Engineering

New York Skyscrapers: One Hundred Years of High-Rises

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC/nyc.html

Author:

E.T. Dankwa

Excerpt:

This is a study of New York City's most striking architectural entities,
its high-rise buildings -- or "skyscrapers" -- which have given the
city much of its nature and prestige and have in fact largely
formed the impression of this city in people's minds.

Annotation:

Expansive site with numerous histories, images and links of or about New York City's skyscrapers past and present. Information about the buildings is organized by architectural style, era, and geography. Facts concerning architects, press clippings and an extensive bibliography are also included. Information is searchable and indexed, and a forum for discussion is featured as well.

Historic Ship Nautilus Submarine Force Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.ussnautilus.org/

Author:

Doug Gehlsen and Tim Martin

Excerpt:

The Submarine Force Museum, located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, maintains the world's finest collection of submarine artifacts. It is the only submarine museum operated by the United States Navy, and as such is the primary repository for artifacts, documents and photographs relating to U.S. Submarine Force history. The museum traces the development of the "Silent Service" from David Bushnell's Turtle, used in the Revolutionary War, to the modern Los Angeles, Ohio and Seawolf class submarines.

Annotation:

This site briefly recounts a history of the USS Nautilus, including a list of the ship's Commanding Officers and Medal of Honor winners. Virtual tours of the submarine and museum are available, and feature several QuickTime Virtual Reality movies. Information concerning the Submarine Force Library and Archives, with a selected bibliography, are posted. A number of submarine-related sites are linked.

National Maritime Museum Association

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.maritime.org/

Excerpt:

Visit the historic vessels at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and USS Pampanito submarine museum & memorial at Fisherman's Wharf and discover your connection to San Francisco's maritime heritage.

Annotation:

The National Maritime Museum site offers several area of potential interest for research, particularly for naval historians. A copy of The Fleet Type Submarine, a post-WW II training manual, has been reproduced. Papers from the Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels are made available. The site also lists submarines lost during World War Two and their casualties. Finally, a detailed history of the USS Pampanito is recounted and features an interactive blueprint which includes QuickTime Virtual Reality movies of the compartments.

NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html

Author:

National Archives and Records Administration

Excerpt:

The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries. ARC allows you to perform a keyword, digitized image and location search. ARC's advanced functionalities also allow you to search by organization, person, or topic.

Annotation:

The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) developed the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) to help users locate and access records held in a multitude of government libraries and repositories throughout the United States. To assist researchers, the site has a powerful search tool, a description of steps to finding records, and information on research tutorials and workshops. Links connect the NARA site with sites for individual archives and libraries and online articles outline government record-keeping procedures. Besides acting as a finding tool, the NARA also works to develop better techniques for preserving records that are valuable to the documentation of American history.

National Museum of American History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/

Excerpt:

The Museum offers three floors of exhibitions that explore the rich diversity of American history, from "First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image" to "America on the Move."

Annotation:

This is the website for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The site is impressively done with many virtual exhibits. Its appeal ranges from interactive games for kids and to advanced search engines for scholars.

Steamboat Arabia Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.1856.com/

Excerpt:

Unbelievable treasures and fascinating history await. Explore our museum and learn how the handsome steamer Arabia prospered on the rivers, perished in 1856 and was finally rediscovered 132 years later, precious cargo intact. This exhibit, in Kansas City, Mo, is many things: history, ingenuity, tragedy, adventure, perseverance, preservation and a tribute to the pioneer spirit.

Annotation:

Online presence for the Arabia Steamboat Museum, located in Kansas City, featuring brief histories of steamboat transportation, the Arabia,/em>, and the efforts which recovered the ship and its artifacts 132 years after its sinking. Several images accompany the accounts.

Titanic & Her Sisters

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
Engineering

Images

Links

Modern (18th-20th Century)

Personal

URL:
http://members.aol.com/wakkow5/titnsis.html

Excerpt:
Hello everyone. Ever since they did a program about the Titanic on a show I used to watch as a kid I've been fascinated by that ship and her sisters. That's why I'm making this page about the three sisters. If you have any questions about them, feel free to e-mail me at wakkow5@aol.com. On the bottom of some of the pages is paragraph that tells you about a part of the ship. Well, here's the page. Enjoy

Annotation:
Titanic & Her Sisters provides brief histories of the Titanic and her sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic. Passenger, crew, and cargo lists of the Titanic are also documented, as well as menus and deck plans. The site also provides links to Titanic-related sites online and the locations of museums and memorials.

Complete History of the USS Gunnel SS-253

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
Contemporary (Post-WWII)

Engineering

Images

Industrial/Military Technology

Modern (18th-20th Century)

Personal

Primary Source

URL:
http://www.jmlavelle.com/gunnel/index.htm

Author:
Lloyd Vasey and Jim Lavelle
Excerpt:
Welcome to Give 'em Hell - The Story of the USS GUNNEL. The purpose of this on-line book is to detail the history of one World War 2 US submarine, the GUNNEL, from keel laying to scrapping. Each of the GUNNEL's War Patrols, 8 in all, has it's own chapter. There are also chapters on the boat's statistics, the attacks she made, the trip back to New London after the war, as well as many photos of the crew and boat

Annotation:
A narrative relating the history of the USS Gunnel. The site particularly focuses on the ship's patrols during World War II, blending the Captain's reports with the oral histories of its crew. Vital statistics about the Gunnel and its wartime record are also provided.

Titanic

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
Engineering

Images

Links

Modern (18th-20th Century)

Personal

Primary Source

URL:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Carpathia

Author:
George Behe
Excerpt:
The author hopes to use this site to present (on a semi-regular basis) "chapters" containing little-known information about the Titanic disaster that has been overlooked by historians ever since the events in question took place. The material presented here has been culled from a wide variety of sources: period newspapers, diaries, letters, personal memoirs and primary source documents held in archives on both sides of the Atlantic. Each chapter will vary in length, but will (hopefully) provide the reader with interesting vignettes of the Titanic disaster that - until now - have lain lost and forgotten among dusty records of those steadily-receding events that make up our common past.

Annotation:
This site looks at lesser known and controversial stories about the Titanic such as how it came to be known as "unsinkable," iceberg visibility, psychic forewarnings of the sinking, and a dozen other topics. Images of the ship and many of the characters involved are available. There are also links to other Titanic sites of potential interest. (Note: last site update was February 9, 2002.)

WWW Virtual Library

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
Ancient (BCE-40 CE)

Aviation/Space Exploration

Computers/Information Technology

Consumer Technology

Contemporary (Post-WWII)

Early Modern (15th-18th Century)

Earth Sciences

Engineering

Industrial/Military Technology

Library/Archive

Life Sciences

Links

Medicine/Behavioral Science

Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)

Modern (18th-20th Century)

Philosophy of Science

Physical Sciences

URL:
http://vlib.org/

Excerpt:
The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.

Annotation:
Collection of links to other virtual libraries which catalog sites in the following topics: Agriculture, The Arts, Business and Economics, Communications and Media, Computing and Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information and Libraries, International Affairs, Law, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Recreation, Regional Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Society. Material is well maintained and can be browsed by subject or searched, and is available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.