Grant Frederick Timmerman

In Memory Of

Medal of Honor

Sgt

US Marine Corps

World War II

Feb 14 1918

Jul 8 1944

——————

Sergeant Grant R. Timmerman

United States Marine Corps WWII

KIA 8 July 1944 Saipan Island

United States Navy Medal of Honor

Purple Heart Medal with Gold Star

Bronze Star Medal

American Defense Medal

China Service ...

Federici Park

Named in honor of Gaetano Federici, 1880 – 1964, Paterson’s famous Italian-American sculptor. He was able to capture the hearts and spirit of our city and its people in his world famous works. The moving of his Christopher Columbus statue ...

Christopher Columbus Monument

Columbus

This memorial pioneers in initiating and symbolizing a national movement for the Americanization of Columbus Day in the United States. Thousands of Patersonians of all racial origins by their voluntary contributions made possible this truly American tribute to the discoverer ...

Falcon Field

Mesa, Arizona

This commemorative area was dedicated on May 30, 1991 by her Honor the Mayor of Mesa, Peggy Rubach, in memory of these airmen who gave their lives in the cause of freedom while training at this airfield during World ...

D Retort and Condensing System

The D retort, line the rotary furnace, was used to recover mercury from cinnabar ore. Whereas the rotary furnace was a continuously-operating system, the D retort was loaded with ore, fired for a period of time (usually 8 to 24 ...

Shaker-Concentrator

The shaker-concentrator, also known as a shaker table, was used in gravity beneficiation (the concentration of ore) for sorting fine-grained materials, such as heavy cinnabar, from ordinary rock and dust particles. The beneficiation process was carried out on the surface ...

Mercury Storage Vault

After cleaned mercury is collected, it was placed in iron flasks for transportation to market. A flask of mercury weighs about 76 pounds when filled and a flask needs to be strong because of the density of the liquid metal.

Filled ...

Hoeing Table and Cleaning Tank

Hoeing tables and cleaning tanks were used to purify mercury as the final step in the process of converting cinnabar to mercury. Mercury collected in the condensers of a furnace or retort was contaminated with soot, water, dust, sublimed sulphur ...

Cornish Pump

A significant problem in mining is groundwater removal. Water limited the depth of early miners until the Cornish pump was introduced in the 18th Century. Cornish pumps originated in the tin and copper mining region of Cornwall, England, and evolved ...

Hacienda Mining Display

Preserved here is equipment used in quicksilver mining. A few examples are from New Almaden, but most are from the Guadalupe Mine and were used in the last fifty years of mining, until the mines closed in the 1970s.

The equipment ...