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Andrew S. Hallidie

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN SONG,...

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN...

  • cable car
  • hallidie

Mount Gambier Hoo Hoo Club No 214

  • 1966
  • hoo hoo
  • look-out
  • mount gambier
  • national timber week

Statehood Tree

Submitted by @bthubbard

Submitted by @bthubbard

    Whiskey Row

    WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

    WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

      Carmel Ocean Avenue Median Design

        Piccadilly Park

          Piccadilly Park

          Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save this...

          Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save...

            Arcata Community Forest

            Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

            Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

              The Frank Lloyd Bench

              Submitted by Darren Platt

              Submitted by Darren Platt

              • beach master
              • mayor pro-tem

              William Randolph Hearst

                Kenneth B. Glover

                In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and their...

                In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and...

                • environment
                • activism
                • streams

                Benicia Capital of California

                  Memorial Union Walkway Dedication

                  These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                  These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                  • oregon state...
                  • memorial union
                  • walkway
                  • sidewalk
                  • oregon
                  • corvallis
                  • benton county
                  • alma mater

                  Devils Gate Dam

                  HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH. THE...

                  HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH....

                    The Bohn Building

                      Elizabeth Cromwell

                      NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                      NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                        Sir Frederick Banting

                          Anna Russell and Charles Best, Comedian and Opera Singer and Co- Discoverer of Insulin

                            Hikawa Maru

                            M. S. Hikawa Maru Yokohama-Yamashita Park Gross Tonnage: 12,000 tons Length overall: 163 meters. Hikawa Maru was built as a passenger liner of the N. Y. K. Line (designated to Yokohama/Seattle...

                            M. S. Hikawa Maru Yokohama-Yamashita Park Gross Tonnage: 12,000 tons Length overall: 163 meters. Hikawa Maru was built as a passenger liner of the N. Y. K. Line (designated to...

                              Holland Harbor Lighthouse