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This web site documents the access sites on the Wabash River from Huntington, Indiana to the confluence with the Ohio River. It includes pictures and descriptions of the access sites and their amenities.
We personally visited the access sites. The first half of the river (from Huntington to Tecumseh) was done by boat. We then drove to the access sites on the second half of the river (from Terre Haute to the confluence with the Ohio).
ABOUT THE WABASH RIVER
The Wabash has always been Indiana's most famous river. Occupying the heartland of the state, the river drains two-thirds of the 92 counties (over 33,000 square miles) as it flows over 475 miles to its confluence with the Ohio below Mount Vernon. The river rises in Ohio near Fort Recovery and flows for only thirty miles before it becomes entirely an Indiana River. In addition to being Indiana's official state river, the Wabash is also the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi.
It is a river of many faces and moods. At times it occupies a huge valley which was carved by a glacial runoff but it also flows through a partially filled valley formed before the glacial advances. In its upper stretches the Wabash moves across the fertile, flat land in a narrow, shallow trench.
A trip down any other river in the state will not give as complete a view of Indiana as the Wabash. You will not experience a pristine natural environment (except in isolated sections) but you will see Indiana today and a glimpse of the past. The river is usually muddy and slow moving as it drains much of Indiana's fertile farmland. This factor alone should not deter you from trying the Wabash. The upper end of the Wabash is very shallow with numerous log jams clogging the river and making navigation of the river tiring in all but high water (and then it may be dangerous).
Not much changed here in some ways, except for the major reconstructions in the square bounded by Petty Cury, Corn Exchange Street, St Andrews Street and Downing Street to make way for Lion Yard and the Grand Arcade.
Note also the car park denoted on New Square and the vanished lanes to the north of Fitzroy Street.
Illustrated Guide to Cambridge - 1953 guidebook bought by my father on a National Coal Board management school at Jesus College in the 50s.
The title page reads in full:
Guide to Cambridge
With illustrations of every College and Important Building
by Frank Rutter
Thirteenth edition (4th impression)
revised by F. Brittain, Litt.D. Fellow of Jesus College
Data Map of January 6th Texting via 60 Minutes.
They should sell prince of this to help the January 6 committee or any truly worthy candidates.
At the end of July 2006, I took 10 days off work to tour British Columbia. At that point, I was about two years from retirement and I wanted to see for myself if retiring to the west coast could bring about a refreshing change in my life after spending more than 30 years in Ottawa. Specifically, I wanted to see what the Okanagan Valley had to offer because the area is reputed to be a magnet for retirees on account of its milder and dryer climate. I should add that I had never been to BC before, except to attend a few business meetings in Vancouver, so the trip was also very much about sightseeing and photography.
I flew into Vancouver, spent a few days visiting the city, then rented an SUV and went on a 3,000 km journey across the southern part of the province reaching eastward as far as the two very famous Canadian national parks, Jasper and Banff, both of which are situated in western Alberta. This map shows the roads that I followed with some reference points along the way (populated centres in blue; natural features in pink) to which I will be referring in this set. I travelled alone on this trip; so, there are no pictures of me, except one, and many of the photographs were taken from inside the car while I was driving (I had no problems with that, but in retrospect, it's really unsafe - not as bad as using your cell phone or texting, but still not a good idea - so my advice: don't do it!)
After five years of planning, the Runcorn Busway shown in orange was purpose built in 1971 as part of the development of Runcorn new town. It was completed in 1978. The new town stands up the hill on the south bank of the Mersey overlooking Runcorn old town, with its distinctive road and rail bridges across to Widnes on the north bank. The busway was built to a figure of eight design, enabling all residents to be within walking distance of the bus. This public transport concept has broken down over the years as Runcorn has expanded beyond its original design and car ownership has become more common.
In the centre at Halton Lea, formerly Shopping City, the bus way straddles the first phase of the shopping centre with separate high-level north and southbound platforms. Initially there was a lower regional bus station closed some years ago in favour of car parking. Longer distance services now also use the upper levels. Buses from outside the system can enter the busway and access the shopping centre. Services operate to Chester, Warrington and Liverpool from Halton Lea. A striking feature is the elevated section through Halton Lea where in a manner later replicated by the Docklands Light Railway in London the busway runs along a dedicated viaduct. Unlike later examples in Cambridge and Leigh, the system is unguided – the drivers still steer their buses. The busway is single lane but each stop has a passing lane to allow following buses to pass.
In parallel with Runcorn’s core Expressway dual carriageway network, The Busway was an integral part of the planning of one of Liverpool’s overspill new towns, to the east of established Runcorn. With bus stops in residential areas sited to maximise convenience compared to car use and parking, the bus was designed to be the mode of choice.
