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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9N_k-t-m-company_Dawson-YT.html
[English]Built in 1899, this warehouse was taken over by the Klondike Thawing Machine Company 1n 1913. The growing hardware company was it the process of buying out other firms and expanding its line of goods even as Klondike gold claims were bein…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9M_dawson-daily-news_Dawson-YT.html
[English]The Dawson Daily News moved into this building in 1910, the sole survivor among 7 gold rush newspapers. It provided Dawson City with a window to the outside world and remained a profitable business until the early 1920s. Thereafter, it wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9L_immigrant-processing-in-new-york_New-York-NY.html
Prior to 1855, immigrants arriving at the port of New York were free to enter the United States if their vessel was checked and cleared for all "loathsome and contagious diseases." Between 1855 and 1890, approximately 8 million new immigrants trav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9C_libertys-symbols_New-York-NY.html
The Statue of Liberty conveys its message of freedom through a number of dramatic symbols. The broken shackles at her feet signify escape from tyranny. In her left arm, she holds a tablet of law inscribed in Roman numerals the date of the American…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9B_why-is-the-statue-green_New-York-NY.html
The answer is in the air.
The Statue's skin is made of copper, and when copper is exposed to oxygen in the air, it undergoes a chemical reaction called oxidation. The reaction causes a fine crust or film to develop that is usually green in colo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX99_the-pedestal_New-York-NY.html
The granite pedestal of the Statue was paid for entirely by private funds raised in the United States. It was designed by the eminent American architect, Richard Morris Hunt, and engineered by former Civil War General, Charles P. Stone. Its variet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX97_building-the-statue-of-liberty_New-York-NY.html
The French sculptor, Fr?d?ric Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty as a giant three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Over 300 thin sheets of copper, most of it from a copper mine in Karmoy, Norway, fit together to form the Statue's outer ski…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX95_fort-wood_New-York-NY.html
The Statue of Liberty's pedestal sits atop the remains of Fort Wood, originally one link in a chain of defenses protecting New York City and its vital harbor. The fort was built between 1808 and 1811 in the shape of an eleven-pointed star and was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVW4_dutch-hoog-straat_New-York-NY.html
This map, derived from a 1600 drawing, shows Stone Street, then the Dutch Hoog Straat. Its original line is indicated by brown paving stones & the lobby alignment.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVX_municipal-ferry-terminal_New-York-NY.html
City of New York ? Borough of ManhattanErected 1908-1909by theDepartment of Docks & Ferriesduring the administration ofGeorge B. McClellanMayorHerman A. Metz ? ComptrollerAllen N. SpoonerCommissionerDenis A. Judge ? Deputy CommissionerCharles W. S…