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Cork Plain Bridge

This Contoocook River crossing was established by the Second New Hampshire Turnpike Corporation, chartered in 1799 to build a toll highway sixty miles from Amherst to Claremont.Opened in 1801 and...

This Contoocook River crossing was established by the Second New Hampshire Turnpike Corporation, chartered in 1799 to build a toll highway sixty miles from Amherst to Claremont.Opened in 1801...

    Chapman Hall, 1947

    Submitted by aallen65

    Submitted by aallen65

      Press Herald Building

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      Submitted by @bthubbard

        Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses

        Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses These five Almshouses were built and endowed in 1856 as a memorial of the Holmfirth Flood of 1852. The funds, raised by public subscription and a Ladies'...

        Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses These five Almshouses were built and endowed in 1856 as a memorial of the Holmfirth Flood of 1852. The funds, raised by public subscription and a...

          La Castense 1760 - 1859

            Harrisburg Giants

            HARRISBURG GIANTS Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across the...

            HARRISBURG GIANTS Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across...

              Winchester Mystery House Model

              Submitted by @JimStLeger

              Submitted by @JimStLeger

                Old Scituate Lighthouse

                Submitted by @ferryfaerie

                Submitted by @ferryfaerie

                  Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle

                  Submitted by @HWpath

                  Submitted by @HWpath

                    Manly Hydraulics Laboratory

                    Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson

                    Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson

                      So-Called Temple of Romulus

                      Submitted by JMRobilliard

                      Submitted by JMRobilliard

                        AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE

                        AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO TEDESCO,...

                        AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO...

                          Detective Martin J. McFadden

                          Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop and...

                          Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop...

                            Fredericksburg Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property

                            Submitted by @Sarah_Stierch

                            Submitted by @Sarah_Stierch

                              Coquitlam and Buntzen Reservoirs Worker Memorial

                              Submitted by @BC_LHC

                              Submitted by @BC_LHC

                                McAbee Beach

                                  Camp Pine Knot

                                  Submitted by MrWilsonZ

                                  Submitted by MrWilsonZ

                                    Charter Oak, Orange Connecticut

                                    [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

                                    [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

                                      The Japanese Community

                                        The Chestnut Avenue was give by friends in 1979 of Mark Dent-Brocklehurst 1932-1972

                                        Submitted by @caddickbrown

                                        Submitted by @caddickbrown