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19th Century mill to be auctioned off with guide price of £685,000
Haven Mill, a 19th century former flour mill in Grimsby town centre, is set to be auctioned off later this month, with a guide price of £685,000. Featuring in auctioneer Pugh’s next online ...
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How a 19th-century treaty shaped the modern world's measurements
By the mid-19th century, the push for standardization had become increasingly urgent. Scientific discovery was accelerating, global trade was booming and industrial projects were growing in scale ...
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This 19th-century Hampstead house has a raw concrete staircase at its heart
‘Particularly, the opportunity to design a structure that would both complement the character of the 19th-century townhouse and introduce strong contemporary spaces.' 'The new spaces were designed to ...
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‘There is this intense rise in fascism’: Simon McBurney on a 19th-century opera that feels painfully familiar
‘There is this intense rise in fascism’: Simon McBurney on a 19th-century opera that feels painfully familiar on facebook (opens in a new window) ‘There is this intense rise in fascism ...
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A 19th Century canal has burst its banks leaving boaters across the north west 'gridlocked'
A 19th Century canal has burst its banks creating major problems for boaters across the North West . Part of the embankment of the Macclesfield Canal collapsed on Saturday morning in a serious ...
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3 Exercises a 19th-Century Bodybuilding Icon Swore By – and Why They Still Work
You may not have heard of him, but George Hackenschmidt is considered as the pioneer of bodybuilding. But aside from his weightlifting efforts, Hackenschmidt was the first recognised World ...
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Minnesota’s governors’ 19th Century unrestricted power to pardon
Clemency as understood in nineteenth-century Minnesota, once so common, no longer exists. For more information on this topic, check out the original entry on MNopedia. A donation from you helps ...
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How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York
In this age where anyone can navigate any city around the globe like a local, with a simple tap of a smart phone, a new exhibition has the viewer step back in time to a far different way of ...
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Birthright Citizenship and 19th-Century ‘Illegal Aliens’
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...
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Scherenschnitte enlivens book on 19th century medical remedies [The Scribbler]
The result — scherenschnitte, or scissors cutting in German — enlivens the pages of Ripple’s book, “The Raub Family Country Doctors and Their Medical Flora Remedies in the 19th Century.’’ ...
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Fire destroys 19th century home under renovation
NORWOOD, Ohio (WXIX) - Fire roared through a 19th-century home under renovation in Norwood early Thursday, causing the roof to collapse. The house at Hudson and Floral avenues has been vacant ...