<p>The Elster-Saale Canal , renamed in 1999 by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration as the Saale-Leipzig Canal  or SLK and on the Halle side also called the Saale-Elster Canal, was a canal project, started in 1933 and aborted in 1943, that was intended to link the White Elster river with the Saale near Leuna and thus enable the city of Leipzig to be joined to Germany&#39;s inland waterway network. The 11 kilometre long water-filled channel is one of the so-called special federal waterways.</p><br>
<p>This link would have given Leipzig access to the Elbe via the Saale and thus to Hamburg and the North Sea. The canal was planned for ships up to 1,000 tonnes in weight (roughly Class IV).</p><br>
<p>Plans to complete the canal have been revived and an Elster-Saale Canal Society has been formed.</p><br>
<p>Blick zum Kanal.jpgStart of the canal in Leipzig</p><br>
<p>Kanal-eb.jpgRailway bridge near Rückmarsdorf</p><br>
<p>Kanal-181.jpgB 181 bridge near Rückmarsdorf</p><br>
<p>Bundesarchiv Bild 183-U0821-0302, Neißer, Noack, Skorupski, Sandig.jpgEven in GDR times the canal was used for rowing</p><br>
<p>Kanal-sicherheitstor.jpgSafety gate East near Burghausen</p><br>
<p>Zschampert-Unterführung.jpgUnderpass for the Zschampert below the Elster-Saale Canal</p><br>
<p>Entlastungsbauwerk am Saale-Elster-Kanal.jpgRelief work for water level regulation</p><br>
<p>Kanal-doelzig1.jpgThe canal near Dölzig</p><br>
<p>Kanal-ab.jpgBridge near Günthersdorf. Background: the A 9 motorway bridge</p><br>
<p>ElstersaalekanalEnde.JPGEnd of the canal near Günthersdorf</p><br>
<p>The Holland House located on North Main Street in Buffalo, Wyoming is a historic residence, built in 1883. The home was one of the first brick homes built in Buffalo, and it was added to the</p><br>
<p>National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<h2>Holland Family</h2><br>
<p>William Henry Harrison Holland, born on October 28, 1840, served in the American Civil War from 1862 until 1865. Wounded three times, he spent nine months as a prisoner of war at Andersonville Confederate prison in Georgia. Following his discharge from the Union Army, he returned to his home in Sangamon, Illinois and married Ruth Ann Canterbury on February 12, 1867. In 1879, Holland came to Wyoming, and worked as a cowboy. In 1880, he moved to Johnson County, and he was the first settler in Johnson County to file final proof on his homestead. In the spring of 1881, he brought his family from Cheyenne in a wagon train with two wagons and an Army ambulance, a trip that took three weeks.</p><br>
<p>On October 2, 1882, "Harrison" (as he was known) Holland was appointed as a Johnson County Commissioner, and he won a full term from 1883-1885. He was one of the commissioners at the time the Johnson County Courthouse was built, and his name is on the cornerstone. Holland built the home at 312 North Main Street in Buffalo, and moved into it on Christmas Day, 1883. The home has remained in the family for five generations, and it is the only pioneer home in Buffalo still owned by the original family. "Harrison" Holland died in 1906, and his wife died in 1917."</p><br>
<p>"Harrisons" son, Albert Carlisle Holland married Isolina Christina Holland on May 14, 1891. Albert and Isolina lived in the Holland House from 1920 until Isolina died in 1930. Albert and Isolina had three daughters and a son. "Harrisons" grandson, William C. Holland married Marian Josephine Richter on November 29, 1929. William C. was the mayor of Buffalo from 1946 to 1950. Willam C. also served in the Wyoming State Legislature from 1943 to 1945, and from 1971 to 1978.</p><br>
<p>He was also the chairman of the committee that produced the centennial history of Buffalo." William died in 1993, and his wife died on July 28, 2003.</p><br>
<p>Their son ("Harrison&#39;s" great-grandson) Charles William Holland was born on March 29, 1939 and died on May 16, 2003.</p><br>
<p>One of the two daughters of William C. Holland, Elaine Hough, was the co-author of the National Register nomination. Kathleen Holland Matuska served as President of both the Governing Board and the Endowment and Fund Raising Board of the Jim Gatchell Museum in Buffalo, Wyoming. Holland Matuska received the 2001 Achievers Award for her efforts in spearheading fundraising efforts for the Museum Association. One of Holland Matuska’s fundraisers involved the branding of Jim Gatchell Carriage House which can be seen today. Kathleen Holland Matuska was also actively involved in the community as a member of the Johnson County Fair Board and local 4-H.</p><br>
<h2>Holland House</h2><br>
<p>The Holland House was built on land deeded to William Henry Harrison by Mrs. Juliet W. Hart. In the deed, Mrs. Hart stipulated that the house must cost at least $2500.00. The builder was Edward Curren, who also built the Johnson County Courthouse.</p><br>
<p>The Holland House is a good example of a late Victorian vernacular brick house. It has decorative window arches and shingles in the gable ends, as well as a bay window on the south side. The building is L-shaped, with a rectangular addition on the rear, and it is one-and-a-half stories tall. The roof is gabled with a main side gable intersected with smaller front and rear gables.</p><br>
<p>The brick for the house was manufactured by the Buffalo Brick Company, and is laid in a common bond. Red colored stucco placed over the foundations covers about a quarter of the wall on the facade, and the rest of the brick walls. Two double hung windows flank the front entry. Two headers of brock are placed above the windows to form rowlock arches.</p><br>
<p>The entrance to the house is through a 1930s style colonial revival door with a fanlight above the glass panel storm door. A gabled hood covers the front stoop. This hood replaces an earlier frame porch that was removed for structural purposes. A bay window centered on the middle of the original house&#39;s south side has three double hung windows. A frame screened-in porch was added during the 1890s, and it is located south of the bay window on the south side of the house. Glass windows were added to the porch in 1956 to make it into a sun porch. A shed roof covers the back porch. Access to the rear of the house is provided through the sun porch addition.</p><br>
<p>The original interior plan featured a central hall with a living room on one side and a parlor on the other. Stairs to the upper story were in the central hall. The kitchen and pantry were in the rear. Three bedrooms were located on the upper story. Remodeling in 1937 and 1956 changed the interior slightly. The upper story now had a bedroom. The house is shaded by 100-year-old cottonwood trees that were planted by the original owner.</p><br>
<p>The Weeks House, also known as the Old Brick House, is a historic house museum on Weeks Avenue in Greenland, New Hampshire. Built about 1710, it is one of the oldest brick buildings in New England. It was built by an early colonial member of New Hampshire&#39;s politically prominent Weeks family, and is now maintained by a family association. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Weeks House is located in the town center of Greenland, at the end of Weeks Avenue, a short spur off New Hampshire Route 33 near its junction with Tide Mill Road. The house is a two-story brick structure, with a gabled roof and end chimneys. It has a slightly asymmetrical five-bay facade, with the entrance in a slightly off-center central bay. The windows on either side are placed in even horizontal spacing, those on the right thus being a slightly greater distance apart from each other than those on the left. The entrance opening is topped by a segmented arch, allowing space for a multilight transom window.</p><br>
<p>The house was erroneously believed to be the oldest house in New Hampshire and dated to 1638, owing to a misreading of historic records. The land was granted to Samuel Haines early in New Hampshires colonial history, and is where his son-in-law, Leonard Weeks, eventually built a house near his. The brick house now standing was probably built in the 1710s by Leonards son Samuel, with Leonard&#39;s wood-frame house as an attached ell (destroyed by fire in 1938). The Weeks family has a long history of involvement in state and national politics, including John Wingate Weeks, John W. Weeks, and Sinclair Weeks. The house remained in the Weeks family until 1968, when it was sold out of the family. A family association repurchased the 33 acre property in 1975, and has adapted the property as conservation land, and a portion of the house as a museum.</p><br>
<p>The house&#39;s exact construction date is unknown; however, it appears to come after the construction of the MacPheadris–Warner House (built 1716-18) in nearby Portsmouth. That house was one of the first brick houses to be built anywhere in northern New England, and shares stylistic elements with the Weeks House. It is possible that the masons who built the MacPheadris–Warner House, who had been brought to Portsmouth from Boston, Massachusetts, left construction methods in the area that were applied in building this house.</p><br>
<p>Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room has been closed since December 30, 2014, and is located at 2950 Mānoa Road, at the intersection of Oahu Avenue, in the City and County of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, in the USA state of Hawaii. It was added to National Register of Historic Places listings on Oahu on October 30, 1998. It currently operates under the name Waiʻoli Tea Room & Bakery. Within the property is a replica of the ʻĀinahau grass guest house that Robert Louis Stevenson occupied in 1889 when he visited Princess Ka&#39;iulani and her father Archibald Scott Cleghorn.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Located in Mānoa Valley, the Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room was formally dedicated In 1922, as part of the Salvation Army Girls&#39; Home program to teach young women marketable job skills. The Salvation Army shelter was one of several institutions in Hawaii of that era that provided care for those in need. Other such institutions of the time included the Kaiulani Home for Girls, the Castle Home, and the Catholic Orphanage.</p><br>
<p>The structure was designed by Emory & Webb, a successful Honolulu architectural firm of the era. Walter Leavitte Emory was born November 10, 1868, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He relocated to the Territory of Hawaii in 1898. Marshall Hickman Webb was born May 7, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sometime between 1908 and 1910, the two formed the architectural firm of Emory & Webb. Emory died in 1929.</p><br>
<p>The only original contributing building to the October 30, 1998 designation of National Register of Historic Places listings on Oahu is the main one-story lava rock and shingle bungalow. When it was built in 1922, it had one L-shaped wing with an open lānai. The 1926 wing addition created a U-shaped building. The current entrance is a 1960 addition.</p><br>
<h2>Robert Louis Stevenson's grass house</h2><br>
<p>Located on the Waiʻoli premises is what has become known as the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Grass House. It is in fact a replica of the original that once existed there. The original was erected as a guest house at the ʻĀinahau estate by the father of Princess Kaiulani, businessman Archibald Scott Cleghorn. In 1889, Stevenson and his family resided in the ʻĀinahau guest house. Kaiulani and the author spent much time together on the estate. While Stevenson was smitten with the princess, she did not reciprocate. Kaiulani died in 1899. When Cleghorn died in 1910, he willed the estate to the Territory of Hawaii, specifying it be maintained as a park in Kaiulanis memory. The Princess Kaiulani Hotel now stands where the ʻĀinahau estate once was. When the hut was auctioned off in 1926, it was moved to the current location. Although the Salvation Army initially did a complete restoration of the old hut, it was rebuilt entirely in 1983. In 2003, the hut was destroyed by high winds. The hut was finally restored and reopened in 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Current operation</h2><br>
<p>Still owned by the Salvation Army and currently operating under the name Waiʻoli Tea Room & Bakery, the facility is managed by Brian&#39;s Restaurant LLC. The Salvation Army tea room concept itself was based on the high tea traditions of British Columbia emigrants living in Hawaii at the time it was built. Waiʻoli uses "high tea" and "afternoon tea" to mean the same thing.</p><br>
