next to an old-fashioned marquee, when the Merriman Valley theater opened. That iteration of the outdoor chanticleer lasted until 2009, Weathervane staff said, when the theater's lobby addition ...

A 114-year old weathervane in the shape of a steam locomotive has been returned to state authorities in Vermont after specialists at Sotheby’s in New York determined it have been stolen during ...

These simple homemade weathervane plans can utilize spare parts around the house. Making yard art is a great way to express your creativity, decorate your homestead and recycle old things you no ...

He’s unwrapping a 114-year-old weathervane that spun for decades on the White River Junction railway station until it was stolen back in 1983. Decades went by, but then in 2022, VTrans got word ...

The historic weathervane was created in 1721 by Shem Drowne, the same coppersmith who made the grasshopper on top of Faneuil Hall, and was designed for a church in Boston’s North End ...

But the era of the golden weathervane shaped like a rooster atop First Church is coming to a close. It will be removed for its own safety, the church recently announced. The 302-year-old ...

On a stormy night in November 1983, thieves took a pair of ladders from a Hallowell construction site, scaled the nearby fire station’s tower, and absconded with its weather vane. A city fixture since ...

The music hall song Let’s All Go Down The Strand was written by performer Harry Castling and composer Charles William and ...

Vane told investigators the ricin was left over from an old experiment that he believed had failed — he had wanted to see if it was really possible to make the toxin from castor beans.

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel ...

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