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WEEK 33 – Tuesday Morning Relocation
The seasonal aisle is along the left side wall of the store, across the aisle from furniture, and sharing the wall with the store's lone restroom and entry to stockroom space, the breaks to the right and left, respectively, of this particular shelving unit pictured. Though this space is oriented as one large 9,862 square foot store, the design of the shopping center affords for subdivisions such that this store has approximately twelve doors on either side of the salesfloor, with only one open to the public. You can see this better in l_dawg's pic here.
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These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Loose corals are relocated in a safe area outside the rubble removal site, where the ship and response activities impacted the reef.
Background: Emergency coral restoration is underway just outside the entrance to Hawaii’s Kalaeloa Harbor. NOAA and partners are working with the owners of the cargo vessel M/V VogeTrader to repair corals that were injured when the vessel accidentally lodged itself onto the reef one morning in 2010.
(Original source and more information: NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Website)
Covering two floors of this office building in Fleet Place, London, Mansfield Monk designed a fresh working environment that consolidated the two businesses who were relocating to the new offices. The design reflects the individuality, creativity and passion of both parts of the business.
Virginia House
Virginia House was formerly an English manor house that was relocated to Richmond in 1925. The home is now owned and operated by the Virginia Historical Society.
Virginia House was completed a few months before the stock market crash of 1929. Designed by Alexander and Virginia Weddell, the home is situated on a hillside overlooking the historic James River and was constructed from the materials of a sixteenth century English manor house. Although Virginia House was a blend of three romantic English Tudor designs, it was for its time a thoroughly modern home complete with seven full baths, central heat, modern kitchen, and commodious closets.
Mrs. Weddell's appreciation of style is evident as the visitor moves through rooms decorated with English and Spanish antiques, silk draperies, Oriental carpets, and fine silver and china. The nearly eight acres of gardens and grounds that Virginia House rests on were designed by Charles Gillette and provide a rich backdrop to the house throughout the year. The house has been preserved much as it was when the Weddells resided there.
Source: www.vahistorical.org/your-visit/virginia-house
Origins of Virginia House
The Priory of the Augustinian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem was established by Henry de Newburgh, first earl of Warwick, in 1109. The building that housed the order was completed sometime around 1119. Warwick was the seat of all the Holy Sepulcher houses in Britain and enjoyed a golden age for close to a century.
When Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in 1536, he confiscated the priory at Warwick. The hundreds of monasteries and nunneries that were closed throughout Britain in the sixteenth century were sold to the king's favorites. The first owner of the priory was Thomas Hawkins, alias Fisher, a fishmonger, who acquired the building and lands during the short reign of Edward VI. Fisher later purchased much of the land surrounding the priory and eventually dismantled most of the monastic buildings and built a house he called "Hawk's Nest," set in a landscaped park. It was at his Tudor manor house that Fisher entertained the newly crowned Elizabeth I. The curvilinear Dutch gables were added to the front façade around 1620, during the reign of James I. The fortunes of the priory at Warwick rose and fell with its subsequent owners, among whom were Henry Wise, royal gardener to Queen Anne, who acquired the house in 1709. The Lloyd banking family bought the priory in the mid-nineteenth century but were forced to sell it in the early part of the twentieth century.
In 1925, Alexander and Virginia Weddell bought the priory at a demolition sale. The Weddells had the house dismantled and rebuilt part of it in Richmond, Virginia, where they hoped the west wing would serve as a museum for the Virginia Historical Society. They planned that the remainder of the house would one day serve as the society's headquarters. With these plans in mind, in 1929 the Weddells deeded Virginia House to the VHS and maintained a lifetime tenancy for themselves.
Packing and shipping
The company that was to demolish the priory felt the stones would crumble in the process, so they decided to make a small explosion in the middle of the building and send only those stones that survived the blast to America. To their amazement, most of the stones fell intact. The more fragile ornaments were packed in boxes with sand to cushion them. The ship bringing the stones to America had to turn back to port as it was taking on water. Consequently, when the stones arrived in Richmond they were soaked in seawater and had to be washed and dried. The first group of stones arrived in Richmond in the spring of 1926. The stones were stored and sorted in a barn on the corner of Massie and Canterbury roads in Windsor Farms over a period of six months.
Construction and design
The west wing of the house is, on the exterior, a replica of Sulgrave Manor, a submanorial house in Northamptonshire, England, belonging at one time to Lawrence Washington, an ancestor of America's first president, George Washington. The center section of the house is a reproduction of the priory in Warwickshire, England. This priory section exhibits the curvilinear gables that the English adopted from the Low Countries in the early seventeenth century. The strapwork design seen on the parapets and on the exterior and interior balustrades was also imported from the Low Countries. Wormleighton Manor, a Spencer-Churchill family estate in England, was the model for the east wing. The architect of Virginia House was Henry Grant Morse, who was primarily a designer of public buildings. Morse traveled in the English countryside with Mr. and Mrs. Weddell as they looked for a model for the house they hoped to build in Windsor Farms.
William Lawrence Bottomley designed the loggia, incorporating columns imported from Spain on the south side. The painted ceiling in the loggia came in part from a sixteenth-century house that once stood on the site of Knole in England. A frieze of old tiles on the walls of the loggia illustrates the early use of gunpowder. The roof of the loggia is a belvedere from which the visitor can have a view of the gardens of Virginia House and the historic James River beyond. Beyond the loggia, the east wall of the west wing bears mason's marks from various periods, some surviving perhaps from the original priory. A porch, built after the completion of the main house, extends from Mrs. Weddell's bedroom. Mrs. Weddell would retreat to her porch on hot summer nights to catch the breezes from the river and, in the morning, she and Mr. Weddell would have breakfast served to them there.
House museum
Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to the Virginia Historical Society with the Weddells retaining lifetime tenancy. Virginia House became the sole responsibility of the VHS in 1948 after Ambassador and Mrs. Weddell, and Mrs. Weddell's personal maid Violet Andrews, were killed in a train crash on New Year's Day.
Today Virginia House is owned and operated by the Virginia Historical Society. The museum and gardens are open by appointment only. The site is also available for meetings and special events.
Source: www.vahistorical.org/your-visit/virginia-house/house
Relocated to a larger and more prominent space at Sunvalley to make way for a significantly larger H&M store.
The currents of Thruscross Reservoir all flow towards this shore. Walkers who choose to stroll along the waterside in this area may be struck with the sad realisation that they are treading not upon naturally shaped rocks; but the carved and sculpted masonry of West End village which lies deep under these waters and is gradually being torn apart by the currents.
Look, for example, at the beautiful old lump of stone at the bottom left of this shot. If it could talk; you'd hear a fascinating story. It was most likely quarried in the early 1800s and saw the rise and fall of West End as the industrial textile centre of the Washburn area. It would have seen the gradual exodus of the village population as that industry declined and they moved further afield to find work in other rural industries. It would finally have experienced the enforced relocation of the remaining villagers as the authorities decided to create a reservoir here and the floodwaters began to envelop the buildings, finally committing them to a watery grave.
The bastion of the flood, the foreboding concrete giant of Thruscross Dam, can just be seen off to the right in the distant background. As an industrial village, West End might have seen better days, but for a while it still had a community significant enough to warrant its own inn, school and church. When the valley was flooded in 1966, a new burial ground was consecrated above the valley and many bodies were exhumed and moved to the site along with their headstones and monuments before work on the dam began.
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Luftwaffe Me-262 B1a/U1 110639, FE610 at NAS Willow Grove, Pa July 1980. In 2010 this aircraft was relocated to the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Fla
The Rohwer War Relocation Center was a World War II Japanese American concentration camp located in the Delta region of rural southeastern Arkansas, in Desha County. It was in operation from September 18, 1942 to November 30, 1945, and held as many as 8,475 Japanese Americans forcibly evacuated from California. Among the inmates, the notation "朗和 (Rōwa)" was sometimes applied.
The Rohwer War Relocation Center Cemetery is located here. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, and was declared a National Historic Landmark quickly thereafter.
The Rohwer War Relocation Center site is now an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, and features a memorial, the camp cemetery, interpretive panels, and audio kiosks.
The Japanese American Internment Museum opened in the former Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot in the nearby town of McGehee in 2013. It serves as the history museum and unofficial visitor center for the Rohwer War Relocation Center. Exhibits include a film, oral histories, photographs and personal artifacts of the internees.
The dedication ceremony for the museum featured the actor, activist, and former camp incarceree George Takei giving a speech. His narration is also featured on a number of the audio displays.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center
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Heres information about central florida broadcast stations
Broadcast Tower,WFTT-TV is the Telefutura affiliate for Tampa Bay, owned by Univision and operated by Entravision, owners of WVEA-TV. The station, which broadcasts on UHF channel 50, is based at WVEA's studios on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, and transmits from Riverview. WFTT can be seen on cable throughout the Bay Area on Bright House channel 5, and on Comcast in Sarasota County on channel 23.
With the completion of the 442.550 repeater in Riverview at 805ft in January, the western pointing antenna on the 442.825 repeater caused a expected overlap that was unnecessary. Since 442.550 now blankets Hillsborough County, we have as of April 11th taken the antenna off the west leg of the Pebbledale tower site at 800ft and moved it to the east leg of the tower. What does mean for users? The tower has a 7 foot wide face, which creates a null that is created behind the antenna. This null used to face a huge portion of Polk County. By moving this antenna to the east, the null is now facing essentially Brandon/Riverview, where 442.550 is now located at 805ft. So far we have gotten incredible results from users in eastern Polk County. Some users in Sebring reporting almost full scale signal, and mobile users with hand helds on 27 at 5 watts can use 442.825 now. None of this was previously possible. So with this move, expect to hear more Polk, Osceola and I-4 corridor area users making it into the network.
A nother tower WVEA (channel 62) is Tampa Bay, Florida's first Spanish-language TV station, which had its start in the early-1980s as low-powered W50AC ch.50, which offered programming from the Spanish International Network (SIN), the forerunner of today's Univision. In 1988, to make way for new HSN flagship WBHS (now WFTT-TV), the station relocated to channel 61 and became W61BL. In the mid-1990s, the station was re-called "WVEA-LP". In 2000, WVEA's parent company, Entravision, acquired Sarasota English independent WBSV channel 62, with the intent of moving the transmitter from Venice to the antenna farm at Riverview. WBSV signed on May 3, 1991 as the Sarasota area's own independent station, designed to compete against WWSB and the other stations in the Tampa Bay and nearby Ft. Myers markets. Licensed to Venice, Florida the call letters stood for Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, the three cities it primarily served. WBSV had a variety of syndicated and local programming, plus infomercials and home shopping programs. early on, they also had its own newscast. But, WBSV was eternally in red ink, and relied more on home shopping and infomercials to keep the station afloat....
And then,WTVT, channel 13, is a television station in Tampa, Florida. It is an owned and operated station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsdiary of the News Corporation. WTVT's studios are located in Tampa, and its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.
Overall the WUSF (89.7 FM) is an NPR-member radio station licensed to Tampa, Florida, USA. The station is currently owned by the University of South Florida. WUSF signed on in 1963, seven years after USF's founding in 1956.
WOPX channel 56 is a television station based in Orlando, Florida, USA. An affiliate of the ION Television network, it transmits its analog signal on UHF channel 56 and its digital signal on UHF channel 48, both from a transmitter located near Holopaw. The station signed on the air in 1986.
WIWA (1160 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Christian format. Licensed to St. Cloud, Florida, USA, it serves the greater Orlando area. The station is currently owned by Centro De La Familia Cristiana Inc.
WAFZ-FM (92.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Immokalee, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Glades Media Company LLC. WAFZ's programming is also heard on WAFZ AM 1490 in Immokalee.
WTVY or WTVY News 4 is a CBS-affiliated television station broadcasting on channel 4 in Dothan, Alabama, owned by Gray Television. The station's signal, originating from a transmitter in Holmes County, Florida, reaches large portions of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. WTVY is also the designated CBS affiliate for the Panama City, Florida market, where Gray also owns that city's NBC affiliate, WJHG-TV. In exchange, WJHG is available in Dothan on cable since Dothan does not have its own NBC affiliate. In fact, WTVY's transmitter is located within the Panama City market. WTVY-DT uses digital subchannels to operate MyNetworkTV affiliate My 4 and CW affiliate Dothan's CW.
WJED (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Dogwood Lakes Estate, Florida, USA. The station is currently owned by Bethany Bible College.
WTVJ, channel 6, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station for South Florida, licensed to Miami. Its analog transmitter is located in Redland. The station's digital transmitter is located near Dolphin Stadium in north Miami-Dade County. Owned by NBC Universal, the station is sister to South Florida's Telemundo owned-and-operated station, WSCV. The two share studios at Peacock Plaza in Miramar.
WOIR (1430 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Homestead, Florida, USA, the station serves the Miami area. The station is currently owned by Amanecer Christian Network, Inc..
WTLH is a Fox television affiliate licensed to Bainbridge, Georgia and serves the Tallahassee, Florida television market. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 49 and its digital signal on UHF channel 50. The station began operations on November 25, 1989. Its transmitter is located in Metcalf, Georgia. The Station is owned by CP Media, LLC. The station runs a duopoly with WFXU, The CW station in Tallahassee. WTLH programming is also seen on a low-powered, Class-A repeater, WBVJ-LP channel 35 in Valdosta.
WTXL-TV is the ABC affiliate station for Tallahassee, Florida, Thomasville, Georgia, and Valdosta, Georgia, broadcasting on channel 27. The station is owned by Calkins Media, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based mass media company that owns several small newspapers in Pennsylvania and two other television stations: WWSB in Sarasota and WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. It was previously owned by Media Ventures Management, and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group pursuant to an outsourcing agreement (See: [1]), the first of its kind in the United States. This agreement merged virtually all of WTXL-TV's operations with that of Sinclair's NBC affiliate WTWC. Denis LeClair, General Manager of WTXL-TV and WBXT-TV at the time, was made General Manager for WTXL, WBXT and WTWC under this agreement. He would be followed by Chris Butterick and then Bob Franklin. Eventually, Kim Urbuteit (who was fired in May, 2007) would be named General Manager of WTXL only as Bob Franklin (now in Mobile, AL) oversaw WTWC. Gary Wordlaw is the current General Manager of WTXL-TV.
