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    Nihonbashi Bridge

    Nihonbashi bridge was built in 1603 and is the origin point of the five major roads designated by the shogunate. The present bridge was built in 1911. The original zero milestone was transferred...

    Nihonbashi bridge was built in 1603 and is the origin point of the five major roads designated by the shogunate. The present bridge was built in 1911. The original zero milestone was...

      Glenn Hall Playground

        Varenna S. Giorgio

          Gonzales

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            S. S. Moyie

            S. S. MOYIE CANADA This elegant sternwheeler is the oldest intact passenger steam vessel of its type in the world. The machinery and the steel frames of its hull were built by the Bertram Engine...

            S. S. MOYIE CANADA This elegant sternwheeler is the oldest intact passenger steam vessel of its type in the world. The machinery and the steel frames of its hull were built by the Bertram Engine...

              Dedicated To The World’s Mariners

              Dedicated To The World’s Mariners 10th December 1895 Submitted by @paulori

              Dedicated To The World’s Mariners 10th December 1895 Submitted by @paulori

                St. Dunstan in the East

                Welcome to St Dunstan in the East A church was first built on the site of this garden in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD and then rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the...

                Welcome to St Dunstan in the East A church was first built on the site of this garden in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD and then rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after...

                • 950
                • 1697
                • saxon

                Arlington

                Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot, called Withe Station, was established in 1856. The land was given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872 his land holdings were...

                Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot, called Withe Station, was established in 1856. The land was given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872 his land holdings were...

                • shelby county
                • tennessee

                Sarah Franklin Bache

                Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

                Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

                  Benny Binion

                    Battle of Island No. 10

                    In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to bypass...

                    In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to...

                    • missouri
                    • civil war

                    Van der Donck Park

                    VAN DER DONCK PARK   AT LARKIN PLAZA RESTORED 2012   MIKE SPANO MAYOR   CHUCK LESNICK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT   CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN, 1ST DISTRICT WILSON TERRERO, COUNCILMAN, 2ND DISTRICT...

                    VAN DER DONCK PARK   AT LARKIN PLAZA RESTORED 2012   MIKE SPANO MAYOR   CHUCK LESNICK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT   CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN, 1ST DISTRICT WILSON TERRERO, COUNCILMAN, 2ND DISTRICT...

                    • yonkers
                    • van der donck park
                    • larkin plaza

                    Saw Mill River Daylighting - Fish Passage

                    Saw Mill River DaylightingA Fish Passage   What looks like a ladder to the right of where you are standing really IS a ladder-an Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder. It was placed here to allow the...

                    Saw Mill River DaylightingA Fish Passage   What looks like a ladder to the right of where you are standing really IS a ladder-an Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder. It was placed here to allow...

                    • yonkers
                    • larkin plaza
                    • saw mill river
                    • van der donck park
                    • fish

                    Saw Mill River Daylighting - Moving Through Yonkers

                    Moving Through Yonkers   From Sail to Steam In colonial times, the Dutch and English settlers in Yonkers moved their merchandise up and down the Hudson River under sail. In 1807 Robert Fulton...

                    Moving Through Yonkers   From Sail to Steam In colonial times, the Dutch and English settlers in Yonkers moved their merchandise up and down the Hudson River under sail. In 1807 Robert...

                    • yonkers
                    • larkin plaza
                    • saw mill river
                    • van der donck park
                    • rail
                    • trains
                    • 1911

                    Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans

                    Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans past, present, and future that served to make this country free Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans Organizations2012Submitted by @lampbane

                    Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans past, present, and future that served to make this country free Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans Organizations2012Submitted by @lampbane

                    • yonkers
                    • philipse manor
                    • 2012

                    Urban Fish and Wildlife Restoration Site, Yonkers, New York

                    "The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive." - Aldo LeopoldA partnership between local youth and the Wallkill River...

                    "The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive." - Aldo LeopoldA partnership between local youth and the Wallkill River...

                    • yonkers
                    • larkin plaza
                    • saw mill river
                    • van der donck park
                    • fish
                    • wildlife
                    • refuge

                    Cut The First Tree In Founding the City of Guelph

                    Submitted by @paulori

                    Submitted by @paulori

                      Roy "Sugloo" Ipana Memorial Arena

                      Submitted by @paulori

                      Submitted by @paulori

                        Annesdale- Snowden1906

                        The vision of early developers of Memphis is seen in this classic example of turn-of-the-century neighborhood of American four-squares and bungalows. A combination of two subdivisions, South...

                        The vision of early developers of Memphis is seen in this classic example of turn-of-the-century neighborhood of American four-squares and bungalows. A combination of two subdivisions, South...

                        • shelby county
                        • tennessee