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Plumbing the Secrets of the Archives of...

August 3, 2020

Over its 90 years of existence, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has acquired an astonishing collection, with more than 3,500 paintings and sculptures, 11,000 works on paper, and 60,000 prints and multiples. But its holdings go much deeper. “We estimate we have something like 6.5 million items,” the museum’s Chief of Archives, Library, and Research Collections, Michelle Elligott, says of her department’s files. “That’s not a very precise estimate, because I have not gone in...

Truck-Eating Bridge in Kirkland, Washington

August 3, 2020

Known to local residents as “The Truck-Eating Bridge,” this pedestrian overpass tends to stop trucks in their tracks, on what seems like a weekly basis. The bridge’s clearance is only 11’6″, and doesn’t appear to provide enough forewarning for oncoming traffic. (Much like the also-famous “Can-Opener” in Durham, North Carolina.) According to Google Maps, the Truck-Eating Bridge is a tourist attraction, complete with a community-derived collection of eaten-truck sightings and 29 five-star reviews at the time of this writing....

Nelsonville Brick Park in Nelsonville, Ohio

August 3, 2020

By the mid-1800s, the United States was well on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse. Raw materials, booming industries, and new technologies were making the country an industrialized force to be reckoned with. In Ohio, these innovations took root and grew in Hocking Valley, located in the southeastern corner of the state. Bricks for paving and construction were crafted in this region, One of the main centers for brick making was the town of Nelsonville. By the 1880s, the...

B-29 ‘Over Exposed’ Crash Site in...

August 3, 2020

On November 3, 1948, a B-29 Superfortress crashed in the Peak District near Bleaklow. The United States Airforce Boeing RB-29A was part of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. It had previously been used to photograph nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, including the dropping of an atomic bomb. The aircraft crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow during a routine daytime flight to the US Airforce Base in Warrington. It’s believed that the pilots thought they had passed the hills of...

First Encounter Beach Placard in Eastham, Massachusetts

August 3, 2020

Sitting on Cape Cod Bay in the lovely town of Eastham is the equally quaint First Encounter Beach. The locale offers great panoramic views of the dazzling coastline and nearby flats. But history buffs may find more than a fun day in the sun at this beautiful beach. First Encounter Beach’s unusual name comes from the fact that the beach was the site of the first encounter between the English Pilgrims and Native Americans, specifically members of the Nauset...

Belmont Enslaved Cemetery in Ashburn, Virginia

August 3, 2020

Just east of Leesburg, Virginia, next to a heavily trafficked six-lane highway, is a plot of overgrown and scrubby wooded land that went unnoticed for years by passersby. That is until Reverend Michelle C. Thomas took notice while delving into Loudoun County land records researching potential building sites for her church. She discovered that the parcel of land had been a burial ground for the Belmont and Coton plantations’ enslaved populations. Constructed between 1796 and 1802, the plantations owned...

Aviation Management: A Great Guide to Start...

August 1, 2020

Aviation management positions have a lot to offer, providing you with a combination of responsibility, a varied day-to-day working life, excellent employee benefits and good pay. However, getting started in such a role can be challenging. Here, you will find a useful guide to help you begin your career as an aviation manager. Quick menu: The post Aviation Management: A Great Guide to Start Your Career in Aviation appeared first on Revfine.com.

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice...

July 31, 2020

Cooking rice on a stovetop can be fraught. Add too much water and you end up with porridge. Without a keen sense of timing, you end up with undercooked grains. But for others, making rice is as easy as pressing a button. In a recent viral video, Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng reacted dramatically to a BBC personality cooking rice with a saucepan rather than using a rice cooker. “World War Two is over, use technology!” he admonished viewers in...

We Now Know Where Almost All of...

July 31, 2020

About 4,500 years ago, a large stone was placed on a sloping hill on England’s Salisbury plain. It was followed by another and another, until an entire henge had been formed, with its iconic “sarsen trilithons” towering over its human creators. But at some point after that construction work several millennia ago, the location of the original quarries were lost to time. Only recently were the Preseli Hills of Wales pinned down as the source of the henge’s smaller...

1 O’Clock Time Signal in Sheffield City...

July 31, 2020

If you are a visitor to Sheffield, or even a jumpy local, you may be taken by surprise if you walk through the city centre at the right time. Since 1874, a siren has sounded by the entrance to HL Brown, a watchmaker and jeweler, every day. Those with a keen eye will see a small metal plate, much like a street sign, reading “1 o’clock time signal,” alongside the siren that alerts all who hear it that it is indeed...

Roberson Mansion in Binghamton, New York

July 31, 2020

Roberson Mansion is well known in the Binghamton area. Attached to the Roberson Museum and Science Center, this Gilded Age home has all the trappings of wealth and status. It was built for Alonzo and Margaret Roberson in 1904. Both were in their 40s when they decided to move from their Main Street home to Front Street. And they were willing to pay a lot. Before the mansion was built, there were two homes on the site. The Robersons purchased...

The Replica of Fet-Mats in Elsborg, Sweden

July 31, 2020

Today, when someone finds human remains that appear to have died tragically, it might make the news, and hopefully be followed by a respectful burial or cremation. But propping up those remains as some kind of attraction is a thing of the regrettable past. But this was often done (including in ethnographic and natural history museums). Fet-Mats is an example of this practice. Fet-Mats was a so-called “petrified man” whose remains were found in 1719. Miners found the body...

Fort Hensel in Malborghetto Valbruna, Italy

July 31, 2020

During his reign, Napoleon was seen as invincible, but in 1808 the French Empire saw some defeats in Spain, and this encouraged the Austrian Empire to join the Anti-French Alliance. The war moved to the Alps and saw fighting at Fort Malborgeth commanded by Austrian Captain Friedrich Hensel. For three days, from May 14 to 17, 1809, the commander and his men heroically fought to their death. His actions delayed the French Army long enough to allow Austrian Archduke...

The Kingsclere Bed Bug in Kingsclere, England

July 31, 2020

In the Hampshire village of Kingsclere, an unusual legend surrounds a curious decoration upon the village’s church, a weather-vane in the shape of a hissing bed bug. According to the story, during the early 13th-century, King John was caught in a thick fog after a day of hunting. Unable to return from whence they came, the King and his party stayed overnight in Kingsclere. Some tales say they chose to rest in a nearby inn, others claim they stayed with...

Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin in Staten...

July 31, 2020

The Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin was erected in 1935. The stone masonry niche was constructed so that it faced St. Elizabeth’s, the girls’ dormitory at Mount Loretto, once the largest orphanage in New York State. Mount Loretto opened in 1883 and was operated by the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. It housed more than 1,000 orphaned children at its peak. By 1947, the facility encompassed 700 acres and 42 buildings north and south of Hylan Boulevard. Across the...

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