High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Edinburgh Zoo is a zoological park in Edinburgh, Scotland which opened on 22 July 1913. Edinburgh had previously been home to a zoological garden which failed to thrive. The new zoo is owned and run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and initially opened as the Scottish National Zoological Park. Modern zoological methods allowed animals to survive in Edinburgh`s cold climate.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has had a history of over 160 years of conflict, growth, immigration, industry, and politics which have given it a unique heritage.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! New Rochelle (French: Nouvelle-Rochelle ( listen)) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. The town was settled by refugee Huguenots (French Protestants) in 1688 who were fleeing Catholic pogroms in France. Many of the settlers were artisans and craftsmen from the city of La Rochelle, France, thus influencing the choice of the name of "New Rochelle".
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Traditionally, the filter in a pool or spa is the hardest piece of equipment in the water care system. They work continuously to keep debris and sediments from the water. So when selecting a system – you want to have all the facts to ensure that your selection is durable and not fraught with flaws that can keep you from enjoying your spa. So here are the current technologies that dominate the market today with a narrative that walks you through how they work. Then we walk through a simple guide on how to take care of your system to ensure its longevity.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! From the beginning, what is now Hamilton has benefited from its geographical proximity to major land and water transportation routes along the Niagara Peninsula and Lake Ontario. Its strategic importance has created, by Canadian standards, a rich military history which the city preserves.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This article is about the history of Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is the 2nd most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Originating around 1789 as a small trading community near the eponymous Buffalo Creek, Buffalo grew quickly after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city as its western terminus.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This list documents historical bridges located in New South Wales, Australia. Road, rail and pedestrian bridges are listed. Generally bridges built before WWII (1939) have been included in this list.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! People have constructed buildings and other structures since prehistory, including bridges, amphitheatres, dams, electricity pylons, roads and canals. Building materials in present use have a long history and some of the structures built thousands of years ago can still be regarded as remarkable. The history of construction overlaps that of structural engineering. To understand why things were constructed the way they were, we also need to rely on archaeology to record the form of the parts that survive and the tools used, and other branches of history and architecture to investigate how the builders lived and recorded their accomplishments.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The history of robots has its roots as far back as ancient myths and legends. Modern concepts were begun to be developed when the Industrial Revolution allowed the use of more complex mechanics and the subsequent introduction of electricity made it possible to power machines with small compact motors. After the 1920s the modern formulation of a humanoid machine was developed to the stage where it was possible to envisage human sized robots with the capacity for near human thoughts and movements, first envisaged millennia before.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HM Fort Roughs was one of several World War II installations, that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty`s Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts, and its purpose was to guard the port of Harwich, Essex. The naval fort is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately six miles from the coast of Suffolk and eight miles from the coast of Essex.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMAS Canberra (LHD 02) is the first of two Canberra class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Construction of the ship started in Spain in 2008, with the hull launched by Navantia in 2011. The hull was then transported to Australia in late 2012 for completion by BAE Systems Australia. Canberra is predicted to commission into the RAN in 2014, and will be the largest ship ever operated by the RAN.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100) was a RCN Cape-class escort maintenance ship. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Flamborough Head in 1944 she was transferred in 1952.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Her Majesty`s Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (HMS Drake), is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth). HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is the largest naval base in Western Europe and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. The collocated Royal Dockyard is owned and operated by the Marine division of Babcock International Group (BM), who took over the previous owner Devonport Management Limited (DML) in 2007. The BM operation is commonly called Devonport Royal Dockyard.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Her Majesty`s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy, (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Prince of Wales will be the second of the Royal Navy`s two Queen Elizabeth class supercarriers and is scheduled to enter extended readiness in 2023. The ship will be assembled at Rosyth Royal Dockyard using blocks built by participating shipyards. Once in service the ship will be officially affiliated with the city of Liverpool, in the United Kingdom. Construction began in May 2011 with the first steel being cut by Dr Liam Fox on 26 May.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Queen Elizabeth will be the first of the Royal Navy`s two new Queen Elizabeth class supercarriers and is scheduled to enter service in 2020. She will be the second ship to be called HMS Queen Elizabeth, named after Queen Elizabeth I.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Her Majesty`s Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. She is the second Royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the famous racing cutter built for The Prince of Wales in 1893. She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hodgkins is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,134 at the 2000 census.