WFSU is the callsign (or variations thereon) for public radio stations operated by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. WFSU also operates 3 radio stations that serve northern Florida: * WFSU-FM 88.9 FM: Tallahassee-based news/talk/public affairs station carrying several NPR programs and overnight BBC World Service programming. Also heard on these low-powered repeaters: * 97.1 - Carrabelle * 106.1 - Marianna * 96.7 - Apalachicola * 93.7 - Downtown Tallahassee (necessary because the main WFSU transmitter must conform its signal to protect WTSU in Troy, Alabama) * WFSQ-FM 91.5 FM: Tallahassee-based classical music station. Also heard on WFSL-FM 90.7 in Thomasville, Georgia, and on low-powered 92.7 FM in the northeast portion of the city of Tallahassee. * WFSW-FM 89.1 FM: Panama City-based news/talk/public affairs station. Offers many of the same programs as WFSU. Also heard on low-powered 91.1 FM in the Port St. Joe area along the Gulf of Mexico, as well as 94.5 FM in Fort Walton Beach.
WESH is the NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida. It is licensed to Daytona Beach, with studio facilities in Winter Park. It transmits its analog signal on VHF channel 2 and its digital signal on VHF channel 11, when viewed over the air PSIP will display 2.1 for WESH DT and 2.2 for WESH Weather Plus. It is currently owned by Hearst-Argyle Television along with the area's CW affiliate, WKCF. WESH's transmitter is located in Orange City, Florida. The tower is the tallest man-made structure in Florida, at 1,740 feet (530 m). The station also serves as the default NBC affiliate for the Gainesville market, and can be seen on the fringes of the Tampa Bay and Jacksonville markets. WESH was the first station in Orlando to carry an on-site RADAR facility, SuperDoppler 2 as opposed to relying on National Weather Service RADARs. It is installed on top of the tower located at the Winter Park broadcast studio. Today it also promotes a VIPIR 3D RADAR system, taking advantage of the fact that the RADARs at Melbourne, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami can all reach Orlando, in addition to SuperDoppler 2. The primary news anchors at WESH are Martha Sugalski and Jim Payne....
WOMX is a radio station located in the Orlando, Florida area and broadcasts at 105.1. WOMX 105.1 plays the "Best MIX of the 80s, 90s and Today," though the station programming focuses mostly on rock and modern rock music from the 90's and 2000's. Every Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Mix 105.1 presents Friday Night 80's. The "Saturday Night Party MIX" airs every Saturday night from 7 p.m. to midnight. The "Saturday Night Party MIX" replaced the Orlando heritage show "Seventies Saturday Night" in 2005.
WOTF-TV Channel 43 is the TeleFutura station serving the Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, Florida television market. It is owned by Univision and managed by Entravision which owns Univision affiliate WVEN-TV 26 and radio station WNUE 98.1 FM and offers a Spanish language entertainment format featuring movies, dramas, comedy shows, and kids shows. The studios are located in Altamonte Springs which is also shared by WVEN.
WOFL, "Fox 35", is the Fox owned-and-operated television station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. It is licensed to Orlando, with studios located in Lake Mary. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 35, and its digital signal on UHF channel 22. Its transmitter is located in Bithlo, Florida. Its Digital TV transmitter has a power of 1,000 kW. Its Analog TV transmitter has a power of 2,570 kW. WOFL and sister station WTVT of the bordering Tampa market commonly share reporters and footage, as other station groups do.
WFTV channel 9 is a television station based in Orlando, Florida, affiliated with the ABC network. It transmits its analog signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter located in Bithlo, Florida, and its digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter located in Christmas, Florida. It is owned by Cox Enterprises along with independent station WRDQ TV 27. The primary news anchors at WFTV are Bob Opsahl and Martie Salt. They anchored the main afternoon newscasts from 1984 through 1994, when Ms. Salt transferred to WFTS, a TV station in Tampa (where she was known as "Martie Tucker"). She returned to anchor WFTV's news again with Opsahl in 2003. Opsahl is one of the longest-serving (at one station) local news anchors in Florida. Barbara West, a 20 year veteran at WFTV and the station's medical reporter is paired with Opsahl at 5:30. Marla Weech, a former anchor for WFTV, was paired up with Bob Opsahl during most of Salt's absence. Weech currently works for WKMG. Tom Terry is the "Chief Meteorologist". WFTV's Severe Weather Center 9 includes WFTV's own doppler weather radar station located at Joint Venture TV Tower Bithlo. Its radar has features that are...
WRBW-TV is the MyNetworkTV owned and operated station serving the Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, Florida television market. It is owned by the Fox Television Stations Group, along with Fox station WOFL Channel 35. Known on-air as "My65", the station offers sitcoms, cartoons, court shows, and talk/reality shows. Its transmitter is located in Christmas, Florida.
WNTF (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Bithlo, Florida, USA, it serves the Orlando area. The station is currently owned by Rama Communications, Inc.
WBCC is an educational television station serving the Orlando television market. It broadcasts on UHF channel 68, with a digital signal on channel 30. It is one of the Orlando market's PBS member stations. WBCC's digital signal, on channel 30, offers programming from the University of Central Florida (channel 68.2) and BPS-TV from Brevard Public Schools (channel 68.3), in addition to WBCC's standard programming.
WRDQ, channel 27, is an independent television station in Orlando, Florida. Its analog transmitter is located in northeastern Osceola County. The station's digital transmitter is located in Christmas. Onwed by Cox Enterprises, WRDQ is sister to ABC affiliate WFTV. The two stations share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando. WRDQ offers the Retro Television Network on its second digital subchannel. It can also be seen on Bright House digital channel 1028. Syndicated programming on WRDQ includes: South Park, Scrubs, Merv Griffin's Crosswords, Oprah, According to Jim, and George Lopez. The station can be considered an alternate ABC affiliate. As such, it may take on the responsibility of airing ABC programs whenever WFTV may not be able to do so as in a news-related emergency.
WXPX is a television station licensed to Bradenton, Florida. Operating on channel 66, it is an ION Television affiliate, owned and operated by ION Media Networks (formerly Paxson Communications), which has owned the station since its founding in 1994. Current programming on WXPX is virtually the same as other ION affiliates -- infomercials throughout the day and during the overnights, plus ION programming in the evenings. WXPX also shows Tampa Bay Lightning hockey, Orlando Magic basketball, some college football and Tampa Bay Rays baseball, though most of these games are in the evenings only, as WXPX tend to reserve non-prime-time hours for infomercials. Rays games air in high definition on WXPX in the 720p format, the same format as FSN Florida, the producers of the games (See: [1]). The only local programming on WXPX is i on Tampa (public affairs) and the aforementioned Rays and Magic games. The station once aired Miccosukee Magazine along with WPXM Miami and WPXP West Palm Beach, but no longer airs the program. (the latter two stations still do, along with WOPX Orlando) WXPX started in 1994 as WFCT, which featured infomercials at all hours under...
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Dr Marcus
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Steele
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Tesch
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Dr Steve Lyons
Dr Greg Forbes
Dr Heidi Cullen
Stu Ostro
Aixa Diaz (NEWS ANCHORS
Jen Holloway
Al Ruechel
Leigh Moody
Erica Riggins
Rick Elmhorst
(METEOROLOGISTS)
Mike Clay
Juli Marquez
Josh Linker
Diane Kacmarik
Brian McClure
Alan Winfield
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Laurie Davison
Melissa Eichman
Samantha Hayes
Chuck Johnson
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336 N Market St, Wooster, OH. This store opened in 1952 as a relocation from a smaller space downtown--their second store, which opened in 1932.
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Aisle 3. This is the only store that has given its aisles street names. This was one of the things I remembered from being here long ago, and it's neat to see they remain.
Had to re-locate some of my girls for a few days, while I get some plastering done in my dolly room. Most of the others will be boxed for safety so I can stack them.
Don't trust the workmen with my treasures, plus it gave me a good excuse to take brighter pics of them. LOL
The move ran smoothing where we arranged for personal belongings and furniture to be relocated and also prepared the offices for the company with organisation including a searing plan for 100+ staff, welfare facilities, signage and more.
The Minidoka Relocation Center, 15 miles north of Twin Falls and 150 miles southeast of Boise, was also referred to as the Hunt Camp. Minidoka was considered a model environment because of its relatively peaceful atmosphere and population that got along well with the administration. Because it was not within the Western Defense Command restricted area, security was somewhat lighter than at most other camps. But when the internees first arrived, they were shocked to see the bleak landscape that was to be there home over the next three years.
Located on the Snake River Plain at an elevation of 4000 feet, the land is dotted with sagebrush and thin basaltic lava flows and cinder cones. The internees found the environment to be extremely harsh, with temperatures ranging from 30 degrees below zero to as high as 115 degrees. They also had to contend with blinding dust storms and ankle-deep mud after the rains.
Minidoka was in operation from August 10, 1942 to October 28, 1945. The reserve covered more than 33,000 acres of land in Jerome County. The camp’s peak population reached 9,397 by March 1, 1943, and it became Idaho's third largest city. Five miles of barbed wire fencing and eight watchtowers surrounded the administrative and residential areas, which were located in the west-central portion of the reserve.
Most of the people interned at Minidoka were from the Pacific Northwest: approximately 7,050 from Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Washington, 2,500 from Oregon and 150 from Alaska, including children or grandchildren of Eskimo women and Japanese men. They were temporarily housed at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Washington, then sent by train to Idaho. In early 1943, all of the Bainbridge Island, Washington, residents interned at the Manzanar Relocation Center were transferred to Minidoka at their own request because of constant conflict with the internees from Terminal Island in Los Angeles.
The central camp consisted of 600 buildings on 950 acres. When the first internees arrived at Minidoka in August 1942, they moved into the crude barracks even though much of the camp was unfinished and there was no running water or sewage system. The Army insisted on having all Japanese removed from the West Coast at once, and they did not halt the evacuation until the camp could hold no more. The last group of 500 evacuees to arrive at the camp had to sleep in mess halls, laundry rooms, or any available bed space. Waiting in line for many daily functions, especially meals, was common.
The camp’s residential area encompassed 36 blocks and was one mile wide and three miles long. Each block included 12 tarpaper barracks, one dining hall, one laundry building with communal showers and toilets and a recreation hall. Immediately after arrival, the internees were instructed to see the camp physician, and then they received an apartment assignment. Apartments were of three sizes, and where possible, family groups or relatives were placed near each other. Efforts were later made to move people near their place of employment.
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scanned from negative.
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L Sayer…………………………….Private
Name: SAYER, LEWIS
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 22 Date of Death: 04/09/1916 Service No: 43333
Additional information: Son of Lewis John and Emily Sayer, of 38, Bury St., Norwich. Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=811410
Private Sayer can be seen here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
“Private Sayer was born at 178, Newmarket Street, Norwich, on 25th June 1894. He was educated at Avenue Road School. In September 1914 he enlisted, and was killed in action on the Somme on 4th September 1916”
There is no Lewis Sayer of the right age appearing on the 1901 census, however, there is a 7 year old Louis Sayer from Norwich recorded as resident in the Norwich Isolation Hospital.
Parents “Louis E” and Emily J were living at 38 Bury Street. Louis was a 32 year old Post Office stamper, originally from Bergh Apton. Emily was also 32, and came originally from Costessey.
The battalion's attack on Falfemont Farm on this day turned into one of the mini-tragedies of the Great War. The attack was held up and casualties were being caused by bombing and small arms fire before they eventually took the objective only to come under friendly artillery fire that caused serious casualties. According to the Regimental casualty book 56 all ranks were killed, 219 wounded and 94 missing, believed killed, a total of 369. The battalion was relieved the next day.
1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t...
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C C Sennitt………………………………2nd Lieutenant
Name: SENNITT, CLAUDE CUSHING
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
Age: 25 Date of Death: 23/04/1917
Additional information: Son of Ebenezer Charles and Sarah Ann Sennitt, of 422, Unthank Rd., Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. C. 9. Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=996418
Sub.Lt Sennitt can be seen here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
“Sub-Lieutenant Sennitt was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sennitt of Brundall. He left for the front at the beginning of April 1917 and died on the front on 23rd April 1917.”
The attack on Gavrelle was commenced on 23 April and was carried out by the 189th and 190th Brigades. At 4.45 a.m. Nelson and Drake battalions went over the top under cover of an artillery barrage. The first line of German trenches was quickly taken, and an hour later the attack was ceased at the edge of the village.
The artillery barrage was relocated across the village, which was reduced to rubble. Other battalions from the brigade were moved forward. House to house fighting led to the taking of Gavrelle, at the cost of 1,500 casualties.
The fighting at Gavrelle had claimed 3,000 casualties from the Royal Naval Division. Virtually all the remaining reservists of the original Royal Naval Division lost their lives at Gavrelle. They were the veterans who had survived the fighting at Gallipoli and at the Ancre.
www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/RND-Royal-Naval-Division/index.html
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W H Shearing…………………………..Private
Most likely,
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1466122
Name: SHEARING, WILLIAM
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 04/10/1918 Service No: 15527
Additional information: Buried in Bangalore (Hosur Road) Cemetery.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 9. Memorial: MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI
But could be
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=143185
No match on Norlink.
The 2nd Battalion served in Mesopotamia so I can only assume had been evacuated for medical treatment.
The most likely match on the 1901 Census is an 11 year old who was born in Norwich and who at the time of the census was living at 2 Rupert Street, Norwich, with his parents, William, (aged 44 and a fishmonger from Gt Yarmouth) and Maria, (aged 42 and a shop-keeper from Norwich). Also resident were siblings, Albert, (aged 6), Ernest, (aged 4), Florence, (aged 13), and Maria, (aged 9).
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S W Sheen………………………………..Private
Name: SHEEN, SYDNEY
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps Unit Text: 88th Field Amb Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/07/1917 Service No: 475077
Additional information: Son of William Sheen, of 20, Dover St., Unthank Rd., Norwich. Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 8. Cemetery: CANADA FARM CEMETERY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=436116
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has only one Sydney Sheen, who was born and was still resident in Glamorganshire. However, there is a Sidney W. Sheen, born Norwich and resident at 85 Gloucester Street, Norwich, with his parents, William (age 30, from Norwich and described as what looks like Yard Foreman \ Packer on the scan of the original document, or “Florence Packer” according to Genes Re-united !) and Alice, (age 29 and from Norwich). Sidney’s sisters Kathleen D. (age 6) and Ethel M, (age 2) completed the household.
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W C Skoulding………………………….Corporal..MM
Name: SKOULDING, WILLIAM CHARLES
Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: "D" Coy. 10th Bn.