<p>Floyd Historic District is a national historic district located at Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. It encompasses 164 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object  in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the county seat of Floyd. They include residential commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings largely built between 1832 and 1955. Notable buildings include the Phlegar House , Ferdinand A. Winston House , Henry Dillon House , Floyd High School , Horatio Howard Building , Freezer Shirt Factory , and Floyd County Courthouse . The district includes the separately listed Floyd Presbyterian Church and Glenanna.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<p>Agua Blanca is a beach on the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu and is 6.4 mi north east of the town of Santa Eulària des Riu. The nearest village is Sant Carles de Peralta which is 2.4 mi south west of the beach. The name Agua Blanca means "white water" and refers to the choppy white horse’s on the sea caused by often blowing winds. Agua Blanca like many of the beaches along this north east section of the island remain empty for most of the year.</p><br>
<p>This beach sits below steep cliffs. There is a length of fine sand which runs in an east-north-east direction. Very often there are strong sea breezes which head on to the beach. At the southern end of the beach there is a small cove with a satellite beach, accessed by a short swim. In the summer the beach is popular with families and is also a popular nudist spot. The waters are clean and safe for swimming. Along the near shore there are several rocky outcrops, providing an environment for snorkelling. The beach has a restaurant and a beach bar.</p><br>
<p>The AJX Bridge is a historic Pratt truss bridge in southwestern Johnson County, Wyoming. The bridge was built in 1931 across the South Fork of the Powder River near Kaycee, Wyoming. AJX Bridge was built to provide a river crossing for USA Route 87. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as part of a Multiple Property Submission devoted to historic bridges in Wyoming.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The Pratt truss bridge was invented in 1844 by Thomas and Caleb Pratt. A Pratt truss has vertical members and diagonals that slope down towards the center. The interior diagonals are under tension, and the vertical elements are under compression. Pratt truss bridges were the preferred design for medium-span vehicular bridges during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A truss bridge can carry the roadbed on top, in the middle, or underneath the truss. Bridges with the roadbed at the top or the bottom are the most common as this allows both the top and bottom to be stiffened, forming a box truss. When the roadbed is atop the truss it is called a</p><br>
<p>deck truss. The AJX Bridge is a deck truss bridge, since the roadway is on top of the truss.</p><br>
<p>A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. The steel truss cantilever bridge was a major engineering breakthrough since it can span distances of over 1,500 ft. The AJX bridge is the only surviving cantilevered deck truss bridge in Wyoming.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The AJX Bridge was built in 1931-1932 by the Omaha Steel Works of Omaha, Nebraska under a contract with the Wyoming Highway Department. The steel deck truss is 306 ft long, with three spans. There are pin connections between the two approach spans and the cantilever span. The piers are a solid shaft concrete, and the roadway width is 20 ft.</p><br>
<p>Originally located on USA Route 87 (US 87), today the road has been renumbered as Interstate 25 service road. The bridge is located several miles south of Interstate 25 exit 249, and it is about 7 mi south of Kaycee, Wyoming. The future of the bridge is controlled by an agreement between the Federal Highway Administration, and several Wyoming state agencies. The AJX Bridge is rated as "structurally deficient" by the Federal Highway Administration.</p><br>
<p>The Alexandria Hotel and Annex, also known as Plaza Hotel and Annex, is located at 840-844 Brown St. in Napa, California. Built in 1910, the hotel was a work of architect William H. Corlett. The hotels design exemplifies the Mission Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles, which were both popular in California in the early 20th century. The design features three square towers on the street facing corners, overhanging eaves, and both slanted bay and rounded windows. The hotels annex is older than the hotel and was redesigned to match the hotel&#39;s architecture when the hotel was built.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included two contributing buildings, the hotel and its annex.</p><br>
<h2>2014 Napa Valley earthquake</h2><br>
<p>The building was damaged by the 2014 South Napa earthquake, and has been renovated.</p><br>
<p>The Kirkwood Inn & Saloon  is a restaurant and bar located in Kirkwood, California, United States. Its situated at the intersection of three county lines: Alpine, Amador, and El Dorado counties, at 7,800 ft up. It was built in 1864 and is a California Historical Landmark.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1860, pioneer Zachary Kirkwood moved to the area from Ohio. He acquired three 160 acre parcels of land. He used this land for a cattle ranch. In 1864 he built and opened Kirkwood Station. It served as an inn, post office, and a restaurant. Its convenient location, where three county lines meet, made it a popular stop for cattle ranchers and passing Washoe. When Prohibition took place, the inn had a bar on wheels that they would move across the different county lines that met in the bar depending on which members of law enforcement from certain counties were visiting. It is also believed they did this to avoid paying tax collectors their cut of liquor receipts. They also had slot machines hidden in the kitchen.</p><br>
<p>In the 1960s, when the founders of the Kirkwood Mountain Resort came to visit the area, a snow storm took place. The entire inn was buried under the snowfall. The founders had arrived with a team for a snow survey. They used the survey poles to find the top of the Inn. After locating the structure, they were able to access the inside of the Inn. They lived in the buried building for eight days.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>The Kirkwood Inn is still a functioning restaurant and bar. It is owned by the Kirkwood Mountain Resort. It&#39;s an eco-friendly establishment; all of its food packaging is biodegradable or recyclable. They use all natural cleaning products, LED lighting and recycle their cooking oil into biodiesel.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>It is a log cabin. Today, it has a painted wooden sign out front, keeping with the traditional look and feel of the rustic architecture. The bar is made of mahogany. It also has a stone fireplace and furniture made of timber. The doorway is smaller than today&#39;s doors.</p><br>
<p>The house nicknamed "Idle Hours" was built in 1903 by architect Frank T. Smith for L.P. Ogden and his wife Cynthia. Because the house was considered to be out in the country at the time of its construction, Mrs. Ogden preferred to retain her town home and named her new country estate "Idle Hours". The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>The home was owned by several prominent Beaumont families. In 1970 it was donated to Land Manor, a non-profit organization which subsequently converted the residence into a halfway house to help people return to society. In 2002 it once again became a private residence of the Bienvenu family and continues to be known by the many locals as "Bienvenu Manor". The Bienvenu family continues to do extensive renovations to restore the carriage house, servant&#39;s quarters and the large main house.</p><br>
<p>Banbhore or Bhambore , is an ancient city dating to the 1st century BC located in Sindh, Pakistan. The city ruins lie on the N-5 National Highway, east of Karachi. It dates back to the Scytho-Parthian era and was later controlled by Muslims from the 8th to the 13th century, after which it was abandoned. Remains of one of the earliest known mosques in the region dating back to 727 AD are still preserved in the city. In 2004, Department of Archaeology and Museums Pakistan submitted the site for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.</p><br>
<h2>Legacy and importance in Sindh</h2><br>
<p>On 23 April 2014, Sindh government announced to make a new division (consisting of Thatta,Badin and Sujawal) with the name Banbhore Division to highlight historical importance of the site.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Banbhore is situated on the northern bank of Gharo creek, about 65 km east of Karachi in the Thatta District of Sindh, Pakistan. The city ruins are located on the N-5 National Highway between Dhabeji and Gharo.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The city of Banbhore dates from the 1st century BC to the 13th century AD. Archaeological records reveal remnants of three distinct periods on the site: Scytho-Parthian (1st century BC to 2nd century AD), Hindu-Buddhist (2nd century AD to 8th century AD), and early Islamic (8th century AD to 13th century AD). The city was gradually deserted after the 13th century due to change in the course of the Indus.</p><br>
<p>Some archaeologist and historians suggest that Banbhore is the historical city of Debal, which the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim conquered in 711–712 after defeating Raja Dahir, the last Hindu ruler of Sindh. However, this identification has not yet been confirmed, though numerous research and excavation works have been carried out to link the two cities. Preliminary excavations in the area were first done by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar in 1928 and later by Leslie Alcock in 1951. Pakistani archaeologist Dr F.A. Khan conducted extensive studies and excavations in the site from 1958 to 1965. In March 2012, the Culture Department of Government of Sindh organised the first International Conference on Banbhore, where different experts and archaeologists presented their research on the site.</p><br>
<p>Banbhore may also have been known as Barbari or Barbaricon through the centuries, but it has not yet been proven that these historical cities are the same.</p><br>
<h2>Ruins</h2><br>
<p>Archaeological findings show that the city consisted of an enclosed area surrounded by a stone and mud wall. The citadel was divided into eastern and western sections by a fortified stone wall in the center. The eastern part contains ruins of a mosque with an inscription dating to 727 AD, sixteen years after the conquest of Sindh, indicating the best-preserved example of the earliest mosques in the region. Remains of houses, streets, and other buildings have been found both within and outside the citadel. Contemporary stone buildings from the three periods are also uncovered in the area including a palatial stone building with semi-circular shape, a Shiva temple from the Hindu period, and a mosque. Three gateways to the citadel were also uncovered during excavations.</p><br>
<h2>Banbhore Fort</h2><br>
<h2>Banbhore Port</h2><br>
<p>Banbhore was a medieval port city deriving its wealth from imported ceramic and metal goods, an industrial sector, and trade. The city was strategically located at the mouth of the Indus, linking it with rest of the Scytho-Parthian empire and international traders in the Indian Ocean. Archaeological findings show a half-submerged anchorage structure with solid stone foundation, which may have been used for berthing cargo boats. However, the port was abandoned when the Indus river shifted its position and the creek was silted.</p><br>
<h2>World Heritage Site</h2><br>
<p>The Port of Banbhore was submitted for induction in World Heritage Sites by the Department of Archaeology and Museums of Pakistan in January 2004. It is currently in the tentative list under the criteria iv, v, and vi of the cultural category.</p><br>
<p>Krell Hill, also known as Tower Mountain, is a peak at the southern end of the Selkirk Mountains in Spokane County, Washington. It rises abruptly to the south east of the relatively flat Moran Prairie neighborhood of Spokanes South Hill. The northwestern portion of the mountain is known as Brownes Mountain and is a residential neighborhood just outside the Spokane city limits. Directly to the south of the mountain the vast farmland of the Palouse region extends as far as the eye can see. An area of high topographical relief continues to the east of the mountain towards Mica Peak and the Coeur d&#39;Alene Mountains of the Bitterroot Range, in turn part of the Rocky Mountains. To the north the mountain descends slowly into the valley of the Spokane River and the City of Spokane Valley.</p><br>
<p>Tower Mountain, while not the official name, is commonly used because there are many tall television and radio towers along the ridge atop the mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Browne's Mountain</h2><br>
