Cruising The Thames River, 1995...
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The Tower Bridge, An Iconic London Landmark, Is A Bascule And Suspension Bridge Completed In 1894 To Address Increasing Traffic Congestion And Maintain River Access.
MEDIEVAL TIMES!
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Sir William Marshal Was Knighted In 1166. Known As 'The Great or The Fearless,' To Assert His Legendary Status As A Knight.
๐ถ Knights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
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Photo of an antique dresser with a mirror.
This dresser belonged to the aunt of Jesse James. Passed down to my cousin who has it now.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory Our daughter discovered when Texas was a republic it had an embassy in London from 1836 to 1845. Of course we had to check out the plaque commemorating the embassy when in London. #travel2024 #texas
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It's the end of History week and I felt like a Dylan quote:
Dylan said "death is not the end" but in another song of happier Bob: "Everybody must get stones" so here are some death stones... All to be found inside St Magnus' mighty edifice
Close up view of the top of the Diamond Head Lighthouse. Two round metal railings with a metal ladder. The top of the lighthouse has a red dome and weather vane.
Diamond Head Lighthouse The Diamond Head Lighthouse is a prominent symbol of Hawaiian history to residents and visitors alike. The lighthouse rests aside a tuff-cone volcano, formed by explosive eruptions thousands of years ago. In 1825, British sailors ascended the crater and found hard, clear calcite crystals among the black rocks. Mistaking them for diamonds, the sailors named the crater Diamond Head. One of the Hawaiian names for Diamond Head is โleahiโ, meaning the โwreath of fireโ. This name reflects the ancient Hawaiian practice of lighting a fire on the crest of the volcano to guide canoe fleets back to the island. The first lighthouse on this site was built in 1899. It was rebuilt in 1917 when cracks developed in the earlier structure. The Diamond Head Lighthouse still uses the original Fresnell Lens. The flash of a modern 1000-watt electric bulb is focused by the lens so it can be seen more than 18 miles out to sea. *See next photo for the rest of the text/not enough room
A more distant view of the lighthouse behind part of a roof & a stone wall & wall fountain as well as palm trees/other trees. **Here is the rest of the text from the sign (2nd photo): The Lighthouse Service was combined with the Coast Guard in 1939. Since then, the Coast Guard has been responsible for the maintenance of the lighthouses, buoys, and other aids to navigation throughout the United States. The Lighthouse Keeperโs dwelling, built in 1921, now serves as the quarters of the Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District.
Close up of the wall fountain located against a stone wall. I assume it is marble. There is a lion's head towards the top where the water would flow.
More photos of the Diamond Head Lighthouse, including a sign with detailed info about the lighthouse.
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Black and white shot of a vintage sign at the Maine Avenue Fish Market that says Salt Water Seafood with a seahorse making the โSโ and a crab in the lower left corner. ยฉmfjphotography
Fish Market. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHForHistory ๐ท ยฉmfjphotography
Operating since 1805, DCโs Maine Avenue Fish Market is the oldest operating fish market in the U.S.
A white lighthouse with a red dome.
Diamond Head Lighthouse, Oahu, Hawaii. Originally built in 1899 & then rebuilt in 1917 after the concrete started to crack.
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I probably have older man made objects, but it's difficult to tell.
This one has been identifyed as neolithic, c. 4000 BC - 2350 BC.
Found 2017
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For last day, Happy Birthday National Parks! ๐๐บ๐ธ
Zion National Park, breathtaking ๐
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The famous owls of Leeds
part of the city's coat of arms
From a mooch around Leeds today
Wreck of a former US landing craft in Mjรณifjรถrรฐur (for more info see comment)
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A sunset is visible in the background. A tower of a fort is in the center with a streetlight shining above it. The buildings on the left are Spanish colonial style while buildings to the right are modern.
๐ท Old fortress at sunset. Phone shot in San Josรฉ, Costa Rica. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory #Photography
My final #WeekHforHistory is a twofer: a section of the dismantled Berlin wall, gifted to Rvk in 2015, with the Hรถfรฐi House in the background, where Reagan & Gorbachev met in 1986, the summit that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
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9.5m long, 2.4m wide section of a mostly intact shallow oak boat, displayed in a climate controlled glass case
Found in 1992 beneath Dover, this incredible 1550BC Bronze Age oak boat, 9.5m long, sewn together with yew & packed with moss & beeswax. A scale replica made using traditional materials/methods was found to be seaworthy in the Channel!
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Ein Gebรคude der Alhambra spiegelt sich in einem Wasserbassin
Alhambra, Spain
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Well dressing originates from pagan thanksgivings for rural water sources. Made from thousands of pinned petals, this one is in Eyam which chose to isolate itself when the plague was brought from London, meaning many villagers died.
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The rich history of Baalbek weaves together several ancient civilizations, including Canaanite, Phoenician, Greek,Egyptian, Roman, and Muslim. It is larger than the Parthenon, and its temples are better preserved. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory #Archaeology #Architecture #Travel #photography
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Ludford, just outside Ludlow, Shropshire. This was the site of a battle in the Wars of the Roses in the 15th c.
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Sunday extra, Cutty Sark, a tea clipper, built 1869 in Scotland and named after the shirt of a witch in a Robert Burns poem. Only one of 3 left made from a wooden hull on an iron frame.
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Tower Bridge, opened 1894, the one we didn't sell off. Iconic landmark of the English Capital.
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Definitely the last one for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory FB just reminded me itโs been 7 yrs since I was selected to be in a promotional campaign for the retailer JD Williams! Might need a click to read my post. BTW the dodgy caption is theirs not mine ๐
More local history with a Martello tower fortification, built along the coastline 1805-12 with walls 8' thick (or marshmallow towers as we say!) This one is a house but there are a few derelict in the local forest, getting overgrown - shame ๐
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On the inner wall of Baselโs famous red Town Hall smack in the center this quote in Swiss German: โFreedom is more precious than silver or gold.โ Very timely for today. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory
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Marqueur d'arpentage d'origine de Verplanck Colvin au sommet du mont qui porte son nom. (septembre 2018)
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Original benchmark by Verplanck Colvin, self-taught surveyor who mapped the Adirondacks.
This one was on top of Mt Colvin, one of the 46 tallest mountains in the Adirondack Park. We summited 41 of the 46.