Age: 23 Date of Death: 26/04/1917 Service No: 19593 Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Harry 0. Skoulding and Emily E. Skoulding, of 8, Leopold Rd., Unthank Rd., Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 6. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1653225
Private Skoulding can be seen here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
“Private Skoulding was born at Bluebell Road, Eaton, Norwich, on 18th January 1895. He was educated at the Eaton and the Model schools in Norwich. On 2nd May 1915 he enlisted, and killed in action near Arras on 23rd April 1917”
William gets a mention on the Roll Of Honour for the Norwich Boys Model School
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/NorwichBoysModelSchool.html
The 10th Cameronians had been engaged a few days earlier in the second Battle of the Scarpe, (part of the bigger Battle of Arras) but this had been called of in the face of heavy casualties and fierce resistance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)
There is no obvious match for William or his parents on the 1901 Census.
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D C Smith……………………………….....2nd Lieutenant
Name: SMITH, DONALD CLAUDE
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 30 Date of Death: 13/10/1915
Additional information: Son of the late Edwin and Mary Smith. Prior to taking a commission was despatch rider with Indian Cavalry Corps.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37 and 38. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1769178
2nd Lt Smith can be seen here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes read
“Second-Lieutenant Smith was the seventh son of Edwin and Mary Smith. He was born 29th July 1885. He joined the 6th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the outbreak of war and went to France in October 1914. He was given a commission in September 1915 and attached to the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He died of wounds in France, 1915.”
This was obviously not a good day to be a junior officer in this Battalion - for on the same day Captain Charles Sorley was killed by a sniper during the Battle of Loos. Charles has been acclaimed as one of the great war poets on the basis of his work, which was published posthumously.
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8752194
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sorley
During the Battle of Loos in an attempt to strike before the winter rains set in, the British attempted a final offensive on October 13, which failed due to a lack of hand grenades.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loos
The 12th Division (of which 7th Suffolks were part) were involved in attacks on the Hohenzollern Redoubt in early October and are usually described as being involved in the attack on the 13th. However it was the 46th Midlands Division that was virtually wiped out in the attack on the Redoubt on this day - 7th Suffolks according to at least one account were in an attack on the nearby Quarries in support of the attack on the Redoubt.
battlefields1418.50megs.com/loos_tour.htm
yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=46th...
There are two main candidates on the 1901 Census - a 15 year old born in Norwich and a 17 year old born in Wymondham. However the 15 year old is in an orphanage \ boys home and the 17 year old is a “boy” soldier, currently garrisoned in Colchester. Therefore it is possible Donald is either one of the others of the right age, of which at least four are boarders or possibly not on the Census for England and Wales at all.
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R Spicer…………………………2nd Lieutenant
Name: SPICER, RONALD MURRAY
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: East Riding Yeomanry
Age: 19 Date of Death: 31/05/1916
Additional information: Son of Robert Charles and Lizzie Hannah Spicer, of Eaton Hill, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: H. 1/1377. Cemetery: NORWICH (THE ROSARY) CEMETERY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2803383
No match on Norlink
There is a small picture of Lt Spicer and a note that he was killed accidentally, here
www.aviva.com/index.asp?pageid=1435&letter=s
On the 1901 Census, the 4 year old Ronald Murray Spicer was living at 115 Magdalen Road, Norwich. This was the household of his parents Robert Charles Spicer, a 28 year old Chartered Accountants Clerk from Norwich, and Lizzie Hannah Spicer, 29 and from Scotland. The Spicer’s have one live in servant.
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P J Stone………………………..Lance Corporal
Name: STONE, PERCIVAL JAMES
Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 21 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 15686
Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. E. Stone, of 28, Eaton St., Eaton, Norwich. Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1554836
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has a 6 year old Percival Stone who was born at Intwood, and who was now living at The Common, Swardeston. This was the household of his parents, James, a 33 year old Bricklayer from London, and Edith, 26 and from East Dereham. Also resident is Percivals sister Daisy, (aged 4) and Gladys, (aged 2)
The 6th Battalion, Royal Berks went over the top alongside the 8th Norfolks on the first day of the Somme. The story of what happened to the two units can be read here,
www.6throyalberks.co.uk/1stJuly/default.html
France
The 8th Battalion as part of the 18th (Eastern) Division was present on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. They got beyond their initial target and had by 5.00pm reached the German trenches known as "Montauban Alley". Over one hundred men and three officers had been killed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment
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W Stone………………………..2nd Lieutenant… MM
Name: STONE, WILLIAM
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 33 Date of Death: 18/08/1918 Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Mr. F. A. and Deborah Stone, of Norwich. Husband of Mrs. M. Stone, of 1, Bury Street, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 1. Row F. Grave 1. Cemetery: LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=68748
No match on Norlink
There are 104 potential William Stones on the Census for England & Wales born between 1884 and 1886. Only one is from Norwich, but other family names don’t match. No other obvious Norfolk connections.
Outtersteene was captured by the III Corps on the 13th October, 1914.The hamlet was captured by the Germans on the 12th April, 1918, and retaken by the 9th, 29th and 31st Divisions, with the ridge beyond it, on the 18th and 19th August;
(12th Norfolks were part of the 31st Division)
www.webmatters.net/cwgc/outtersteene_com.htm
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C A Thompson…………………Lieutenant
Possibly
Name: THOMPSON, CYPRIAN ALFRED
Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Regiment Unit Text: "D" Coy.
Age: 22 Date of Death: 08/04/1917
Additional information: Son of Alice G. C. and the late Herbert H. Thompson, of England.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 9. Cemetery: ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=66234
No match on Norlink
No obvious match on the 1901 Census for either Cyprian or Alice Thompson.
The Canadian Archives have him down as born on the 18/04/1893 and his regimental number is 23071
On his attestation papers he gives his occupation as Bank Clerk and place of birth as Halifax, Nova Scotia. The scanned version is poor, but Lt Thompson is definitely not married and his next of kin looks like a Mrs A Thompson at an indecipherable address in Canada. However, I later found he was commemorated on the war memorial at Frederiction in Canada, and that could definitely be part of the address.
He had already served 2+ years in the Territorials and enlisted on the 27th September 1914. On the medical part of the form he is described as 5ft 10 ins tall, with fair hair and fair complexion and light blue eyes.
collectionscanada.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?im...
collectionscanada.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?im...
From a handwritten note on the attestation papers it looks like he was initially assigned to the Machine Gun detachment of the 12th Battalion.
A small picture of Lt Thompson can be seen here.
www.kingandempire.com/v_time4.html
The accompanying notes read :”On April 8, 1917, he was killed in the Vimy sector during an operation carried out preparatory to the main attack on Vimy Ridge. “
Extract from the unit war diary
9.4.17. - QUARRIES LINE.
See appendix No. 3. Lieuts. THOMPSON, BLOTT, CHURCHILL, BOLE, BECK, and ROOKS were Killed in Action. Lieuts. BARKER, DAVIES, Captain MUNN, Lieuts. GRAY, ROBINSON and LEWIS were Wounded in Action. The following numbers of Other Ranks were casualties. Killed in Action 50, Wounded in Action 159, Missing 65. It is presumed that the majority of missing will be found in Field Ambulance or will return from Other Units.
Lieut. FOSTER wounded, at duty.
regimentalrogue.com/rcr_great_war/1917_04_apr.html
Service:
Prior service; 2 years 6 months, 38th Dufferin Rifles, Brantford, Ontario
Attested for overseas service in the ranks 27 Sep 1914, regimental number 23071
Private., Aug 1914 to 21 Aug 1916
Machine Gunner, 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Appointed Lieut., 22 Aug 1916
Posted to The R.C.R., 27 Nov 1916
Killed in action, 8 Apr 1917
The same source notes he was wounded with shell-shock, 19-1-15 whilst serving with the 4th Battalion.
regimentalrogue.com/rcr_great_war_officers/rcr_offr_thomp...
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S J Tillyard…………………………….2nd Lieutenant
Name: TILLYARD, SYDNEY JOSEPH
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Unit Text: 35th Coy. Age: 34 Date of Death: 02/03/1916
Additional information: Son of John Joseph and Mary Ann Frances Tillyard, of Thorpe, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 9. Cemetery: VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=252636
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has the 19 year old Sydney J. living at 43 Thorpe Road, Norwich. This was the household of Jno(?).J.Tillyard, aged 59 and from Norwich, living on own means, and Mary A Falso from Norwich and aged 49. In the household are Sydney’s brothers Frederick E, (aged 16), Godfrey C, (aged 18) and Robert J, (aged 20). The Tillyards had one live in domestic servant.
The 35th had only formed on the 1st February 1916 and had been attached to the 12th (E.astern) Division.
A plan was evolved that required 4 mines to be blown under the enemy positions, which would be followed by an infantry assault aimed at capturing the enemy front trench called "The Chord". 36th Brigade made the attack after 170 Tunnelling Company RE detonated the mines at 5.45pm on 2 March 1916, successfully capturing the craters and gaining important observation over enemy lines as far as Fosse 8. Severe fighting in the crater area continued for some weeks, with the Division suffering more than 4000 casualties until being finally relieved on 26 April.
Sydney also gets a mention on the Hornsby New South Wales Australia War Memorial. The connection is his brother, Robert J, who is now Doctor Robert John Tillyard, resident in Hornsby and founding member of the War Memorial Committee.
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/library/index.cfm?NavigationID=2231
(Brother Robert can be seen here)
www.scienceimage.csiro.au/index.cfm?event=site.image.deta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_John_Tillyard
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W E Upton………………………….Lieutenant
Possibly
Name: UPTON, WILLIAM EDWIN
Rank: Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit Text: 19th Bn.
Age: 51 Date of Death: 05/03/1916
Additional information: Son of the late Edwin and Emma Upton, of Halesworth, Suffolk; husband of Jane Ann Upton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 46. 981. Cemetery: NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2803344
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has Permanent Staff Sergeant William Upton, aged 36 and from Halesworth in Suffolk, living with his wife Jane A, (age 33 and from Eppleworth in Yorkshire) at 118 Welbeck Street, Kingston upon Hull. The Upton’s had a 5 year old daughter, Elsie, whose place of birth is given as Pembroke Docks, Pembrokeshire. The high-level search on the 1911 Census site indicates that this individual was still living in the same area of Hull. Therefore, no obvious link with Norwich other than his final resting place.
Update 9th July 2020
See comment below.
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S S Wainwright……………..Lieutenant
Name: WAINWRIGHT, SAMUEL STEWART
Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 27 Date of Death: 12/03/1917
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Jessie Wainwright, of 97, Newmarket Rd., Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. C. I. Cemetery: REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=235511
No match on Picture Norfolk although there is a picture of a Samuel Wainwright, born 1857 died 1927 who could possibly be Lt Wainwrights father.
The 1901 Census doesn’t obviously have a Samuel S Wainwright of the right age. His parents were by then living at 97 Newmarket Road, Norwich. His father Samuel was aged 44 and from Ipswich, described as a “Colonial Merchant”, and his mother Jessie was aged 33 and from Camberwell in London. The Wainwrights had three live in servants.
See Comment 2 for an update
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S R Walker……………………………Private
Name: WALKER, SAMUEL REID
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/04/1915 Service No: 1876
Additional information: Son of John and Jane Walker, of 15, Camberley Rd., Norwich. Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 27. Cemetery: BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD)
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=202035
Private Walker can be seen here.
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The accompanying notes
“Born at St. Martin-at-Oak, Norwich in 1983, enlisted 6th August 1914. He died 27th April 1915 from wounds received four days previously during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery, France. “
The 1901 Census has the 8 year old Samuel R. living at 99 Newmarket Road, Norwich. This was the household of his parents John Walker, aged 56 and a retired Draper from Scotland and Jane Walker, aged 50 and from Norwich. Also resident were Samuel’s sisters, Ellen M, (aged 20 and from East Dereham), Florence, (aged 21 and also from East Dereham), Jean (aged 22, ditto), Margaret J, (aged 11 and from Norwich), and brothers Murray Mac Walker, (aged 17, an Insurance Clerk, born East Dereham),and Ronald J, (aged 14 and from Norwich).
Belfast City Hall Has Lots Of Statues And Memorials
Statues and monuments on public view:
Korean Memorial
This granite memorial is for the 208 officers and men of the Royal Ulster Rifles killed or wounded at the Battle of Chaegunghyon on 3 January 1951 during the Korean War. It was relocated from St Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena to the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in May 2008. It was originally erected near the South Korean capital, Seoul, but was brought to Northern Ireland in 1962.
Titanic Memorial
Moved to its current location on 24 March 1960, this memorial was originally unveiled on 26 June 1920 in Donegall Square North. It is the last work of acclaimed sculptor Thomas Brock who died two months after its unveiling.
The Belfast-built RMS Titanic, part of the White Star Line, sank on 15 April 1912. In the memorial, the female figure of Thane looks down upon two sea nymphs as they rise from the waves with the body of a drowned seaman in their arms. The names of the dead include the ship's designer Thomas Andrews and doctor John Simpson.
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria succeeded King William IV on 20 June 1837 and her coronation took place a year later. The memorial was erected to celebrate the monarch's jubilee and was paid for by public shilling subscription. It was built by Thomas Brock and unveiled by King Edward VII on 27 July 1903. The Sicilian marble statue is 11 feet high. On each side are two life-size bronze figures which represent spinning and shipbuilding respectively. At the back is a bronze figure of a child, thought to represent education.
Sir Edward Harland
A memorial to Sir Edward J Harland Bart MP, the former head of Harland and Wolff shipbuilding yard and Mayor of Belfast from 1885 to 1886, was unveiled on 23 June 1903 by the Earl of Glasgow. It was also sculpted by Thomas Brock.
Belfast War Memorial (Cenotaph)
The Belfast War Memorial is in the form of a cenotaph with the background of a colonnade. The memorial was unveiled by Field Marshall Viscount Allenby on Armistice Day, 11 November 1929. It was designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas and constructed by WJ Campbell between 1925 and 1927. The colonnade consists of a Greek order of columns on a stylobate with an enriched cornice and balustrade.
Statue of Sir James Horner Haslett. James Horner Haslett (January 1832 - 18 August 1905) was an Irish Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1886. Haslett was the son of the Rev. Henry Haslett of Castlereagh, co. Down and his wife Mary Wilson daughter of John Wilson, linen merchant of Drumcroon, Coleraine. He was educated at Academical Institute Belfast and became a chemist and druggist. He was an alderman, and a J.P. of Belfast. At the 1885 general election Haslett was elected Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He held the seat until 1886. He was mayor of Belfast in 1887 and knighted in the same year. He was mayor again in 1888. Haslett died at the age of 73.