<p>Brownes Mountain is an unofficial neighborhood located just beyond the southeast tip of the City of Spokane named for Pioneer lawyer J.J. Browne. Bounded by Glenrose Road on the west and north and 57th Ave on the south, 57th also serves as the main access road into Brownes Mountain. The neighborhood is entirely residential. Its location on the hillside gives the houses views of the South Hill, Palouse, West Plains including the tower at Spokane International Airport, and the Selkirk mountains to the north and northwest of the city.</p><br>
<h2>Iller Creek Conservation Area</h2><br>
<p>The Iller Creek Conservation Area consists of 966.62 acres on the eastern side of Krell Hill and is part of Spokane Countys Conservation Futures program. Iller Creek drains the eastern slopes of the mountain along with a ridge to the east. The creeks headwaters lie on the northern flank of a ridge that extends eastward from the main mountain.</p><br>
<h3>Rocks of Sharon</h3><br>
<p>Along the ridge that extends eastward from the main peak are the Rocks of Sharon. On some maps the rocks are known simply as "Big Rock", after the largest of the monoliths which is significantly larger and taller than the rest. These granite monoliths are a popular location with rock climbers. The Conservation Futures program, after a few years of negotiations, completed a trailhead on Stevens Creek Road in August 2012 allowing climbers and hikers a shorter route to the rocks from the south. Before the Stevens Creek access was approved visitors had to start from the north at Holman and Rockcrest. From there visitors would hike up the valley of Iller Creek for over 2 miles.</p><br>
<p>The Kolar is a right bank tributary of the Narmada River. It flows for a total length of 101 km, all of which is in the state of Madhya Pradesh.</p><br>
<h2>River Basin</h2><br>
<p>The Kolar river arises in the Vindhya Range of Sehore district and flows in a south westerly direction to meet the Narmada near Nasrullahganj in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. Its total drainage area is of 1,347 km. is spread across the two districts. The upper part of the river basin lies at an elevation of 350 to 600 metres and much of it is under tropical deciduous forest. The river debouches into the plains near Jholiapur. Much of the upper basin has poor soils and agriculture here is largely of wheat and gram. The lower basin has better soils and a flatter slope and has been used extensively bunded allowing for impounding water during the monsoons.</p><br>
<h2>Kolar Dam</h2><br>
<p>Near Lakhweri in Sehore, the Kolar Dam, a masonry dam has been built across the river and it provides water to Bhopal city and provides for irrigation and inland fisheries.</p><br>
<p>Kintampo waterfalls is one of the highest waterfalls in Ghana. Also known as Sanders Falls during the colonial days, it is located on the Pumpum river, a tributary of the Black Volta, about 4 km north of Kintampo municipality, on the Kumasi–Tamale road. This waterfall, one of the main natural attractions in the area, is hidden in the forest and it is formed by 3 main drops where the longest drop measures 25 m in height, and, after a number of steps and cascades, the river falls about 70 m.</p><br>
<h2>Incidents</h2><br>
<p>On 20 March 2017, twenty people were killed and others injured after a large tree fell on them at the waterfalls, following a storm. Reportedly, the police declared that 22 persons were pulled underneath the heavy tree branches and they are getting treatment, at the local hospital. Since the incident, the Ghanaian Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has closed the falls indefinitely to undertake a thorough security and safety assessment.</p><br>
<p>Vila do Abraão is a village at Ilha Grande. It is part of the Angra dos Reis municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro.</p><br>
<p>The village is located in a cove and is the largest urban center on the island, with roughly 3,000 inhabitants. It contains most of the island&#39;s infrastructure and is therefore considered the "capital" of the island.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The settlement of the region began in the colonial period. The most accepted hypothesis for the origin of the name abraão (not to be confused with the mistranslation "Abraham") relates to the term abra in old Portuguese, meaning "bay". Thus, the name refers to the large bay that is the location.</p><br>
<p>The development of Vila do Abraão gained momentum in the late nineteenth century, at the time of the Empire of Brazil, when a leper hospital was built nearby. The leper hospital was built between 1884 and 1887, and served the dual purpose of hosting immigrants arriving by ship to Brazil, where the passengers were given health screenings and ships were disinfected. From the 1930s, the leper hospital was used as a military base and prison, and was demolished in the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>Vila do Abraão gained new momentum in 1993, when the nearby prison was closed down. The attractions of the island supported the rapid development of tourism, transforming the town into a tourist hub. Hostels, bars, and restaurants were constructed, and sea and land trails were developed connecting the town to the beaches and other attractions of Ilha Grande.</p><br>
<p>The village has a pier where ferry boats transporting passengers and goods between the village and Angra dos Reis and Mangaratiba dock daily. Also making use of the dock and pier are sloops and schooners that transport tourists to other places on the island.</p><br>
<p>The Barre Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic commercial and civic heart of the city of Barre, Vermont. Extending along Main Street from City Park to Depot Square, this area was developed quite rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s, when the area experienced rapid growth due to the expansion of the nearby granite quarries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Barre was primarily a small sleepy agricultural community until it was joined to the national railroad network by the Central Vermont Railway in 1875. Granite had been quarried in the surrounding hills as early as the early 19th century, but the arrival of that railroad connection, and another directly to the quarries in 1888, rapidly accelerated development of the granite industry. This transformed what had been a modest village into a full-fledged city (incorporated in 1895), including the construction of the commercial and civic buildings which line North Main Street and City Park, most built between 1880 and 1925.</p><br>
<p>The district is mostly linear, extending along North Main Street (US 302) between Depot Square and City Park. City Park is a triangular park formed by Washington, Church, and North Main Streets, and is ringed by civic and religious buildings, which form the southeastern end of the district. Despite the significance of granite to the local economy, most of the buildings are of primarily brick construction. They are in a diversity of styles, from late examples of Italianate architecture, built in the 1880s, to Classical Revival and Romanesque building from the 1890s and 1900s. The 1898 Miles Block (158-168 North Main) exhibits one of the most extensive uses of local granite in its construction.</p><br>
<p>Other contributing properties include:</p><br>
<p>First Baptist Church, 24 Washington Street</p><br>
<p>Hedding Methodist Church, 40 Washington Street</p><br>
<p>Masonic Temple, 2 Academy Street</p><br>
<p>Quinlen Block, 170-174 N. Main Street</p><br>
<p>Aldrich Building, 47 N. Main Street, a trapezoidal building</p><br>
<p>Barre City Hall and Opera House</p><br>
<p>Aldrich Public Library</p><br>
<p>Robbers Roost  is a rock formation in the foothills of the Scodie Mountains portion of the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the North Mojave Desert. The formation overlooks the southern portion of the Indian Wells Valley. The nearest municipality is Ridgecrest, California. The Los Angeles Aqueduct is within several hundred yards of the formation. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Robbers Roost lies west of Freeman Junction, which is approximately at the intersection of California highways 178 and 14.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the 19th century, outlaws were known to use Robbers Roost to spot stagecoaches moving south towards Los Angeles through the Antelope Valley from the Owens Valley or west through Walker Pass towards the San Joaquin Valley. Modern day Walker Pass is State Route 178. Stagecoaches in this area often carried gold and other valuable gems from the local mines.</p><br>
<p>The jagged rocks were a hideout for Kern County&#39;s most notorious bandit gang, led by Tiburcio Vásquez.</p><br>
<h2>National Register of Historic Places Listing</h2><br>
<p>The massive rock, at an elevation of 4,000 feet, not only provided an excellent view for miles in every direction across the desert landscape, but also provided a ready-made hideout. The many crags, crevisses, and caves gave protection from the severe desert weather, in addition to providing a hiding place.</p><br>
<p>The steep, rugged lookout remains today much in the same condition as it did when Vásquez used it as his hideout.</p><br>
<p>A Mexican gentleman of adventure, Vásquez reaped a harvest of monetary gains as he rode the mountain, coast, and desert roads. His first appearance upon the desert scene was in the early months of 1874. No early desperado in California banditry rivaled his record except Joaquin Murrieta. Vásquez started his career about the middle of the century, culminating it in 1875. Before coming to the inner regions of California, he had served a number of years in prison. A freeman in 1863, feeling the state owed him a living, he returned to his lawlessness. He joined infamous bandit groups and about 1871 became leader of his own band. Made bold by success, he planned operations in the desert country from which tales were coming of rich mines and wealthy travelers.</p><br>
<p>The vicinity of Cerro Gordo Mines in Inyo County was the goal of the gang. They planned to secure their loot by highway robbery: money and jewels were easier to get away with than heavy bullion.</p><br>
<p>Vásquez made his first appearance at Coyote Holes, a stage station where the Walker Pass road met the freight road to Los Angeles.</p><br>
<p>The site of Vásquez&#39;s local camp was in the craggy peaks south of Coyote Holes station. From that day on, this jagged rock easily seen from Highway 14 has been known as Robbers Roost.</p><br>
<p>Vásquez and his gang continued to operate along the highways until army detachments from camp Independence made an effort to capture them. This discouraged Vásquez and he left the desert region and returned to the Los Angeles area.</p><br>
<p>The bandit was finally captured there and returned to San Jose where he was tried for murder, convicted, and hanged on March 19, 1875. He had made an enemy of one of his friends by finding favor with the man&#39;s niece. The uncle was responsible for advising the law enforcement officers of his whereabouts.</p><br>
<p>The California desert has known many other bandits but Vásquez and his gang were the most notorious.</p><br>
<h2>Accessibility</h2><br>
<p>Robber&#39;s Roost is closed from February 1 through July 1 to allow solitude for bird of prey nesting.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>Lakeshore is a development of flats in the Hartcliffe area of south Bristol, England. It is a Grade II listed building.</p><br>
<p>The building uses a structure of Cor-Ten Steel which is left from the headquarters building of Imperial Tobacco which was built in the 1960s. The tobacco factory and offices closed by 1990 and partially demolished, before being given listed status and then left for ten years. The surrounding factory has been demolished and is now the site of a shopping centre.</p><br>
<p>The new development of 422 homes and its surrounding landscapes grounds and facilities has been built in a sustainable way, including the use of geothermal energy. The development has won prizes for design and environmentally friendly approach.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Lakeshore is located in Hartcliffe 2.5 to 3 miles from Bristol City Centre, 2 miles from Temple Meads railway station and 6 miles from Bristol Airport. There is a cycle route into the city centre via Crox Bottom Park, Hartcliffe Way and Bedminster.</p><br>
<p>The site is irregular in shape and comprised 4.5 hectare in total. It is bordered by the road to the North and the soon to be called ‘Lakeshore Drive’ to the East, Hengrove Way to the South and Crox Bottom Park to the West. The current buildings are on a site occupied, until the 1960s, by Crox Bottom farm. The farm stopped its activities in 1962. Crox Bottom is a public open space at the edge of Hartcliffe and Headley Park and has been proposed as a Site of Nature Conservation Interest in the Bristol Local Plan. The Pigeonhouse Stream runs through the site.</p><br>
