Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon is a journey around the corners of America. His stops in small towns allowed him to find the genuine places and people that were/are still left (he wrote it in 1983).
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A path is added through the locations.
The Perth station is located 20 kilometres north of Perth on the campus of the Perth International Telecommunications Centre (PITC), which is owned by Telstra, and operated by Xantic. It hosts a 15-metre diameter antenna with reception in both S- and X-band and transmission in S-band. There are plans to upgrade to X-band transmission for 2004. In addition there is an antenna for the Global Posi...
A four-year project, the Northbridge Tunnel was opened in April 2000, on time and within budget. Running beneath a commercial district in East Perth, the tunnel was built to alleviate the bottleneck of traffic battling to join the causeway across the Swan River, and links instead to a new road bridge over the river that allows traffic to bypass the city centre.
The Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour is a fully operative fishing port as well as a major tourist precinct offering fresh seafood markets, restaurants, a nightclub, food stalls and a boutique brewery.
The Fishing Boat Harbour initially started with a single jetty, at the end of which was the fish market. Fisherman would discharge their catch and then proceed to the inner harbour fo...
This is one of two corresponding pieces that constitute the Berlin Airlift Memorial. One is located in Frankfurt am Main (also available in this database), the other was erected in Berlin (Tempelhof Airport).
This is one of two corresponding pieces that constitute the Berlin Airlift Memorial. One is located in Frankfurt am Main, the other (also available in this database) was erected in Berlin (Tempelhof Airport).
Cerro Paranal, a 2,635 m high mountain in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, famous for hosting the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the VLT Survey Telescope (VST). It is located 120 km south of Antofagasta and 80 km north of Tal-Tal, 12 km inland. Coordinates 24° 37′ 38″ S 70° 24′ 17″ W.