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Piedmont Park near downtown Atlanta has a long history of horse racing. Dr. Benjamin Walker sold his land to the Gentlemen's Driving Club (later known as the Piedmont Driving Club) in 1887, and the land thus became home to an exclusive club and horse track. The Piedmont Exposition took place here in late 1887. In 1895, the Cotton States and International Exposition opened here, with the track oval being converted for the expo. An ad for the 1902 Interstate Fair indicates that 6 horse running races were held here. Fairs were held here until 1905, but a newspaper ad indicates that Bobby Walthour once again raced on foot against a trotting horse here in 1911. Motorcycle races were held on the horse track oval in 1912. The Piedmont Driving Club lives on today, although without the racetrack, whose footprint can still be traced as a jogging path within Piedmont Park.
Governor Warner went to Gretna, where he toured Piedmont Biofuels, a plant that is working on a community-based way to produce “green gasoline.”
Governor Warner tours Piedmont Biofuels in Gretna, a plant that is working on a community-based way to produce “green gasoline.”
This is a picture my brother and his girlfriend took at the park while visiting from Colorado.
Notice the near Full Moon low in the sky. Tonight (3-19-11) is apparently a Super Moon and is the closest the moon has been to the earth in 18 years. This is known to create greater gravitational pull and in turn cause much higher tides.
We took a small detour from Verbania up into the hills and had a brief stop at the small hamlet of Cambiasca. I thought I'd apply an aged effect in Lightroom. It suits the mood and atmosphere.
Jefferson County. The Piedmont Pond fishing access area, near the former site of Piedmont, south of Whitehall. Located along the Milwaukee Road on the east side of Pipestone Pass, Piedmont took its name from its location at the foot of the long grade (“pied” is French for “foot”). It was once the location of a Milwaukee Road electric sub-station; only the foundation of the building remains. Piedmont had an active post office from 1910 (February 8) to 1923 (January 15). Mary Finn was the first postmaster.
Bound from Cumberland to Cincinnati, CSX train Q317 rounds a curve and knocks down the westward home signal at Piedmont, on February 5, 2013.
One hundred new CWA stewards from 42 different Piedmont Airlines stations attended their first training last week.
Over the course of four days, stewards each attended a day-long training class in Charlotte, where they learned more about the new contract, which went into effect on Monday, and their new role in the workplace. They focused on how to solve problems, union building and signing up coworkers. There are 3,700 CWA-represented agents at Piedmont Airlines.
The group included one employee who was hired just nine months ago, but also agents who have spent the last decade fighting for a union voice. Agents flew in from as far as Arizona and New Mexico.
The training was led by Kate Shaughnessy, CWA education staff representative; Jimmy Tarlau, assistant to the vice president for District 2-13; and Abdur Bilal, a Piedmont agent and longtime activist who helped organize the agents.
"It was quite exhausting — 6 hours a day for 4 days — but I must say it is some of the most rewarding work that I've been involved in doing movement work over the last forty years," said Tarlau.