<p>The main route through the site is part of the Malago Greenway, a cyclist/pedestrian route which connects South Central Bristol with Hartcliffe and Withywood. Crox Bottom is a destination for the local Healthy Walking Group. Bristol City Council has undertaken a regeneration programme for the area of South Bristol to create a range of facilities to residents and opportunities for businesses and employment. Imperial Park is next to Lakeshore and contains shops, restaurants and a health and fitness centre. Nearby is also the South Bristol skills academy and Knowle West Media Centre, a charity that develops and supports cultural, social and economic regeneration. Zion is a local community centre nearby offering a range of community facilities and events. 2012 has seen the opening of the Hengrove leisure centre and South Bristol Community Hospital.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Lakeshore was commissioned in 1967 by Imperial Tobacco whose empire included Bristol tobacco company W.D. & H.O. Wills. They announced the relocation of their Tobacco Factory from Bedminster to Hartcliffe in the late 1960s. The building was designed by Chicago architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as well as UK architects Yorke Rosenberg Mardall. They were inspired by modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who designed the Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago. The clean sculptural expression and rationality of the design are key features of his style.</p><br>
<p>Imperial Tobacco imported the office architecture of Skidmore Owings Merill and built a state of the art factory for preparing, packing and storing cigarettes, along with an HQ office building with ancillary facilities for the staff. Wills acquired the Hartcliffe site and in 1974 started operation of Europe’s largest cigarette factory. It was of futuristic design being clad in Cor-Ten steel, a material with an 800 year design life. The HQ office building housed a variety of facilities for the 4500 employees, ranging from restaurants, a bank, a supermarket and post office to a film theatre.</p><br>
<p>The Wills Imperial Tobacco Factory has an established history with art and it was Wills&#39; policy that the building should always reflect contemporary art of its time. In the 1970s large banners were commissioned by six artists; Valerio Adami, Richard Smith, Jack Youngerman, Harold Burchman, Joe Tilson and Robyn Denny. They hung in offices throughout the building. Old photographs of Bristol were enlarged and a selection of pipes, old cigarette, tobacco and cigar label were hung in private offices in vacuum-formed Perspex box frames, all on coloured fabric mounts to match coloured chair upholstery. The Wills collections were works by 20th-century British artists and were hung in the director’s suite. A collection of contemporary prints hung in various offices alongside a selection of oil portraits of past employees.</p><br>
<p>By 1990 the factory and office had closed following a takeover by Hanson plc, 16 years after it was opened. The factory was demolished in 1998 and made way for the current retail park; Imperial Park. The building was left and became subject to vandalism and arson. An attempt was made to demolish the building but English Heritage stepped in and listed the Grade II building for its architectural qualities in 2001 and it was placed on the Buildings at Risk Register. All that remained was the Cor-Ten steel frame and concrete structure and the neglected lake and landscape.</p><br>
<p>Urban Splash acquired the site in 2003 for £45 million, with £17.5 million of financial support from the Homes and Communities Agency. It received planning permission in 2006. Redevelopment commenced in 2007 and was slowed in October 2008 due to the economic crisis. Following a successful Kickstart Housing Delivery application, work restarted in February 2010 and is progressing to be finished by end of 2012.</p><br>
<p>As of 19 February 2015, Urban Splash sold the freehold of the site to Adriatic Land 3 Limited.</p><br>
<p>Lakeshore won the Housing Design Award (NHBC, DETR, RTPI, RIBA) in 2007 for its design and sustainable features. It has also been shortlisted for the Guardian Sustainable Business, Best Practice Exchange and Sunday Times British Homes Awards</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<h3>Building</h3><br>
<p>The block and podium were placed over a newly created lake set within a natural setting incorporating the original Crox Bottom farm, now a park, which was all part of the landscaping scheme by Kenneth Booth. The whole site was modelled in a modern idiom. The buildings were all defined by their metal structure and the scheme won awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects and British Steel Corporation.</p><br>
<p>The building had a futuristic look when it was originally completed in 1974. The building’s structure is made from Cor-Ten steel used by the BSC under licence from the United States Steel Corporation. It is a weathering steel, which was first used in 1916 in America. It protects itself from progressive corrosion by oxidising on exposure to air and moisture. The protective film gradually darkens with time and assumes a pleasing texture and colour; if exposed near the sea the colour tends to be grey. In a polluted industrial environment it turns almost black and in the countryside it will look a cocoa colour.</p><br>
<p>The new building was designed by Ferguson Mann Architects who created apartment spaces with extra high ceilings, full height glazing, under floor heating and balconies. Other features include an apple orchard, wild flower meadows, country walks, a fishing club, bird and bat boxes, picnic and barbecue areas, a pontoon, table tennis, parking and allotments. There are 422 homes including studios, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. 270 apartments are within the existing building, 127 in the Cor-Ten structure, 143 below the podium and 16 in the east wing of the existing building and 136 in the new. There are also 360 car parking spaces. 36 apartments were built for Housing Association, Aster Homes are located in the Cor-Ten phase of the existing building.</p><br>
<p>The original walkways have been kept but glass balustrades have been added to form balconies so the building looks almost exactly the same from the outside. A new entrance slot was created to the steel Cor-Ten building. An Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) atrium roof has been installed and this inflated pillow material is the same as the Eden Project’s roof. The atrium is a social circulation space connecting the new and existing building via a new street running the entire length of the building below podium level.</p><br>
<p>The sustainable approach to the redevelopment has focused on passive measures to maximise light penetration and maximising thermal performance of all new walls and windows. Active measures include the use of geothermal boreholes, which feed a ground source heat pump system plus a biomass boiler, using waste timber material formed into woodchips, to provide heating and hot water via a centralised system. The ground source heat pump system consists of a network of 100 m deep boreholes, through which fluid is pumped. This combination of heating technologies ensures the building’s supply of heating and hot water is virtually 100% renewable. The property also has low energy lighting throughout, low water installations and green Sedum roof to the new building, acting as a natural feature.</p><br>
<p>Lakeshore has sustainable drainage systems to external areas, recycling bins and centralised on-site recycling facilities. Lakeshore also recycled 90% of the concrete used. During the restoration of the lake, the contaminated silt was removed from lake and pumped into huge porous bags, which allowed the water to drain through. The silt was then remediated on site and the resultant soil integrated into the landscaping. During the construction the green guide was adopted as well as waste management strategies.</p><br>
<h3>Landscaping</h3><br>
<p>Lakeshore is set amongst 10 acres of landscaped gardens and sits on top of a private lake. Kenneth Booth, the original landscaper, in the 1970s, designed the private garden for the Imperial Tobacco Factory HQ. The lake, which acted as the namesake for the new residential property is man-made.</p><br>
<p>The shared gardens are for social events and include barbecue and picnic areas, a fishing club, pontoon, woodland walks and a variation of wildlife. The lake was fully drained, decontaminated, silt removed, rubbish cleared and then restocked with fish. Wildlife is encouraged through protection of trees and provision of bird boxes and the woodland was repaired and the landscape enhanced. There are also proposals for permanent and temporary art installations.</p><br>
<p>The Alexander Eustace House is a historic house located at 401 Maple Avenue in Elmira, which is in Chemung County, New York.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Alexander Eustace house was built in 1886 for lawyer Alexander Eustace, who served several positions in Chemung County, such as the Chemung County clerk, served as a member of the state Civil Service Commission, and was also the head of the state tax department Eustace was known for his confrontation with New York Governor Roswell P. Flower about the manipulation of civil service laws which allegedly allowed Flower to appoint political cronies, which resulted in Eustace&#39;s resignation.</p><br>
<p>The Alexander Eustace House was recommended for National Register of Historic Places by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation in late 2011 and was added to the registry on January 4, 2012. It is located in the Maple Avenue Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural Style</h2><br>
<p>According to the nomination form, the Eustace home is an example of a Highly-intact Second Empire-style home. The three-story, irregularly shaped frame dwelling features a mansard roof and wraparound porch. It has been divided into six apartments.</p><br>
<p>The Lammermoor Range is a range of rugged hills in Central Otago, in southern New Zealand.</p><br>
<p>The range runs for approximately 30 kilometres northeast from the Lammerlaw Range before reaching the Sutton Salt Lake, which separates it from the southern end of the Rock and Pillar Range southwest of Middlemarch. The young Taieri River flows through the range and along its northwest flank.</p><br>
<p>The range was named for the Lammermuir Hills in southern Scotland.</p><br>
<p>The Lammermoor Range was the designated site for Project Hayes, a giant controversial wind farm proposal which was abandoned in 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Lammermoor Range is one of only two sites where the Nationally Endangered Burgan skink has previously been found.</p><br>
<p>Antioch Baptist Church is a historic church located in Shreveport, Louisiana.</p><br>
<p>On April 23, 1866 two leaders of the First Baptist Church honorably dismissed 73 black members of its church so they could begin construction of a new black, Baptist church. This church came to be known as the First Colored Baptist Church of Shreveport. The original building was dedicated on August 18, 1871. In the late 1800s, the church bought land on Texas Avenue and began construction of a new church. As the church was being built, a storm destroyed the entire structure. The leaders of the First Colored Baptist Church decided to rebuild the structure at a cost of $3,198.45. This new church, designed by Nathaniel Sykes Allen, was dedicated at 1057 Texas Avenue in 1903. Soon after its dedication, the church was renamed Union Missionary Baptist Church. Finally, the church was renamed once more, to Antioch Baptist Church.</p><br>
<p>The structure is built of red brick and white trim. The church became a member of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. in 1906. The church has been renovated two times since its original dedication, in 1943 and 1958 respectively. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Andørja is an island in the municipality of Ibestad in Troms county, Norway. The 135 km&sup2; island lies about 25 km east of the town of Harstad. The island is located entirely within the present-day municipality of Ibestad, although the island itself was a separate municipality  from 1926 until 1964. The largest population area on Andørja island is the Å - Ånstad - Laupstad area on the west coast with 205 residents . Andørja Church is located in Engenes on the northwestern tip of the island.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Vågsfjorden lies to the north and west of the island and the Astafjorden flows along the southeastern coast. The Bygda strait sits between Andørja and the island of Rolla to the west and the Mjøsundet strait sits between Andørja and the Norwegian mainland to the east.</p><br>
