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CMSt.P&P/MILW Caboose #22 condo at End Of The Line.
Norfolk Southern train 11Z crossing Old Chapel Avenue in Boyce, Virginia on June 1, 2025.
East side of Badlands National Park South Dakota
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was planting potatoes near Castletownroche County Cork
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was planting potatoes near Castletownroche County Cork
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was sowing Spring Barley near Castletownroche County Cork
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was sowing Spring Barley near Mallow County Cork
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was sowing Spring Barley near Castletownroche County Cork
A word of thanks to the farmer involved who was sowing Spring Barley near Watergrasshill County Cork
1102-535-24
14th Connecticut
The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Theodore G. Ellis. It brought 200 men to to the field, of whom 10 were killed, 52 wounded, and 4 were missing.
Two markers at the site of the Bliss farm about 700 yards west of the monument on the west side of Emmitsburg Road show where the regiment fought with Confederate skirmishers on July 3rd. The Bliss farm was between Confederate lines on Seminary Ridge and Union lines on Cemetery Hill. It served as a shelter for Confederate sharpshooters that became so troublesome that Union infantry was sent out in strength on two occasions to neutralize it. The structures were finally burned to eliminate the threat. They were never rebuilt, but their foundations can still be seen.
The 14. Regt. Connecticut Vols.
A.M. July 3, 1863
captured here from Confederate Sharp-
shooters the large barn of Wm. Bliss
and his dwelling house near and upon
retiring burned both buildings by order
of the Div. Commander.
Center of barn site.
1102-406-24
73rd New York Infantry Regiment
Fourth Excelsior
2nd Fire Zouaves
The 73rd New York Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Michael Burns while Colonel William R. Brewster commanded the brigade.
New York – Gettysburg
Second Fire Zouaves
Major Michael W. Burns commanding
Sickles’ Excelsior Brigade
Colonel William R. Brewster
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Second Division
Brig. General A. A. Humphreys
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Third Corps
Major General D. E. Sickles
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Mustered in July 10 1861
Mustered out June 29 1865
73th N. Y. Infantry
The Fourth
Excelsior Regiment
was conducted to this position by
Major H. E. Tremain
of Third Corps staff
about 5:30 p.m.
on July 2 , 1863
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Its loss on this field was
killed 4 officers
and 47 enlisted men
wounded 11 officers
and 92 enlisted men
missing 8, aggregate 162
The Second
Fire Zouaves
served with
The Army of the Potomac
and participated in its campaigns
from Yorktown 1862
to Appomattox 1865
Total enrollment 1350
Total casualties 711
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Erected 1897
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Known also as
the Fourth Regiment of
Sickles Excelsior Brigade
Volunteer Fire Department
New York City
Organized 1658 Disbanded 1865
This monument was erected at the instance
of the volunteer fireman of the City of New York
represented by the figure on the left.
in grateful recognition of the services rendered
by the Second Fire Zouaves on this field
in defense of the Union July 2 1863.
Board of Trustees
Under Chapter 397 Laws of New York 1897
Robert B. Nooney George W. Anderson Richard Cullen,
Mathew Stewart Peter J. Hickey Michael F. Wynn,
Thomas Fair John Sidell Francis McCarthy
0309-1537-24
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II
First flown in May 1958, the Phantom II originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense. The U.S. Air Force's first version, the F-4C, made its first flight in May 1963, and production deliveries began six months later. Phantom II production ended in 1979 after over 5,000 had been built -- more than 2,600 for the USAF, about 1,200 for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and the rest for friendly foreign nations.
In 1965 the USAF sent its first F-4Cs to Southeast Asia, where they flew air-to-air missions against North Vietnamese fighters as well as attacking ground targets. The first USAF pilot to score four combat victories with F-4s in Southeast Asia was Col. Robin Olds, a World War II ace. The aircraft on display is the one in which Col. Olds, the pilot, and Lt. Stephen Croker, the weapons system officer, destroyed two MiG-17s in a single day, May 20, 1967.
In its air-to-ground role, the F-4C could carry twice the normal load of a WWII B-17. The armament loaded on the aircraft on display is a typical configuration for an F-4C in 1967. It consists of four AIM-7E and four AIM-9B air-to-air missiles, and eight 750-pound Mk 117 bombs. The aircraft also carries two external fuel tanks on the outboard pylons and one ALQ-87 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod on the right inboard pylon.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: Up to 16,000 lbs. of externally carried ordnance
Engines: Two General Electric J-79-GE-15s of 17,000 lbs. thrust each
Maximum speed: 1,400 mph
Cruising speed: 590 mph
Range: 1,750 miles
Ceiling: 59,600 ft.
Span: 38 ft. 5 in. (27 ft. 6 in. folded)
Length: 58 ft. 2 in.
Height: 16 ft. 6 in.
Weight: 58,000 lbs. loaded
0530-92-25
Austin Dam Ruins
The Austin Dam was a dam in the Austin, PA area that served the Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill. the T. Chalkey Hatton firm built a large concrete dam across the valley. The dam was 50 feet high, 540 feet long and cost $86,000 to construct. It was designed to be thirty feet thick, but was built only twenty feet thick. The dam opened in December of 1909 and within only a few months of its completion, problems were detected. The dam bowed more than 36 feet under the pressure of the water it was holding and the concrete started cracking. The bowing was alleviated by using dynamite to blast a 13-foot space for the excess water to spill over. The cracking was claimed to be normal because of the drying cement. Then on September 30, 1911 the one year and nine month old dam gave way and destroyed the Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill as well as much of the town of Austin. The damage was approximately $10 million. It also resulted in the deaths of 78 people. A young girl named Mary Fran Simmons, a new immigrant from Galicia, warned many of the townspeople about the impending disaster with her extremely limited English, simply pointing and repeating, "Dam! Dam!" The paper mill and dam were subsequently rebuilt, but the mill was lost in a fire in 1933.
⚜Since 1998
0530-11-25
Emporium Overlook in Cameron County, PA.
You Magazine Ireland 1995
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) -- Seen at the Elkhart County Parks' monthly Wednesday Bird Walk on the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail (Elkhart & Lagrange County) June 4, 2025.
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The theme of the walk was "Countryside Nesters". Highlights included a surprise appearance from an Eastern Box Turtle, a singing Orchard Oriole, and an American Robin eating a giant silk moth.
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eBird checklist is here: ebird.org/checklist/S246620609
