- medicine
- ether
- mgh
Canada Place
Canada Place Canada Place was the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Pier B-C ocean liner terminal in the 1920s. In 1982, the Government of Canada redeveloped it as the Canadian Pavilion for The Expo ’86...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- canada place
- sails
- expo 86
The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed
The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed Mural by Jordi Bonet In 1968 Jordi Bonet was commissioned to design this mural. By the abstract treatment of his subject the sea, with colour and texture,...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- art
- mural
- guinness tower
- office
- jordi bonet
Officer Thomas F. Griffiths Memorial Plaque
Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Officer Thomas F. Griffiths Killed in the Line of Duty - June 25, 1913 Officer Thomas Griffiths, 39, responded to a call near 250 West 200...
- police
- memorial
- utah
- salt lake city
Cavern Lighting
Cavern Lighting Carlsbad Cavern's modern lighting system includes more than 1000 bulbs and tubes, and 19 miles of concealed wires. The lights are designed to reveal the cavern's natural...
- carlsbad cavern
- national park
- cave
- lighting
Pittsburgh Bridge
HISTORIC LANDMARK ROBERTO CLEMENTE BRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICK WORKS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ENGINEERS 1928 PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION
- bridge
- clemente
- pittsburgh
- allegheny
- 1928
Caledonian Canal's Twin
THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY BRITISH WATERWAYS TO COMMEMORATE THE TWINNING OF THE GÖTA CANAL SWEDEN WITH THE CALEDONIAN CANAL SCOTLAND 31ST JULY 1991 ______________________ MINNESTAVLAN...
- twinning
- canal
- caledoniancanal
- inverness
- scottish highlands
- scotland
- uk
- britain
Calum's Road / Rathad Chaluim
Rathad Chaluim Rè iomadh bliadhana b'e seo am frith-rathad gu arnais - 1¾ mìle. Chaidh a leudachadh agus a' dheasachadh gu rathad mòr le ionadan leigeil seachad gu ìre tearraidh le...
- raasay
- calumsroad
- scottish highlands
- scotland
- uk
- britain
Lac Noir Commemorative Plaque
Transcription Au début des années 1930, construction de la centrale hydraulique du Lac Noir. De conception révolutionnaire, ce prototype tirait bénéfice d'une dénivellation de 100 mètres entre le...
- disaster
- remembrance
- france
- construction...
Wisconsin
MABEL WANDA RAIMEY 1898-1986 Mabel Raimey was the first African-American woman attorney in Wisconsin and the first to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1918). She attended...
- wisconsin
- african american
- law school
- marquette
- urban league
- milwaukee
Mario Savio Steps
MARIO SAVIO STEPS The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech. Diogenes of Sinope (4th c BC) DEDICATED 1997
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- cal
- savio
- diogenes
Miracles on Maple Hill
This plaque commemorates local author Virginia Sorenson's 1957 Newberry Medal award winning book "Miracles on Maple Hill" which tells the story, from a little girl's perspective, of her...
- newberry medal
- virginia sorensen
- edinboro
Early Birds Propeller
This bronze propeller was cast directly from one of the wright brothers wooden propellers. Two were used to propel the first united states military aeroplane. A 1909 wright. The original was...
- wright brothers
- early birds
- nyc
- governors island
Spanish War Veterans Plaque, Milwaukee
- milwaukee
- wisconsin
- spanish war