<p>The Mjøsund Bridge connects Andørja to the mainland (across the Mjøsundet strait) and the Ibestad Tunnel is an undersea road tunnel that connects Andørja to Rolla.</p><br>
<p>The highest point on the 135 km&sup2; island is the 1,276 m tall mountain Langlitinden. In mainland Norway, this is the highest mountain situated on an island. The 8 km long Straumbotn fjord cuts into the middle of the island from the north side.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>The meaning of the name of the island (Old Norse: Andyrja) is not certain, but one theory is that the first element and comes from the word for "against" and the second element yrja means "gravel" or "rocks", possibly referring to the waves from the sea hitting against the rocky shores.</p><br>
<p>The Marseilles Lock and Dam, also known as Lock and Dam 5, is a lock and dam complex on the Illinois River at Marseilles, Illinois. The complex includes a lock, dam, control station, boiler house, and a 2.5 mi section of navigation canal. The state of Illinois began work on the complex in 1920 by digging the canal, which was completed in 1925. The state also began construction on the lock, dam, and control station; however, due to financial difficulties these projects were finished by the USA Army Corps of Engineers. Walter Mickle Smith was chief design engineer for the complex. The complex was completed in 1933.</p><br>
<p>The lock and dam complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The listing included two contributing buildings and three contributing structures.</p><br>
<p>On April 18, 2013, the uninspected towing vessel Dale A. Heller, pushing a tow of 14 barges, collided with the dam complex during a period of exceptionally high water flow. Seven barges impacted the dam itself, and four of these sank. Gates 2 and 3 were rendered inoperative and gates 4, 5, and 6 were damaged but remained operational. Damage to the gates contributed to flooding in the city of Marseilles. Repairs to the dam were estimated to cost forty to fifty million dollars.</p><br>
<p>Rotes Luch </p><br>
<p>is a reclaimed (i.e. drained) fen area, known locally as a luch, and extends to a width of about 1 km over a length of approximately 10 km from southwest to northeast. It is located in the southwestern corner of the nature reserve Märkische Schweiz (Naturpark Märkische Schweiz) of Brandenburg, Germany.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Red Glade is the highest part of the glacial trough building a passage between the Berlin glacial valley (Urstromtal) at Erkner and the Oder river valley (Oderbruch) respectively the Eberswalde glacial valley near Neutrebbin. This depression, also known as Buckow Groove (Buckower Rinne), separates the northwestern plateau of the Barnim (de) from the southeastern upland area of the Land Lebus.</p><br>
<p>The high embankment of the Eastern Railway crosses the area from west to east. The headwaters of the small stream Stobber are located here. Due to the drainage divide between Baltic Sea and North Sea that runs along the railway embankment, there is the peculiar situation that the stream flows in two different directions. This phenomenon is called "pseudo-bifurcation".</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The continental biogeographic region of the Nature Park and Landscape Protection Area Rotes Luch including the Nature Reserve Tiergarten covers a surface of 1,255.66 hectare and provides habitat types as are</p><br>
<p>Dry, frequently open grasslands on calciferous sand</p><br>
<p>Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia)</p><br>
<p>Alkaline fens</p><br>
<p>Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli (de)</p><br>
<p>Alluvial forests with black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and European ash (Fraxinus excelsior).</p><br>
<p>Important orchid sites are reported on dry grassland, and marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) on wetland.</p><br>
<p>The Natura 2000 report mentioned fishes as there are the spined loach (Cobitis taenia), the European weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis) and the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus amarus). Observed mammals are the European beaver (Castor fiber) and the European otter (Lutra lutra).</p><br>
<h2>Human interference</h2><br>
<p>Since the early 20th century large areas of the landscape had been used as a landfill, mostly with rubbish from Berlin transported on the route of the Eastern Railway. With the proclamation of the Märkische Schweiz Nature Park in 1990 a new phase of land use began where the compatibility between nature and human use should be significantly improved.</p><br>
<p>From 1956 to 1993 the Nachrichtenregiment 14 of the NPA Air Force was stadioned in the Red Glade.</p><br>
<h2>Activities</h2><br>
<p>The upper part of Rotes Luch is touched by the E11 European long distance path. The section of this hiking trail that comes from Buckow follows the north-western edge of the glade to the railway line before it turns west toward Strausberg.</p><br>
<p>The Murton E. and Lillian DeGuire House is a historic house built in 1906 and located in Silverton in Marion County, Oregon. It was built in the "Free - Classic Queen Anne" style with modest ornamentation that includes leaded glass, projecting bays, groups of windows that include both long and short windows, and differing siding textures. The basic block form with dormers and gables is perhaps most commonly associated with the Colonial Revival Style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It is one of three houses in Silverton listed on the National Register in the same day. The reasons for inscription are that the house is a representative of the "Free - Classic Queen Anne" and retains integrity.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The DeGuire family were early settlers in Silverton. Murton DeGuire, their son, grew up in Silverton.</p><br>
<p>Cala d’Hort is a beach on the western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The beach is in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia and is 13.3 mi west of the town of Ibiza town. The village of Sant Josep de sa Talaia is 7.0 mi east of the beach. In 2012 Cala d’Hort is one of the 12 blue flag beaches on the island.</p><br>
<h2>Recent history</h2><br>
<h3>The Battle of Cala d'Hort</h3><br>
<p>The so-called battle of Cala dHort was a demonstration by the islands environmentalists against developers who saw the sparsely populated slopes of the Serra de Ses Roques Altes as the perfect place to expand the islands tourist industry. A 420-room hotel and 18-hole golf course were planned along with a desalination plant to provide the drinking water for such a large development. The islands green movement known as GEN-GOB began a campaign to stop the development in 1992. After many years of objections and legal wrangles the development, much to the greens amazement, got the go-ahead in 1998. The GEN-GOB decided that a more proactive measure was needed and they took their arguments against the development to the islands people through an organised protest march. The protest was organised for January 1999 and on that day eleven thousand protesters marched through the streets of Ibiza town. The local politicians quickly realised that his representation made up 14% of the islands population. This wave of opposition helped to sweep the ruling PP party from power. In August 1999 the local government put a stop to any development plans. The Cala d&#39;Hort National Park was created in February 2002.</p><br>
<p>Hollins–Roundhouse Historic District  is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a primarily residential area characterized by 19th century rowhouses. The neighborhood is historically significant due to its association with the development of rail transportation in Maryland. Additional historical significance comes from the neighborhoods association with ethnic immigration to Baltimore. During the 1840s and 1850s the area was a center of settlement for Baltimores German and Irish communities, many of whom immigrated to the United States to work in the rail industry. Later, from the 1880s to the 1920s, the neighborhood became established as the center of Baltimores Lithuanian immigrant community. Because of the large Lithuanian population in the area north of Hollins Street, the area became known as Little Lithuania. A few remnants of the neighborhoods Lithuanian heritage still remain, such as Lithuanian Hall located on Hollins Street.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 2009.</p><br>
<p>Log House, Hiester House, and Market Annex is a historic building located at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The Log House was built about 1760, and is a 1 1/2-story, dwelling measuring 25 feet by 30 feet. The pine logs are chinked with cut stone and mortar, with notch and saddle corner construction. The John Hiester House was built about 1820, and is a 2 1/2-story, two-bay brick dwelling measuring 17 feet by 34 feet. It is located to the rear of the Log House and both were used for commercial activities in the 19th century. To the rear of the Hiester House is the West Reading Market Annex built in 1895. It is a brick market house measuring 165 feet long and 30 feet wide. The complex is the home of The Speckled Hen Cottage Pub and Alehouse.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Lincoln Highway Bridge, also known as Government Creek Bridge, is located in southern Tooele County, Utah, on the United States Army’s Dugway Proving Ground facility. It once served an original proposed alignment of the Lincoln Highway, an historic transcontinental auto route. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Early history</h2><br>
<p>According to one source, sometime around the turn of the twentieth century, a road was constructed across what is now Dugway Proving Ground. In 1915, the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) identified a road for incorporation into the highway’s designated route between Salt Lake City, Utah and Ely, Nevada. Constructed by laborers from Utah State Prison, the bridge has been identified as being a component of an early proposed alignment of that route. Despite the LHA’s considerable lobbying, by 1922, Utah officials had abandoned the route in favor of a more northerly alignment via Wendover, Utah along the Wendover Cut-off. It is claimed to be "the only significant structure in this area that remains of the original proposed national highway."</p><br>
<h2>Construction details</h2><br>
<p>When the bridge was surveyed for consideration for the National Register of Historic Places, it was described as being constructed of "hewn logs and log supports." The survey notes abutments originally constructed of stone which were later reinforced by concrete as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps retrofit in the 1930s. The bridge measures 14.5 x and was noted to be "in fairly good condition" upon completion of the survey in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>National Register of Historic Places</h2><br>
<p>The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Western Hemisphere. Sechin Bajo is located in the valley of the Sechin River, about 12 km from the Pacific Ocean and about 330 km northwest of Lima, Peru. Sechin Bajo is one ruin among many located in close proximity to each other in the valleys of the Casma and Sechin Rivers.</p><br>
<p>In 2008, a German and Peruvian archaeological team, headed by Peter Fuchs, announced that a circular plaza, 10 – in diameter and constructed of rocks and rectangular adobe bricks had been found at Sechin Bajo. Radiocarbon dating indicated that plaza was constructed in 3500 BCE. A nearby 2 meter-tall (2 yards) frieze was dated at 3600 BCE. The plaza and the frieze are the two oldest examples of monumental architecture discovered thus far in the Americas. Sechin Bajo may contend with sites of Norte Chico as the oldest urban settlement of the Americas.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>The Peruvian Pacific coast is one of the driest deserts in the world with average annual precipitation of less than 10 mm. Along the 1,300 km of Peruvian coast, 57 small rivers flow into the sea, watered by the higher precipitation received in the Andes Mountains inland at elevations higher than 2,500 m. Each river valley forms a linear oasis in which irrigated agriculture is possible. The valleys of the Casma River and its tributary, the Sechin River, are one of the linear oases. The ancient area of the Casma/Sechin culture extends about 40 km inland from the sea. The width of the irrigable valleys range from 1 to 7 km.</p><br>
