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Hillsgrove Covered Bridge
The Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a 186-foot (57 m) one-lane bridge with a roof and sides to protect the wooden structure from the weather, crosses Loyalsock Creek in Hillsgrove Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built by Sadler Rodgers around 1850 and serving as a landing site for lumber rafts between 1870 and 1890, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. Nineteenth-century regulations restricting speed, number of animals, and fire are still posted on the bridge. It gets its strength and rigidity from load-bearing Burr arches sandwiching multiple vertical king posts on each side. Restoration work was carried out in 1963, 1968, 2010, and, after serious flood damage (pictured), again in 2012. The bridge was still in use in 2015, and its average daily traffic was 54 vehicles in 2012, but the same year, the National Bridge Inventory found the bridge to be "Structurally Deficient" despite the restorations, with problematic railings and a 16.5 percent structural sufficiency rating. Only three of the 30 covered bridges that were in Sullivan County in 1890 remain in 2015: Forksville, Hillsgrove, and Sonestown. Pennsylvania had the first covered bridge in the United States, and has had more of them than any other state since the mid-19th century. (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Bruce (left) and Finch in 1922
... that the first time Geoffrey Bruce climbed a mountain, he and George Finch (pictured together) reached a world record height of 27,300 feet (8,300 m) on Mount Everest?
... that the ancient Roman church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus was briefly used as a sculpture studio before being reconsecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1983?
... that Charlene Morett has spent thirty-one seasons with the Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey team?
... that in December 1979 the Progressive All-Student Unionist Camp mobilized students to occupy Greek universities?
... that Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wore the black clothes of mourning for more than three years after her husband died?
... that when the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls was released in South Korea, it featured a new character exclusive to the region's version?
... that to increase student interest at the University of California, Riverside, biology professor Irwin Sherman would dress up in costume and lecture as one of several famous scientists?
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In the news


AirAsia Flight 8501 aircraft
Gunmen kill 12 people at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the tomb of the previously unknown ancient Egyptian queen Khentakawess III.
Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Venezuela take their seats on the United Nations Security Council.
Lithuania becomes the 19th member of the Eurozone.
At least 36 people are killed as a result of a stampede at a New Year's Eve celebration in Shanghai.
Authorities confirm the discovery of debris and bodies from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (aircraft pictured), which crashed en route to Singapore with 162 people on board.
Ongoing: Floods in Southeast and South Asia – Ebola outbreak – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Edward Brooke – Mario Cuomo – Luise Rainer

On this day...


January 8: Kim Jong-un's Birthday in North Korea

Herman Hollerith
1297 – Francesco Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, led his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
1889 – Statistician Herman Hollerith (pictured) received a patent for his electric tabulating machine, the precursor to modern computers.
1920 – The steel strike of 1919, an attempt to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I, collapsed in complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
1964 – During his State of the Union address, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty".
2010 – Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.
More anniversaries: January 7 – January 8 – January 9
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American burlesque poster
The poster for an American burlesque production, Bend Her, dating from circa 1900; this burlesque was a take on Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur, which had recently been adapted to stage by William Young.
Burlesque productions such as this were variety shows involving a blend of satire, performance art, music hall and adult entertainment such as stripteases. As with Victorian burlesque, the stories were often parodies of popular contemporary works. These shows, mostly featuring female performers, could be put on in cabarets, clubs, music halls, and theatres.
Poster: Courier Company; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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From today's featured article


Hillsgrove Covered Bridge
The Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a 186-foot (57 m) one-lane bridge with a roof and sides to protect the wooden structure from the weather, crosses Loyalsock Creek in Hillsgrove Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built by Sadler Rodgers around 1850 and serving as a landing site for lumber rafts between 1870 and 1890, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. Nineteenth-century regulations restricting speed, number of animals, and fire are still posted on the bridge. It gets its strength and rigidity from load-bearing Burr arches sandwiching multiple vertical king posts on each side. Restoration work was carried out in 1963, 1968, 2010, and, after serious flood damage (pictured), again in 2012. The bridge was still in use in 2015, and its average daily traffic was 54 vehicles in 2012, but the same year, the National Bridge Inventory found the bridge to be "Structurally Deficient" despite the restorations, with problematic railings and a 16.5 percent structural sufficiency rating. Only three of the 30 covered bridges that were in Sullivan County in 1890 remain in 2015: Forksville, Hillsgrove, and Sonestown. Pennsylvania had the first covered bridge in the United States, and has had more of them than any other state since the mid-19th century. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Song of Innocence – Falkland Islands – Suillus pungens
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Bruce (left) and Finch in 1922
... that the first time Geoffrey Bruce climbed a mountain, he and George Finch (pictured together) reached a world record height of 27,300 feet (8,300 m) on Mount Everest?
... that the ancient Roman church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus was briefly used as a sculpture studio before being reconsecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1983?
... that Charlene Morett has spent thirty-one seasons with the Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey team?
... that in December 1979 the Progressive All-Student Unionist Camp mobilized students to occupy Greek universities?
... that Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wore the black clothes of mourning for more than three years after her husband died?
... that when the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls was released in South Korea, it featured a new character exclusive to the region's version?
... that to increase student interest at the University of California, Riverside, biology professor Irwin Sherman would dress up in costume and lecture as one of several famous scientists?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


AirAsia Flight 8501 aircraft
Gunmen kill 12 people at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the tomb of the previously unknown ancient Egyptian queen Khentakawess III.
Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Venezuela take their seats on the United Nations Security Council.
Lithuania becomes the 19th member of the Eurozone.
At least 36 people are killed as a result of a stampede at a New Year's Eve celebration in Shanghai.
Authorities confirm the discovery of debris and bodies from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (aircraft pictured), which crashed en route to Singapore with 162 people on board.
Ongoing: Floods in Southeast and South Asia – Ebola outbreak – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Edward Brooke – Mario Cuomo – Luise Rainer

On this day...


January 8: Kim Jong-un's Birthday in North Korea

Herman Hollerith
1297 – Francesco Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, led his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
1889 – Statistician Herman Hollerith (pictured) received a patent for his electric tabulating machine, the precursor to modern computers.
1920 – The steel strike of 1919, an attempt to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I, collapsed in complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
1964 – During his State of the Union address, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty".
2010 – Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.
More anniversaries: January 7 – January 8 – January 9
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now January 8, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




Today's featured picture


American burlesque poster
The poster for an American burlesque production, Bend Her, dating from circa 1900; this burlesque was a take on Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur, which had recently been adapted to stage by William Young.
Burlesque productions such as this were variety shows involving a blend of satire, performance art, music hall and adult entertainment such as stripteases. As with Victorian burlesque, the stories were often parodies of popular contemporary works. These shows, mostly featuring female performers, could be put on in cabarets, clubs, music halls, and theatres.
Poster: Courier Company; restoration: Adam Cuerden
Recently featured: Papuan frogmouth – Adrianne Wadewitz – Yellow-bellied marmot

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