Monument to William James Pirrie, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Shipbuilder.
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie, also called (1909–21) Baron Pirrie Of Belfast (born May 31, 1847, Quebec, Canada East [now Quebec province, Canada]—died June 7, 1924, at sea), Irish shipbuilder who controlled the largest ship-construction firm in the world and built the liner Titanic. In 1862 Pirrie became apprentice to the Belfast shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff. By the time he was 27 he had been made a partner and was soon left in almost exclusive control. He traveled widely to gain experience in ship design and to study practical shipping requirements. He contributed much to the burgeoning steel shipbuilding industry, and for many years the largest passenger liners in the world came from his yards, notably the Olympic, the Britannic, and the Titanic. Pirrie was also prominent in the development of the diesel engine for marine propulsion. Created a baron in 1906, Pirrie became a viscount in 1921. As comptroller general of merchant shipbuilding in 1918, he helped replace British shipping lost to submarine warfare. He was also mainly responsible for introducing the idea of standardizing ships, a principle that was adopted in Britain and the United States during World War II. Pirrie’s marriage was childless, and the peerage became extinct at his death.
Monument to Royal Irish Rifles.
Monument to Frederick Temple. 1826-1902; 1st Marquis of Dufferin and Ava; diplomat and author; born Florence, son of Helen Blackwood and descendent of R. B. Sheridan; wrote Narrative of a Journey from Oxford to Skibbereen in the Year of the Irish Famine (1847) while at Oxford student, his sole work which is not in the spirit of the comic essay and the aristocratic travels journal; also writings advocating emigration that drew nationalist fire; Letters from High Latitudes (1859), a journal of yachting voyage to Iceland; celebrated wit; became governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, and British Ambassador to many countries; subscribing patron to the Abbey theatre at its foundation; wrote introduction the W. Fraser Rae’s Sheridan: A Biography (1870); Dufferin’s last days were clouded by financial difficulties; his eldest son was killed in South Africa (Boer War); his youngest died in an airplane accident; d. Clandeboye, Co. Antrim; monument at Belfast City Hall; his son and successor, Lord Basil Blackwood, was grievously wounded in the First World War and killed on returning to the Front; Lady Dufferin lived to an old age, and was the recipient of the ‘blessing’ of the women of India, put into verse by Rudyard Kipling ("Lady, lo, they know and love ..."); a grandson was killed near Ava in Burma (from whence the title) during the Second World War; the life of a great-grandson was blighted by heroine; The memorial on the west side of the City Hall in Belfast is a standing figure and elaborate plinth in memory of Frederick Temple, Ist Marquess Dufferin and Ava, KP, 1826-1902, Gov. Gen. of India, Viceroy; HM Lieutenant of Co. Down, raised to ‘a great Irishman’; there is a life of Lord Dufferin by Harold Nicholson (Helen’s Tower, 1937).
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Some background:
The Sondergerät SG104 "Münchhausen" was a German airborne recoillless 355.6 mm (14-inch) caliber gun, intended to engage even the roughest enemy battleships, primarily those of the Royal Navy. The design of this unusual and massive weapon began in 1939. The rationale behind it was that a battleship’s most vulnerable part was the deck – a flat surface, with relatively thin armor (as typical hits were expected on the flanks) and ideally with vital targets underneath, so that a single, good hit would cripple of even destroy a ship. The purpose of such a high angle of attack was likely to allow the projectile to penetrate the target ship's deck, where the ship's armor, if there was any, would have been much thinner than the armor on its sidesHowever, hitting the deck properly with another ship’s main gun was not easy, since it could only be affected through indirect hits and the typical angle of the attack from aballistic shot would not necessarily be ideal for deep penetration, esp. at long range.
The solution to this problem: ensure that the heavy projectile would hit its target directly from above, ideally at a very steep angle. To achieve this, the gun with battleship caliber was “relocated” from a carrier ship or a coastal battery onto an aircraft – specifically to a type that was capable of dive-bombing, a feature that almost any German bomber model of the time offered.
Firing such a heavy weapon caused a lot fo problems, which were severe even if the gun was mounted on a ship or on land. To compensate for such a large-caliber gun’s recoil and to make firing a 14 in shell (which alone weighed around almost 700 kg/1.550 lb, plus the charge) from a relatively light airframe feasible, the respective gun had to be as light as possible and avoid any recoil, which would easily tear an aircraft – even a bomber – apart upon firing. Therefore, the Gerät 104 was designed as a recoilless cannon. Its firing system involved venting the same amount of the weapon's propellant gas for its round to the rear of the launch tube (which was open at both ends), in the same fashion as a rocket launcher. This created a forward directed momentum which was nearly equal to the rearward momentum (recoil) imparted to the system by accelerating the projectile itself. The balance thus created did not leave much net momentum to be imparted to the weapon's mounting or the carrying airframe in the form of felt recoil. A further share of the recoil induced by the moving round itself could be compensated by a muzzle brake which re-directed a part of the firing gases backwards. Since recoil had been mostly negated, a heavy and complex recoil damping mechanism was not necessary – even though the weapon itself was huge and heavy.
Work on the "Münchhausen" device (a secret project handle after a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in the late 18th century who reputedly had ridden on a cannonball between enemy frontlines), was done by Rheinmetall-Borsig and lasted until 1941. The first test of a prototype weapon was conducted on 9th of September 1940 in Unterlüss with a satisfactory result, even though the weapon was only mounted onto an open rack and not integrated into an airframe yet. At that time, potential carriers were the Ju 88, the Dornier Do 217 and the new Junkers Ju 288. Even though the system’s efficacy was doubted, the prospect of delivering a single, fatal blow to an important , armored arget superseded any doubts at the RLM, and the project was greenlit in early 1942 for the next stage: the integration of the Sondergerät 104 into an existing airframe. The Ju 88 and its successor, the Ju 188, turned out to be too light and lacked carrying capacity for the complete, loaded weapon, and the favored Ju 288 was never produced, so that only the Dornier Do 217 or the bigger He 177 remained as a suitable carriers. The Do 217 was eventually chosen because it had the biggest payload and the airframe was proven and readily available.
After calculations had verified that the designed 14 in rifle would have effectively no recoil, preliminary tests with dumm airframes were carried out. After ground trials with a Do 217 E day bomber to check recoil and blast effects on the airframe, the development and production of a limited Nullserie (pre-production series) of the dedicated Do 217 F variant for field tests and eventual operational use against British sea and land targets was ordered in April 1942.
The resulting Do 217 F-0 was based on the late “E” bomber variant and powered by a pair of BMW 801 radial engines. It was, however, heavily modified for its unique weapon and the highly specialized mission profile: upon arriving at the zone of operation at high altitude, the aircraft would initiate a dive with an angle of attack between 50° and 80° from the horizontal, firing the SG 104 at an altitude between 6,000 and 2,000 meters. The flight time of the projectile could range from 16.0 seconds for a shot from an altitude of 6,000 meters at a 50° angle to just 4.4 seconds for a shot from 2.000 meters at an almost vertical 80° angle. Muzzle velocity of the SG 104 was only 300 m/s, but, prior to impact, the effective velocity of the projectile was projected to range between 449 and 468 m/s (1,616 to 1,674 km/h). Together with the round's weight of roughly 700 kg (1.550 lb) and a hardened tip, this would still ensure a high penetration potential.
The operational Sondergerät 104 had an empty mass of 2.780 kg (6,123 lb) and its complete 14 inch double cartridge weighed around 1.600 kg (3,525 lb). The loaded mass of the weapon was 4,237 kg, stretching the limits of the Do 217’s load capacity to the maximum, so that some armor and less vital pieces of equipment were deleted. Crew and defensive armament were reduced to a minimum.
Even though there had been plans to integrate the wepaon into the airframe (on the Ju 288), the Gerät 104 was on the Do 217 F-0 mounted externally and occupied the whole space under the aircraft, precluding any use of the bomb bay. The latter was occupied by the Gerät 104’s complex mount, which extended to the outside under a streamlined fairing and held the weapon at a distance from the airframe. Between the mount’s struts inside of the fuselage, an additional fuel tank for balance reasons was added, too.
The gun’s center, where the heavy round was carried, was positioned under the aircraft’s center of gravity, so that the gun barrel markedly protruded from under the aircraft’s nose. To make enough space, the Do 217 Es bomb aimer’s ventral gondola and his rearward-facing defensive position under the cockpit were omitted and faired over. The nose section was also totally different: the original extensive glazing (the so-called “Kampfkopf”) was replaced by a smaller, conventional canopy, similar to the later Do 217 J and N night fighter versions, together with a solid nose - the original glass panels would have easily shattered upon firing the gun, esp. in a steep high-speed dive. A "Lotfernrohr" bomb aiming device was still installed in a streamlined and protected fairing, though, so that the navigator could guide the pilot during the approach to the target and during the attack run.
To stabilize the heavy aircraft during its attack and to time- and safely pull out of the dive, a massive mechanical dive brake was mounted at the extended tail tip, which unfolded with four "petals". A charecteristic stabilizing dorsal strake was added between the twin fins, too.
The ventral area behind the gun’s rear-facing muzzle received additional metal plating and blast guiding vanes, after trials in late 1940 had revealed that firing the SG 104 could easily damage the Do 217’s tail structure, esp. all of the tail surfaces’ rudders and the fins’ lower ends in particular. Due to all this extra weight, the Do 217 F-0’s defensive armament consisted only of a single 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in a manually operated dorsal position behind the cockpit cabin, which offered space for a crew of three. A fixed 15 mm MG 151 autocannon was mounted in the nose, too, a weapon with a long barrel for extended range and accuracy. It was not an offensive weapon, though, rather intended as an aiming aid for the SG 104 because it was loaded with tracer bullets: during the final phase of the attack dive, the pilot kept firing the MG 151, and the bullet trail showed if he was on target to fire the SG 104 when the right altitude/range had been reached.
The first Do 217 F-0 was flown and tested in late 1943, and after some detail changes the type was cleared for a limited production run of ten aircraft in January 1944. The first operational machine was delivered to a dedicated testing commando, the Erprobungskommando 104 “Münchhausen”, also known as “Sonderkommando Münchhausen” or simply “E-Staffel 104”. The unit was based at Bordeaux/Merignac and directly attached to the KG 40's as a staff flight. At that time, KG 40 operated Do 217 and He 177 bombers and frequently flew reconnaissance and anti-shipping missions over the Atlantic west of France, up to the British west and southern coast, equipped with experimental Henschel Hs 293 glide bombs.
Initial flights confirmed that the Do 217 airframe was burdened with the SG 104 to its limits, the already rather sluggish aircraft (the Do 217 had generally a high wing loading and was not easy to fly) lost anything that was left of what could be called agility. It needed an experienced pilot to handle it safely, esp. during start and landing. It is no wonder that two Do 217 F-0s suffered ground accidents during the first two weeks of operations, but the machines could be repaired, resume the test program and carry out attack missions.
However, during one of the first test shots with the weapon, one Do 217 F-0 lost its complete tail section though the gun blast, and the aircraft crashed into the Bay of Biscay, killing the complete crew.
On 4th or April 1944 the first "hot" attack against an enemy ship was executed in the Celtic Sea off of Brest, against a convoy of 20 ships homeward bound from Gibraltar. The attack was not successful, though, the shot missing its target, and the German bomber was attacked and heavily damaged by British Bristol Beaufighters that had been deployed to protect the ships. The Do 217F-0 eventually crashed and sank into the Atlantic before it could reach land again.
A couple of days later, on 10th of April, the first attempt to attack and destroy a land target was undertaken: two Do 217 F-0s took off to attack Bouldnor Battery, an armored British artillery position located on the Isle of Wight. One machine had to abort the attack due to oil leakages, the second Do 217 F-0 eventually reached its target and made a shallow attack run, but heavy fog obscured the location and the otherwise successful shot missed the fortification. Upon return to its home base the aircraft was intercepted by RAF fighters over the Channel and heavily damaged, even though German fighters deployed from France came to the rescue, fought the British attackers off and escorted the limping Do 217 F-0 back to its home base.
These events revealed that the overall SG 104 concept was generally feasible, but also showed that the Do 217 F-0 was very vulnerable without air superiority or a suitable escort, so that new tactics had to be developed. One consequence was that further Do 217 F-0 deployments were now supported by V/KG 40, the Luftwaffe's only long range maritime fighter unit. These escorts consisted of Junkers Ju 88C-6s, which were capable of keeping up with the Do 217 F-0 and fend of intercepting RAF Coastal Command’s Beaufighters and later also Mosquitos.
In the meantime, tests with the SG 104 progressed and several modifications were tested on different EKdo 104's Do 217 F-0s. One major upgrade was a further strengthening of the tail section, which added another 200 kg (440 lb) to the aircraft's dry weight. Furthermore, at least three aircraft were outfitted with additional dive brakes under the outer wings, so that the dive could be better controlled and intercepted. these aircraft, however, lost their plumbed underwing hardpoints, but these were only ever used for drop tanks during transfer flights - a loaded SG 104 precluded any other ordnance. On two other aircraft the SG 104 was modified to test different muzzle brakes and deflectors for the rear-facing opening, so that the gun blast was more effectively guided away from the airframe to prevent instability and structural damage. For instance, one machine was equipped with a bifurcated blast deflector that directed the rearward gasses partly sideways, away from the fuselage.
These tests did not last long, though. During the Allied Normandy landings in June 1944 E-Staffel 104 was hastily thrown into action and made several poorly-prepared attack runs against Allied support ships. The biggest success was a full hit and the resulting sinking of the Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Svenner (G03) by "1A+BA" at dawn on 6th of June, off Sword, one of the Allied landing zones. Other targets were engaged, too, but only with little effect. This involvement, however, led to the loss of three Do 217 F-0s within just two days and four more heavily damaged aircraft – leaving only two of EKdo 104's Do 217 F-0s operational.
With the Allied invasion of France and a worsening war condition, the SG 104 program was stopped in August 1944 and the idea of an airborne anti-ship gun axed in favor of more flexible guided weapons like the Hs 293 missile and the Fritz-X glide bomb. Plans for a further developed weapon with a three-round drum magazine were immediately stopped, also because there was no carrier aircraft in sight that could carry and deploy this complex 6.5 tons weapon. However, work on the SG 104 and the experience gained from EKdo 104's field tests were not in vain. The knowledge gathered from the Münchhausen program was directly used for the design of a wide range of other, smaller recoilless aircraft weapons, including the magnetically-triggered SG 113 "Förstersonde" anti-tank weapon or the lightweight SG 118 "Rohrblock" unguided air-to-air missile battery for the Heinkel He 162 "Volksjäger".
