Memorial Clock Tower, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Memorial Clock Tower  Cenotaph

     The Memorial Clock Tower is located in the center of the Queen Street area  in Niagra on the Lake, Ontario. It was built as a memorial to town residents killed in World War I.  It was designed by the architect M.Wilmott.It is 42 feet high.  It is made of bricks with stone at the top and short columns and a clock at the point. It opened  on June 3, 1922.

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

     Cape Fear Memorial Bridge carries US 76, US 17, US 421 over the Cape Fear River. The Bridge is in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina and Brunswick County, North Carolina. The bridge was constructed between 1967 and 1969. The builder/contractor was Bowers Construction Company.

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

 The bridge type is a metal 12 panel bolt connected polygonal Warren through Truss, Movable: vertical lift (tower drive ) and approach spans: metal stringer (multibeam fixed). This is the only vertical lift bridge in North Carolina.

     The building specifications are:  main span length 408 feet; structure length 3,033 feet; width 56 feet

     Renovations are as follows:

1986 new painting.

1996 new decking.

2007 new control system

2011- 2012 cross beams were replaced and new paint job

Tennessee Theater Knoxville Tennessee

         This Theater is located at 604 Gay Street in Knoxville.  It was built in 1928.  It was located in the Burwell Building (1908).  The Burwell Building was originally the Knoxville Banking and Trust Company.  This was a 10 story building.  In 1917, Clay Brown Atkin purchased the bank building and renamed it the Burwell Building.  It was 166 feet in height.

Tennessee Theater Knoxville, Tennessee

Same as above

     The Tennessee Theater opened in 1928. It was designed by architects Graven and Mayger.  It had 2,000 seats.  The style was Spanish Moorish.   Lavish features such as crystal chandeliers, italian terazzo tiling in the lobby were present. The builder was  George Fuller.        Initially, the theater showed 2 silent features per week.  It also hosted live performers ie singers and dancers.  It showed movies until 1977.      Over the years the Tennessee changed ownership multiple times.  It first closed in 1977.  It closed intermittently in the 1970’s.  In 2005, it underwent a multimillion dollar restoration project

Tennessee Theater Knoxville

    Seen in movie Banking on Christmas

Big John Statue Cape Coral, Florida

Big John Statue, Cape Coral, Florida

     In May, 1969 Craig and John Hollingsworth purchased an existing grocery store in Cape Coral, Florida on Cape Coral Parkway.   They renamed the store Big Johns. They commissioned  a 28 foot fiberglass figure to be built as the store’s mascot.  They named it big John.  It represented a store clerk carrying two grocery bags. The statue was made by the General Sign Company in Cape Giradeau,Missouri.

Big John Statue, Cape Coral

    Big John stood in front of the store until its closing in 1986.  It is still in Big Johns plaza. It has undergone changes.  Big John wears an American Flag shirt,acid washed jeans and sneakers.  During holidays, it is dressed in holiday garb.

     Big John is now the landmark mascot of Cape Coral, Florida

Main Street Bridge Cambridge Ontario

Main Street Bridge Cambridge Ontario

     The Cambridge, Ontario Main Street Bridge is located in the historic center of Galt. It spans the Grand River.  Its design is concrete bow string.

Main Street Bridge Cambridge Ontario

    The bridge was designed by Archibald C.Crealock.  It was built by W.H. Yates Construction Company.  The construction took place in 1931. It opened on 12/22/1931.

Main Street Bridge Cambridge Ontario

     The bridge total length is 57.3 m.  It has a single main support and two spans of 28 m each.  There are two lanes for vehicles and sidewalks on either side of the bridge.

Main Street Bridge Cambridge Ontario

     In 2009, the bridge underwent repair and reconstruction.  It reopened in July, 2009.

Provo River Parkway Bridge, DRG Provo River Bridge, Olmsted Bridge in Utah County, Utah

This bridge was built in 1884. It was relocated in 1901 and 1919.  It crosses the Provo River in Utah County, Utah. The builders were the Union Bridge Company Buffalo, New York and Athens, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Railroad. It was owned by the Denver and Rio Grande and Western Railroad. The bridge was abandoned in 1969.
     The bridge is a wrought iron pin connected 5 panel Pratt through truss.

DRG Provo River Bridge Library of Congress

     It currently operates as a pedestrian bridge

DRG Provo River Bridge. Library of Congress

Library of Congress Photo

DRG Provo Bridge. Library of Congress