The Changing Yard

In its first years, the navy yard consisted of a small dock and several wooden storehouses, surrounded by mud flats and rolling pastures. In 1812, the commandant noted:

"the establishment...afforded no advantage or facility for naval purposes... a few temporary wooden ...

Serving the Fleet

By 1940 this navy yard supported a powerful fleet of modern steel ships. Where once carpenters, joiners, and sail- makers responded to the morning shipyard bell, now a shrill steam whistle summoned welders, boilermakers, and electronics specialists to their work ...

"A state of perfect chaos"

William Bainbridge 1812

This 1833 view of Boston from the west end of the Navy Yard shows a harbor full of busy activity. The steeple of the Old North Church is still a prominent landmark.

[courtesy Library of Congress]

The Navy Yard in ...

Cayuga-Seneca Canal Entrance

At this point in 1828, water from Seneca Lake was first released into the newly constructed Cayuga-Seneca Canal, forming a navigable link to the Erie Canal. The waterway enabled commerce to flow between Seneca and the Hudson River and soon ...

Sunset Crater Volcano

The distant San Francisco Peaks would have looked much like they do today. To the east, however, Sunset Crater Volcano would still have been belching black smoke and cinders when the Sinagua and Anaszi lived here. The thick layer of ...

Pathmark Geneva

Seneca Lake

The deepest of the eleven Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake measures 36 miles long, an average of three miles wide, and 618 feet deep at the deepest point. Because of its depth, the lake has frozen completely only four ...

Dry Land Farming

Volcanic activity to the south produced giant fissures or earth cracks throughout the Wupatki area in the Kaibab Limestone. This formation covers most of the western half of Wupatki National Monument. The Sinagua and Anasazi Indians who inhabited these ancient ...

Sweet Water Spring

The Sweet Water Spring was discovered in the late 1880s when the Patterson Lumber Company, blasting to create a logging road over South Mountain, ruptured an underground vein that produced an abundance of free-flowing water. Work crews enjoyed the sweet, ...

Porte de Béziers

[The Bezier Gate]

L’enceinte du XIVème siècle, ponctuée de tours de diverses formes, disposait de cinq ports dont certaines avec « tour et maison attenante ».

En 1775, les portes dites de Carcassonne, de Saïsses et de Béziers sont remises en état ...

Le Bassin Rond

[The Round Basin]

1861, le vignoble est en plein essor et avec lui le village dont la population a plus que doublé depuis le début de siècle.

Pour les 2700 habitants, deux fontaines publiques ne suffisent plus. Une troisième, par souscription, est ...