Fort Eben-Emael (French: Fort d’Ében-Émael) is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht on the Belgian-Dutch border near the Albert Canal. It was designed to defend Belgium from […]
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Grande Dixence Dam
The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d’Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 285 m […]
Nab Tower
The Nab Tower is a tower planned for anti-submarine protection in The Solent in World War I. It was sunk over the Nab rocks east of the Isle of Wight […]
Horse Sand Fort
Horse Sand Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth Hampshire England. It is 240 feet (73 m) across built between 1865 and […]
No Man’s Land Fort
No Man’s Land Fort was a fort built in the Solent as part of the Palmerston Forts. It is 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) off the coast of the Isle of […]
St Helens Fort
St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight one of the Palmerston Forts near Portsmouth. It was built between 1867 and 1880 […]
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Hollywood Park also known as Betfair Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course and is a poker card room located in Inglewood California about three miles (5 km) from Los […]
Toscanelli (crater)
Toscanelli is a tiny bowl-shaped lunar crater that is located to the north of the prominent crater Aristarchus in the northwestern part of the Moon. The crater lies at the […]
The Liberty
The Liberty is a covered shopping centre located in the London Borough of Havering. It is the largest shopping centre in Romford a metropolitan centre of Outer London. It was […]
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Oak Harbor Ohio the United States. It has a single pressurized water reactor also referred to as a light water […]