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The artist Tony Bryant was working on this mural. It is pretty amazing depicting a lot of Waco,Texas history. Have a great new week. View large and you can read what is on it.
There is a lot of Waco history in this mural. Come visit us. It is supposed to be 107 degrees today. Have a great weekend.
I will post my last one tomorrow and not wear you out on Barrel racing.
Be sure and check tomorrows out. It is amazing.
Waco Mill old grist mill out in the country and close to me, shot in black and white. Found in North Carolina.
Lake Waco filled up Saturday night. It has been at a historic low all summer. There was flooding on the Bosque river that feeds Lake Waco. This is wonderful news. We have had about 7 inches of rain at our house . Have a great day.
For my video; youtu.be/6rmwUeUl4_Q
Canadian Museum of Flight,
Langley Twp, British Columbia, Canada.
The Waco AQC-6 was built by the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio. They were a major manufacturer of aircraft in the United States from 1928 to 1939. Beginning in Lorain, Ohio in 1921 as the Weaver Aircraft Company, they moved to Troy in 1924 and became the Advance Aircraft Company keeping the Waco logo. Then, in 1929 they changed their name to the Waco Aircraft Company. The Waco (wah-co) series of four-seat cabin biplanes was initiated in 1931 and were produced continuously in progressively refined models until 1939.
Every Waco aircraft built has a three-letter designation for its name instead of a more standard name like “Cub” or “Skyhawk”. The reason for this is that the Waco Aircraft Company build custom aircraft and had numerous fuselage designs, wing styles, and engine options. The Waco system of model designation takes some time to understand but simply put, the first letter identifies the engine type, the second the wing style, and the third the fuselage design. If there is a number following this three-letter designation, it marks the last digit of the model year.
As an example, the Waco AQC is as follows:
• A – This letter represents the engine type. In this case, A = Jacobs L-6 330hp radial engine
• Q – This letter identifies the airframe series. The “Q” series had a sesquiplane wing design, featuring a larger upper wing, and a smaller lower wing, and ailerons only on the top wings
• C – Stands for Fuselage Design, C = “Custom Cabin” or Enclosed cabin, seating for 4
• 6 – Notes the Model Year, 6 = This means that the model debuted in 1936.
The Museum’s aircraft was manufactured in 1937 at Waco Aircraft’s factory in Troy, Ohio as a ZQC-6 model (285 hp Jacobs L-5MB engine) but was converted to an AQC-6 (330 hp Jacobs L-6MB) in 1947.
Purchased new by the Department of National Defence, Ottawa, it was operated by the Department of Transport until 1949, when it was moved out to the British Columbia coast. It was then briefly operated by B.C. Airlines, followed by a logging company. Dr. Jack Pickup of Alert Bay was the next owner, who acquired the airplane in 1953 and routinely used it as a “flying doctor” float plane. Dr. Pickup used the AQC to make house-calls to remote coastal communities, and when medical situations necessitated, he would fly his patients to his hospital in Alert Bay. During its long flying career the AQC-6 suffered several landing accidents.
Our Waco AQC-6 was donated to the Canadian Museum of Flight in 1980 by the legend himself, Dr. Pickup. Although the aircraft was donated on floats, it is now operated on wheels. After a twenty-year restoration by volunteers at our museum, its first flight in over thirty years was carried out on February 13th, 2002. Due to the complexity of the restoration, original drawings were required to perform the certified rebuild. The Smithsonian Institute graciously provided the Canadian Museum of Flight with all the necessary drawings to complete the project
NS 26A, the former 220, runs up the hill from Waco and toward Bremen proper with a former ATSF C44-9W still wearing the Warbonnet paint scheme.
NS 244 heads east for Atlanta through Waco with one of the Canadian Pacific heritage ACUs on the point. 12-11-23
"The historic Suspension Bridge was completed in 1870 and remains a legendary icon of downtown Waco. For years, the bridge served as a Chisholm Trail crossing, and at the time of its completion, it was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. The bridge was built with cable supplied by the John Roebling Co., who built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City." REF www.waco-texas.com/cms-parksandrecreation/page.aspx?id=50
Amtrak 19, the southbound Crescent, runs through Waco, GA with GE P42DC 160 on the point. In commemoration of the companies 50th anniversary last year, several engines were painted in heritage paint schemes, with this one getting the Phase 3 scheme that was fitted to their Dash-8 GE’s that were delivered in 1990. This became known as the Pepsi Can scheme due to its similarity to the product during the same time period of the 80’s & 90’s. 3-11-22
In 1866, Waco's leading citizens embarked on an ambitious project to build the first bridge to span the wide Brazos River. They formed the Waco Bridge Company to build the 475-foot (145 m) brick Waco Suspension Bridge, which was completed in 1870. The company commissioned a firm owned by John Augustus Roebling in Trenton, New Jersey, to supply the cables and steelwork for the bridge, and contracted with Mr. Thomas M. Griffith, a civil engineer based in New York, for the supervisory engineering work on the bridge. The economic effects of the Waco bridge were immediate and large. The cowboys and cattle-herds following the Chisholm Trail north, crossed the Brazos River at Waco. Some chose to pay the Suspension Bridge toll, while others floated their herds down the river. The population of Waco grew rapidly, as immigrants now had a safe crossing for their horse-drawn carriages and wagons. Since 1971, the bridge has been open only to pedestrian traffic and is in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
NS 24E makes their way to Atlanta past Pilgrim's Pride in Waco with the KCS "Salute Our Soldiers" unit on the point. 6-26-22
Waco has quite a few homeless people It is sad.. All of his worldly goods are in the shopping cart. They can get food and shelter at the Salvation Army.
This is an old Victorian home in Waco, Texas built about the turn of the last century but being restored now. Inside are a number of period pieces of furniture sitting in rooms with 10' high ceilings, wonderful old creaky stairs, etc. Many such houses are in various states of repair/dispair in the city of Waco.
Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink marketed as having a unique flavor. The drink was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and first served around 1885.
Baylor University (Source of Baylor Medical School and of Women's Basketball Championship fame) was founded in 1845 in Waco. The home shown above might have been a professors or administrators residence at one time.
January 7th, 1870 -- Big Brazos bridge opens in Waco
On this day in 1870, the Waco Suspension Bridge, a 475-foot structure that crosses the Brazos River in downtown Waco, was opened to traffic. At the time, it was one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Civil engineer Thomas Griffin teamed with John A. Roebling and Son of New York to build it, at a cost estimated between $135,000 and $141,000. Initially, the Waco Bridge Company operated it as a toll bridge. The county purchased it in mid-1889 and in turn sold it to the city for $1. The bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in 1971. It is in the National Register of Historic Places and received a state historic marker in 1976.
It also has a historical marker for the Chisholm trail. Trail drives drove cattle across this bridge because the river is too deep.