Tue August 29, 2017
WSDOT Offers Historic Puyallup River Bridge for Sale
For more than eight decades, the Meridian Street Bridge over the Puyallup River served as a portal for cities along the Puget Sound to the semi-rural, agricultural community of Puyallup, Wash. Now, this historic bridge is up for donation....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 22, 2017
Construction Project Exposes Speculated Prohibition-Era Speakeasy
A construction project at Ohio State University revealed a doorway to what might be a secret Prohibition-era speakeasy. Crews found the underground, arched door while working on a new entrance at 15th and High Streets as they demolished Long's Bookstore, the Columbus Dispatch reported....
Patrick Anderson - Tue August 22, 2017
South Dakota Builder Receives Historic Preservation Award
No one else seems to see these homes. Or maybe they don't care to look past a rough exterior. John Koch feels lucky each time he buys a house near the core, discovering a forgotten vestige of Sioux Falls' history....
David Baker - Fri August 04, 2017
WWII-Era Hand Grenade Found on Arizona Construction Site
Crews found a hand grenade in a construction area northeast of Flagstaff, Ariz. on Wednesday morning. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said its deputies were called to Schuff Steel in Bellemont, Ariz....
Lori Tobias - Tue August 01, 2017
Idaho's Sequoia Tree Has Storied Past, Moves to New Home
Bystanders in Boise were recently treated to a sight they're not likely to witness soon, if ever again — the relocation of a 98-ft.-tall, 800,000-lb. sequoia tree planted in its original spot at St....
Fri July 21, 2017
Antique Equipment on Display at Association's Reunion
While Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association's Annual Threshermen's Reunion — Aug. 16 to 19, 2017 in Kinzers, Pa. — is usually known for its steam engines, early gas tractors and threshing demonstrations, there is much greater diversity at this show than some people realize....
Edgar A. Browning - Fri July 21, 2017
Looking Back: Campanella & Cardi at I-95 in Groton, Conn.
Well over 50 years ago, during 1963, the Campanella & Cardi Construction Company of Hillsgrove, R.I., was building a 3 mile section of Interstate 95 in Groton, Conn. The $5,656,000 contract ran from a point just east of the Route 12 interchange built by the Jarvis Construction Company of Manchester, Conn., to Flanders Road....
Thu July 20, 2017
New Hampshire Demolishes Historic 108-Year Old Bridge for Safety Reasons
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) A historic bridge in Hooksett, N.H., has been demolished for safety reasons. The 108-year-old Lilac Bridge on the Merrimack River was closed to traffic in 1976 but remained open to pedestrian traffic until this June....
Pete Sigmund - Wed July 19, 2017
A Work of True Grit: Erie Canal Celebrates Bicentennial
I've got a mule, her name is Sal15 miles on the Erie Canal…Low bridge, everybody downLow bridge, for we're coming to a townThis song is one of the many echoing through the many generations since men dug shovels into earth in Rome, N.Y., on July 4, 1817, in the groundbreaking of the nation's first great infrastructure project, the Erie Canal....
Kylee Tsuru - Wed July 12, 2017
Demolition of Prohibition-Era Wall Reveals Centuries-Old Wine Collection
Museum workers in New Jersey broke through a Prohibition-era wall and a locked wooden cage to discover over 50 bottles and 42 demijohns of rare Madeira wine dating back as early as 1769. Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, says the discovery yields the oldest known collection of Madeira in the United States....
