fyeah-history: Old Chain-Bridge at Chaksam, 1904The Chakzam Bridge (also Chushul Chakzam) was a suspension bridge that spanned the Yarlung Tsangpo river near Lhasa in Tibet. When it was built at Jagsamka, in 1430 by Thang Tong Gyalpo (1385-1464), its main section was the longest unsupported span in the world, with a central span estimated at around 137 metres (150 yards). At the time it was built, there were no suspension bridges anywhere else in the world.

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Old Chain-Bridge at Chaksam, 1904
The Chakzam Bridge (also Chushul Chakzam) was a suspension bridge that spanned the Yarlung Tsangpo river near Lhasa in Tibet. When it was built at Jagsamka, in 1430 by Thang Tong Gyalpo (1385-1464), its main section was the longest unsupported span in the world, with a central span estimated at around 137 metres (150 yards). At the time it was built, there were no suspension bridges anywhere else in the world.

rain-storms: Boot Hill - Virginia City, Montana by Kim Tashjian on Flickr.

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fyeah-history: Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on large casing section of pipe suspended by cable as it is moved into position by a crane, reservoir in the background during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, c. 1936-46Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. It was constructed between 1933 and 1942, originally with two power plants. A third power station was completed in 1974 to increase its energy production. It is the largest electric power-producing facility in the United States and one of the largest concrete structures in the world.

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Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on large casing section of pipe suspended by cable as it is moved into position by a crane, reservoir in the background during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, c. 1936-46
Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. It was constructed between 1933 and 1942, originally with two power plants. A third power station was completed in 1974 to increase its energy production. It is the largest electric power-producing facility in the United States and one of the largest concrete structures in the world.

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Images from the Dust Bowl, 1930s
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands in the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought combined with a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion. Extensive deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains in the preceding decade had displaced the natural deep-rooted grasses that normally kept the soil in place and trapped moisture even during periods of drought and high winds. Rapid mechanization of farm implements, especially small gasoline tractors and widespread use of the combine harvester, were significant in the decisions to convert arid grassland (much of which received no more than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year) to cultivated cropland.

The one time I heard my Grandparents talk about the Depression is the one time I asked about it.

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Sono yo no tsuma aka That Night’s Wife, 1930, Yasujiro Ozu

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Couple on a subway. Photo by Stanley Kubrick, 1946

Couple on a subway. Photo by Stanley Kubrick, 1946

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