Wooden bridge which spanned the Mae Klong River (renamed Kwai Yai River in 1960). Construction began in October 1942, it was completed and operational by early February 1943. Both the wooden and the adjacent steel bridge were subjected to numerous air raids between January and June 1945
Bridge over Kwai river (3d model) "first construction of the steel bridge"
The eleven span bridge spanning the Mae Klong river (renamed Kwai Yai river in 1960). Dismantled by the Japanese in Java and transported to the site in 1942, the bridge was rebuilt using prisoner of war (POW) labour, and opened for use in April 1943. One span of the bridge was destroyed by Allied aircraft ...
This house was built in 1906 by the Knight-Mangum family. It has a carriage house in the back that I have yet to model. For some reason, some of the textures didn't come through when Google Earth rendered it. It currently is divided into 9 apartments, within one of which lives the Dixon family
Simlpe model of the Bountiful Temple in Utah (LDS). I'm really excited about adding a lot of 3D landmarks to GoogleEarth and I think others are too. That's why I'm sharing.
3D Dirigible number 6 of Santos-Dumont near Eiffel Tower - 1901.
Alberto Santos-Dumont was an important early pioneer of aviation.
Although he was born, grew up, and died in Brazil, his contributions to aviation were made while he was living in France.
On October 19, 1901 he won the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize of 100,000 francs for flying his dirigible Number 6 fro...
Here is a cheap rendition of the Space Elevator. There is a counter-weight, but it is higher than the GE limit. Click on "GeoSychronus Station" to see the station at approx. 22,000 miles.
The Torre Entel (Entel Tower) is a 135-metre high telecommunications tower belonging to ENTEL (Chile's main telecom company) located at the very centre of the city, and generally used as a landmark and point-of-reference for pedestrians finding their way in Santiago's downtown: "South of Torre Entel", or "just walk 3 blocks from the tower" are common directions you may hear ...
The National Stadium of Chile (Estado Nacional de Chile) is located in the Ņuņoa municipality of Santiago, Chile. Inaugurated on December 3, 1938 it is Chile's national stadium with a capacity of 66,650.
It was the site of the opening, quarterfinals, a semifinal, and final games of the 1962 World Cup. During the Chilean coup of 1973 it was used as a concentration camp holding 40,...
The stadium of Motherwell football club, Scotland, the playing surface has a natural slope and the main stand remains unfinished due to the houses behind. Motherwell moved there in 1895 from Roman Rd