General characteristics:
Crew: 3 (pilot, navigator, radio operator/gunner)
Length: 20,73 m (67 ft 11 in) overall
18,93 m (62 ft 3/4 in) hull only
Wingspan: 19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Height: 4.97 m (16 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 57 m² (610 sq ft)
Empty weight: 9,065 kg (19,985 lb)
Empty equipped weight:10,950 kg (24,140 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 16,700 kg (36,817 lb)
Fuel capacity: 2,960 l (780 US gal; 650 imp gal) in fuselage tank and four wing tanks
Powerplant:
2× BMW 801D-2 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, delivering
1,300 kW (1,700 hp) each for take-off and 1,070 kW (1,440 hp) at 5,700 m (18,700 ft),
driving 3-bladed VDM constant-speed propellers
Performance:
Maximum speed: 475 km/h (295 mph, 256 kn) at sea level
560 km/h (350 mph; 300 kn) at 5,700 m (18,700 ft)
Cruise speed: 400 km/h (250 mph, 220 kn) with loaded Gerät 104 at optimum altitude
Range: 2,180 km (1,350 mi, 1,180 nmi) with maximum internal fuel
Ferry range: 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi); unarmed, with auxiliary fuel tanks
Service ceiling: 7,370 m (24,180 ft) with loaded Gerät 104,
9,500 m (31,200 ft) after firing
Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 4 minutes 10 seconds
2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 8 minutes 20 seconds
6,100 m (20,000 ft) in 24 minutes 40 seconds
Armament:
1x 355.6 mm (14-inch) Sondergerät 104 recoilless gun with a single round in ventral position
1x 15 mm (0.787 in) MG 151 machine cannon with 200 rounds, fixed in the nose
1x 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine gun with 500 rounds, movable in dorsal position
Two underwing hardpoints for a 900 l drop tank each, but only used during unarmed ferry flights
The kit and its assembly:
This was another submission to the "Gunships" group build at whatifmodellers.com in late 2021, and inspiration struck when I realized that I had two Italeri Do 217 in The Stash - a bomber and a night fighter - that could be combined into a suitable (fictional) carrier for a Sondergerät 104. This mighty weapon actually existed and even reached the hardware/test stage - but it was never integrated into an airframe and tested in flight. But that's what this model is supposed to depict.
On the Do 217, the Sg 104 would have been carried externally under the fuselage, even though there had been plans to integrate this recoilless rifle into airframes, esp. into the Ju 288. Since the latter never made it into production, the Do 217 would have been the most logical alternative, also because it had the highest payload of all German bombers during WWII and probably the only aircraft capable of carrying and deploying the Münchhausen device, as the SG 104 was also known.
The fictional Do 217 F-0 is a kitbashing, using a Do 217 N fuselage, combined with the wings from a Do 217 K bomber, plus some modifications. What initially sounded like a simple plan soon turned into a improvisation mess: it took some time to realize that I had already donated the Do 217 K's BMW 801 engines to another project, an upgraded He 115... I did not want to use the nightfighter's more powerful DB 603s, and I was lucky to have an Italeri Ju 188 kit at hand which comes with optional BMW 801s and Jumo 211s. Transplanting these engines onto the Do 217's wings took some tailoring of the adapter plates, but was feasible. However, the BMW 801s from the Ju 188 kit have a flaw: they lack the engine's characteristic cooling fans... Another lucky find: I found two such parts in the scrap box, even though from different kits - one left over from another Italeri Do 217 K, the other one from what I assume is/was an Italeri 1:72 Fw 190 A/F. To make matters worse, one propeller from the Ju 188 kit was missing, so that I had to find a(nother) replacement. :-/
I eventually used something that looked like an 1:72 F6F Hellcat propeller, but I an not certain about this because I have never built this model...? With some trimming on the blades' trailing edges and other mods, the donor's overall look could be adapted to the Ju 188 benchmark. Both propellers were mounted on metal axis' so that they could also carry the cooling fans. Lots of work, but the result looks quite good.
The Do 217 N's hull lost the lower rear gunner position and its ventral gondola, which was faired over with a piece of styrene sheet. The pilot was taken OOB, the gunner in the rear position was replaced by a more blob-like crew member from the scrap box. The plan to add a navigator in the seat to the lower right of the pilot did not work out due to space shortage, but this figure would probably have been invisble, anyway.
All gun openings in the nose were filled and PSRed away, and a fairing for a bomb aiming device and a single gun (the barrel is a hollow steel needle) were added.
The SG 104 was scratched. Starting point was a white metal replacement barrel for an 1:35 ISU-152 SPG with a brass muzzle brake. However, after dry-fitting the barrel under the hull the barrel turned out to be much too wide, so that only the muzzal brake survived and the rest of the weapon was created from a buddy refueling pod (from an Italeri 1:72 Luftwaffe Tornado, because of its two conical ends) and protective plastic caps from medical canulas. To attach this creation to the hull I abused a conformal belly tank from a Matchbox Gloster Meteor night fighter and tailored it into a streamlined fairing. While this quite a Frankenstein creation, the overall dimensions match the real SG 104 prototype and its look well.
Other cosmetic modifications include a pair of underwing dive brakes, translanted from an Italeri 1:72 Ju 88 A-4 kit, an extended (scratched) tail "stinger" which resembles the real dive brake arrangement that was installed on some Do 217 E bombers, and I added blast deflector vanes and a dorsal stabilizer fin.
In order to provide the aircraft with enough ground clearance, the tail wheel was slightly extended. Thanks to the long tail stinger, this is not blatantly obvious.
Painting and markings:
This was not an easy choice, but as a kind of prototype I decided that the paint scheme should be rather conservative. However, German aircraft operating over the Atlantic tended to carry rather pale schemes, so that the standard pattern of RLM 70/71/65 (Dunkelgrün, Schwarzgrün and Hellblau) with a low waterline - typical for experimental types - would hardly be appropriate.
I eventually found a compromise on a He 177 bomber (coded 6N+BN) from 1944 that was operated by KG 100: this particular aircraft had a lightened upper camouflage - still a standard splinter scheme but consisting of RLM 71 and 02 (Dunkelgrün and Grau; I used Modelmaster 2081 and Humbrol 240), a combination that had been used on German fighters during the Battle of Britain when the standard colors turned out to be too dark for operations over the Channel. The aircraft also carried standard RLM 65 (or maybe the new RLM76) underneath (Humbrol 65) and on the fin, but with a very high and slightly wavy waterline. As a rather unusual feature, no typical camouflage mottles were carried on the flanks or the fin, giving the aircraft a very bleak and simple look.
Despite my fears that this might look rather boring I adapted this scheme for the Do 217 F-0, and once basic painting was completed I was rather pleased by the aircraft's look! As an aircraft operated at the Western front, no additional markings like fuselage bands were carried.
To set the SG 104 apart from the airframe, I painted the weapon's visible parts in RLM 66 (Schwarzgrau, Humbrol 67), because this tone was frequently used for machinery (including the interior surfaces of aircraft towards 1945).
RLM 02 was also used for the interior surfaces and the landing gear, even though I used a slightly different, lighter shade in form of Revell 45 (Helloliv).
A light black ink washing was applied and post-shading to emphasize panel lines. Most markings/decals came from a Begemot 1:72 He 11 sheet, including the unusual green tactical code - it belongs to a staff unit, a suitable marking for such an experimental aircraft. The green (Humbrol 2) was carried over to the tips of the propeller spinners. The unit's code "1A" is fictional, AFAIK this combination had never been used by the Luftwaffe.
The small unit badge was alucky find: it actually depicts the fictional Baron von Münchhausen riding on a cannonball, and it comes from an Academy 1:72 Me 163 kit and its respective sheet. The mission markings underneath, depicting two anti-ship missions plus a successful sinking, came from a TL Modellbau 1:72 scale sheet with generic German WWII victory markings.
After some soot stains around the engine exhaust and weapon muzzles had been added with graphite, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish and final details like position lights and wire antennae (from heated black plastic sprue material) were added.
Well, what started as a combination of two kits of the same kind with a simple huge pipe underneath turned out to be more demanding than expected. The (incomplete) replacement engines were quite a challenge, and body work on the hull (tail stinger, fairing for the SG 104 as well as the weapon itself) turned out to be more complex and extensive than initially thought of. The result looks quite convincing, also supported by the rather simple paint scheme which IMHO just "looks right" and very convincing. And the whole thing is probably the most direct representation of the inspiring "Gunship" theme!
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New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States
Summary
The Vanderzee-Harper House is a fine surviving example of a Queen Anne style residence with Shingle style details, built c.1887 in Staten Island’s affluent “Fort Hill” section. The house features many details characteristic of the Queen Anne and Shingle styles, including a prominent three-story tower; bay window projections; bracketed, cantilevered gable projections; turned woodwork and a curved roofline at the porch; textured shingle and clapboard siding; a variety of window types and shapes, including multi-light upper sash and stained-glass windows; and a tall, decorative masonry chimney.
The house was constructed c.1887 for Margaret A. Shields (later Vanderzee) who had recently purchased the property from Charles A. Herpich. A Manhattan furrier and prominent Staten Island resident, Herpich had substantial real estate holdings in the area, including his large home nearby at the corner of Westervelt and Hendricks avenues.
Having purchased the property in 1887, Margaret A. Vanderzee retained ownership until 1920, although she and her husband had relocated to Philadelphia by 1895. After occupancy by several renters, the home was owned for over twenty-five years by the family of Thomas Harper, a grocery store owner who was active in local civic affairs. The house has recently been restored and many of its historic decorative features remain intact.
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
The Site
The Vanderzee-Harper House is located on Fort Hill in northeastern Staten Island at the edges of the villages of Tompkinsville, New Brighton and St. George. Considered the oldest European village in eastern Staten Island, Tompkinsville was known in colonial times as the Watering Place for a fresh water spring located there. According to Holden’s Staten Island, The History of Richmond County, Giovanni da Verrazzano, who is credited with “discovering” the island in 1524, was led “to safe anchorage near ‘The Watering Place’” by resident “friendly LeniLenapes.” Evidence of earlier inhabitation by Native Americans during the Woodland period has also been found in the surrounding area, including traces of campsites, Native American artifacts and “triangular points.” In 1639, several families sent by Captain David Pietersz De Vries, who was the second patroon to receive a land grant on Staten Island from the Dutch West India Company, settled near the Watering Place. According to research done by former Staten Island Borough Historian Dick Dickenson, there is evidence that these colonists may have owned African slaves, the first living on Staten Island. The colony did not survive past 1641.
Residential development of this section of Staten Island was first promoted by Daniel D. Tompkins. A governor of New York and later vice president of the United States, Tompkins (1774-1825) spent considerable time on Staten Island during the War of 1812. Impressed by the island’s natural beauty and the ease of travel to Manhattan, in October 1816, Tompkins commissioned a survey of a portion of his recently purchased land to be developed as the village of Tompkinsville. Realizing that transportation would significantly aid development, he procured the incorporation of the Richmond Turnpike Company to establish a highway from the New Blazing Star Ferry on the west shore of Staten Island to Tompkinsville along the route of present-day Victory Boulevard. He also acquired an interest in the steamboat monopoly of Fulton and Livingston and the following year established regular ferry service between Staten Island and Whitehall Street in New York City. In 1817, Tompkins, in his last year as governor of New York, signed the “Final Abolition Act” that freed all slaves living in the state by 1827. (Although a known abolitionist, the 1800 U. S. Census lists Daniel D. Tompkins living in the 1st Ward in New York City as having one enslaved person in his household.) Tompkins borrowed heavily to finance his enterprises in Staten Island, expecting to be reimbursed for expenses he had incurred on behalf of the government during the War of 1812. Stalled repayments brought about foreclosure proceedings on the land, and following his death in 1825 other creditors brought suit against his estate. Several of his children and his nephew, Caleb T. Ward, some of whom were in part responsible for the early development of the adjacent village of Stapleton, purchased portions of his former holdings at auction in the late 1820s and early 1830s.
In 1830, Dr. John S. Westervelt (1799-1869), the first health officer of the port of New York, who had married Daniel Tompkins’ daughter Hannah, purchased a ninety-eight acre tract that formerly had been part of her father’s estate. The Westervelts moved into Tompkins’ house (demolished) on Fort Hill near the present-day intersection of Fort Place and Sherman Avenue. To provide access to this property from Richmond Terrace and the dock at the foot of Jersey Street, Dr. Westervelt had a lane opened that eventually became Westervelt Avenue. In 1871, two years after Dr. Westervelt’s death, his widow Hannah and their son Tompkins, as executrix and executor of his estate, conveyed over 11 lots to Charles A. Herpich. Including several acres in two separate real estate transactions, the property had street frontage on Westervelt Avenue, Fourth Avenue (now Benziger Avenue), Sherman Avenue and Fort Street (now Fort Place).
During the 1880s, this area of Staten Island continued to develop as a residential neighborhood following the integration of competing Staten Island ferry lines at one location, linking to train service at the site of the present St. George ferry terminal. In 1887, Herpich and his wife Matilda sold an approximately 90 by 100 foot lot to Margaret A. Shields.
Charles A. Herpich
Born in Berlin in 1831, Charles A. Herpich came to the United States in the 1850s and established a fur importing business in New York in 1853 with a partner firm in Leipzig, Germany. Herpich began purchasing property in the New Brighton/Tompkinsville area in 1861, and made his residence in a large house at the northwest corner of Westervelt and Hendricks (formerly Fifth) avenues, which was described as one of the finest mansion on Staten Island (demolished). By 1874, maps show that he owned extensive property in the area. Herpich was described as a “popular, enterprising and generous” man and was involved in public affairs. He was a member of the New Brighton Board of Trustees, serving for a time as its president, served two terms as Supervisor from the town of Castleton, served as a trustee of the Madison Avenue School, Tompkinsville, and was a founder and president of the German Club and one of the trustees of the Lutheran Church in Stapleton.
