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  1. Texas is what can be called a 'super dreadnought' i.e. the 2nd proper generation of dreadnought style battleships. Also when it comes to 'dreadnought' that really just refers to an all big gun layout instead of the older style that had layer after layer of surface oriented gun (the French went so far as septenary batteries). Texas is one of several dreadnoughts left (if you are using dreadnought in the more general sense). For example the Iowa's and South Dakota class ships still around. When it comes to "last left" that would be Mikasa, the only remaining pre-dreadnought. NO first generation dreadnoughts exist anymore. Steam turbines are a feature of naval development at the time of HMS Dreadnought and she was the first capital ship to get them. However this is something that goes across the board and is not confined to the biggest ships. caveat: "all big gun" might be confusing to some people because they obviously have smaller guns. Pre-dreadnought battleships would have a big turret on the front and one on the rear, then a somewhat smaller secondary battery and smaller tertiary battery and so on. With dreadnoughts there will be 3 or more turrets and the gap between the size of those and the size of the next smaller guns will be huge in comparison to what pre-dreadnoughts had. The idea is that the main offensive power of the ship is all big guns. Not that it only has big guns.
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  2. Thanks for the history lesson, I grew up in 60’s 70’s SF and somehow little if any of the bay area’s wartime history was ever talked about. In our teens and 20’s the entire Bay Area was history to be explored right under our noses and about all we knew of it was that places like Hunters Point and Richmond were slums and places best avoided, nothing about the amazing contributions to the war effort. If it wasn’t for the internet the history would largely be lost and forgotten.
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  3. Visited Bisbee on a whim on a road trip 5 years ago. Absolutely loved it! Reminded me of Jim Thorpe or some of the mining towns near me in PA. Highly recommend a visit.
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  4. Thank you for this amazing video! Fort Hancock is such a unique place. Battery Potter was actually built from 1890-92 because right above the main entrance is the date of erection. It was the first of many experimental endicott era gun batteries built at the hook. It also was the only one of two batteries built in the US with land defenses. The granite facade was built with leftover granite from the 1850s fort. Battery Granger and Arrowsmith replaced the battery in 1907. The first disappearing battery was Battery Halleck built in 1892 and activated in 1896. The mortar battery predated the disappearing carriage and was built in 1890. The mortar battery was reused as the HDCP in WWII. Battery Kingman not Kingston. Boston had a missle master at Fort Heath but it was demolished in 1969. Most of the WWII temporary buildings were removed by 2012 and the last two were removed in 2018. The post hospital burned in the 1990s. Tours of some of the bunkers are offered and NPS who controls most of the site is working on restoring and adaptively reusing most of the post buildings. The Coast Guard still controls some of the tip and this includes the remains of the 1850s fort and a few endicott gun batteries.
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  5. Nice one Ryan! Great history of a great train! Your research and photos are top notch as usual!
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  6. I remember my mother taking me with her to ride the Green Hornets on the North Broadway line in Chicago. I remember the rapid acceleration, and smooth, quiet ride of the cars, much superior to the buses that would replace them. The only negative was the inability of the streetcar to maneuver around traffic, as noted in the video.
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  7. My father started working for the post office as a rural letter carrier in 1948 till 1982. He drove his own car and sometimes would let me ride with him. I was a tall boy so he would let me drive out in the country while he stuck the mail. I started doing that when I was 12. I took a day off work on his last day and drove the whole route with. Those were good times. I sure do miss him after seeing this. Great job.
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  8. All housing projects across the country are failures. Until the residents develop a culture that respects law and order, they will suffer the consequence of their poor judgement.
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  9. @10:57 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with Golden Gate Bridge in background. Thanks for the visual west coast shoutout!
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  10. I flew on Chicago Helicopter Airways charter helicopter flights in the early 1960s with the West Suburban YMCA in LaGrange during summer vacation. Their gate area at Meigs Field was like something out of "The Jetsons," very futuristic and it looked out on the lake. We flew all over the lakefront and downtown and between Meigs, Midway and O'Hare Airports. It was a lot of fun, the staff was very nice and I'll always remember it.
