Flight efforts during the 19th and 20th centuries
The first person to plan and build a practical manned glider that can fly over long distances, is a German engineer named Otto Lilienthal. Studying …
Europe
Barry Island Railway Station, Wales, UK
Barry Island railway station is a railway station, 9¼ miles (15 km) south-west of Cardiff Central, serving Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) in South …
Crumlin Viaduct, Wales, UK
The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of …
Culver Pier, Sandown,
The first Sandown Pier Bill was passed by Parliament in 1864 but work did not begin until 1876 under the supervision of chief engineer W.Binne. …
Ystrad Mynach Hospital, Wales
Ystrad Mynach Hospital was a community hospital located in Ystrad Mynach. It had more than 170 staff and approximately 84 beds providing a comprehensive range …
Royal Hamadryad Hospital, Wales
The Royal Hamadryad Hospital was a seamen’s hospital and later a psychiatric hospital in the docklands area of Cardiff, Wales. It had replaced a hospital …
Rhydlafar, Wales
Rhydlafar is a small settlement in Wales located on the outskirts of Cardiff being around 5 miles west of the city centre and 5 miles …
Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Rhydlafar
The Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital in Cardiff, Wales was a specialist orthopaedic hospital from 1918 to 1988. The Walk, Cardiff The Wales and Monmouthshire …
Cefn Lla, Usk, Wales
Cefn Ila is an 83 acres (34 ha) woodland located in Llanbadoc, a mile away from Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, owned and run by the Woodland …
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, on August 27, 1910, the map of the heavens at her birth has the following stellar signature: …