<p>Located along about 4 km in the Sechin River valley, just upstream from its junction with the Casma, is a complex of archaeological ruins that comprises sites such as Sechin Bajo, Sechin Alto, Cerro Sechin, and Taukachi-Konkan, all of them except Sechin Alto in the desert just beyond the edge of the irrigated river valley. The Casma valley was populated long before the monumental construction began. The oldest radio carbon date found at Sechin Bajo is 4500 BCE although other signs of human occupation of the Casma valley date back to before 6,000 BCE.</p><br>
<p>Sechin Bajo is located about 130 km north of the Norte Chico civilization, believed to be the oldest in the Americas. Given the short distances contact and transmission of cultural traits between the two areas was likely.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The ruins of Sechin Bajo cover an area of about 37 hectare. The ceremonial center of the ruin consists of three monumental constructions dating from different times. The "First Edifice" or "First Building" is the oldest, initially consisting of a platform 16 m square built of rocks and adobe brick and raised 2 meters over sunken circular plazas. The sunken circular plaza feature was maintained throughout. In one iteration, calibrated radiocarbon dating of the First Building ranges from as early as 3700 BCE and as late as 2900 BCE during the pre-ceramic (prior to the use of pottery) period of Peruvian archaeology. The First Building was reconstructed on five occasions during that time period with plazas and staircases being constructed, filled in, and reconstructed on multiple occasions.</p><br>
<p>The oldest of the sunken plazas was radio carbon dated at 3500 BCE in 2008. An adobe frieze was dated at 3600 BCE. The frieze, 2 m tall, is of a man holding something in one hand and something else in the other. What he is holding has been interpreted as a ritual knife or a ceremonial cane in one hand and a human head or a shield in the other hand.</p><br>
<p>The "Second Building" and the "Third Building" were constructed much later, on top of the First Building and to cover a much larger area. They date from approximately 1600 BCE to 1200 BCE. The Third Building is the most monumental with both public squares and private areas and with many walls decorated with relief carvings. After the three buildings on the site were abandoned, they were used as a graveyard up until the fifteenth century CE. The construction of the Second and Third Buildings was oriented toward Cerro Sechin, 2 km distant on the other side of the Sechin Valley. That indicates cooperation (or subordination) among the builders of the two sites.</p><br>
<p>The husband and wife archaeological team of the Pozorskis have speculated that Sechin Bajo and other Casma/Sechin cities and ceremonial centers were conquered about 1000 BCE by invaders from the highlands. The purported invaders introduced maize, domesticated animals, warlike carvings, and different styles of ceramics and architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Importance</h2><br>
<p>The oldest radiocarbon dates (3600 BC) of Sechin Bajo, if confirmed by additional investigations, may establish it as oldest site of monumental construction yet found in the Americas. This may mean that Sechin Bajo in the Casma and Sechin valleys may claim to be the oldest urban site in the Americas. That distinction in the early 21st century is held by the Norte Chico civilization of which the oldest ruins are dated at about 3500 BCE at Huaricanga, 130 km south of Sechin Bajo. Another relevant ancient site is Bandurria, Peru in the River Huaura valley, with radio-carbon dates of 3200 BC.</p><br>
<p>Other important findings include confirmation that the Casma and Sechin valleys were probably occupied c.4500 BCE by a stable and sedentary or semi-sedentary population which eventually produced the monumental architecture found at Sechin Bajo. The date at which agriculture became the most important source of subsistence of the people of the valleys is uncertain.</p><br>
<p>The findings at Sechin Bajo appear to contradict the theory of anthropologist Michael E. Moseley and others that the earliest civilizations in Peru were based not on agriculture, but on exploitation of the rich maritime resources of the Peruvian coastline at sites such as Las Haldas which practiced little or no agriculture. The oldest radiocarbon dates for Las Haldas, about 20 km from Sechin Bajo, are about 2400 BCE.</p><br>
<p>Treasure Mountain, elevation 13,535 ft, is a summit in the Elk Mountains of western Colorado. The mountain is in the Raggeds Wilderness southeast of Marble. The massif has been the site of marble mining and a legend of lost French gold.</p><br>
<h2>Immediate vicinity</h2><br>
<p>Treasure Mountain forms a single massif with Treasury Mountain, elevation 13,462 ft, that rises on the southeast. Another Treasure Mountain, el. 11,834 ft is located in Mineral County, Colorado.</p><br>
<p>Other peaks in the vicinity include Whitehouse Mountain, elevation 11,975 ft; Bear Mountain, elevation 12,373 ft; Crystal Peak, elevation 12,632 ft; Purple Mountain, elevation 12,856 ft; and Cinnamon Mountain, 12,293 ft. The Ruby Range extends southward from Treasury Mountain forming the east boundary of the Raggeds Wilderness.</p><br>
<p>The Yule Lakes are a series of lakes situated on the southern slopes which drain into Yule Creek and feeds Beaver Lake east of Marble. The watershed is part of Crystal River basin which drains the northern slopes of Treasure Mountain and is the northeastern boundary of Raggeds Wilderness. Yule Pass, south of Treasury Mountain separates the Raggeds Wilderness of the Sopris Ranger District from the Gunnison Ranger District and leads to the southeast along the Slate River drainage. Yule Pass is to the east of the headwaters of Yule Creek.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The Colorado Yule marble (a.k.a. Yule Colorado marble) comes from the Leadville Limestone of Mississippian age quarried near the mountain. It was formed by contact metamorphism in the Tertiary period following the intrusion and uplift of nearby granitic Treasure Mountain dome.</p><br>
<p>Yule marble was used in the building of the Lincoln Memorial. The Yule marble quarry is at an elevation of 9,300 ft on the west side of Treasure Mountain along Yule Creek.</p><br>
<h2>Origin of name</h2><br>
<p>The original name of the peak was Citadel Mountain. The current name came from an ill-fated French mining expedition described in folklore documented in the 1930s and 1940s.</p><br>
<p>The folklore states that the expedition was organized in the late 1700s by Napoleon Bonaparte, who needed financing to fund his ambitions. The expedition was reported to have consisted of 300 men and 450 horses. They left New Orleans and traveled through Leavenworth, Kansas en route to the Rocky Mountains. The folklore claims that a large amount of gold was discovered and amassed by the expedition near Wolf Creek Pass. The local Native Americans were reportedly initially friendly, but relations deteriorated. In the folklore, the French buried the gold and escaped from the area, pursued and hunted by warriors. One survivor, by the name of Le Blanc, made it back to Kansas. He was the expedition&#39;s historian and was reported to have made two maps of the hidden treasure.</p><br>
<p>A later expedition failed to find the treasure. William Yule, many years later, claimed to possess a copy of the original map and explored the area south and west of the mountain. The mountain was named after the legend of the missing treasure.</p><br>
<p>Dads&#39; Gates, located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>Oregons Dads Gates are large wrought iron gates that are located on 11th Ave. E. between Kincaid St. and Franklin Blvd. in Eugene, Oregon at the entrance to the University of Oregon campus. At their beginning, Dads Gates were supposed to offer one of the most spectacular entrances to a campus found anywhere in the country. The construction of Dads Gates began in 1938 as an art project funded by the Works Progress Administration in order to help create work for skilled craftsmen due to the recent Depression. Dads&#39; Gates historical and current functions can be described as a "work of art" and as a "landscape object."</p><br>
<p>The Gates are decorated with a commemorative plaque that helps identify its significance to those curious enough to investigate them. The plaque reads, "These gates and enclosures are dedicated to the memory of the forty-seven University of Oregon men who died in the service of their country in 1917-1918" showing their dedication towards the Universitys former soldiers. Dads Gates were created with a collaborative effort from Henry Abbott Lawrence and Orion Benjamin Dawson.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Dad’s Gates are 8 feet tall and 120 feet long with each door being 10 feet wide allowing for a 20-foot entry. Both doors are mirror images of each other and each contain the bronze University seal. Dad’s Gates have a very intricate design to them that combine both linear and curvilinear elements. Design elements such as a scroll, cross, flower, lyre, and spear motifs can be seen throughout the wrought iron. Above each gate is written “Oregon Dads 1940” and on top of each pylon there are large glass lanterns similar to those outside of Knight Library on the University of Oregon campus. However, when Dad’s Gates were originally dedicated in 1941 the lanterns were not in place. It is unclear as to when they were installed but photos indicate somewhere after 1946 and before the University Theater was built in 1949.</p><br>
<h2>Background on Orion Benjamin Dawson</h2><br>
<p>Orion Benjamin Dawson produced Dads Gates with design help from Henry Abbott Lawrence. Dawson learned the blacksmithing trade through an apprenticeship in high school and while in World War I he was in charge of shoeing horses. It was in France where he met another blacksmith that showed him how to make gates and decorative elements out of wrought iron. Many believe that Dads Gates were a collaborative effort between Dawson and Abbot more than anything. Dawson wrote in his unpublished autobiography that he felt the design was beautiful and unlike anything he had ever see. He stated, “hey are somewhat modern and yet designed in such a way that every part had to go through the fire and be forged…hen I saw Abbott’s design I knew we had something, something that could make these gates the most beautiful campus entrance to be found anywhere in the country.”</p><br>
<p>During the Depression, Dawson acquired work through the Works Progress Administration for various art projects. His first project was designing and producing the wrought iron gates inside of the new University of Oregon Library. He then received commissions to work at the Oregon State University campus as well as being assigned the task of producing all of the wrought iron work at Timberline Lodge. He also produced the Howe Memorial Gates for the University of Oregon, which have a striking resemblance to the ones he produced for Dads&#39; Gates.</p><br>
<h2>Dedication of Dads' Gates</h2><br>
<p>O. B. Dawson began production on Dad’s Gates in 1938 and they were funded by the Works Progress Administration. Burt Brown Barker, who at the time was unpaid President of the University and also an Oregon dad, heavily funded the gates. Barker was head of the WPA Department of Art in Oregon and he was approached by Ellis Lawrence to build the gate and was told that the federal government would pay for the cost of labor while the Dads were to take care of material costs and expenditures incurred while shipping and installing the gate.</p><br>
<p>While initial costs were estimated to be around $1,500 with Barker paying $500 and the Dads raising $1,000, however, costs continued to rise and in the end Barker poured in over $1,600 of his personal funds along with the Dads bringing the total cost to about $5,000. Including the WPA grant, the total cost of Dads&#39; Gates came to be $25,000. Donors were promised by Barker that, “hen you look through the Dad’s Gate along the mall to the library building, you will have an unobstructed and inspiring vista, the like of which may not be found on any other western campus.”</p><br>
<p>One of the reasons for Dads Gates being produced was that “the working of iron for ornamental uses was rapidly becoming a lost art until the federal government revived it as a means of providing work for skilled craftsmen during the recent depression." The dedication of Dads Gates came on February 8, 1941 during Dad’s Weekend. President Donald M. Erb and Joseph F. Reisch presented them with the slogan “The Gates are Open Dad.” However, Barker was quoted saying that “y the time the ceremonies were concluded the marching through the open gates was that of a rain soaked crowd seeking shelter. Because of the heavy rain very few of those present took time to study the gates carefully so as to appreciate their beauty.”</p><br>
