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James Wilson Marshall House
62 Bridge Street, Hopewell Township, NJ
The Marshall House is on the National and the New Jersey Registers of Historic Places. It was the boyhood home of James Wilson Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, and is now the headquarters of the Lambertville Historical Society. James' father, Philip, built the house in 1816. Philip Marshall, a coach and wagon maker, was a member of one of the oldest families in New Jersey and a relative of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The family lived here until Philip's death in 1834, when the property was sold. Family descendants continue to live in Lambertville and the surrounding area. The house was constructed using bricks made of clay dug near the outskirts of town and is notable for its Federal architecture, with its decorative, Adam-style frieze, box cornice, and typical two-story structural style and size.
Wreck of the Titanic View of the bow of the RMS Titanic photographed in June 2004 by the ROV Hercules during an expedition returning to the shipwreck of the Titanic
"Untergang der Titanic" as conceived by Willy Stöwer, 1912
The route of Titanic's maiden voyage Titanic was planned to arrive at New York Pier 59 on the morning of 17 April. After leaving Queenstown, Titanic followed the Irish coast as far as Fastnet Rock, a distance of some 55 nautical miles. From there she travelled 1,620 nautical miles along a Great Circle route across the North Atlantic to reach a spot in the ocean known as "the corner" south-east of Newfoundland, where westbound steamers carried out a change of course. Titanic sailed only a few hours past the corner on a rhumb line leg of 1,023 nautical miles to Nantucket Shoals Light when she made her fatal contact with an iceberg. The final leg of the journey would have been 193 nautical miles to Ambrose Light and finally to New York Harbor.
RMS Titanic departing Southampton April 10, 1912
RMS Titanic 4/1912, at Southampton docks, prior to departure
Betsy Ross Posthumous depiction 1893
Gemini/Titan-II launch vehicle #1 liftoff Cape Kennedy, FL
