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LB40370. Location. The Forth Bridge [2] is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
Christopher Bainbridge (c. 1462/1464 – 14 July 1514) was an English cardinal.Of Westmorland origins, he was a nephew of Bishop Thomas Langton of Winchester, represented the continuation of Langton's influence and teaching and succeeded him in many of his appointments such as provost of The Queen's College in the University of Oxford.
BBC Learning English. BBC Learning English is a department of the BBC World Service devoted to English language teaching. The service provides free resources and activities for teachers and students, primarily through its website. It also produces radio programmes which air on some of the BBC World Service's language services and partner stations.
The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge ( colloquially referred to as the Ravenel Bridge and the Cooper River Bridge [3]) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, US, connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The bridge has a main span of 1,546 feet (471 m), the third longest among cable-stayed bridges in the Western ...
54°18′45″N 2°6′3″W. / 54.31250°N 2.10083°W / 54.31250; -2.10083. Length. 3.95 kilometres (2.45 mi) The River Bain is a river in North Yorkshire, England. As a tributary of the River Ure, it is one of the shortest, named rivers in England. [1] The river is home to the small scale hydroelectricity project River Bain Hydro ...
Duncan Bane, 3rd Laird of Tulloch. Duncan Bane, 3rd Laird of Tulloch was born in about 1559 and succeeded his father in 1599. He married firstly, Elspet, daughter of Torquil Connach MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod of Lewis. He married secondly, Isabel, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, II of Fairburn.
The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.
Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]