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Fanling Lodge is an official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, which serves as a country house and occasionally hosts official functions. [1] Built in 1934 as a summer residence for the then Governor of Hong Kong, Fanling Lodge was granted a Grade I historic building status in 2014, amid concerns about its inclusion within a new town development plan.
The Koon shot of Operation Castle was a test of a thermonuclear device designed at the University of California Radiation Laboratory (UCRL), now Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The "dry" two-stage device was known as "Morgenstern" and had a highly innovative secondary stage. It was tested on April 7, 1954.
Such fizzles can have very high yields, as in the case of Castle Koon, where the secondary stage of a device with a 1 megaton design fizzled, but its primary still generated a yield of 100 kilotons, and even the fizzled secondary still contributed another 10 kilotons, for a total yield of 110 kT.
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As at 31 March 2009, the hospital had a staff force of 1201, consisting of 61 doctors, 524 nurses, 53 allied health staff and 563 other grades of staff. Its address is 15 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, NT. Opened in 1961, Castle Peak Hospital is the psychiatric hospital with the longest history in Hong Kong.
EBird records 61 observed bird species within the reserve, including Redwings, Canada Geese, and Mute swans [12] (with one breeding pair, which nests in Island Lodge every year). The reserve ranks 91st in Manchester for number of species observed, with the same count as Castleshaw Reservoirs, Medlock Valley and Tandle Hill Country Park.
Castle of Almourol [1] Castelo Branco [1] Castle of Idanha [1] Castle of Monsanto [1] Castle of Penha Garcia [1] Castle of Pombal [2] Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar. [16] Old town of Tomar, including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa ...
The Lord Deputy of Ireland Sir John Perrot arrested Art O'Neill and imprisoned him in Dublin Castle in 1585, it being the seat of British rule in Ireland. [9] In December of 1585, Art O'Neill made a successful escape from the castle and "hid for a time in the Wicklow mountains, but, attempting to head north to Ulster, he was recaptured before 20 February 1586", according to the Dictionary of ...