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went to the breakers mansion today with my lovely sister in newport, RI.
i took over 300 photos of the exterior of two mansions. i cannot wait to show you more of them! ;)
Jaw Breakers
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Given the low clip-on handlebars and forward-set foot pegs, the steed on the right is more suited to a rider of simian rather than homo sapien tendencies.
huber coal breaker. ashley, PA. in operation from 1939 to 1976. coal breaker w/ a power plant. the breaker is 11 stories tall at 134 ft. second floor of power plant.
huber coal breaker. ashley, PA. in operation from 1939 to 1976. coal breaker w/ a power plant. the breaker is 11 stories tall at 134 ft. first floor of the coal breaker main building loading area.
The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence in turn of the century America.
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) established the family fortune in steamships and later in the New York Central Railroad, which was a pivotal development in the industrial growth of the nation during the late 19th century.
The Commodore's grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, became Chairman and President of the New York Central Railroad system in 1885, and purchased a wooden house called The Breakers in Newport during that same year. In 1893, he commissioned architect Richard Morris Hunt to design a villa to replace the earlier wood-framed house which was destroyed by fire the previous year. Hunt directed an international team of craftsmen and artisans to create a 70 room Italian Renaissance- style palazzo inspired by the 16th century palaces of Genoa and Turin. Allard and Sons of Paris assisted Hunt with furnishings and fixtures, Austro-American sculptor Karl Bitter designed relief sculpture, and Boston architect Ogden Codman decorated the family quarters.
The Vanderbilts had seven children. Their youngest daughter, Gladys, who married Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary, inherited the house on her mother's death in 1934. An ardent supporter of The Preservation Society of Newport County, she opened The Breakers in 1948 to raise funds for the Society. In 1972, the Preservation Society purchased the house from her heirs. Today, the house is designated a National Historic Landmark.
The Breakers
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Last month a spent a few days in Newport, Rhode Island and visited two of the mansions built during the Gilded Age. Here are six outside shots from the first one we toured.
"Built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers (1893-1895), is the grandest of Newport's summer “cottages” and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence in turn-of-the-century America. In 1893, Mr. Vanderbilt and his wife Alice commissioned Richard Morris Hunt to design a house that would replace one on the same property that was destroyed by a fire in November of 1892."
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Wade
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Hydraulic Breakers For Excavators Demolition and sorting grabs are universal tools for demolition, sorting, and loading all kinds of materials. The name Multi Grapple is quite a good description for them. The basic structure is quite simple and similar for all brands: a rigid main body with two moving jaws mounted on both ends of the frame.
huber coal breaker. ashley, PA. in operation from 1939 to 1976. coal breaker w/ a power plant. the breaker is 11 stories tall at 134 ft.
Bay to Breakers was awesome! Everybody had a great time!
You have to end the day by rolling down the hill at love park.
huber coal breaker. ashley, PA. in operation from 1939 to 1976. coal breaker w/ a power plant. the breaker is 11 stories tall at 134 ft.
huber coal breaker. ashley, PA. in operation from 1939 to 1976. coal breaker w/ a power plant. the breaker is 11 stories tall at 134 ft. first floor of the coal breaker building
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The Old St. Nicholas coal Breaker, located just outside of Mahanoy City, was constructed in 1930 it was the largest coal breaker in the world.
The new breaker facility for Famous Reading Anthracite. Many times smaller than the old St Nick breaker, but then coal isn't as much in demand as it was 70 years ago. This facility was directly across the road from active mining operations and trucks were bringing in loads of raw coal.
One day, I have gone to the Taejongdae and I could see extremely fierce waves.
It seems like these waves have destroyed everything just as Shiva.
Outside around The Breakers Mansion.
The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a National Historic Landmark, a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
The Breakers was built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family. Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt and with interior decoration by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman, Jr., the 70-room mansion boasts approximately 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2). of living space. The home was constructed between 1893 and 1895 at a cost of more than $7 million (approximately $150 million in today's dollars adjusted for inflation). The Ochre Point Avenue entrance is marked by sculpted iron gates and 30-foot (9.1 m) high walkway gates are part of a 12-foot-high limestone and iron fence that borders the property on all but the ocean side. The 250' x 120' dimensions of the five-story mansion are aligned symmetrically around a central Great Hall.
Part of a 13-acre (53,000 m²) estate on the seagirt cliffs of Newport, it sits in a commanding position that faces east overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.