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Franco–British Exhibition 1908 souvenir stamp. The fair was the first international exhibition co-organised and sponsored by two countries. It covered an area of some 140 acres (57 hectares), including an artificial lake, surrounded by an immense network of white buildings in elaborate (often Oriental) styles.
The White Hart is now privately owned, once again serving visitors to Harrogate as a hotel and conference centre. The building has undergone major refurbishments, and now includes its own restaurant area and tearoom, as well as an adjoining pub, The Fat Badger, which operates both as a hotel bar and as a pub catering to Harrogate locals.
The chalybeate spring in Harrogate was discovered in 1631, and provided with a well-head building in 1656. It attracted increasing numbers of visitors, but most had to stay in Knaresborough, as Harrogate only had ten beds available.
The White City, an "ideal city" constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois White City (Indianapolis) , an amusement in Indiana, 1906–1908 White City (New Orleans) , an amusement park in Louisiana, 1907–1913
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in Manhattan remains in a Pennsylvania state prison, while a possible indictment looms in New York as a grand jury considers evidence on charges ...
Two County Fermanagh brothers who scammed elderly homeowners in the United States out of hundreds of thousands of dollars have been sentenced to 18 months in a US prison and face likely deportation.
In the 1950s, like many theatres converted into a cinema but looking for alternative uses, the venue helped in the formation and growth of Harrogate as a conference and exhibition centre. The Royal Hall is an important national heritage building, with Harrogate acknowledged as a top UK event destination and home to Harrogate International ...
The Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad (reporting mark RVT) is a 14-mile (23 km) shortline railroad that connects the industrial park in White City, Oregon, United States to the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, which hauls its cars to the Union Pacific Railroad at Eugene, Oregon or Black Butte, California via the Siskiyou Summit, or to the Yreka Western Railroad at Montague, California.