The Site of Granville Bastion

The Plan of Charles Town

Prepared by Edward Crisp about 1704, gives the

location of the several Bastions

A. Granville

B. Craven

C. Cartaret

D. Colleton

E. Ashley

F. Blake

G. The Half Moon

I. Johnson's Cover'd Half Moon

L. ...

The Site of Carteret Bastion

The Plan of Charles Town

Prepared by Edward Crisp about 1704, gives the

location of the several Bastions

A. Granville

B. Craven

C. Cartaret

D. Colleton

E. Ashley

F. Blake

G. The Half Moon

I. Johnson's Cover'd Half Moon

L. ...

J. Gorman & Son Building

Constructed circa 1880

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1982

John and Margaret Gorman moved their furniture and upholstery shop to this location in 1880. It is one of Berkeley's oldest commercial buildings and a surviving example of the Victorian-era ...

The Site of Craven Bastion

The Plan of Charles Town

Prepared by Edward Crisp about 1704, gives the

location of the several Bastions

A. Granville

B. Craven

C. Cartaret

D. Colleton

E. Ashley

F. Blake

G. The Half Moon

I. Johnson's Cover'd Half Moon

L. ...

Gunn-Bellenger House

Built in 1886 for Edward Tracy Hollingsworth, a prominent merchant and banker, this two-story Victorian - style house with mansard roof is one of the few surviving examples of late-nineteenth century architecture in Gadsden. The original complex included a detached ...

Bay Islands Park

The Bay Islands Park, managed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, consists of nine sites that extend from Patience Island in the upper bay to Beavertail and Brenton Point overlooking Rhode Island Sound. Each of the nine sites ...

The Underground Railroad in Lincoln's Neighborhood

The Underground Railroad refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage. Acts of self-emancipation made runaways "fugitives" according to the laws of the time. While most began and completed their journeys unassisted, each ...

Battle of Shiloh

Apr. 6-7, 1862

4 mi. N.E., Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of the Mississippi (CS), marching north from Corinth, attacked and partly overran U.S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee (US), which was en route by river to destroy the (CS) base. Arrival ...

Henson Robinson House

During the 1860's, this was the residence of Henson Robinson, a partner in a Springfield business concern that sold stoves, furnaces, and tinware. Robinson's company had a contract to manufacture tin cups and plates for soldiers during the Civil War.

Marker ...

Railroad Brakes / Westinghouse Automatic Air Brakes

Railroad Brakes

Early railroad cars had hand-operated brakes. A lever (and later a brake wheel) near the top of each car applied the brakes only on that individual car. The engineer directed brakemen to apply or release brakes by whistle signals; ...