<h2>Historical significance</h2><br>
<p>In the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form it states that certain criteria must be met for something to be qualified as a "historic place." One of the criteria that must be met is that, "roperty is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history" and Dads Gates easily qualify for this criteria. Dads Gates are significant to Oregon&#39;s history because they are associated with the Great Depression and the Works Progress Administration which are both events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of the history of Oregon and University of Oregon.</p><br>
<p>Another criteria that must be met under the Historic Places guidelines is, "roperty embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction." One can easily see why Dads Gates meet this criteria because there is an incredible amount of artistic quality and expert craftsmanship involved with Dads Gates because of O. B. Dawson. Dads&#39; Gates are a stunning example of the old wrought iron methods of construction used during this era and the Gates fall into both the "art" and "landscape architecture" areas of significance.</p><br>
<p>The Gates are also of local significance because of the small amount of Works Progress Administration art projects that were actually completed in Eugene and because they are so intrinsically linked with the famous Oregon architect Ellis Lawrence and the University of Oregon.</p><br>
<p>Green Gables is a 1950s subdivision located in Palo Alto, California, United States. The subdivision was developed by Joseph Eichler, whose company built its first 63 homes in 1950. Eichler hired the architecture firm Anshen & Allen to design the one-story modernist houses. The houses in Green Gables represent Eichlers efforts to apply modernist principles to affordable single-family houses, which was considered a bold development strategy at the time. Contemporary critics acclaimed Eichlers work on Green Gables; Architectural Forum awarded it "Subdivision of the Year" in 1950 along with four of Eichler&#39;s other developments, and House Beautiful devoted a feature to the subdivision.</p><br>
<p>The subdivision was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 2005.</p><br>
<p>The SMUD Headquarters Building is the Sacramento Municipal Utility District headquarters. It is located at 6201 S Street in Sacramento, California.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The 166,000 square-foot building was designed in the Modernist style by Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects in 1959. Construction was completed in 1961. It is influenced by the work of Mies van der Rohe.</p><br>
<p>The building has adjustable aluminum louvers that are used to control the temperature and lighting in and of the building. The exterior also features a tile mural by internationally-known artist Wayne Thiebaud called Water City, which serves as a tribute to the Sacramento and American Rivers.</p><br>
<p>The SMUD Headquarters Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<p>Sa Caleta is a cove on the south west seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The cove is in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia and is 6.8 mi west of the town of Ibiza town. The village of Sant Josep de sa Talaia is 5.7 mi east of the cove.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Sa Caleta is a horseshoe shaped bay lined with many rustic fisherman’s sheds. Because of its sheltered situation it is an ideal spot for sunbathing and it is often frequented by the local people of the island who like spending there sunny days off, bathing among friends and family in the coves crystal waters.</p><br>
<h3>The Phoenicians</h3><br>
<p>Back in ancient times the cove of Sa Caleta was the busy natural harbour of the Phoenician settlers who had built a settlement on the headland at the southern tip of the cove. The cove is still used today by a few local fishing boats and the occasional pleasure craft often moor here.</p><br>
<p>The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad is a monolith located in India. It is the world&#39;s tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Hyderabad is the capital of the state of Telangana. Between 1983 and 1989, N. T. Rama Rao served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. During his tenure, he spent large sums to erect several statues of people from the region&#39;s political and religious history. During his visit to New York, he saw the Statue of Liberty and was inspired by the efforts to restore it. He said "I wanted something like that... That would have been my contribution to society."</p><br>
<p>Rama Rao chose to depict Gautama Buddha because "he was a humanitarian who told the whole truth to the people. It is our pride." A concrete platform measuring 15 ft, now referred to as the "Rock of Gibraltar," was constructed in the middle of Hussain Sagar to aid in erecting the statue. The roads of the city were also widened for this purpose.</p><br>
<p>This statue is located at Lumbini Park in the Hussain Sagar Island can be reached by boat in 15 minutes.</p><br>
<h2>The accident</h2><br>
<p>Then government of Andhra Pradesh led by N. T. Rama Rao was ousted in 1989. By the next year, the statue was ready for erection. ABC Limited, a local company, was given the responsibility of transferring the statue onto the concrete platform. Using a trailer vehicle, the statue was brought to the shore of Hussain Sagar. On 10 March 1990, company workers shifted the statue on top of a barge. After traveling only 100 yd, the statue tipped and fell into the lake. The accident killed 10 people.</p><br>
<p>After a two-year salvage operation, the statue was pulled out of the lake. On 1 December 1992, the statue was installed on the platform successfully. In 2006, the Dalai Lama consecrated the statue after performing a ritual.</p><br>
<p>Bowlins Old Crater Trading Post is a former trading post which was located along historic USA Route 66 in Bluewater, New Mexico. The trading post was built in 1954 by Claude Bowlin. Bowlin had traded with local Navajo since 1912, and he built his first trading post at the site in 1936. The stores name came from a volcanic crater that drew tourists to the area. While the trading post initially served the Navajo, it soon served tourists as well due to increased traffic on Route 66. Inspired by his success, Bowlin built a chain of stores throughout New Mexico, which became Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. In 1954, Bowlin replaced his original trading post with the current building.</p><br>
<p>The trading post primarily sold Native American crafts and goods to its tourist market. Due to his experience trading with the Navajo, Bowlin was a member of the United Indian Traders Association and only sold authentic Native American products at his trading post. Bowlin also offered pamphlets to tourists which explained how to differentiate authentic Native American jewelry from replicas. The trading post also functioned as a community center for the local Navajo population, and Bowlin and his family hosted community activities and contests. The building&#39;s exterior was painted with pop culture depictions of Native Americans.</p><br>
<p>The trading post closed in 1973 after Interstate 40 bypassed Route 66 in the region. Bowlin died soon afterward, and his wife sold the building, with the stipulation that it only be used for religious purposes. The Bluewater Bible School and Church used the building in the 1980s and 1990s. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 2006.</p><br>
<p>The Chicamocha Canyon is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. This river flows through the departments of Boyacá and Santander, where it reaches its maximum depth near the outskirts of Bucaramanga.</p><br>
<p>The canyon is the result of the erosion caused by water. It created deep cliffs on both sides. The Chicamocha Canyon begins near the town of Soatá in the Department of Boyacá and flows mainly through the Department of Santander, extending all the way to the municipality of Lebrija. This geographic feature was caused by the movement of tectonic plates that extend from the Chicamocha canyon to other regions such as Bucaramanga.</p><br>
<p>The canyon extends over 108,000 acres and 2000 meters in depth. The canyon was formed about 46 million years ago. On this territory many million years ago, there was a lake that hosted many marine animals whose remains have been found. The canyon is currently administered by Chicamocha National Park.</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the canyon was nominated as one of the 7 natural wonders contest.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name Chicamocha in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "silver-plated son, under the moon on the mountain range".</p><br>
<p>The Pershing House is located on Fort Sam Houston, in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the USA state of Texas. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on July 30, 1974. Although this Commanding General housing was actually constructed in 1881, it has been referred to by its current name since John J. Pershing served as the base Commandant in 1917. Architect Alfred Giles was contracted to design the 10,830 ft&sup2, two-story house. In various phases during the 20th century, improvements have included the installation of electricity and air conditioning. The porch is now enclosed, and the plumbing upgraded.</p><br>
<p>At one point in its existence, Fort Sam Houston was the largest Army post within the United States. The commanding officers who have called the house a home were some of the most accomplished leaders in the United States Army prior to their being given charge of the base. Numerous Medal of Honor recipients have lived in the house. Almost half of the base commandants were buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Pershing had been transferred to Fort Sam Houston from Fort Bliss, following his participation in the Pancho Villa Expedition. He would only be at Fort Sam Houston for two months before being given charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Pershing held the highest rank ever given an American army officer, and was one of the architects of the Treaty of Versailles.</p><br>
<p>The names of the house&#39;s residents appear on a plaque presented to Fort Sam Houston by Julia Cotton White, wife of base commandant General Isaac D. White. The plaque continues to be updated as an historical record of who lived there. Mrs. White died in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Residents of Pershing House</h2><br>
<p>The Union School, also known a Central Elementary School, was an educational building located at 205 West Baldwin Street in St. Johns, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The school building has been replaced by a housing development.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The St Johns school district was founded in 1857; the district re-organized in 1862 and built their second permanent building on this site in 1864. The school burned in early 1885, and construction began on the Union School, the third building constructed for the St. Johns school district, later in the year. It was designed by architect Oliver Hidden of the Bay City/Detroit firm Watkins, Hidden, and Arnold. The building was used as a school by the district until 1986.</p><br>
<p>The district sold the building to private owners,</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The St. Johns Union School was a 2-1/2 story red brick building set on a raised stone foundation and topped with a slate roof. The school covered an area 147 ft long 74 ft wide. It had a central mass with a hip roof and two T-shaped wings, also with hip roofs. Broad gable roof dormers broke up the roofline on the front facade, and a square belfry tops the center mass. The exterior decoration included Tudor Revival elements on the entrance surrounds, and first- and second-floor window hoods.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, classrooms were located in the main masses, with the narrow connecting "T" legs containing stairways, a library, and administration offices. When it was constructed, the building had state-of-the-art lighting, heating, ventilation, and fireproofing.</p><br>