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  11. I'm glad you do a lot of history on Pittsburgh. I have lived there all my life and love seeing your vids!!!
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  12. Excellent as always. Thanks for the upload!
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  13. You forget to mention that the US Army Corp of Engingeers literally undermined 9 acres under the Hell Gate passage. In what was the largest explosion of its time, they dropped the river bottom some twenty feet, destroyed two islands, and made the waters of the Hell Gate easy to navigate. The explosion shook lower Manhattan and was extensively written up.
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  14. Capitola is home of Pizza my Heart and has a cute coffee shop up the way. I think it's called Mr. Toots or something like that.
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  15. I thought I knew my Picher but its very beginning was new. Thanks.
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  16. In 2011 I toured the US and caught a train from Boston to New York. Much to my surprise on the approach to New York I saw to my amazement a bridge that looked like a smaller version of the Sydney Harbour bridge. Anyway, it’s something in common with our beautiful countries. 😊👍🏻 🇦🇺🇺🇸
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  17. Looking forward to checking this one out! We're a well known Erie Canal historic site in the Mohawk Valley.
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  18. If you think about it, everything in Florida is built on sand. Think of it as a Zen sand garden that gets raked over every couple of decades.
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  19. I would love to see #IT'SHISTORY tackle an old elevated structure that once stood 2 blocks west of the High Line.... the old Miller Highway. We know it today as the original West Side Highway. The reason for its construction, and reason for its eventual demolition, would make a great addition to your video collection!❤
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  20. Very cool of them to give you all access to the castle! These are the areas you see in a tour and wish you could go investigate.
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  21. Thank you, Ryan. I always appreciate your thorough research and effective presentation style. I am always a bit sad when places I had served at in the US Army are torn down. The last one to go is now part of the California State University Monterey Bay.
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  22. I live just a few hours from this beautiful area and go to the beach near there every year (almost). I always stop at the Muir Beach overlook on my way to Stinson Beach where I hang for the day. Gorgeous scenery that can still bring me to tears if I have not seen it for awhile. And I have lived in California for 72 years.
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  23. Great video Ryan. I was a senior project manager on the restoration of the current city hall. During construction they were digging up the old city hall. Luckily I was given the opportunity to be given a large granite piece that was the top section of the gas light. It ended up being a water feature in my front yard. An interesting fact as you mentioned that they moved all the graves were moved. They discovered graves that hadn’t been moved . Only the headstones
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  24. Thank you! the Pennsylvania Railroad was always in better financial shape the the NYC. From the time of its foundation to the merger with the NYC and NYNH&H, it never missed a dividend. The Pennsy's biggest problem was it took its eye off the ball and neglected transport in favour of real estate.
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  25. Great video. Interesting information. It's hard to believe those tunnels were used so easily for so much criminal activity years ago.
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  26. The phrase “going up the river” refers to being sent to Sing Sing.
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  27. We use to skate Peachtree in the 90s (woodruff park) and it was pretty sketchy back then but we were teenagers and oblivious. Took my daughter to the same spot last year so she could see what downtown Atlanta looks like and she still saw the beauty of it from the architecture and my stories of us skating everywhere. But now i see it in a different light as an adult and it is definitely not a safe area. Period.
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  28. Great video. I love film noir and the idea of these tunnels!
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  29. Entertaining Brief on 'The History of Wacker Drive'. It would take about 3 hours or more to cover it completely in detail... There are hidden locations that absolutely no one has access to down there... Call One of them, 'Chicago Fire Time Capsule' Sealed off from public viewing... It's the stuff of nightmares.
