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  1. Historic anti-drug operation in northern Spain: 400 police officers, sniffer dogs and excavators

    The National Police carried out the largest operation in the fight against drug-trafficking, money-laundering, robberies, arms trafficking and…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #400 #and #antidrug #Dogs #excavators #historic #Northern #Officers #operation #police #sniffer
    europesays.com/spain/30847/

  2. Paddling under #SelkirkTrestle bridge, on the #GorgeWaterway.

    The Selkirk Trestle is a #historic wooden railway bridge in Victoria, British Columbia. Spanning 302 meters (approximately 991 feet) over the Gorge Waterway, it connects the neighborhoods of Burnside-Gorge & Victoria West. Built in 1917 for the Canadian Northern Railway (later part of Canadian National Railway), it originally carried freight, including forest products, to industrial areas in Victoria. The bridge features a rare Scherzer rolling lift (bascule) span, approximately 37 meters long. It was traditionally hand-operated to allow tall vessels to pass through the Selkirk Arm of the Gorge Waterway.

    Today, it is part of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, which runs for 55 km from Victoria to Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    #Songhees #Bridge #UnderTheBridge #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #infrastructure #railway #GallopingGoose #landmarks #photography #historical #CNR #YYJ

  3. Paddling under #SelkirkTrestle bridge, on the #GorgeWaterway.

    The Selkirk Trestle is a #historic wooden railway bridge in Victoria, British Columbia. Spanning 302 meters (approximately 991 feet) over the Gorge Waterway, it connects the neighborhoods of Burnside-Gorge & Victoria West. Built in 1917 for the Canadian Northern Railway (later part of Canadian National Railway), it originally carried freight, including forest products, to industrial areas in Victoria. The bridge features a rare Scherzer rolling lift (bascule) span, approximately 37 meters long. It was traditionally hand-operated to allow tall vessels to pass through the Selkirk Arm of the Gorge Waterway.

    Today, it is part of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, which runs for 55 km from Victoria to Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    #Songhees #Bridge #UnderTheBridge #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #infrastructure #railway #GallopingGoose #landmarks #photography #historical #CNR #YYJ

  4. Paddling under #SelkirkTrestle bridge, on the #GorgeWaterway.

    The Selkirk Trestle is a #historic wooden railway bridge in Victoria, British Columbia. Spanning 302 meters (approximately 991 feet) over the Gorge Waterway, it connects the neighborhoods of Burnside-Gorge & Victoria West. Built in 1917 for the Canadian Northern Railway (later part of Canadian National Railway), it originally carried freight, including forest products, to industrial areas in Victoria. The bridge features a rare Scherzer rolling lift (bascule) span, approximately 37 meters long. It was traditionally hand-operated to allow tall vessels to pass through the Selkirk Arm of the Gorge Waterway.

    Today, it is part of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, which runs for 55 km from Victoria to Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    #Songhees #Bridge #UnderTheBridge #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #infrastructure #railway #GallopingGoose #landmarks #photography #historical #CNR #YYJ

  5. Paddling under #SelkirkTrestle bridge, on the #GorgeWaterway.

    The Selkirk Trestle is a #historic wooden railway bridge in Victoria, British Columbia. Spanning 302 meters (approximately 991 feet) over the Gorge Waterway, it connects the neighborhoods of Burnside-Gorge & Victoria West. Built in 1917 for the Canadian Northern Railway (later part of Canadian National Railway), it originally carried freight, including forest products, to industrial areas in Victoria. The bridge features a rare Scherzer rolling lift (bascule) span, approximately 37 meters long. It was traditionally hand-operated to allow tall vessels to pass through the Selkirk Arm of the Gorge Waterway.

    Today, it is part of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, which runs for 55 km from Victoria to Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    #Songhees #Bridge #UnderTheBridge #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #infrastructure #railway #GallopingGoose #landmarks #photography #historical #CNR #YYJ

  6. Paddling under #SelkirkTrestle bridge, on the #GorgeWaterway.

    The Selkirk Trestle is a #historic wooden railway bridge in Victoria, British Columbia. Spanning 302 meters (approximately 991 feet) over the Gorge Waterway, it connects the neighborhoods of Burnside-Gorge & Victoria West. Built in 1917 for the Canadian Northern Railway (later part of Canadian National Railway), it originally carried freight, including forest products, to industrial areas in Victoria. The bridge features a rare Scherzer rolling lift (bascule) span, approximately 37 meters long. It was traditionally hand-operated to allow tall vessels to pass through the Selkirk Arm of the Gorge Waterway.

    Today, it is part of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, which runs for 55 km from Victoria to Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    #Songhees #Bridge #UnderTheBridge #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #infrastructure #railway #GallopingGoose #landmarks #photography #historical #CNR #YYJ

  7. New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition - Amusement Park, 1925-6

    DCC Archives, New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Series, Special Pictorial History, 3/2, page 106
    Dunedin City Council Archives via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/3873

    #Dunedin #Historic #Exhibition #Entertainment #Crowds #DunedinCityCouncilArchives

  8. I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt, Nomenclator is the first printed catalog of an institutional library, The Ashmolean Museum is the world's first university museum, …

    hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/may

    #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

  9. I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Robert the Bruce defeats John Comyn, Joan of Arc is captured, …

    hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/may

    #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

  10. Doors Open Neighbourhood Tours – City of Toronto

    Explore the histories and cultures of Toronto’s vibrant neighbourhoods, public spaces and landmarks with the help of a local guide. Registration is mandatory and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Toronto #Architecture #Buildings #CA #Canada #CityHall #Culture #Doors #DoorsOpen #free #historic #History #opendoors #playgrounds #toronto #walkingtours
    newsbeep.com/ca/688277/

  11. Feast for the Apparition of the Daughter of Fortitude, Edward Kelly's May 23, 1587 vision pertaining to Our Lady hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/dau #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

  12. Doors Open Neighbourhood Tours – City of Toronto

    Explore the histories and cultures of Toronto’s vibrant neighbourhoods, public spaces and landmarks with the help of a local guide. Registration is mandatory and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Toronto #Architecture #Buildings #CA #Canada #CityHall #Culture #Doors #DoorsOpen #free #historic #History #opendoors #playgrounds #toronto #walkingtours
    newsbeep.com/ca/688190/