Water Everywhere

Water Seeks Its Own Level

Water in Alviso is a complex issue that touches on the environment, economics, and life safety. Already susceptible to flooding, Alviso’s situation was worsened by regional development. Hard paving, which prevented water absorption into the ground, ...

Clear Creek Water Mill

Water powered grist mill in operation on clear creek early as 1819 by white settlers in old Miller County, Arkansas Territory. New mill built in 1837 by Choctaw Joel Kemp. A later owner, Choctaw John Wilson, replaced crude undershot wheel ...

Water's Alabama Battery.

Major Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Water's Alabama Battery.

2 - 6 PDR. Bronze; 3 - 12 PDR. Howitzers.

Major Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Division, Hardee's Corps.

Lieut. William P. Hamilton, Commanding,

Lieut. C. W. Watkins,

Lieut. George D. Turner.

Nov. 25th 1863, 4 P.M.

The ...

Old Charlestown – Watertown Path

Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut.

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View of Garden ...

Capture of the USS "Water Witch"

In May, 1864, the USS "Water Witch" (80 officers and men and 4 guns), Lt. Comdr. Austin Pendergrast, USN, was on patrol duty in Ossabaw Sound. On the 31st, Flag Officer Wm. W. Hunter, CSN, assigned Lt. Thos. P. Pelot, ...

Belmont Bay ~ End of the Water

Occoquan Creek flows in front of you. Occoquan is an American Indian word meaning at the end of the water. The Dogue Indians may have named this creek. They lived in the area for centuries before European exploration and were ...

Thompson House / Skirmish on the Blackwater

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This antebellum home, constructed ca. 1847 by Benjamin Woodson Thompson (1809 - 1876), partner in the Forsyth and Simpson sawmill enterprise in Bagdad, is the best remaining Florida Panhandle example of a symmetrical Greek Revival structure having a double verandah ...

The Oconee Waterwheel

Establishment of the Park

Oconee State Park was developed in the 1930's as one of the earliest State Parks in South Carolina was built by members of the Civilian Conservation Corp. The CCC was a program created as part of President ...

Controlling the Water Supply to the Mill

When the head gates at the pond are opened, water runs under the dam into the wooden flume. Since the mill is started and stopped at frequent intervals, the flood gate at the side of the flume is left open ...

Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal

Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia.

Marker is on Long Level Road PA 624 0.3 miles south of Calvary Church Road, on the ...