Maximum Busway driving speeds were designed for 40 mph, with priority signals where Busway intersected the local road network. Average bus operating speeds were said to be 50 per cent higher than on conventional roads. Core Busway services are operated by Crosville's successor Arriva North West’s circulars 1 and 2, each operating every five to seven minutes, One interesting feature of the Busway is that Saint Chadd’s, a large regional secondary school has its own dedicated bus bays.
Services on the northern leg of Busway (Astmoor) are now provided solely by longer distance services.
The Busway has seen its share of problems over the years. A small number of double decks have bashed bridges along the single deck only Busway. There have been a small number of crashes, including with private vehicles not supposed to be on Busway. By far the worst issue is anti-social behaviour after dark on an otherwise relatively isolated network seeing few evening services.
Our road trip route across the US. Stars show cities we started and ended in, as well as the cities we stayed in overnight, which are marked with the day number in red.
Somaliland Minerals Ministry Starts Selling New Oil Blocks « Hargeisa City - Sent Using Google Tool bar.
jun 5, 2008 — somaliland1991
Geological map of Somaliland showing late I980’s block concessions held by the various US oil companies during the Siyad Barre government
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 31, 2008 (SL Times) – The Somaliland ministry of Water Mineral Resources has started awarding concessions to interested oil companies.
According to the director general of the ministry, Ahmed Ibrahim Suldan, a UK-based Norwegian-owned company called Asante Oil has already purchased rights to a new oil block.
Mr. Suldan disclosed to Jamhuuriya newspaper on Friday that the deal with Asante Oil was negotiated during a recent trip that he and the minister of Water and Minerals Qassim Yusuf, have made to the UK and the USA.
It was only last month when Somaliland president Dahir Riyale Kahin told Reuters that one of his priorities for this year was an auction for oil exploration licenses pending the wrapping up of a data seismic survey by TGS-Nopec, a Norwegian oil service company.
In a subsequent statement issued also in April, the Somaliland ministry of Water and Mineral Resources said that the survey was completed and the data was being processed for an international bid round planned for late 2008.
The data acquired by TGS was not expected to be made available to clients before the third quarter of this year.
However in yesterday’s Jamhuuriya interview, the director general of the MW&MR gave no explanation for what prompted the government to cut a deal with Asante Oil before the release of data survey results except to say that the company was eager to stay one jump ahead of others.
Mr. Suldan said that he hopes drilling for oil in Somaliland will commence by 2009.
He made no mention of the amount of money that Asante Oil agreed to pay for its acquisition in Somaliland.
The granting of concessions for oil and minerals exploration in Somaliland is often done in secrecy.
Only Minister Qassim is allowed to represent the Somaliland side in any negotiations concerning the financial aspects of such deals. All agreements however have to be endorsed by Qassim’s boss, Riyale.
Under Qassim, the MW&MR is known to have signed about a dozen of oil and minerals exploration agreements with foreign firms and individuals. None of these agreements have been submitted to parliament for ratification as required by the Somaliland law.
Both Qassim and Riyale have so far paid no heed to repeated calls by the parliament that the administration should seek ratification for exploration agreements it had concluded with foreign companies.
Source: Somaliland Times
Resort map for Barcelo Bavaro resort complex in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
includes:
Barcelo Bavaro Beach
Barcelo Bavaro Casino
Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe
I made this map of Africa for iPad applications "African Animator" and "African Puzzle"
© 2010 Roland Urbanek. Image may be used for non-commercial and educational purposes.
A Map Showing the Places in Wicklow Visited by some Travel Writers in 18th and 19th Century & the Routes Taken
Trade routes across Europe and to the near points of the Middle East and North Africa, from the late Medieval period.
Rendered in the style of the epochal diagram, the tube map. Turns out that having non-45 degree diagonals is actually really important in establishing that Tube look.
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It appears that this map is from 1977. I couldn't find a typical print year on it, just a code that said 1/77, which is likely the print date. This map does show all the Amoco gas stations in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia at the time. The locations were few and far between though.
This map also had some interesting ads in it too some chains were represented by a certain number on the map. Others, such as Albert Pick Hotels, Holiday Inn, and Coachmen Recreational Vehicles were represented by their logo.
Here are some more maps and map images that I figured I would share to go along with the ones I posted before. I figured I would do these as a mass upload then go back to the more typical retail pictures I post.
The full road maps were way too large to fit into the scanner and I didn't want to risk damaging the maps so I mostly copied covers, advertisements, and certain city maps. I do want to figure out a decent way to photograph the full maps without harming them. All of these ones are larger than the Ohio Turnpike Map I posted before.
