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"Stenton Museum" at Visit Pennsylvania "Stenton" at Independence Hall Association; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation: HABS No. PA-1714, "Stenton", 4 photos, 10 measured drawings, 1 photo caption page; HABS No. PA-1714-A, "Stenton, Kitchen Wing", 3 measured drawings
The 914th was one of three C-119 groups assigned to the 512th Troop Carrier Wing in 1963, the others being the 912th and 913th Troop Carrier Groups at Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The group trained for and participated in air transport of airborne forces , equipment and supplies with delivery by airdrop , extraction, and ...
Partly due to the demands of restoring and maintaining Stenton, Logan gave up his career as a physician and became a gentleman farmer and politician. [2] At Stenton, the couple entertained a wide circle of politicians, artists, writers, and businesspeople, counting among their friends Thomas Jefferson and the painter Charles Willson Peale. [3]
Niagara Falls, New York, the U.S. city adjacent to the falls; Niagara County, New York. Niagara Falls State Park, the oldest state park in the US; Niagara Escarpment AVA, New York wine region; Niagara, New York, a town; Fort Niagara, near Youngstown, New York; Niagara Frontier, a region south of Lakes Ontario and Erie; Buffalo–Niagara Falls ...
In 1882 Schoellkopf partnered with Charles Brush who had come to Niagara Falls with a dynamo and 16 carbon arc lights which were used on the streets of Niagara Falls, New York. [5] The first dynamo had a capacity of 1,800 horsepower and ran up to 1904 when it was abandoned in favor of Station No. 2.
The Niagara Scow View of the Toronto Power House with the scow in the background, 1922. The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918. The wreck can still be seen ...
Niagara Parks Police surveillance cameras show her climbing onto the railing near the water's edge and sitting on a pillar block. At about 8:30 p.m. she stood up, lost her footing, and fell over the edge into the Niagara River, approximately 20 metres (66 ft) upstream from the falls. [59] [60] [61] Her body was recovered on 18 August. [62] 21 ...
In 1948 the Niagara Falls Power Company sold the railroad to its connecting companies: the New York Central, the Erie, and the Lehigh Valley. After a series of mergers in the 1960s, the Niagara Junction was finally dissolved as an independent company in 1976 when the Consolidated Rail Corporation was formed to take over operations of bankrupt ...