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Claremont & Concord Snow Plow #60

Coupled in front of the locomotive, this type of wedge-shaped plow simply pushed snow to the side. Because of their reliance on a locomotive's momentum, plows were often operated at high speeds - a practice fraught with danger. Nonetheless, snow ...

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Claremont School

Surry County African-American Heritage Society

Claremont School

In November of 1913 a deed was sold to the School Board District Number Four for property on the eastside of Spring Grove Road, Claremont, Virginia. A school was built on this property in the ...

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Claremont

The Quiyoughcohannock Indian village nearby was first visited by English settlers in May, 1607. The first land patent at Claremont was 200 acres granted to George Harrison in 1621. Arthur Allen, who built the house now known as Bacon's Castle, ...

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Claremont Court Gate and Street Markers

Claremont Boulevard and Russell Street

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2005

These entry gates help define one of Berkeley’s most gracious residential areas, Claremont Court, which was designed to attract the growing number of prosperous Bay Area professionals in the early 1900s. ...

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Claremont Public Improvements

John Galen Howard, Architect

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1984

Claremont, a 1905 subdivision, was originally part of the 125-acre Edson Adams ranch. Early advertisements for the tract enticed families to leave the noisy, crowded city behind and head for “sunshine and ...

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Claremont Playground

Riverside Park

Rich in history, the plain of Claremont Playground has been the site of a Revolutionary War battle, a country estate, a fashionable inn, and a children’s recreation area. This was the scene of fierce combat during the Battle ...

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Site of the Claremont Inn

Erected in 1788 as a residence

the building became a public

tavern before the Civil War.

It was acquired by the City

in 1878 and was operated as a

restaurant until its demolition

in 1950.

Marker is on Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

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