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  2. Ferndale Colliery - Wikipedia

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    Ferndale Colliery. Coordinates: 51°39′28″N 3°26′45″W. Ferndale Colliery was a series of nine coal mines, located close to the village of Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales .

  3. Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Wikipedia

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    Ferndale ( Welsh: Glynrhedynog) is a town and community located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Neighbouring villages are Blaenllechau, Maerdy and Tylorstown. Ferndale was industrialised in the mid-19th century. The first coal mine shaft was sunk in 1857 and Ferndale was the first community to be ...

  4. List of collieries in the Rhondda Valleys - Wikipedia

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    Rhondda No. 3 11 Ynyshir House 1845 Shepherd & Evans Ynyshir 1909 55 (1908) Rhondda No. 2 12 Perch Levels 1847 William Perch Blaenclydach: Unknown Unknown Rhondda No. 2 13 Cymmer (Old) Colliery: 1847 George Insole & Son Cymmer 1940 780 (1918) Rhondda No. 3 14 Coedcae Colliery 1850 Edward Mills Trehafod: 1935 585 (1923) Rhondda No. 3 15

  5. Pit stop - Wikipedia

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    Indianapolis Motor Speedway Formula One pit lane and garages (right) adjacent to the oval racing lane. In motorsports, a pit stop is a pause for refuelling, new tyres, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, as a penalty, or any combination of the above. These stops occur in an area called the pits, most commonly accessed via a pit ...

  6. Streets and highways of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    The streets and highways of Washington, D.C., form the core of the surface transportation infrastructure in Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. Given that it is a planned city, the city's streets follow a distinctive layout and addressing scheme. There are 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of public roads in the city, of which ...

  7. List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.

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    38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. /  38.901444°N 77.046167°W  / 38.901444; -77.046167  ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...

  8. D.C. sniper attacks - Wikipedia

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    The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and preliminary shootings, that consisted of murders and robberies in several states, and lasted for six months starting in February ...

  9. List of Michelin starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.

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    This article contains a complete list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington, D.C. since 2017. The D.C. guide is the first US Michelin Guide released since the Chicago guide in 2011. [1] It is the fourth US guide after New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago. Although originally stating that all restaurants would be within the city ...