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This is the pump they used to pump seawater on the lava flow you see in behind. By cooling off the lead flow and hardening it they were able to divert the lava flow behind into the sea.
Hellfire Pass (Thai: ช่องเขาขาด, known by the Japanese asKonyu Cutting) is the name of a railway cutting on the former Burma Railway ("Death Railway") in Thailand which was built with forced labour during the Second World War, in part by Allied prisoners of war. The pass is noted for the harsh conditions and heavy loss of life suffered by its labourers during construc...
A monument to Norwegian polar explorer Helmer Hanssen in Tromso, Norway. Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions led by Roald Amundsen and was one of the first five explorers to reach the South Pole.
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located 3 km (1.9 mi) north-west of Henri-Chapelle, some 30 km (19 mi) east of Liège in Belgium. The cemetery, dedicated in 1960, contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres (23 ha). It is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium, the other ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellowis a bronze statue, by William Couper, and Thomas Ball. The statue depicts American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is located at the intersection of M Street and Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on May 7, 1909.
After the death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1882, there were several plans to memorialize him. H...
When he died on October 20, 1964 at the age of 90, the 31st President was laid to rest five days later in this quiet, grassy hillside. More than 100,000 people lined the funeral procession route from Cedar Rapids to West Branch on that warm fall day.
Iowa architect William Wagner designed the memorial while working closely with the Hoover family to commemorate his li...
Hermann Wolfe (also spelled "Herman Wolf" and "Johann Hermann Wolf") stood out. The mountain man and beaver trapper was born in 1831 in Sachsen-Anhalt in north-central Germany.
After immigrating to the states and heading out west, Wolfe owned a trading post on the Little Colorado River north of Leupp. To avoid being robbed (a regular occurence in the area), he buried...
The Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002 and operates for the purpose of "foster(ing) a spirit of patriotism and nationalism, and to pass on the legacy to the future generations of Namibia".
The Heroes' Acre ...
The Higgins Boat Monument commemorates the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, also known as "Higgins Boats," their crews and boat designer Andrew Jackson Higgins. The monument was dedicated June 6, 2015 after nearly a year of fund-raising by the city of Columbus, Nebraska. Columbus is the hometown of Higgins, who designed the landing craft and whose company built 20,000...
The Highbridge Skirmish was the first engagement of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 between government troops and Jacobites loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It took place at Highbridge, Lochaber, on the River Spean on 16 August 1745, and marked the commencement of hostilities between the two sides.
Shortly after Prince Charles had landed he met up firstly with the D...
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. It is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is divided into two parts, named the East and West cemetery. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves at Highgate Cemetery.
The most famous burial in the...
Hi Jolly or Hadji Ali, later known as Philip Tedro (born 'Ali al-Hajaya c. 1828 – December 16, 1902), was an Ottoman subject of Syrian and Greek parentage, and in 1856 became one of the first camel drivers ever hired by the US Army to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest. Hi Jolly became a living legend until his death in Arizona. Once, insul...
Tavronitis Bridge played a vital role during the Battle of Crete and it was one of the Germans primary targets during their assault on Crete. Close by is a RAF Memorial dedicated to the RAF pilots that fell during the battle.
At 08:00 on 20 May 1941, German paratroopers, jumping out of dozens of Junkers Ju 52 aircraft, landed near Maleme airfield and the town of Chani...
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