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  30. Minor nitpick, but the Ogilvie is pronounce oh-gill-vee, not oggie-ville
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  31. Awesome Job. That Bridge always fascinated me. Growing up 1/4-1/2 mile away from it. In the seventies,under some sort of city construction procedure, I got into one of the entrances up the spiral staircase to the to facade on the Astoria Queens side. I never forget how damp it was and the East River Smell. Thank You For Posting this..
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  32. i love all the chicago videos you have done. born in downtown chicago near the lakefront, i appreciate the time and respect you put into these videos.
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  33. It’s crazy I’ve been in close proximity to all those buildings except the one on the south side and I never noticed how much they stand out in the crowd of buildings. Thank you for another history lesson of my city
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  34. Ryan it was a pleasure to cooperate with You on this one as a guide 👍 Thank You 😉
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  35. My Grandfather worked at Sing Sing Prision in the 1950's shortly after his Discharge from the Maine Corps when he returned from the Korean War. New Guards would often be sent to Sing Sing for training before getting their assignments else where in the state. He worked in Auburn Prison as both a Tower Guard and the Union President up till around late 1979 or early 1980 before taking an early retirement due to a back injury. Sadly he passed away in December 2021 after his 81st birthday.
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  36. Thanks for describing the interesting phases of monument construction, which reflects different stages of national history. Washington the man was truly a national treasure and founding father.
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  37. That red lighthouse at the base of the bridge on the New York side was supposed to be torn down when the bridge was built. A lady launched a grassroots campaign to save that lighthouse and when it was, she wrote a children's book titled, "The Little Red Lighthouse." The bridge was referred to as, "the big gray bridge."
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  38. great video, the best translation from dutch for Pollepel is Soup serving spoon. the word Pollepel means Soup serving spoon in dutch.
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  39. Your reporting is accurate, as I had worked there for many years as a vendor repairing telecommunications, and some times working in labs I had to enter changing clothes and shower on the way out, all the scientists and maintenance people were very open as to what they were working on , cool place to have worked at.
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  40. I stayed at the Riviera during a friend’s wedding at Circus Circus in 1997 or 1998. It was the first time I’d been on a plane and the first time I’d ever visited the west. For whatever reason our rooms weren’t available so they put our party into two “high roller” suites for the first night and it was jaw-dropping amazing. I’d never stayed at anything that nice before. When we were issued our regular rooms the next day, though not as nice, we were not disappointed. It’s a shame that the Riviera was torn down as, at the time it seemed so nice but as you said, nothing lasts forever. I still have my memories though. Excellent video and keep up the great work! Thank you!
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  41. I remember the 1964 World's Fair. It was on the news at night. I was a kid back then. I had my 11th birthday of October 1964.
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  42. My home here in illinois was built at the turn of the century with materials salvaged from the Chicago world's fair.
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  43. This is better produced than shows on History Channel
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  44. I went through this tunnel in January when the Holland was closed it was amazing going through that tunnel for the 1st time I say it was amazing because of the history and the men that worked on this project its crazy awesome video 👌🏼
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  45. Oh, on a side-note, the Expo was known as the 'city of light' due to the use of electric light bulbs and the use of spot-lights. My understanding is that the majority of buildings/statues were made of plaster with limited use of marble. As a result many buildings had to be torn down. Eventually after the site was cleared it was turned into Midway airport serving that role for many decades.
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  46. My parents grew up in Camden in the 40's & 50's & they always talked about how safe it used to be & how no one locked their doors at night. I grew up in Camden in the late 70's & early 80's. My view is vastly different from theirs. We moved out of Camden in 1990 & I'm so glad we did.
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  47. Very interesting and well done, thank you. It's a shame that they are abandoned, train history should be preserved. I know I wouldn't mind having one or two car.
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  48. I’d love to see a It’s History of the old Cook County Hospital.
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  49. I grew up within walking distance of this old prison. Definitely very eerie.
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  50. So happy you did this! I'm a huge fan of Tillamook Lighthouse. Just something so beautiful yet, so mysterious about it.
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