He achieved much success in his business ventures, and according to his obituary in the New York Times, “was one of the leading men in the trade in the United States.” The country’s financial state did, however, take a toll on his business activity, and Herpich was forced to make assignments after the panic of 1877, and again in 1886. The business again suffered in the depression of the mid-1890s. Herpich settled with his creditors and continued to operate as a wholesaler, however, never matching his earlier success. A third assignment was made in 1897, and although he resumed business “it [was] believed that he gave up all hope of ever recovering his fortune.” Herpich died on June 18, 1898 from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
First Residents
Margaret Ann Shields of the town of Castleton purchased property from Charles A. and Matilda Herpich in June of 1887. Although the house was not specifically mentioned in the deed, the purchase price of $4500 indicates that it was likely present on the lot. Herpich probably had the house constructed shortly before the sale, as it does not appear on an atlas of the area published in 1887. As early as 1880, Shields, who was born in Westchester County, New York, was living with her parents nearby on Second Avenue and later on Westervelt Avenue, on the adjacent tax block. By the time of their son’s birth in May of 1890, Margaret A. Shields and Gordon Doane Vanderzee were married and living in the Westervelt Avenue house. A native Staten Islander, Vanderzee and his brothers were involved in the clothing business and, prior to his marriage, lived in Tompkinsville on nearby First Avenue (now Corson Avenue). The Vanderzees remained in the house for less than ten years, relocating to Philadelphia around 1895; however, they retained ownership of the house as a rental property until 1920.
Design and Construction
The Vanderzee-Harper House is an excellent surviving example of a transitional Queen Anne/Shingle style residence, two styles that were popular at the time of the house’s construction. Lying on the slope of Fort Hill, the house was designed with a picturesque tower and bay window projections to take advantage of its hillside location and harbor views, and has a verticality that is characteristic of the Queen Anne style. Other distinctive Queen Anne features include the bracketed, cantilevered gable projections; contrasting wall surfaces; turned woodwork at the porch; a variety of multi-light and stained glass windows; and the tall, decorative masonry chimney. While the irregular form and use of a corner turret is characteristic of both styles, the builder’s attempt to integrate it into the main roof, albeit a little awkward, shows the influence of the Shingle style. Other Shingle-style details include the continuous wall and roof surfaces with shingle siding and the wavy porch roof.
Inspired by the British style of the same name, the Queen Anne style was popular from the 1870s until the 1910s, and was the most dominant style of domestic building during the last twenty years of the 19th century. Buildings constructed in the Queen Anne style exhibit a greater freedom in their massing and a more varied, and frequently whimsical, use of ornament. The style is characterized by picturesque and asymmetrical massing of forms and details, including the free use of varied materials, colors and textures. Certain motifs, such as the use of textured wall surfaces, towers, turrets, bay windows and stained-glass, are used on many of the houses built in this style, but they are arranged and rearranged with other decorative devices in an unending variety of forms. With a central goal of avoiding flat wall surfaces, the style’s irregularity of form allowed it to be interpreted on a broad range of housing types, from large frame mansions to small vernacular homes to masonry rowhouses.
In addition to the corner tower, gable projections and bay windows add variety to basic rectangular form of the house at the Vanderzee-Harper House. The side gables of the eaves-front building are bracketed and cantilevered over both the north and south facades; and smaller gable projections extend from all three secondary facades. The cut-away bay at the first floor of the front facade creates a slight cantilever of the second story at the southwest corner. The house features two other bay windows, extending from the south and rear (east) facades. Additional surface texture is added by the use clapboard cladding at the base and patterned shingles at the upper floors. Rectangular shingles, set at alternating levels or straight across, are mixed with rows of scalloped shingles to give more variety to the wall surfaces. Like the majority of Queen Anne buildings, the house at 327 Westervelt Avenue features a front porch with turned woodwork. One original column remains at the northeast corner of the porch, distinguished by a large, central round element; while slightly more simplified, the historic posts at the northwest and southwest corners were relocated from the rear porch. Other notable Queen Anne features on the house include the use of large panes of glass, bounded by smaller panes in a multi-light-over-one, double-hung window configuration, found in most openings on all facades; and the use of decorative stained glass windows at the second floor of the front facade and at the center of the north facade.
Beginning in the 1880s as a popular style for the construction of seaside “cottages,” the most defining characteristic of the Shingle style is its cladding of continuous wood shingles, which cover an irregular house form. Although it spread across the country from the New England communities of Newport and Cape Cod, because of its generally low and sprawling form, the style was never practical or popular in urban settings. Influenced by the Queen Anne style, as well as the Colonial Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque, the Shingle style borrowed wide porches, shingled surfaces and asymmetrical forms from its picturesque predecessor. The style did not achieve the popularity of the Queen Anne; it “remained primarily a high-fashion, architect’s style, rather than becoming widely adapted to mass vernacular housing.” Although unusual in New York, in addition to its influence on 327 Westervelt Avenue, a number of houses designed in the Shingle style remain in the nearby St. George/New Brighton area (a designated New York City Historic District.)
In addition to being the most defining characteristic of the style, the continuous wall and roof surfaces clad with shingle siding is the dominant Shingle-style characteristic of the Vanderzee-Harper House. At the time of its construction, the main roof of the house likely also featured wood shingles, further unifying the structure. (Wood shingles are currently prohibited as a roofing material by New York City building code and therefore cannot be replaced in kind, once removed.) Evidence of the wood-shingle roofing remains at the porch roofs on the front facade. Additionally, the curved roofline of the porch roof recalls the curvilinear shape of eyebrow dormers or wavy wall surfaces, commonly found on Shingle-style houses.
The building’s architect has not been determined. Based on style and detail, it has been attributed to Edward Alfred Sargent, Staten Island’s most prominent 19th-century architect who designed over 300 buildings on the island during his career, a number of which were located in the area. However, there is no documentation to substantiate this claim. Some of the building’s features, including the corner tower, projecting bays, porches, stained-glass windows and shingled-wall surfaces, although commonly used by Sargent, are generally characteristic of the Queen Anne or Shingle styles. Additionally, study of other extant buildings and architectural delineations indicates a general difference in proportion of this house to other documented Sargent commissions.
It is also possible that the house was not designed by an architect, but was designed by a builder or inspired by a pattern book. Although builder’s guides had been published earlier, beginning in the 1870s an increasing number of architectural pattern books were marketed to the general public. Often published by architects who realized the potential of mass marketing their designs, the books served as a catalog from which full sets of construction drawings could be ordered, often including site selection and technique suggestions, material lists and estimates, and even sample contracts for builders. Pattern books allowed architect-designed houses to be more affordable to the middle-class, although their construction was still limited to the skills of the local contractor and lacked the oversight that an architect often provided during construction. Often modified by their builders, these houses frequently exhibit a whimsical eclecticism, with multiple styles freely mixed on the same house in a decidedly non-Academic way, and in a romantic manner inspired by the picturesque architecture of the era.
Later History
Suburban development continued in the area as the owners of large estates died and the heirs sold off the properties. Following Staten Island’s 1898 consolidation into the City of New York, the neighborhood’s close proximity to the newly created Borough Center at St. George, an important transportation terminus and link to Manhattan, helped maintain the area as an important “suburb,” a status which it continues to maintain today.
Several renters occupied the house at 327 Westervelt Avenue after the Vanderzees relocated to Philadelphia. According to census records, Austro-German immigrant Ignatius Newburg, a liquor importer, lived there with his wife, three sons, two daughters and a servant in 1910. Five years later, his children continued to occupy the house, still maintaining a servant. By 1920, Swedish immigrant Albert Johnson lived there with his Bohemian-immigrant wife and their three daughters. The Johnsons shared the house with two borders, a German- and Bohemian-immigrant married couple and an Italian-immigrant lodger. Thomas H. Harper, a resident of nearby Hendricks Avenue, purchased the property in June of 1920, with plans to live there upon the expiration of the current tenants’ lease.
Thomas H. Harper was born in Ireland in 1857 and immigrated to the United States in the 1870s, first settling in Brooklyn. Harper came to Staten Island in 1878, where he operated grocery stores in both Stapleton and New Brighton. He purchased two lots from Charles A. Herpich on Fifth Avenue (later Hendricks Avenue) in 1884 and made his residence there for the next 36 years. In addition to his business, Harper was active in public affairs, serving as a Trustee, and later president of the Board of Education of former Public School District 3 (New Brighton) and also as a Trustee of the Village of New Brighton prior to Staten Island’s consolidation into the City of New York. Harper was a charter member and director of the New Brighton Co-operative Savings and Loan Association and was an active member of the American Red Cross during World War I. Shortly after his death in 1922, his widow Ella sold the house to their son Lester and his wife Ethel, but continued to live there until her death in 1940. The Harpers sold the house and half of the lot in 1946; this subdivision of the property later allowed for the construction of the building at 333 Westervelt Avenue in 1952-53. Subsequent owners that occupied the house for long time periods include: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. and Ana Quaranta (9 years), Mr. and Mrs. Milton and Marjorie Saul (28 years), and Mr. Ronald Brown (19 years). The house was sold again in 2002 and underwent extensive interior and exterior renovation work including the installation of new plumbing and electrical systems, the addition of a second story to the rear porch, the restoration of the historic shingle and clapboard siding, and the installation of new windows at the rear facade.
Description
The Vanderzee-Harper House is located on a rectangular lot that has a frontage of 50 feet along Westervelt Avenue and is approximately 89 feet deep. The house sits just forward of the center of the lot, behind a simple iron railing with historic iron posts. A concrete-paved path leads from the sidewalk through a decorative iron gate set between two, non-historic brick piers to the front door. The path is flanked by gardens and several low, curvilinear bluestone planting beds. Located on Fort Hill, the site slopes down toward the south (side) and east (rear of the building). There is a concrete paved sidewalk along the northern side of the house, and a less-structured path of bluestone pavers, gravel and brick, as well as numerous plantings along the southern side of the house, leading to the well-planted rear yard.
Set on brick foundation, the two-and-a-half-story building, divided into five bays at the first floor and two bays at the upper stories, is dominated by a three-story round and polygonal tower at the front facade. The facade features pale-green painted clapboard siding with olive-green corner boards at the first floor and natural-wood or brown-painted shingles of different shapes at the second and third stories. The large, one-story porch at the northern half of the front facade partially wraps around the north-side facade and features projecting gable and curved rooflines, extending from the second floor tower. The porch is supported by simplified, turned wood posts, painted brown and olive green, set on an olive-green, square-post railing with light green square balusters. Brown-painted rectangular wood shingles, set at alternating levels, fill the gable while unpainted wood shingles cover both porch roofs. The porch features a brown-painted wood floor and unpainted bead board ceiling with a light fixture and several planters suspended from it. The first bay of the first floor has a rectangular, single-pane fixed window with a storm window and the numbers “327” above. The paneled wood and glass door is located in the second bay, and features a brown-painted wooden storm door and simple, olive-green painted surround. The next three openings comprise a bay window of multi-light-over-one, double-hung wood windows with simple wood surrounds and storm windows. There is a small, rectangular basement window located below the fourth bay. The second floor of the front facade is divided into two bays and features scalloped and rectangular wood shingles. The rounded section of the tower projects from the facade in the first bay and features a tripartite window composed of three, multi-light-over-one, double-hung wood windows with simple wood surrounds and wood storm windows. The second bay of the second floor also contains a tripartite window, however, it features three rectangular, stained-glass windows set above a single, multilight-over-one, double-hung wood window with olive-green painted wood shutters, all with storm windows. The natural-wood-shingle-clad tower extends above the roofline at the third story with a polygonal shape, three, multi-light-over-one, double-hung wood windows with simple wood surrounds and wood storm windows, and an asphalt-shingled, bell roof. Side walls and a gable roof extend from the sides of the tower, intersecting with the slope of the eaves-front, asphalt-shingled main roof. A small, gable-front dormer, with natural-wood shingle cladding and a single, multi-light-over-one, double-hung wood window with simple wood surround, extends above the southern side of the roof. The dormer has a historic, wood storm window and asphalt shingles at the roof. A pale-grey-stuccoed, decorative brick chimney with two flue caps extends from the slope of the roof near its southern edge.
The southern (side) facade is visible from both Westervelt Avenue and partially visible from Benziger Avenue. Like the front facade, the side features pale-green painted clapboard siding with olive-green corner boards at the first floor and natural-wood shingles of different shapes at the second and third stories. A bay window projects from the eastern portion of the facade at the first two stories and basement, below an extended gable at the third floor. The triangular portion of the main roof gable also extends forward, cantilevered over the wall surface of the facade and supported by simple, curved brackets. There is a single, multi-light-over-one, double-hung wood window with simple wood surround and historic wood storm window in each opening on the first and seconds floors of the bay window, and a single, one-over-one, doublehung wood window with simple wood surround toward the western edge of the facade at the second floor. Paired, one-over-one, double-hung wood windows with simple wood surrounds and wood storm windows are located in the center of the facade at the third floor. There is a rectangular window in an elliptical opening at the center of the small gable projection. A two-story porch, extending from the rear facade, is visible from the southeast corner of this facade. At the basement level, there are two, single-pane multi-light wood windows with storm windows, and two, one-over-one, double-hung vinyl windows in the center on third openings of the bay projection. Metal conduit runs down the southwest corner and along the bottom of the facade and there are two flood lights, two utility meters, three vents, wires and a spigot attached to facade.
The eastern (rear) facade is partially visible from Benziger and Hendricks avenues and features a large, two-story porch that partially wraps around the southeast corner of the building. Like the front and south facades, the rear facade features pale-green painted clapboard siding with olive-green corner boards at the first floor and natural-wood or brown-painted shingles of different shapes at the second and third stories. The porch is supported by simplified, white-painted turned wood posts with square bases at the first floor and square 6” by 6” wood posts at the basement level. The porch also features light-green-painted bead board trim; natural-woodfinish, square-wood-baluster railings; bead-board ceilings; and one light fixture at each level. There is a projecting bay with a low-pitched, hipped roof in the northern portion of the facade at the first and second floors. A projecting gable extends from the eaves-front roof above this bay window. Each of the three openings at both floors of the projecting bay have replacement wood windows in the historic, multi-light-over-one, double-hung configuration. A gable-roofed dormer and stuccoed brick chimney with flue cap extend from the roof of rear facade. Because the house was constructed on a sloped site, the brick basement is at grade at the rear. There is a wood-andglass door with wood storm door and two, one-over-one, double-hung vinyl windows with wood storm windows in segmentally arched openings at the basement level of the facade, and a bluestone, brick and concrete patio under the porch.
