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Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Awesome selection of historic bridges. They are all wonderful examples of determined and skillful planning and engineering.
kimbesa, on 12/02/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
TY. As a Brit I would have probably said PUFF...keep..si
Yes that was it... Brooklyn Bridge and some underwater workers got The Bends I think
Veronica, on 12/02/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Thanks! Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge - he actually died before it was finished and his son took over the construction. I'm sure people died building that one!
Poughkeepsie is pronounced Pu-kip'-see with stress on the "kip"
jptanabe, on 12/01/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Thanks! I also learned a lot about these bridges that I have driven (or walked) over many times - great to learn their history.
jptanabe, on 12/01/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
How is Poughkeepsie pronounced?
This is a great piece and yet again, I feel I am on a glorious world journey courtesy of our Wizzley friends.
This has everything from a description and history right down to the New York State Bridge ...
Veronica, on 12/01/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
This is an original topic for a Wizzley article and constitutes a useful resource for reference..
frankbeswick, on 12/01/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Thanks. Yes I agree. The B&W especially give a sense of the history, and some of these bridges are rather historical.
jptanabe, on 11/30/2017
Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Excellent selection. It is nice to see black and white images are not neglected. Color mages are impactful, but b&w offer an older appearance, even when the image is recent.
blackspanielgallery, on 11/30/2017
The Potato Famine
Nightshades and potatoes belong to the Solanaceae family, as do tomatoes, so they are related.
frankbeswick, on 11/29/2017
The Potato Famine
If I recall properly there was a resistance at first to potatoes due to a similarity in appearance to nightshades. So, there would have been prior crops, a well said point you have made.
blackspanielgallery, on 11/28/2017
The Potato Famine
One sadly overlooked point is that prior to the cultivation of the potato the Irish [and Scots and Welsh] had grown silverweed [Potentilla anserina] known in Gaelic as the seventh bread, whose starchy root was a staple food. It is not ...
frankbeswick, on 11/28/2017
The Potato Famine
I can't imagine how devastating it must have been to try to grow food for 3 years and have it all rot away. Such disasters must be lessons learned so it never happens again.
dustytoes, on 11/28/2017
The Potato Famine
Continental drift is an ongoing process, but the period of which you are thinking was over 200 million years ago. The geological foundation of Ireland was not a factor in the famine, as blight can occur anywhere the atmospheric conditions are ...
frankbeswick, on 11/28/2017
The Potato Famine
BSG The West of Ireland, which is largely our ancestral home apart from some ancestors from County Carlow, and also the south were the worst affected areas. All areas were affected in some way.
Ireland is very interesting geographically. ...
Veronica, on 11/28/2017
The Potato Famine
Well stated as the political history of the region goes, for we have little of this history here. I appreciate you sharing this. As another contributor, would you consider the Little Ice Age of significance? It continued until the 1870 ...
blackspanielgallery, on 11/27/2017