Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth U.S. President
(1877-1881)
First telephone installed in the White House
for President Rutherford B. Hayes using the number 1.
Many Eskimos starved because of lack of walrus' due to overhunting by American hunters since 1867.
BBC Atlas of the Natural World North America "The First and Last Frontier."
Technology:
Brooklyn Bridge
10 years down, 4 to go to finish.
It's magnificent twin towers, breathtaking span, cutting edge
technology, and sheer beauty make Brooklyn Bridge the grandest,
and perhaps the most important structure built in America during
the nineteenth century. It was called "the eighth wonder of the
world."
Curlee, Lynn Brooklyn Bridge New York: Atheneum Books, 2001.
World Fair celebrating the discovery of
Australia
Sydney, Australia 1879-80 & Melbourne, Australia 1880-81
(17 October 1879 - 20 April 1880) & (October 1880-May 1881)
Location: Sydney
(15 acres) and Melbourne (63 acres)
Architectural Wonder: Garden palace in Sydney was in the
shape of a Greek cross with a dome at the crossing.
Visitors: 1.1 million in
Sydney, 1.3 in Melbourne
Novelties: Passenger elevator
Mattie, Erik World's Fairs Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, New York: New York.
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