Historic Seaboard R.R. Station  420 22nd Street Saint Petersburg, Fl

Historic Seaboard R.R. Station

Historic RR historic


     This historic railroad station was built in.1926. It was built for the Tampa and Gulf railroad.which was an affiliate of the Seaboard Airline Railroad.  This railroad was the second to enter Saint Petersburg.  The building operated as a office building and warehouse.

     The building style is masonry vernacular.  Meanwhile the Tampa and Gulf was fully integrated into the Seaboard Airline Railroad in 1927.  The building continued as a freight depot until 1967

     In 2000, the building underwent a complete restoration.

     It currently is occupied by Morean Center for Clay.

Sydney Harbour located in Sydeny, New South Wales

Sydney Harbour Bridge

     This bridge opened in 1932.  It was designed and built by Dorman Long.It is 134.4 m in height.  48.8 m in width. Total length is 1,140 m   It is a steel through arch bridge.  It spans Sydney Harbour from the Central Business District to North Shore.  It carries Bradfield Hwy, Cahill Expressway and the North Shore Rail Line, a foot path, and a cycle way.

Legislative Library of British Columbia

Legislative Library of British Columbia

     The Legislative Library of British of Columbia is located at 501 Belleville St., British Columbia.  The current building occupies a wing of Parliament.  It was built in 1915.

     The architect was Francis Rattinbury.  The building style is neoclassical baroque.  The building serves as a resource source for legislators and other government officials. There is a wide range of publications and materials.

Fisgard Lighthouse on Fisgard  Island In Colwood, British Columbia

Fisgard Lighthouse Fisgard Island Colson, 

Fisgard Lighthouse is located in Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site in Colwood, B.C.  It was the first lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada.  It was constructed in 1859 to 1860 by the British Colonial Government of Vancouver, Island

The foundation is granite. The construction is brick.   Its height is 14.6 m.  The shape.is tapered cylindrical.  There is a tower with balcony and a lantern.   The architects were John Wright and Hermann Otto Tiedmann.  The builder was Joseph DesPard Pemberton.

There were 12 fulltime lighthouse keepers until 1929 when the lighthouse was automated.  The lighthouse was in continuous operation until 1957.  It was out of service for a year as a result of a fire.


Fisgard Lighthouse