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Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam (Dutch:stelling van Amsterdam), a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on theringvaartwhich surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder. The main fort is currently maintained by a charitable foundation calledKunstfort Vijfhuizenwhich leases space for twelve artist studios and a ...
Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower halves, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay and Manhattan beyond. Prior to closing in 1994 it claimed to be the longest continually-manned military installation in the United States. It is now...
Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre (110,000 m2) Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is pentagonal, made with stone and granite, and was constructed from 1833–1861, completed shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War. Fort Warren defended the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1861 through the end of WWII, and durin...
Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood. The fort is situated on the Detroit River at a point where it is about a mile to the Canadian shore. The original 1848 limestone barracks (with later brick additions) still stands, as does the 1845 star fortification (renovated in 1863 with brick exterio...
Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname (eventually adopted as the official name) given to a whisky trading post, originally Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. During the late 19th century, the post served as a centre for various illegal activities. The sale of whisky was outlawed but, due to the lack of a police force in the region at the time, many whisky t...
Fort Yellowstone was a U.S. Army fort established in 1891 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was designated in 1872 but the Interior Department was unable to effectively manage the park. Administration was transferred to the War Department in August 1886 and General Philip Sheridan sent a company of cavalry to Mammoth Hot Springs to build...
The Forty Foot is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland, from which people have been swimming in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years.
In former times it was exclusively a gentlemen's bathing place and the gentlemen's swimming club was established to help conserve the area. Owing to its relative isolation and ge...
Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that was built in 1640 French as a wooden structure
The British took the fort and called it Fort Willoughby.
In 1651 a small trading post was created by the Dutch. The Dutch presence increased and strengthened. In 1667 the Dutch Admiral Abraham Crynnsen (Crijnssen in Dutch) took Paramaribo and recaptured the Essequ...
Fort Zoutman is a military fortification at Oranjestad, Aruba. Built in 1798 by the Dutch army, it is the oldest structure on the island of Aruba. The Willem III Tower was added to the west side of the fort in 1868. The fort and tower were restored and re-opened in 1983 as the Historical Museum of Aruba.
The Dutch first settled Paardenbaai (English: Bay of Horses) on ...
Beneath the deck is the second half of the boat’s 120 battery cells. Like the after battery, the space above is used for berthing, in this case, the officers.
This room contains the No. 1 & 2 Fairbanks-Morse Diesel Engines. During normal operation, these engine rooms could reach temperatures as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48 C)
The forward orlop deck currently holds additional ropes and pulleys for the spar deck. This space would also house the Bread Room, storing the main sailor diet of hardtack.
Forza d'Agrò is a town andcomunein the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy.
Forza d'Agrò is on the lower peak of a small mountain, while on the higher peak that overlooks the town are the remains of a Norman castle. Much of the town consists of traditional buildings and stone paved lanes that are impassable by car. Due to this lack of mo...
Interesting abandoned farm house with unique architecture along road 63, when driving towards Isafjordur from Patreksfjörður, not far from the Fossa Waterfall and Reykjafjardarlaug.
Price: $618.62