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My great-great uncle, John Morris Ellis (known as Jack) is pictured top right in the individual photos. He was a Postman in Flint and instrumental in setting up the Sunday School, as the booklet says "This move was not an exciting adventure, lightly undertaken, nor was the exodus due to differences of religious opinions. Men like Mr. J. Morris Ellis, whose roots were in Welsh culture, whose scripture was couched in the grandiloquent phraseology of the Welsh Bible, whose praise and supplications to the Almighty were framed and fashioned according to Welsh idiom, left "home" only in response to a great call".
Title: Flint, Michigan n.d.
Date: undated
Description: Flint, Michigan n.d. (Manning Lantern Slide: 1650)
Image ID: 218.LS.1650
Related Information: Warren H. Manning Papers at the Iowa State University Library
Copyright 2009, Iowa State University Library, University Archives
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Part of the allure the Flint Hills provides for me is finding old abandoned structures, like this barn. The worn colors just sing.
This Photo is of Flint Signal Box on the North Wales Coast.
This shows the interior of the Box.
Sadly this has all gone.
This picture was taken back in 1999 during the summer in Flint while the longest mural, at that time, was being painting. Not sure what the sludge going down the Flint River is, but it was not safe to even swim in it back then. Friends of mine had gotten rashes diving in from Skateboards. Its been polluted for as long as I can remember. Not sure why anyone would think it would be a safe place to get water to drink from.
Vice President Kamala Harris greets Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, October 4, 2024. (Kit Karzen/Harris for President)
HMS Flint Castle (K383) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. Built by Henry Robb at Leith, she was laid down on 20 April 1943 and launched on 1 September 1943. Commissioned on 31 December 1944 she served with the Clyde Escort Force until November 1945. She was then transferred to the Second Training Squadron at Portland where she remained until March 1956. She placed in reserve, at Devonport Dockyard, until she was scrapped at Faslane in July 1958
Flint Mass Transportation Authority 1188 is a 2007 MCI D4500CT, operating on route 206 Great Lakes Crossing.
Photo taken on Harrison St at E 2nd St in Flint, MI.
This image was created by modifying a photograph within Adobe Illustrator. It is intended to demonstrate how these lithics would have functioned.
Flint Castle (Welsh: Castell y Fflint) located in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales.
The site was chosen for its strategic position in North East Wales. The castle was only one day's march from Chester, supplies could be brought along the River Dee and there was by a ford across to England that could be used at low tide.
Pam sent me an amazing package with this gorgeous mosaic sock, gift tags from String Theory, and a beautiful project bag.
I'll be knitting the second sock. I can't wait to cast on!!
The mosaic pattern is based on Kate from Zeitgeist Yarns' Ode to Eames socks.
Flint Mass Transportation Authority 1158 is a 1996 New Flyer D40LF.
Photo taken on Harrison St at E 2nd St in Flint, MI.
Arriva Trains Wales Class 158, 158831 with 158833 standing at Flint working 1D14 1538 to Holyhead, service started at Birmingham Inteernational, 158833 would be uncoupled at Llandudno Junction to form 1D95 1618 Llandudno Junction to Chester, taken 1st March 2017
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Bring a camera: The castle and its surroundings offer plenty of photo opportunities.
Learn about the history: Before your visit, read up on the history of Flint Castle and its role in Welsh and English history. This will enhance your experience and allow you to appreciate the significance of what you are seeing.
Flint Castle is a must-visit for history enthusiasts, architecture lovers, and anyone seeking a glimpse into the medieval past. Its unique design, strategic location, and Shakespearean connection make it a truly special place to explore.
Kids were given a demonstration of "flint knapping". He made this point from a chunk of flint in about 10 minutes.
Flint knapping is the process of making stone tools (i.e. arrowheads, projectile points, hand axes, etc.). The ancient art of flint knapping has been around for about 4 millions years. Flint knapping has evolved as man has evolved. And it was not until recently that man quit knapping for survival purposes. Only a few small groups of people in remote parts of the world still knap as part of their daily lives. Flint knapping is a reduction process because flakes of stone are broken off the of the original piece of stone. Knappers, both ancient and modern, generally begin knapping a piece of stone with direct percussion. Direct percussion is accomplished by directly striking the stone which is to be made into a projectile point, etc., with a tool, such as a hammerstone or antler billet to remove large flakes. The purpose of direct percussion is to thin the stone to the required thickness. Generally, the next step is pressure flaking. Pressure flaking is achieved by placing a pointed tool, such as an antler tine or copper-tipped pressure flaker, on the edge of the stone, and applying an inward pressure to the tool. This pressure will remove a small, thin flake from the stone. Pressure flaking shapes and refines the projectile point. Finishing a point can include notching, stemming, fluting, etc. www.msu.edu/~doneycar/flint.html
(CNN)Flint, Michigan, lies about 70 miles from the shores of the largest group of fresh water bodies in the world: the Great Lakes. Yet its residents can't get clean water from their taps.
A city employee flushes out a hydrant.
A city employee flushes out a hydrant.
FEMA aiding in toxic water crisis
FEMA aiding in toxic water crisis 03:15
Nearly two years ago, the state decided to save money by switching Flint's water supply from Lake Huron (which they were paying the city of Detroit for), to the Flint River, a notorious tributary that runs through town known to locals for its filth.
"We thought it was a joke," said Rhonda Kelso, a long-time Flint resident. "People my age and older, thought 'They're not going to do that.' "
The switch was made during a financial state of emergency for the ever-struggling industrial town. It was supposed to be temporary while a new state-run supply line to Lake Huron was ready for connection. The project was estimated to take about two years.
What's in the water?
Soon after the switch, the water started to look, smell and taste funny. Residents said it often looked dirty.
Rhonda Kelso and her daughter
Rhonda Kelso and her daughter
"The water would come in brown and my daughter was like 'Mom ... why is the water brown?' "
Kelso thought it was sewage, but it was actually iron. The Flint River is highly corrosive: 19 times more so than the Lake Huron supply, according to researchers from Virginia Tech.
According to a class-action lawsuit, the state Department of Environmental Quality wasn't treating the Flint River water with an anti-corrosive agent, in violation of federal law. Therefore, the water was eroding the iron water mains, turning water brown.
But what residents couldn't see was far worse. About half of the service lines to homes in Flint are made of lead and because the water wasn't properly treated, lead began leaching into the water supply, in addition to the iron.
This had been the status quo for nearly two years, and until September, city and state officials told worried residents that everything was fine. Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling even drank it on local TV to make the point.
The city is now issuing bottled water to Flint residents.
The city is now issuing bottled water to Flint residents.
But in August, a group of skeptical researchers from Virginia Tech came up and did in-home testing and found elevated levels of lead in the drinking water and made those findings public. State officials insisted their own research was more accurate.
"You're paying for poison. I'm paying for water that's a toxic waste," Kelso said. She and her daughter and four other families are now part of a class-action lawsuit that alleges not only lead poisoning but several medical conditions resulting from contaminated water after the switch. CNN sought responses from all the defendants, and many did not respond.
Later it became publicly known that federal law had not been followed. A 2011 study on the Flint River found it would have to be treated with an anti-corrosive agent for it to be considered as a safe source for drinking water.
Adding that agent would have cost about $100 a day, and experts say 90% of the problems with Flint's water would have been avoided.
But Flint residents say they were kept in the dark for 18 months until a local doctor took things into her own hands.
I drove by Flint Park the other day and, to my surprise, saw a demolition crew in the process of tearing down the old Flint School building. Built in 1924, closed since 1963, there was always some hope it would be saved and used as a community center or something - not going to happen now, I guess...