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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge construction
United States Steel built a lot of bridges around the world. In Venezuela they built the first bridge over Orinoco river and here is a film documenting in detail the building of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
ca. 1937
U.S. Steel Co.'s subsidiaries: American Bridge Company for the Columbia Steel Company
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge [Wikipedia]
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Early Inspiration
It is interesting to see what sparks an individual into the sciences. "Astronomer credits career to Rock Bridge planetarium" by Catherine Martin October 3rd, 2012 Columbia Daily Tribune Caitlin Casey knows just when the stars aligned in her life...
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A Rare Photographic Find...construction Of London's Tower Bridge Ca 1892
50 sepia photos were discarded. "Stripped down as you've never seen her: Pictures of Tower Bridge during construction found dumped in a skip "November 29th, 2011Daily Mail The discarded pictures, which were retrieved by a caretaker who was looking...
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Bobbie Gentry Turns 66 Today
Bobbie Gentry July 27th, 1944 A laid back tale from the South. Sort of a one hit wonder but still a thoughtful tune. Ode to Billie Joe 1967 Ode to Billie Joe It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and...
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not!...reopens
Robert LeRoy Ripley December 25th, 1890 to May 27th, 1949 In my youth I recall passing among my buddies [and budettes] worn paperbacks of Ripley's Believe It or Not...a curious collection of a world full of natural and human oddities. "Ripley's...
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May 1st...technology Celebration 1901
The Pan-American Exposition of the World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York was honored by the United States Postal Service celebrating then, modern technology. Technical data... Flat Plate printing, 200 Subject Plates, Double-line Watermark, Perforation...
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