The Sodium Reactor Experiment was a pioneering nuclear power plant built by Atomics International at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley California. The reactor operated from 1957 to […]
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Chinati Mountains
The Chinati Mountains of Texas are a small range in the high desert of far West Texas near the city of Presidio. There is a pass through the mountains on […]
Woolmer Forest
Woolmer Forest is a former medieval royal hunting forest. It lies within the western Weald in the South Downs National Park straddling the border between east Hampshire and West Sussex. […]
Alachua Army Airfield
For the civil airport in Gainesville see Gainesville Regional Airport Alachua Army Airfield was a World War II United States Army Air Force airfield located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast […]
Simbo
Simbo is an island in the Solomon Islands; it is located in the Western Province. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island. Simbo is actually two main islands […]
Kensington Hippodrome
The Kensington Hippodrome was a racecourse built in Notting Hill London in 1837 by entrepreneur John Whyte. Whyte leased 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land from James Weller Ladbroke owner […]
Regent Shopping Centre
The Regent Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping mall located in the centre of Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. The centre is distinct from The Regent Centre a shopping centre in […]
Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís
Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís is a small Roman Catholic chapel in Cangas de Onís the first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias in what is now northern Spain. […]
Carr’s Tunnel
Carr’s Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel in Greensburg Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1856 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. and brick lined 1868-1869.
Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility
The Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility is a publically owned privately operated prison in Rhode Island opened in 1993 and operated by the non-profit Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation. It […]