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(Encyclopedia) Maidenhead, city (1991 pop. 59,809), Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England, on the Thames River. It is a residential town with brewing and milling industries as well as a resort.…
(Encyclopedia) Bridge of Sighs, covered stone bridge in Venice, Italy, built in the 16th cent. to connect the ducal palace with the state prison. The prisoners were led over the bridge directly to…
(Encyclopedia) Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important…
(Encyclopedia) bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.
(Encyclopedia) StonehamStonehamstōnˈəm [key], town (1990 pop. 22,203), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a chiefly residential suburb of Boston; settled 1645, set off from Charlestown and inc. 1725. The Stone…