The northern (side) facade is visible from Westervelt and Hendricks avenues and is clad in non-historic composite siding. (At two places, the synthetic siding is partially removed, revealing the historic clapboard or shingle siding.) The eastern portion of the facade projects below an extended gable and the triangular portion of the main roof gable is cantilevered forward, supported by simple, curved brackets. Several windows of various sizes and configurations, most with storm windows, dot the facade, including a large, stained-glass window at the center of the first floor and a small, rectangular stained-glass window at the center of the second floor. The trim and simple window surrounds are painted dark red at this facade. Because the site slopes downward, much of the brick foundation is visible toward the eastern (rear) end of the house. At the basement level, there is one, one-over-one, double-hung vinyl window and one masonry opening with brick infill. A leader runs down this facade at the north east corner, and there are two vents and one flood light fixture at this facade.
- From the 2009 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report
336 N Market St, Wooster, OH. This store opened in 1952 as a relocation from a smaller space downtown--their second store, which opened in 1932.
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Though there were many local-flair pictures on the wall, only a few of them were Buehler's-related. The photo on the left is of their downtown Wooster store, the photo on the right is of one of their delivery trucks.
Since it relocated to the new building in Hillcrest back in May 2021, it had been trashed due to the lack of security measures i.e. fencing and plywood sheets to cover every window and door.
This one was considered to be the second one to open in South Australia 50 years ago after the one in Everard Park.
Nature never ceases to amaze me - how did the couple communicate this move. First he had a mouthful of grasses that he took to the old home - I assume to keep the babies busy eating while he moved them one by one. When he returned - his wife was following (not carrying a baby) and he had the first baby. She stayed on the new nest in the marsh while he retrieved the rest of their family. It was a lot of fun to watch and we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
2 1/2 hours later he had moved 5 babies and must have been exhausted - he went back to the old home, but hadn't returned within 45 minutes so we left. He was aware of me, even though I was at a respectable distance and he would swim by quickly - changed my camera body to the 7D for a faster shutter speed with the available evening light. Some babies were moved upside down, others with their bum toward me so it was nice that this one's head was facing my way. The marsh is surrounded by trees as you can see reflected in the water. He was moving them from one pond to another and had to dive under a culvert with the baby in his mouth - this is just as they are breaking the surface of the water.
Dropping in to say hello - I was hoping to be back on flickr more regularly but it hasn't worked out - hopefully I'll be back soon. Miss you all and want you to know that I check your images every chance I get. Will catch up on your latest tonight.
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On the history of theological studies in St. Pölten
The Diocese of St. Pölten was as Josephinian foundation by Papal Bull of 28 January 1785 erected. Until then, its territory - the quarters above the Vienna Woods (Wiener Wald) and above the Mannhartsberg of Lower Austria - belonged to the diocese of Passau (Bavaria today).
Before the elevation to diocese there were already in the monasteries theological house studies; the secular clergy received its education at the University of Vienna and since the 16th Century at the Vienna Jesuit College of St. Barbara. From the mid-18th Century the Jesuits more and more clergy education was deprived. So arose in 1758 in Vienna and in 1762 in Enns seminaries. For Lower Austria bought Auxiliary Bishop Anton Franz Marxer 1754 the demesne of Gutenbrunn (20 km to the North-East of St. Pölten) and had there built an Alumnat (residentIal school) with theological studies (1767/68). Although it initially (1783) fell victim to Josephine General seminaries, but was relocated in 1785 to St. Pölten.
In this monastery, the house Wiener Straße 38, there was heretofore a theological study house, which was also attended by the neighboring Chorherrn (Canons).
The OFM (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) monastery dates back to the work of St. John Capistrano and was founded soon after 1455. From this period stems still the Alumnatskapelle (chapel), former presbytery of the monastery church. On 26 November 1785 was opened there for the graduates of the General Seminary a kind of pastoral course. After the abolition of the General seminaries erected bishop Kerens for the diocese a philosophical-theological educational institution, on 14th October 1791 commencing its operations. First, it was purely a training institution, but gained from the mid-19th Century increasingly academic interest. Since 1st September 1971 it is called "Philosophical-Theological College of the Diocese of St. Pölten". Since the academic year 1971/72 in addition to the specific theological discipline of study also a study for religious pedagogy is administered. The studies correspond to the Church standards and the state legislature.
History of the City St. Pölten
In order to present concise history of the Lower Austrian capital is in the shop of the city museum a richly illustrated full version on CD-ROM.
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On the occasion of the commemoration of the pogroms of November 1938, the Institute for Jewish History of Austria its virtual Memorbuch (Memory book) for the destroyed St. Pölten Jewish community since 10th November 2012 is putting online.
Prehistory
The time from which there is no written record is named after the main materials used for tools and weapons: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age. Using the latest technologies, archaeologists from archaeological finds and aerial photographs can trace a fairly detailed picture of life at that time. Especially for the time from the settling down of the People (New Stone Age), now practicing agriculture and animal husbandry, in the territory of St. Pölten lively settlement activity can be proved. In particular, cemeteries are important for the research, because the dead were laid in the grave everyday objects and jewelry, the forms of burial changing over time - which in turn gives the archeology valuable clues for the temporal determination. At the same time, prehistory of Sankt Pölten would not be half as good documented without the construction of the expressway S33 and other large buildings, where millions of cubic meters of earth were moved - under the watchful eyes of the Federal Monuments Office!
A final primeval chapter characterized the Celts, who settled about 450 BC our area and in addition to a new culture and religion also brought with them the potter's wheel. The kingdom of Noricum influenced till the penetration of the Romans the development in our area.
Roman period, migrations
The Romans conquered in 15 BC the Celtic Empire and established hereinafter the Roman province of Noricum. Borders were protected by military camp (forts), in the hinterland emerged civilian cities, almost all systematically laid out according to the same plan. The civil and commercial city Aelium Cetium, as St. Pölten was called (city law 121/122), consisted in the 4th Century already of heated stone houses, trade and craft originated thriving urban life, before the Romans in the first third of the 5th Century retreated to Italy.
The subsequent period went down as the Migration Period in official historiography, for which the settlement of the Sankt Pöltner downtown can not be proved. Cemeteries witness the residence of the Lombards in our area, later it was the Avars, extending their empire to the Enns.
The recent archaeological excavations on the Cathedral Square 2010/2011, in fact, the previous knowledge of St.Pölten colonization not have turned upside down but enriched by many details, whose full analysis and publication are expected in the near future.
Middle Ages
With the submission of the Avars by Charlemagne around 800 AD Christianity was gaining a foothold, the Bavarian Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee establishing a daughter house here - as founder are mentioned the brothers Adalbert and Ottokar - equipped with the relics of St. Hippolytus. The name St. Ypolit over the centuries should turn into Sankt Pölten. After the Hungarian wars and the resettlement of the monastery as Canons Regular of St. Augustine under the influence of Passau St. Pölten received mid-11th Century market rights.
In the second half of the 20th century historians stated that records in which the rights of citizens were held were to be qualified as Town Charters. Vienna is indeed already in 1137 as a city ("civitas") mentioned in a document, but the oldest Viennese city charter dates only from the year 1221, while the Bishop of Passau, Konrad, already in 1159 the St. Pöltnern secured:
A St. Pöltner citizen who has to answer to the court, has the right to make use of an "advocate".
He must not be forced to rid himself of the accusation by a judgment of God.
A St. Pöltner citizen may be convicted only by statements of fellow citizens, not by strangers.
From the 13th Century exercised a city judge appointed by the lord of the city the high and low jurisdiction as chairman of the council meetings and the Municipal Court, Inner and Outer Council supported him during the finding of justice. Venue for the public verdict was the in the 13th Century created new marketplace, the "Broad Market", now the town hall square. Originally square-shaped, it was only later to a rectangle reduced. Around it arose the market district, which together with the monastery district, the wood district and the Ledererviertel (quarter of the leather goods manufacturer) was protected by a double city wall.
The dependence of St. Pölten of the bishop of Passau is shown in the municipal coat of arms and the city seal. Based on the emblem of the heraldic animal of the Lord of the city, so the Bishop of Passau, it shows an upright standing wolf holding a crosier in its paw.
Modern Times
In the course of the armed conflict between the Emperor Frederick III . and King Matthias of Hungary pledged the Bishop of Passau the town on the Hungarian king. From 1485 stood Lower Austria as a whole under Hungarian rule. The most important document of this period is the awarding of the city coat of arms by King Matthias Corvinus in the year 1487. After the death of the opponents 1490 and 1493 could Frederick's son Maximilian reconquer Lower Austria. He considered St. Pölten as spoils of war and had no intention of returning it to the diocese of Passau. The city government has often been leased subsequently, for instance, to the family Wellenstein, and later to the families Trautson and Auersperg.
That St. Pölten now was a princely city, found its expression in the coat of arms letter of the King Ferdinand I. from 1538: From now on, the wolf had no crosier anymore, and the from the viewer's point of view left half showed the reverse Austrian shield, so silver-red-silver.
To the 16th Century also goes back the construction of St. Pöltner City Hall. The 1503 by judge and council acquired house was subsequently expanded, rebuilt, extended and provided with a tower.
A for the urban history research important picture, painted in 1623, has captured scenes of the peasant uprising of 1597, but also allows a view to the city and lets the viewer read some of the details of the then state of construction. The economic inconveniences of that time were only exacerbated by the Thirty Years War, at the end of which a fifth of the houses were uninhabited and the citizenry was impoverished.
Baroque
After the successful defense against the Turks in 1683, the economy started to recover and a significant building boom began. Lower Austria turned into the land of the baroque abbeys and monasteries, as it is familiar to us today.
In St. Pölten, the change of the cityscape is closely connected to the Baroque architect Jakob Prandtauer. In addition to the Baroquisation of the interior of the cathedral, a number of buildings in St. Pölten go to his account, so the reconstruction of the castle Ochsenburg, the erection of the Schwaighof and of the core building of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Englische Fräuleins - English Maidens) - from 1706 the seat of the first school order of St.Pölten - as well as of several bourgeois houses.
Joseph Munggenast, nephew and co-worker of Prandtauer, completed the Baroquisation of the cathedral, he baroquised the facade of the town hall (1727) and numerous bourgeois houses and designed a bridge over the Traisen which existed until 1907. In the decoration of the church buildings were throughout Tyroleans collaborating, which Jakob Prandtauer had brought along from his homeland (Tyrol) to St. Pölten, for example, Paul Troger and Peter Widerin.
Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II: Their reforms in the city of the 18th Century also left a significant mark. School foundings as a result of compulsory education, the dissolution of the monasteries and hereinafter - from 1785 - the new role of St. Pölten as a bishop's seat are consequences of their policies.
1785 was also the year of a fundamental alteration of the old Council Constitution: The city judge was replaced by one magistrate consisting of five persons, at the head was a mayor. For the first mayor the painter Josef Hackl was chosen.
The 19th century
Despite the Napoleonic Wars - St. Pölten in 1805 and 1809 was occupied by the French - and despite the state bankruptcy of 1811, increased the number of businesses constantly, although the economic importance of the city for the time being did not go beyond the near vicinity.
Against the background of monitoring by the state secret police, which prevented any political commitment between the Congress of Vienna and the 1848 revolution, the citizens withdrew into private life. Sense of family, fostering of domestic music, prominent salon societies in which even a Franz Schubert socialized, or the construction of the city theater were visible signs of this attitude.
The economic upswing of the city did not begin until after the revolution of the year 1848. A prerequisite for this was the construction of the Empress Elisabeth Western Railway, moving Vienna, Linz, soon Salzburg, too, in a reachable distance. The city walls were pulled down, St. Pölten could unfold. The convenient traffic situation favored factory start-ups, and so arose a lace factory, a revolver factory, a soap factory or, for example, as a precursor of a future large-scale enterprise, the braid, ribbon and Strickgarnerzeugung (knitting yarn production) of Matthias Salcher in Harland.
In other areas, too, the Gründerzeit (years of rapid industrial expansion in Germany - and Austria) in Sankt Pölten was honouring its name: The city got schools, a hospital, gas lanterns, canalization, hot springs and summer bath.
The 20th century
At the beginning of the 20th Century the city experienced another burst of development, initiated by the construction of the power station in 1903, because electricity was the prerequisite for the settlement of large companies. In particular, the companies Voith and Glanzstoff and the main workshop of the Federal Railways attracted many workers. New Traisen bridge, tram, Mariazell Railway and other infrastructure buildings were erected; St. Pölten obtained a synagogue. The Art Nouveau made it repeatedly into the urban architecture - just think of the Olbrich House - and inspired also the painting, as exponents worth to be mentioned are Ernst Stöhr or Ferdinand Andri.
What the outbreak of the First World War in broad outlines meant for the monarchy, on a smaller scale also St. Pölten has felt. The city was heavily impacted by the deployment of army units, a POW camp, a military hospital and a sick bay. Industrial enterprises were partly converted into war production, partly closed. Unemployment, housing emergency and food shortages long after the war still were felt painfully.
The 1919 to mayor elected Social Democrat Hubert Schnofl after the war tried to raise the standard of living of the people by improving the social welfare and health care. The founding of a housing cooperative (Wohnungsgenossenschaft), the construction of the water line and the establishment of new factories were further attempts to stimulate the stiffening economy whose descent could not be stopped until 1932.
After the National Socialist regime had stirred false hopes and plunged the world into war, St. Pölten was no longer the city as it has been before. Not only the ten devastating bombings of the last year of the war had left its marks, also the restrictive persecution of Jews and political dissidents had torn holes in the structure of the population. Ten years of Russian occupation subsequently did the rest to traumatize the population, but at this time arose from the ruins a more modern St. Pölten, with the new Traisen bridge, district heating, schools.
This trend continued, an era of recovery and modernization made the economic miracle palpable. Already in 1972 was - even if largely as a result of incorporations - exceeded the 50.000-inhabitant-limit.
Elevation to capital status (capital of Lower Austria), 10 July 1986: No other event in this dimension could have become the booster detonation of an up to now ongoing development thrust. Since then in a big way new residential and commercial areas were opened up, built infrastructure constructions, schools and universities brought into being to enrich the educational landscape. East of the Old Town arose the governmental and cultural district, and the list of architects wears sonorous names such as Ernst Hoffmann (NÖ (Lower Austria) Landhaus; Klangturm), Klaus Kada (Festspielhaus), Hans Hollein (Shedhalle and Lower Austrian Provincial Museum), Karin Bily, Paul Katzberger and Michael Loudon ( NÖ State Library and NÖ State Archive).
