Interesting. My info's from Wikipedia and clearly incorrect. Following their own reference to the Encyclopedia of Alabama gives info matching your dates.
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Interesting. My info's from Wikipedia and clearly incorrect. Following their own reference to the Encyclopedia of Alabama gives info matching your dates.
Your pics aren't showing up.
D.B.Moody
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I got pictures of Currituck from googling "red brick light house" and Wikipedia on it said Sand Island was built to same plan. Wikipedia on Sand Island was poor information, but the web site for Sand Island, Alabama at Lighthousefriends.com had good info and referenced the other lighthouses built to the same plan which led me to Morris Island looking for the one in the one at Charleston. Yes, I just had to look at them all, and that's how I got the picture.
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Northern_Brewer
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Presumably photographed by a surgeon?
Urquhart, Loch Ness
D.B.Moody
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Urquart Castle, Loch Ness, it is or once was. You're up @DBhomebrew.
I'm interested in hearing to whom @Northern_Brewer was referring. I presume you knew exactly which ruins these are.
D.B.Moody
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Me too. I took that picture in 1988, @Northern_Brewer. Who is the surgeon?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Perhaps the most famous picture taken in that area is the "Surgeon's Photograph" of 1934, even if it wasn't all that it seemed :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster#"Surgeon's_photograph"_(1934)https://www.donttakepictures.com/dt...turns-83-the-story-of-the-surgeons-photograph
But I'm trying not to claim ones I know too quickly, I'd rather wait 24h and perhaps give a newbie the chance to claim it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster#"Surgeon's_photograph"_(1934)https://www.donttakepictures.com/dt...turns-83-the-story-of-the-surgeons-photograph
But I'm trying not to claim ones I know too quickly, I'd rather wait 24h and perhaps give a newbie the chance to claim it.
Ah, yes.
Another ruin...
Another ruin...
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Vegetation doesn't feel right for Europe, and the architecture looks like someone has read books about French chateaux and Scottish baronial castles, but hasn't quite got it right. I'll guess eastern Canada?
The number and expanse of windows just feels wrong, so I guess glass is being made in industrial quantities by this stage, late 19th century?
The number and expanse of windows just feels wrong, so I guess glass is being made in industrial quantities by this stage, late 19th century?
Everything but Canada is really close if not spot on.
Bannerman Castle(like) munitions warehouse on Pollepel Island in the Hudson River which blew up in 1920 and sustained the current level of damage in a fire in 1969.
You got it. Another castle built by a Scottish [immigrant] in the [Hudson] Highlands.
Bannerman began collecting and selling scrap as a kid in the 1860s, soon graduating to any and all military surplus. By the dawn of the 20th century he had collected so much stuff including munitions at his Manhattan warehouse the city forced him to move out.
You're up @bruce_the_loon
Here we go, should be simple and involves breaking news.
Parliament Building, Cape Town, South Africa
Yep, beautiful architecture and currently on fire. You're up again DBhomebrew.
The Center Block of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Built to replace a fire-damaged previous iteration.
Another probable meeting place for the ruling class, this one lasted a lot longer than the last few posted.
D.B.Moody
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Well, there certainly are a lot of stone circles, but, if you look enough, you find Almendres Cromlech near Evora, Portugal. We were in Evora in 2014, but only saw new stuff in town like the remains of a Roman temple.
That modern Roman architecture is so 2000 years ago... The old stuff is so much more attractive.
You're up D.B.Moody.
D.B.Moody
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And may have aged better:That modern Roman architecture is so 2000 years ago... The old stuff is so much more attractive.
As long as we're on seats of power, here's another one. Picture from 1988:
Windsor Castle with the Queen inside
D.B.Moody
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Indeed it is, but I can't swear that she was there because we were to visit Windsor that day. You're up @DBhomebrew.
EDIT: I meant that I can't swear that the reason she was there was our scheduled visit.
EDIT: I meant that I can't swear that the reason she was there was our scheduled visit.
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Our British friends can confirm, but I believe the Royal Standard indicates the presence of the sovereign.
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Quite so - and of course Windsor Castle had its own major fire in 1992, I've seen a good TV documentary about the rebuild which I don't think is this one by Prince Edward, but you get the idea :
D.B.Moody
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Okay, that was tough, and, when I found it, I was surprised.
I googled "fortified castle" and got to some French castles with that smooth sided look, so I added "in France" to the search. Up came "The 12 most Beautiful Castles of Normandy" which looked promising; number 3 was Chateau de Falaise, birthplace of William the Conquer, in Normandy, France.
I googled "fortified castle" and got to some French castles with that smooth sided look, so I added "in France" to the search. Up came "The 12 most Beautiful Castles of Normandy" which looked promising; number 3 was Chateau de Falaise, birthplace of William the Conquer, in Normandy, France.
Well done. This castle was built on the site of another in which William the Conqueror was born. William being the connection to Windsor, of course.
Alhambra Palace - Gate of Justice
D.B.Moody
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Alhambra it is. Before we went on that trip, I brewed an ale I called "Ale Hombre" and used Google to find a proper mosaic for the label's background. When at the Alhambra, I was focusing a picture when I realized it was the backgroiund of "Ale Hombre."
You're up @DBhomebrew.
You're up @DBhomebrew.
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Another seat of power...
That be the O'Shaughnessy Dam dam on the Tuolumne river at the bottom of Yosimite. Arrrrr.
Yep! And set among Sierra Nevada just like Alhambra!
Here we go, not my picture.
Looks a lot like the Ocoee River, near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Nope, right continent and nation, wrong side of the continent.
dirkomatic
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Salmon River, Idaho?
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