<p>The Alolya  is a river in Opochetsky, Novorzhevsky, Bezhanitsky, and Pustoshkinsky Districts of Pskov Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Velikaya River. It is 105 km long, and the area of its basin 860 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<p>The source of the Alolya is Lake Arno on the Bezhanitsy Hills in Opochetsky District. It flows east, forming the border between Opochetsky and Novrozhevsky Districts, then downstream forms the border between Opochetsky and Bezhanitsky Districts and departs east from the border. The Alolya flows through Lake Kudeverskoye and turns southwest, where it again forms the border between Opochetsky and Bezhanitsky Districts, and downstream - between Opochetsky and Pustoshkinsky Districts. It accepts the Tsipilyanka River from the left and departs from the border south into Pustoshkinsky District. The mouth of the Alolya is close to the village of Verbilovo.</p><br>
<p>The drainage basin of the Alolya includes many lakes, the biggest of which is Lake Kamennoye.</p><br>
<p>The Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church at 100 W. Church St. in Cartersville, Georgia was built in 1907. It was designed by Atlanta architect Walter T. Downing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The church was deemed significant architecturally as a "fine example of a church built in the Classical Revival Style exemplified by the use of a full entablature and portico."</p><br>
<p>It is named for Sam Jones (1847–1906), native of Oak Bowery, Alabama. Lived in Cartersville from the age of twelve and is buried in Cartersville, was an evangelist who preached across the United States. After his sudden death during the construction of their new church, the Cartersville Methodist Episcopal Church South renamed itself in his honor.</p><br>
<p>The Scharfenstein is a mountain, high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near Ilsenburg in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the Harz National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Geographical location</h2><br>
<p>The Scharfenstein lies southwest of Ilsenburg, southeast of the Lower Saxony town of Bad Harzburg, north of the Kleiner Brocken mountain and east of the Ecker Reservoir, which lies on the Ecker River, straddling the border between the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. The mountain is topped by a tor, the Scharfensteinklippe; which has particularly good views of the Brocken, and in the direction of Torfhaus and the Ecker Reservoir. Below the summit is the Scharfenstein ranger station of the national park with a self-service cafe.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>Its name is descriptive and comes from the German scharfer/spitzer ("sharp", "pointed") or schroffer ("rugged", "craggy") and Stein ("rock" or "stone"). The Scharfenstein&#39;s appearance as a solid, rocky crag is particularly evident when viewed from the south, for example, from the Ecker Reservoir.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The area around the Scharfenstein was used from 1420 as a cattle pasture by the settlement at Ilsenburg, for which the first herdsmans house was built. The cattle farm was still being managed in 1816 from Stapelburg. Around 1875, Count Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode has a foresters lodge built that, together with the forest settlement that emerged in the 1920s, developed into a popular stop for hikers en route to the Brocken as well as a restaurant and place to stay.</p><br>
<p>On 11/12 April 1945 US troops occupied the Scharfenstein without a fight. They were replaced in July that year by the Red Army.</p><br>
<p>Because of its location near the border of Lower Saxony the first wooden barracks was built here in 1955. Following the foundation of East Germany in 1949 and the creation of a state forest authority, organised forestry was once again carried out on the Scharfenstein. In 1955, the first wooden barracks was established here thanks to its close proximity to the Inner German Border. The old forester&#39;s lodge was demolished in 1960 and, in 1969, a new barracks was built for the East German border troops. This, in turn, fell victim to the demolition ball in 1999 and the area was renaturalised as part of the National Park. In 2002 the present park ranger station with two log cabins was opened roughly where the former barracks had been.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>The Scharfenstein ranger station is part of the system of checkpoints (No. 2) in the Harzer Wandernadel walking trail network.</p><br>
<p>Immediately next to the ranger station, a narrow signposted path leads to the summit, the walk taking about 15 minutes. The same route must be used on the way down, because it is in the middle of the Harz National Park and visitors may not leave the paths. South of the Scharfenstein begins the Herdsman&#39;s Path (Hirtenstieg) which runs past the Kleiner Brocken on an old concrete road that was built to monitor the former Inner German Border to the west and that leads up to the Brocken.</p><br>
<p>The Randall Building at 103-105 W. Santa Rosa, Victoria, Texas was built in c.1910 by the Bailey Mills contracting firm. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>It is a commercial building with structural brick walls and with wood floor and roof systems. Its roof is built-up tar and gravel. It has a raised brick parapet and a denticulated brick cornice. Its east portion is a one-story and the rest is two-story. Its second story was used by the local Knights of Columbus as their meeting hall, and the first floor was for businesses. The one-story portion of the building was the Victoria Hardware Company for many years, then auto supply stores.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area.</p><br>
<p>The Old Union School at 310 Sycamore St. in Coshocton in Coshocton County, Ohio was built in 1855. It was a work of A.N. Milner and is designed in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>It is one of few antebellum schoolhouses surviving in the county and served all grades. It was a brick building with plain stone lintels and a gable roof. Bricks were made from clay on the site. Greek Revival details include its entrance, its cornice end returns, brick pilasters across the facade, and flat stone lintels. Carpentry was by George Hay, and stone work was by Henry Davis.</p><br>
<p>It became offices for the Coshocton City School Board in 1979.</p><br>
<p>According to a website documenting old Ohio schools in Coshocton County it is gone, demolished.</p><br>
<p>The Dr. L.W. and Martha E.S. Chilton House at 242 N. Chilton St. in Goliad, Texas, United States, was built in 1902. It was a work of architect Jules Leffland and of building contractor Bailey Mills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures.</p><br>
<p>It is a two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne style house. It was expanded by a kitchen/bathroom addition in 1925. A carriage house is an additional contributing building on the property, and it has a cistern on its rear porch and an underground storm shelter.</p><br>
<p>A tornado on May 18, 1902 killed 114 people, ten percent of Goliad&#39;s population, and injured 225, and destroyed housing including the home of Dr. Chilton and family. The daughter was actually lifted up in the vortex of the tornado but survived. Dr. Chilton opened a temporary hospital and morgue in the courthouse.</p><br>
<p>The house&#39;s construction was begun in June 1902 and it was completed in September 1902. The house stayed in the Chilton family until 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Historic Centre of Cienfuegos, is located in the city of Cienfuegos in Cuba. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>The city was founded on April 22, 1819 by French and Spanish settlers under the command of Don Luis De Clouet y Favrot. At the time of settlement, the bay which the town is located by, served as a refuge for pirates and privateers. The streets were laid out forming squares and retains plenty of eclectic architecture with neoclassical decoration.</p><br>
<h2>Landmarks of the Historical Center</h2><br>
<p>Cathedral of Cienfuegos.</p><br>
<p>Arch of Triumph.</p><br>
<p>The Botanical Garden of Cienfuegos declared National Monument on October 20, 1989, with 97 hectares.</p><br>
<p>The Reina Cemetery is an exceptional example of its type, and its architecture is inserted in the prevailing neoclassical in the buildings constructed in the city. Is the only in Cuba that retains its niches for burials.</p><br>
<p>The Fortress of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua is located at the entrance to the Bay of Jagua. Strategically located at the entrance to the Port of Cienfuegos, this castle was built in the 18th century (1745) to defend Cienfuegos from the assaults of pirates and buccaneers.</p><br>
<p>Tomás Acea Cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The park dedicated to "José Martí".</p><br>
<p>The Theatre Tomas Terry.</p><br>
<p>University of Cienfuegos.</p><br>
<p>The J. T. Jecker House at 104 N. Liberty in Victoria, Texas, United States, was built in 1870. It was designed by architect Jules Leffland in Late Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1987.</p><br>
<p>It is a two-story wood frame house with a two-story three-bay porch on the five-bay front of the building. The original house, built c.1870, is believed to have been the home of Dr. James B.P. January, who served as physician for Sam Houston&#39;s army during the Texas Revolution. In 1904 it was renovated for Joe T. Jecker, then the owner, to designs by architect Jules Leffland. In 1983 it appeared much as it did in 1904.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area.</p><br>
<p>The D. H. Regan House at 507 S. DeLeon in Victoria, Texas, United States, is an Italianate architecture home designed by architect Jules Leffland. It was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area.</p><br>
<p>It is one of the "highly embellished, but rigidly symmetrical, houses built in the 1870s" that demonstrate a change from "mid-century classicism" in architecture in the Victoria area.</p><br>
<p>Like the Huck-Welder House, it is one of the homes and businesses that were moved after devastating storms hit the coastal community of Indianola, a port on the Matagorda Bay, in 1875 (the third storm in the 1875 hurricane season) and in 1886 (the devastating 1886 Indianola hurricane).</p><br>
<p>Yatesville Dam  is a dam in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the far eastern part of the state, close to the town of Louisa.</p><br>
<p>The earthen dam was constructed in 1988 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 156 feet, and a length of 855 feet at its crest. It impounds Blaine Creek, a tributary of the Big Sandy River, for flood control and storm water management. The dam is owned and operated by the Huntington District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, Army Corps of Engineers.</p><br>
<p>The serpentine reservoir it creates, Yatesville Lake, has a normal water surface of 3.5 square miles, a maximum capacity of 83,300 acre-feet, and a normal capacity of 63,000 acre-feet. The maximum depth of the lake is 60 feet with an average mean depth of 17.7 feet. The shoreline measures 93.9 miles at summer pool level. Recreation includes fishing, hiking, and an 18-hole golf course at the Yatesville Lake State Park.</p><br>
<h2>General</h2><br>
<p>Yatesville Lake is located entirely in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on Blaine Creek; a tributary of the Big Sandy River. It was built under the Flood Control Act of 1965. The dam is rockfill, with a central impervious core and founded on rock. The length of the lake and boatable arms is 20.6 miles upstream from the dam and 18.1 miles upstream from where it flows into the Big Sandy River. The maximum depth of the lake is 60 feet with an average mean depth of 17.7 feet. The shoreline measures 93.9 miles at summer pool level. The lake&#39;s watershed is 208 miles. Winter Pool Elevation - 624.0 m.s.l. (1,745 acres) Summer Pool Elevation - 630.0 m.s.l. (2,242 acres) Flood Pool Elevation - 645.0 m.s.l. (3,805 acres).</p><br>
<h2>Historical Information</h2><br>
<p>Adams Cabin, located in the Projects Information Center, was built in the mid-nineteenth century. It was originally located on a Blaine Creek farmstead of several hundred acres with a household of eleven people. When the lake was being constructed, the house was documented and removed. A Wicket Dam Exhibit is located in the Projects Information Center. From 1875 until the turn of the century, the Corps of Engineers constructed a series of 53 wicket dams to canalize the Ohio River to meet the demands of year-round navigation beginning at Davis Island near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and traveling the length of the river to Cairo, Illinois. The exhibit depicts this process. An Oil Well Exhibit is located adjacent to the Project Office/Information Center parking lot. The oil well equipment was pulled from an oil field at Little Blaine Creek before the water from the lake covered the site. The exhibit depicts the common method of oil production at the turn of the century.</p><br>
