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Torness Lime Kiln

There is also a history of humans using the limestone, as in the abandoned kilns described in this plaque.  Even now the limestone continues to be quarried out and there is a cement works nearby...

There is also a history of humans using the limestone, as in the abandoned kilns described in this plaque.  Even now the limestone continues to be quarried out and there is a cement works...

    Widewater Wabash and Erie Canal

    WIDEWATER WABASH AND ERIE CANAL A natural basin bordering the east side of North Ninth Street, formerly Canal Road, was incorporated into the Wabash and Erie Canal, circa 1840, and became known as...

    WIDEWATER WABASH AND ERIE CANAL A natural basin bordering the east side of North Ninth Street, formerly Canal Road, was incorporated into the Wabash and Erie Canal, circa 1840, and became known as...

      Andre Malraux

        FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK TO ALKI POINT

        FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK TO ALKI POINT. HONORING PIONEERS ON THE AMERICAN SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, THE ABOVE STONE WAS BROUGHT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK BY THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL...

        FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK TO ALKI POINT. HONORING PIONEERS ON THE AMERICAN SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, THE ABOVE STONE WAS BROUGHT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK BY THE FIRST...

          Judy's Hole

          This area once an open claypit is known as JUDY'S HOLE named after a wise woman who lived in the nearby squatters cottages.

          This area once an open claypit is known as JUDY'S HOLE named after a wise woman who lived in the nearby squatters cottages.

            Shorty Smith

              Bea & Kevin Olsen

                ROBERT HALE MERRIMAN RESIDENCE

                  The Early Days, Juneau

                    I was truly there and did my part to the end

                      City Hall Apartment Building

                      CITY HALL APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1914 BY MAYOR JOHN J. MCNAMARA, GEORGE J. WINKLEMAN AND JAMES E. MCNAMARA 1st APARTMENT BUILDING IN MARTINEZ. BUILT DURING REFINERY BOOM. UNIQUE BECAUSE IT...

                      CITY HALL APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1914 BY MAYOR JOHN J. MCNAMARA, GEORGE J. WINKLEMAN AND JAMES E. MCNAMARA 1st APARTMENT BUILDING IN MARTINEZ. BUILT DURING REFINERY BOOM. UNIQUE BECAUSE IT...

                        Peter J. Shields

                        THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO PETER J. SHIELDS FOUNDER OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS PATRON OF ALL AGRICULTURE BENEFACTOR TO STUDENTS EMINENT JURIST HUSBANDMAN ADMIRER OF TREES FRIEND TO MAN IN HONORED...

                        THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO PETER J. SHIELDS FOUNDER OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS PATRON OF ALL AGRICULTURE BENEFACTOR TO STUDENTS EMINENT JURIST HUSBANDMAN ADMIRER OF TREES FRIEND TO MAN IN HONORED...

                          Marines Memorial Club

                            Amazing Space Studio and Gallery

                              Massif de Plantes Terre de Bruyere

                                Carriage House

                                CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

                                CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

                                  Benicia Arsenal

                                    Claude Chana

                                      Murphy WIndmill

                                        W. W. Powers Building

                                          W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story, twenty-room...

                                          W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story,...