Portal:Philadelphia/Selected picture archive/2006
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[edit] 2006
- December
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first naval shipyard of the United States. The yard was established in 1801, and the League Island site was built in 1917. The naval yard's greatest period came in World War II, when the yard employed 40,000 people on the construction of 53 ships and the repair of 574. It officially closed 30 September 1995, although various projects were still underway in 2003 under new ownership. The image was taken on May 19, 1955.
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- November
Fort Mifflin is a fort in the south Philadelphia along the Delaware River. Commissioned in 1771, the fort was partially destroyed in the American Revolution and housed prisoners during the American Civil War before closing in 1956. The image shows Fort Mifflin hospital.
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- October
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians" is an oil on canvas 1771 painting by Benjamin West. The painting depicts the legend of William Penn purchasing the land for Pennsylvania from the Lenape in present day Philadelphia.
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- September
In 2005 the Philadelphia Museum of Art featured an exhibition of the artwork of Salvador Dalí. To promote the exhibition the museum displayed a large picture of Dali on the museum's steps.
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- August
A Foucault pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the Coriolis effect. It is a tall pendulum free to oscillate in any vertical plane and ideally should include some sort of motor so that it can run continuously rather than have its motion damped by air resistance. The above pendulum is located in the Grand Stairwell at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was installed in 1934 and donated by Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Binder.
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- July
The Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with early American history and the battle for American independence and freedom. Its most famous ringing, on July 8, 1776, summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. Previously, it had been rung to announce the opening of the First Continental Congress, in 1774, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord, in 1775.
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