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Overhead view of the quarry. Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry ...
Built: 1959; Hull Construction: Steel; Date of Sinking: July 14, 2000; GPS Coordinates: 32 46.80N 117 17.12W; Depth: 68 Feet (Highest point at stern) to 105 Feet (Lowest point at bow) Position: on Port side; The Yukon was purchased by the San Diego Oceans Foundation for the purpose of sinking in Wreck Alley. Volunteers spent an enormous amount ...
San Fernando Tunnel c. 1900 UP 844 emerges from Tunnel 31 (May 2009). Altamont Corridor Express (two) Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Western Pacific Railroad) in Niles Canyon, Alameda County: one 4,500 feet (1,400 m) long and the other 450 feet (140 m) long [1]
Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Flume and Tunnel below Fish Screen 1898 1991 Redlands: San Bernardino: CA-130-G: Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Flumes and Tunnels below Sandbox 1898 1991 Redlands: San Bernardino: CA-130-R: Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Abandoned Tunnel Abandoned 1898 1991 Santa Ana Canal Redlands: San ...
A law enforcement officer stands by the opening of a cross-border tunnel on Monday, May 16, 2022 between Mexico's Tijuana into the San Diego area.
Casa del Prado, originally built for the 1915 fair as the Varied Industries Building, renamed the Foreign and Domestic Industries Building in 1916; intended to be temporary; changed to Food and Beverage Building for the 1935 fair; housed the San Diego Aerospace Museum from 1963 to 1965; demolished in the 1960s for structural reasons and ...
Here we go again. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration revived the Delta tunnel project Wednesday, unveiling a downsized version of the controversial, multibillion-dollar plan to re-engineer the ...
In 1970, the City of San Diego incorporated the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park as part of a city-operated park that stretched more than 2-miles offshore. Responsibility for maintenance was to be shared by the City of San Diego's Department of Parks and Recreation and the California Department of Fish and Game. A 514-acre ecological reserve ...