European Diploma, European flag, badge of honor, Europe Price: Between 1996 and 2001, received St. Pölten numerous appreciations of its EU commitment - as a sort of recognition of the Council of Europe for the dissemination of the EU-idea through international town twinnings, a major Europe exhibition or, for example, the establishment and chair of the "Network of European medium-sized cities".
On the way into the 21st century
Just now happened and already history: What the St. Pöltnern as just experienced sticks in their minds, travelers and newcomers within a short time should be told. The theater and the hospital handing over to the province of Lower Austria, a new mayor always on the go, who was able to earn since 2004 already numerous laurels (Tags: polytechnic, downtown enhancement, building lease scheme, bus concept) - all the recent changes are just now condensed into spoken and written language in order to make, from now on, the history of the young provincial capital in the 3rd millennium nachlesbar (checkable).
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Despite all of the recent 'SHUT THE HELL UP' modding I've done to it the quicksilver is still a bit too loud to keep in my bedroom so have swapped it around with the iMac G3 which is completely silent. got a perky little G3 in my room looking pretty and this ridiculous powerhouse sat in the living room. It's a great party piece with full screen cover flow turned on. Almost finished maxxing the system out too.
PowerPC 7448 Dual G4 Processors @ 1.81GHz
1.5GB PC133 MHz SD-RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
802.11g Wifi + Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
6 USB 2.0 Ports (2 USB 1.0 ports)
DL DVD/RW Superdrive
Harman Kardon Soundstick II - 2.1 Stereo Speakers
Mirai 22" Widescreen TFT Monitor 1680x1050
There are a few more upgrades to do including a better graphics card (hard to get decent mac AGP graphics cards though) and possibly faster wifi... adding more storage (probably external) ... maybe a SATA pci card...
Use the right size boxes
Put heavy items, like books, in small boxes; light items, like linens and pillows, in bigger ones. (Large boxes packed with heavy items are a common complaint of professional movers. They not only make the job harder but also have a better chance of breaking.)
Put heavier items on the bottoms of boxes, lighter items on top
And if you’re loading the truck yourself, pack heavier boxes first, toward the front of the truck, for balance.
Don’t leave empty spaces in the boxes
Fill in gaps with proper shipping supplies. Movers often won’t move boxes that feel loosely packed or unbalanced.
Avoid mixing items from different rooms in the same box
It will make your packing quicker and your unpacking a lot easier, too.
Label each box with the room it’s destined for and a description of its contents
This will help you and your movers know where every box belongs in your new place. Numbering each box and keeping an inventory list in a small notebook is a good way to keep track of what you’ve packed―and to make sure you still have everything when you unpack.
Tape boxes well
Use a couple of pieces of tape to close the bottom and top seams, then use one of the movers’ techniques―making a couple of wraps all the way around the box’s top and bottom edges, where stress is concentrated.
If you’re moving expensive art, ask your mover about special crating
Never wrap oil paintings in regular paper; it will stick. For pictures framed behind glass, make an X with masking tape across the glass to strengthen it and to hold it together if it shatters. Then wrap the pictures in paper or bubble wrap and put them in a frame box, with a piece of cardboard between each framed piece for protection.
Bundle breakables
As you pack your dishes, put packing paper around each one, then wrap bundles of five or six together with more paper. Pack dishes on their sides, never flat. And use plenty of bunched-up paper as padding above and below. Cups and bowls can be placed inside one another, with paper in between, and wrapped three or four in a bundle. Pack them all in dish-barrel boxes.
Consider other items that will need special treatment
Vansant says his movers treat TVs like any other piece of furniture, wrapping them in quilted furniture pads. He points out, however, that plasma TVs require special wooden crates for shipping if you don’t have the original box and can be ruined if you lay them flat. If you’re packing yourself, double-box your TV, setting the box containing the TV into another box that you’ve padded with packing paper.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The US Marine Corps' lessons learned from the Korean war included the need for a ground attack aircraft with a better performance than the AU-1 Corsair, as well as a higher effectiveness than the jet fighters of the 50ies era.
The AU-1 (re-designated from F4U-6) had been a dedicated U.S. Marines attack variant of the Vought F4U fighter with extra armor to protect the pilot and fuel tank, and the oil coolers relocated inboard to reduce vulnerability to ground fire. The fighter's supercharger had been simplified as the design was intended for low-altitude operation. Extra weapon racks were also fitted.
Ready for combat the AU-1 weighed 20% more than a fully loaded F4U-4 and was capable of carrying 8,200 lb of bombs, missiles or drop tanks. The AU-1 had a maximum speed of 238 miles per hour at 9,500 ft, when loaded with 4,600 lb of bombs and a 150-gallon drop-tank. When loaded with eight rockets and two 150-gallon drop-tanks, maximum speed was 298 mph at 19,700 ft. When not carrying external loads, maximum speed was 389 mph at 14,000 ft.
First produced in 1952, the AU-1 had been a useful addition. But it had become clear, by the end of the Korean War, that the age of the piston engine fighter plane was more or less over. Based on this insight and several studies based on the experience since WWII, Vought offered the USMC an improved ground attack aircraft on a private venture basis under the internal project handle V-381.
The machine was the result of initial attack aircraft studies and roughly based on the F4U's outlines, and a more conservative alternative to the A2U, a proposed attack derivative of the F7U Cutlass, which never came to fruition.
The V-381 study incorporated proven elements like the characteristic inverted gull wing, which allowed a short and sturdy landing gear, but it differed considerably in many other details and its internal structure, due to a different engine. The aircraft was to be powered by a T-56 turboprop engine and would fit into a heavier class than the F4U, rather comparable to the US Navy's AD Skyraider but almost as fast as a jet fighter of its time – yet more reliable and rugged for low level operations in direct range of small caliber weapons.
The USMC was immediately interested, while the USN declined the proposal (even though much of the V-381’s insights were re-used in the V-406). Compared with the AU-1, the XA3U featured many detail improvements. One of these distinctive modifications was a new cockpit with a bubble canopy. Thanks to the different internal layout of the aircraft the cockpit could be moved forward by about 3', eliminating the abysmal field of view from the F4U's cockpit on the ground and during deck landings. Another significant change was a cruciform tail. This new arrangement had become necessary in order to avoid damage and turbulences from the hot turboprop efflux - the latter's exhaust was bifurcated and placed in the fuselage flanks, slightly deflected downwards and right at the wings' trailing edge, where the residual thrust from the engine helped during liftoff. The characteristic tail arrangement also became the source of the aircraft's official name, the 'Sea Scorpion'.
Armament consisted of four 0.79 in (20 mm) M2 cannon with 250 RPG in the wings, plus a total of fifteen hardpoints under fuselage and wings for a wide range of ordnance and a total weight of 8,000 lb (3,600 kg). The landing gear retracted backwards into the wings, rotating 90°, and the tail wheel with an attached arrester hook was fully retractable, too. The T-56 turboprop with 4.050 hp (2.977 kW) replaced the R-2800 radial and its complex compressor installment, driving a four-blade Hamilton propeller on the XA2U.
In June 1954 the first XA3U prototype made its maiden flight. Initial flights tests showed a very good performance at low and medium altitude, but directional stability was rather poor and the fin area had to be enlarged, resulting in the X3AU-1. Another new feature became a reversible six blade propeller of smaller diameter, which would improve reaction time to throttle input. In this guise, the A3U-1 entered series production and USMC service in early 1956, just in time to take the place of the AU-1 which was phased out in 1957.
But, by that time, the technical development had already rendered the A3U at least questionable, if not obsolete, so only a single batch of 45 aircraft was ordered and eventually built. Types like the North American FJ-4 Fury or the Douglas A4D Skyhawk offered a better performance as well as a nuclear strike capability that the A3U lacked, even though the turboprop aircraft was popular because of its ruggedness and good low altitude handling.
With its sophisticated design the A3U served well in its intended shipborne CAS role. In 1958 the machines were upgraded to carry AGM-12 Bullpup missiles, becoming subsequently designated A3U-2. Up to four missiles could be carried under the wings, plus a guidance pod that was carried on one of the outermost wing hardpoints.
The A3Us were deployed during several occasions, including Cuba from 1959 to 1960 to protect Americans during the Cuban Revolution, Thailand in May-July 1962 to support the government's struggles against Communists as well as Operation Power Pack in 1965 in Haiti to prevent a second Communist nation on America's doorstep.
Anyway, no A3U actually fired in anger, their main task had rather been sabre-rattling and representing the USMC with dramatic weapon loads at low altitude. Since ever more potent aircraft entered the USMC, like the F-4 Phantom II, the Sea Scorpion's career ended already in 1968 – and despite its usefulness in the theatre of operations, the A2U was not deployed to Vietnam.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1 pilot
Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.2 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.5 m)
Wingspan, folded: 17 ft 0.5 in (5.2 m)
Height: 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Empty weight: 11,968 lb (5,429 kg)
Loaded weight: 18,106 lb (8,213 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 25,000 lb (11,340 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Allison T-56-A-6 turboprop engine, rated at 4.050 hp (2.977 kW)
plus approximately 750 lbs of thrust from the exhaust
Performance:
Maximum speed: 446 mph (717 km/h) at 26.200 ft (using emergency power)
Stall speed: 89 mph (143 km/h) clean
Range: 1,316 mi (1,144 nmi, 2,115 km) on internal fuel
Service ceiling: 41,500ft (12,649 m)
Rate of climb: 3,870ft/min (19.7 m/s) at sea-level
Armament:
4 × 0.79 in (20 mm) M2 cannon with 250 RPG in the wings
15 hardpoints for a total of up to 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of ordnance, including bombs,
torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, and gun pods
The kit and its assembly:
Well, this Frankenstein creation was actually spawned by the rather simple idea of a turboprop-powered F4U, following a discussion at whatifmodelers.com concerning my “Turbo Fury” conversion and the potential of T-56 engine nacelles from a C-130 on other aircraft. After three Turbo Furies I still had a final T-56 resin nacelle left in the stash (from OzMods), and eventually tackled this project with the idea of an AU-1 replacement for the USMC in the mid Fifties.
Anyway, with such a modernized version in mind, new ideas popped up – e.g. square wing tips. When I found a pair of leftover outer wings from a Matchbox A3D Skyknight (and they matched up well in shape and size, even the wing profile!) things unfolded into something … different.
The basis for this project was an Italeri F4U-5 from 1994 (a very nice kit!), even though in the later Revell re-boxing. The Skyknight wings replaced the F4U’s outer wings and added about 1” total wingspan to the kit. In order to compensate for this, I thought about moving the tail fin further back, but eventually implanted a completely new and slightly longer tail section from an A.W. Meteor night fighter (also Matchbox), because it perfectly extends the F4U’s fuselage lines! Consequently, the original tail wheel well had to be closed and moved backwards.
Another idea was to move the cockpit forward and lower the rear fuselage, for a more up-to-date bubble canopy. The OOB cockpit from the F4U was kept but placed under a new opening – more or less located where the F4U’s main fuselage tank would have been. The ejection seat is new, too, and the canopy comes from a vintage NOVO Supermarine Attacker. The whole spine was cut away and re-sculpted with putty, as well as the fuselage section around the canopy.
For the new resin T-56, the front end of the fuselage was cut away and lots of putty and sculpting created a new transition between the narrower Herc engine with its oval diameter and the round F4U fuselage.
The spinner comes from the OzMod engine set, but the propeller blades were scratched: these once belonged to a vintage Airfix D.H. Mosquito kit. The rather massive, single blades were cut off, their originally round tips squared and then glued onto the resin spinner. A metal axis and a styrene adapter inside of the resin engine were added as adapters, allowing a free spin.
Once the fuselage and the wings were mated, the horizontal stabilizers had to be added. The F4U parts could not be used because of their round tips, and they had become just too small for the bigger airframe. Implants had to be used once more, and in this case the stabilizers are the outer wing sections from a heavily rivet-infected 1:100 Breguet Alize from Heller. Odd, but they had just the right shape and chord length for the new position.
After these had been fitted, the fin turned out to be too small for the new and overall bigger aircraft. Finding a solution was not easy, and I eventually added a new fin tip, a part from a Revell (FROG) P-39 stabilizer, maybe 30 years old!
In order to make the intended CAS role believable a LOT of hardpoints were added, all taken from an old Airfix/Heller A-1E Skyraider. The ordnance is an iron bomb mix, IIRC these come from a Monogram A-10 and a Matchbox A-7D.
Anyway, building this monstrosity was massive kitbashing work, and the whole thing evolved rather gradually: What started as a simple engine swap and maybe some cosmetic surgery ended up in multiple body transplants and a bigger aircraft than originally envisaged, kind of a ‘Skyraider 2.0’.
Painting and markings:
Nothing truly fancy, rather the standard USN high-viz livery with Light Gull Grey (FS 36440, Modelmaster enamel) upper surfaces and white undersides and rudders. Compared to the USN, the USMC machines would be rather timid and less flamboyant concerning marking colors, so I only added a little red trim to the fin and around the cockpit. The landing gear and the respective wells were kept in white, like the undersides, with bright red trim around the edges, and the cockpit is Zinc Chromate Green.
The decals were puzzled together from the scrap box. Since almost and surface details was lost due to the massive bodywork on fuselage and wings, I painted some panel lines with a pencil and emphasized them with lighter, dry-brushed panel shadings. The effect, at least from some distance, turned out much better than expected! Additionally, some wear and dirt was simulated through a light black in wash. Soot stains, esp. around the jet exhausts, were created with grinded graphite, and some dry painting with silver was done on the leading edges. Finally, everything was sealed under a coat of matt acrylic varnish.
Well, what was to simply become a turboprop-powered F4U turned into something …different. The A3U looks exotic, but not bad or implausible – the thing reminds me of the offspring between a Ju 87 dive bomber and a Westland Whirlwind fighter, and there’s some Fairey Firefly an Il-2 single-seater lineage to it, too? As a positive aspect, this kitbash model reminds IMHO at first glance only remotely of the F4U that it once was, so I think the whiffing work is quite effective. :D
Sears at Spring Hill Mall opened in October 1980 and was 192,732 Square Feet on 2 Floors. This store was the closest to Sears Holdings Headquartes which it was relocated from the Sears tower in 1994. As a result, this Sears preformed very well. Sadly, this Sears closed February 2, 2020. This closure will hurt the mall as this Sears was very busy especially on Weekend Afternoons.