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The buildings of downtown Galena, all members of the Galena Historic District. Eighty-five percent of the structures in Galena are within the Galena Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and greatly contributes to the city's popularity
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Floodgates in downtown Galena. Due to the city's proximity to the Galena River, buildings have been threatened on numerous occasions by flooding.[34] Galena's Congressman, Leo E. Allen, helped acquire funding for city floodgates which were added in 1951.
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Galena is the largest city in, and county seat of, Jo Daviess County, Illinois in the United States with an estimated population of 3,333 in 2008.
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Cabins at Old Galena Village Along the Yukon River
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Galena Fish Wheel in Action
photo: Public Domain / Dyet
Altaite.
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--AMTC Brian Miller gets tools from one C-130 to work on another while on deck in Galena, AK. Miller was one of four Air Station Kodiak maintenance workers temporarily assigned to Galena to help keep four C-130 airplanes ready to go 24-hours each day. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection,
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--Two C-130 airplanes from Coast Guard air station Kodiak wait on the tarmac at the local airport in Galena, AK. Galena became a hub of activity as four C-130s and more that 30 air crewmen flew on two different missions - search and rescue and law enforcement. Both took place in the Bering Sea. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug in
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--ATMC Brian Miller (L) and AMT2 Bryan Stewart put the last minute touches on a Coast Guard C-130 before it takes off from Galena, AK to patrol Bering sea waters. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personne
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--AVTC Rodney Lucas and AMTC Brian Miller get their paperwork in order as they prepare to work on one of the four C-130 airplanes working out of the state airport in Galena, AK. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as car
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--Coast Guard air crewmen temporarily assigned to Galena, AK board a C-130 as it prepares for takeof on the search and rescue case involving three missing skiffs in the Bering Strait. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--AMT1 Dan Lechtner of Air Station Kodiak found himself loading fuel onto a C-130 in Galena, AK, as four airplanes and 30 crewmen made it their home during tow significant cases in the Bering Sea recently. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Pat
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--Coast Guard Air Station Galena? Residents in the 500-person village thought so as four C-130s and 33 Coast Guard men from Kodiak were temporarily assigned there during high-tempo search and rescue and law enforcement operations. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness,
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The northern terminus of MD 313 in Galena as viewed from MD 213 southbound. MD 313 crosses the Chester River into Kent County, where it continues north through Milling and crosses Maryland Route 291 (Cypress Street).
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New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Lake Galena is a reservoir in Peace Valley Park, Pennsylvania, in the United States, created by the damming of the north branch of the Neshaminy Creek.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The Galena Creek Bridge, under construction in Pleasant Valley. North of Washoe Lake (Washoe Valley to Mount Rose Highway), I-580 will be built along the western hillsides of Pleasant Valley
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mikesa R. Ponder
Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Johnpaulo Solon, center, from Las Vegas, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician 1st Class Serafin D. Phillips, right, from Galena, Ill.,
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Brilliance Galena since 2005
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Linarite.
photo: Public Domain
Houston
photo: Creative Commons / Didier Descouens
Anglesite
photo: Public Domain / Andrew Silver
Argentite
photo: Public Domain / Gerard Prins
Corcovado Volcano
photo: Creative Commons / Didier Descouens
Vanadinite
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A homemade radio receiver, making use of a razor blade instead of galena to create a point diode. Made in Greece, 19350. Receivers using this technique that were constructed during the war were also known as "foxhole radios". Français : Un récepteur radio a cristal fait maison, se servant d'une lame de rasoir comme détecteur. Fabriqué en Grèce. Des récepteurs employant cette technique ont été construits pendant la guerre ont été également connus en tant que "foxhole radi
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--ATM2 Bryan Miller re-stocks a C-130 with flares in case they are needed during a search and rescue flight in the Bering Strait. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport. USCG photo by LYONS,
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--AMT2 Bryan Stewart checks the readings on the Coast Guard C-130 as the maintenance crew preps the plane for another 10 hour flight. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport. USCG photo by LY
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--A single Coast Guard C-130 takes on some fuel as it prepares to be used on one of two missions in the Bering Sea - search and rescue and law enforcement. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel trans
photo: US Coastguard / LYONS, TOD PAC
Galena, AK (Aug. 6)--A single Coast Guard C-130 takes on some fuel as it prepares to be used on none of two missions in the Bering Sea - search and rescue or law enforcement. The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel trans