Name one famous thing in your city/town

[Smithy]

The Runcorn Bridge, Halton, Cheshire (officially the Silver Jubilee Bridge) is considered a famous and iconic landmark in Cheshire, England, often compared to the Sydney Harbour Bridge for its through-arch design. Opened in 1961 to replace the world's first transporter bridge, it is a Grade II listed structure that spans the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal.

Key details about the Runcorn Bridge:

• Iconic Status: It is recognized for its impressive design, often visible for miles, and is considered a significant piece of UK engineering heritage.
• Location: It links the towns of Runcorn and Widnes.
• History: The bridge was opened in 1961, with a later expansion in the 1970s for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
• Features: It serves as a major road link (A533) with a pedestrian walkway and is frequently lit up at night.
• Nearby Structures: It is located next to the historic Runcorn Railway Bridge (Ethelfleda Bridge) and near the newer Mersey Gateway Bridge

The Runcorn Bridge is currently 2 miles away from my house. This is an old picture I will try and get a more recent picture.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

Huntsville is where the Space and Rocket Center is at. Even though most of the flights have been launched in Florida for the Space Shuttle, this is where the headquarters for NASA and the Marshall Space Flight Center are at. Now we will also have the headquarters for Space Force, the newest part of our military, right here at Redstone Arsenal. We live almost across the street from part of the arsenal, although not where we can see the Saturn V rocket.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

I now live in Alabama (USA), but I grew up in a small town in northern Idaho. There was a long wooden bridge that went across the Pend Oreille river, right where it cam out of the lake, and at that time, it had the distinction of being the longest wooden bridge in the world !
Later, they built newer bridges across the river, and also shortened the distance, so it no longer had that claim to fame, plus other places probably had longer brides by then, and newer bridges were made of steel and not wooden ones . This picture is how the original bridge looked in the early part of the 1900’s, and you can see where it opened up for boats to come through.

The Sandpoint Long Bridge - Sandpoint and North Idaho History Guide

On 26 May 1908 the first pilings for the first bridge connecting Sagle, Idaho with Sandpoint, Idaho were driven. When completed the bridge was supported by 1,540 pilings and covered a distance of almost two miles. Near the center was a steel lift which allowed the steam boat traffic to pass...

www.sandpoint.com

 

[Nancy Hart]

One stationary thing? Hmm... I'm coming up with nothing . . .

How about the double-barreled cannon (or why the South lost the War)? The cannon balls were attached to each other with a chain. It was used once on August 2, 1864, to defend Athens, Georgia against Union troops, where its noise helped deter enemy soldiers.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

One stationary thing? Hmm... I'm coming up with nothing . . .

How about the double-barreled cannon (or why the South lost the War)? The cannon balls were attached to each other with a chain. It was used once on August 2, 1864, to defend Athens, Georgia against Union troops, where its noise helped deter enemy soldiers.

I have never heard of this, @Nancy Hart , what was the purpose of the chains in between the cannon balls ? Did they think it would do more damage if two were connected together maybe ? If they only used it once, apparently it either didn’t work like they thought , or it was too difficult to operate.

 

[Nancy Hart]

I have never heard of this, @Nancy Hart , what was the purpose of the chains in between the cannon balls ? Did they think it would do more damage if two were connected together maybe ? If they only used it once, apparently it either didn’t work like they thought , or it was too difficult to operate.

Yes, they thought it would cut a wide swath and mow down several enemy soldiers with the chain. They could never get the balls synchronized. I showed it to my parents once when they came to visit. My father couldn't stop laughing.