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2. Royal Geographical Society - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.rgs.org. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences, the society has 16,000 [ 1 ] members, with its work reaching the public ...

3. List of National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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   It contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are 17 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arkansas. Another NHL was formerly listed in the state but was moved to Oakland, California. This page includes a list of National Park Service-administered historic areas in Arkansas.

4. West Memphis, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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   West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 24,520 at the 2020 census, [ 3 ] ranking it as the state's 20th largest city. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area, and is located directly across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee.

5. Harahan Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The Harahan Bridge is in total 4,973 feet (1,516 m) long while the main bridge is 2,550 feet (780 m) from the east anchorage on the Memphis Bluffs to Pier 5 on the Arkansas flood plains. An additional 2,363 feet (720 m) tower and girder viaduct completes the bridge to the west abutment. The longest span is 791 feet (241 m) over the main channel ...

6. Edward Ayearst Reeves - Wikipedia

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   Royal Geographical Society. Edward Ayearst Reeves (9 February 1862 – 17 October 1945) was a British geographer, astronomer, and cartographer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society beginning in 1896, [2] a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900, [3] and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal. [2]

7. Hernando de Soto Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts. Memphians also call the bridge the "New Bridge", [ 2 ] as it is newer than the Memphis ...

8. Memphis & Arkansas Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, also known as the Memphis–Arkansas Bridge or inaccurately as the Memphis–Arkansas Memorial Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge [2] carrying Interstate 55 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. Memphians refer to this bridge as the "Old Bridge" to ...

9. Gold Medal (RGS) - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal consists of two separate awards: the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838. Together they form the most prestigious of the society's awards. They are given for "the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery." Royal approval is required before an award can be made.