After the war, the J.A. Jones Company gave a cutaway scale Liberty ship model, previously used for training purposes, to the city of Brunswick for public display. Exposed to weathering for many decades, the original scale model eventually deteriorated to such an extent that it had to be scrapped.
A new scale model, dubbed the City of Brunswick, was unveiled on August 23, 1991 an...
This is Brunswick Bowling and Billiards training center. Here they provide training for almost everything brunswick. Products that have available training here include: GS Series automatic pinsetters (GS-X, GS-98, GS-96, and GS-10), and Automatic scoring systems (Vector, Frameworx)
The Large seaplane that I have placemarked was use in the first Indiana Jones Movie "Raiders of The Lost Ark" with Harrison Ford. They filmed inside and outside the plane. At the time of filming the plane was located in a boat yard in Richmond, CA, a few miles north of it's present location.
If you are ever in the Oakland C...
On August 7, 1938, prisoners from Dachau concentration camp were sent to the town of Mauthausen near Linz, Austria, to begin the construction of a new camp. The location was chosen due to its proximity to the transport hub of Linz, but also because the area was sparsely populated. Although the camp was, from the beginning of its existence, controlled by the German state, it was founded by a pri...
Marc Bolan of glam rock band T-Rex died here on 16 September 1977, two weeks before his 30th birthday. He was a passenger in a purple Mini 1275GT (registration FOX 661L) driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant in Berkeley Square. Jones lost control of the car and it struck a sycamore tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge near Gipsy ...
The WITI Tower was completed in August of 1962 and was briefly the tallest free-standing tower in the world, rising 1078 feet. (Tokyo Tower had been the world's tallest, and after the construction of WITI's tower, it added additional members to regain the title.) For many years, it was the tallest free-standing tower in the United States. The Bentley Company was the foundation contractor for th...