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This map shows a heatmap of 175,000 4.5+ magnitude earthquakes since 1973 based on data from the USGS (United States Geological Survey). And worldwide locations of nuclear power stations using information from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency).
In the early 1980s, there was some talk among environmentalists about using waste heat from Intalco Aluminum (now Alcoa) for heat. Possibly piping it to Bellingham from the Intalco plant near Ferndale, WA. I was intrigued by the idea so I drew a map for what I thought would be an efficient route to go past many of the major buildings in Bellingham with the least amount of pipe laying required.
Hand drawn maps made during the last 20 years reflecting representations of the european city faced with automobile and sprawl.
While there are many records of the Western countries, historical maps of the Middle East are very scarce. Thus, it is really difficult to recreate the historical geography of Turkey, Lebanon, the Kurdish regions, Armenia or Iraq, all the more as the populations were speaking various languages. The replacement of the Ottoman script with a Latin alphabet in 1928, the specific Armenian and Georgian alphabets, the various transcriptions of Arabic words and the numerous transliterations of some names (e.g. from Kurdish to Arabic, then to Ottoman Turkish and finally to modern Turkish) makes it quite impossible to locate some places.
Here is a map of the Ottoman Empire realized by Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin and Adolphe Noël des Vergers and published in Paris by Charles Picquet in 1845. Names and borders are legible. Therefore it will be possible to spot the ancient places with their modern equivalents, to search for the small 19th century Kurdish or Armenian autonomies or to examine the border between the Pashalik of Baghdad and Iran.
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Here is an updated version of the historical hurricanes swirl map, optimized for print. Basemap is brighter, hurricanes are higher contrast, and a reference equator and grid added.
Kryukov & Co - Illustrirovannyi Plan Moskovi i yeye Okrestnostmy (1910)
A highly decorative and large-scale plan of Moscow, depicting the city not long before the Revolution of 1917.
This magnificent map depicts all of Moscow and its environs as it appeared in 1910, during the twilight of the Czarist period. In large scale, the city unfolds with all of its 41 wards and the various parks distinguished by color, following the concentric pattern that was the hallmark of the city’s development. The major edifices of the city: palaces, churches, government buildings, theaters and museums are expressed pictorially, while all major roads and landmarks are labeled. The elaborate network of railways connecting Moscow to the rest of the Russian Empire weave out of the city, including the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. A detailed inset features a plan of the Kremlin. With its period Art Nouveau border, the map assumes an artistically virtuous appearance.
At the time that this map was issued, Moscow’s economy was growing rapidly, and its population was around 1.5 million, having doubled in the previous 20 years. One of the most interesting features of the map is its demarcation of the city’s tramline system. In 1872, the Compagnie générale des tramways de Moscou et de Russie, had introduced horse-drawn trams to the city. The network rapidly expanded, and from 1899 electric trams were progressively replacing the equestrian lines. The map distinguishes the various horse and electric systems.
Also prominent is the ring road (colored in bold red) that encircles the outskirts of the city. By this time the road, known as the ‘Third Ring’, had been proposed and construction had commenced, although the Revolution would place the project on hold. It was fitfully continued throughout the 20th Century, but was not fully completed until 2004.
This large map is exceptional in that it was intended to be both a fine work of art and a practical aid for navigating Moscow. It provides an unparalleled insight into the nature of Moscow shortly before Soviet planners redeveloped the city. While many key features still survive, the map is a primary artifact of an exciting and prosperous, yet bygone era.
The present map is very rare, we have never before encountered an example and have only been able to locate a single example in Russian state collections. The map would appear to have first been issued in 1907, as the date 1907 can be seen in the darker red area at the bottom right of the map. The rarity of the map may be accounted for by the fact that examples would have been hung up on the wall and subject to use and wear.
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Where I will be spending next week...
Iquitos is only accessible by boat and plane - but it is quite a large town despite its isolation.
We will be traveling up and down the river, hopefully capturing some amazing photography along the way...
Number 27 for 119 Pictures in 2019 : Compass
I am very lucky to live so close to the forest, although I get there less frequently than I did.
Image Title: Map of Europe showing countries as established by the Peace Conference at Paris. [cartographic material]
Author: Matthews-Northrup Company.
Publisher: National Geographic Society
General Note: Issued with the National Geographic society magazine, Feb, 1921;
Inset: of the Dardanelles, ca 1:1,000,000
Scale: 1:5,322,240
LOC call no.: G5701.F2 1920.N3
more information available from Penn State University; Donald W. Hamer Maps Library