Showing posts with label USA - Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA - Michigan. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

April F00L 2010 USA from Carol L.Ligda-Wong

Lately I uploaded this due to no time to organise plenty of postcards. I like this memorable date that sender-Carol sent to me, the last April was colorful me instead of "April F00L" me, is just because of you sending me a best wishes card & fully color of stamps... Thank you so much to Carol!!!

Card View: Grand Rapids of Museum
Sender Sent: 1st APRIL 2010
Received in April 2010...

Monday, February 21, 2011

US-976777 USA from Craig A.Windt


~ Michigan, USA ~ (US-976777)
                                                                               Received February 2011
Thanks for Craig A.Windt!!!
Day view of the Brooklyn Bridge & background with the past World Trade Centre... a bit feeling sad to view this scene... by the way, I like this card especially the Zodiac Rabbit stamp... What a great day to received this...

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.

Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in a January 25, 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an iconic part of the New York skyline. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.



Carries Motor vehicles (cars only)
Elevated trains (until 1944)
Streetcars (until 1950)
Pedestrians, and bicycles
Crosses East River
Locale New York City (ManhattanBrooklyn)
Maintained by New York City Department of Transportation
Designer John Augustus Roebling
Design Suspension/Cable-stay Hybrid
Total length 5,989 feet (1825 m)
Width 85 feet (26 m)
Longest span 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m)
Clearance below 135 feet (41 m) at mid-span
Opened May 24, 1883
Toll Free both ways
























Sunday, February 20, 2011

Greeting from USA - Carol Ligda Wong

Thanks for Carol picked the one of favourite card in my wishlist ... so exciting to see those card with big ship... I like it so much... & I like you written there Gong Hay Fat Choy !! hoho... ... same to you

received before Chinese New Year 2011
Thanks again for Carol Ligda Wong !!!

Friday, April 30, 2010

Carol L. Ligda-Wong - USA

1st ~ Mackinac Bridge, sent out during the Mackanic Bridge Walk, with Zodiac Cow stamp ~
Sent 07-09-2009
2nd ~ Mackinac Bridge, Total length 5miles ~
Sent 07-09-2009,  
special cancellation "Mackanic Bridge Walk Station", Machine Cancellation

The Mackinac Bridge, is asuspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S.state of Michigan. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was completed only after many decades of struggles to begin construction. Designed by engineer David B. Steinman, the bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") connects the city of St.Ignance on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south. It is the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957, ending decades of the two peninsulas being solely linked by ferries. At 8,614 feet (2,626 m), the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.The length of the bridge's main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and twelfth longest worldwide. 
Total length 26,372 feet (8,038 m)
Width 68.6 feet (20.9 m) (total width)
Height 522 feet (159 m)

Bridge Walk
The Mackinac Bridge Walk has been held each year since 1958, when it was led by Governor G.Mennen Williams. The first walk was held during the Bridge's Dedication Ceremony held in late June, and has been held on Labor Day since 1959. Thousands of people, traditionally led by the Governor of Michigan, cross the five-mile (8 km) span on foot from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City since 1964. Before that, people walked the Bridge from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace.

Friday, March 26, 2010

US-498054, Brittney - USA



~ Kalamazoo, Michigan ~ (US-698054)    
Sent 06-09-2009
Special Cancellation on 09-09-09
Thanks for Brittney!!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Carol L. Ligda-Wong - USA

~ Both customade Postcards with varieties stamps ~
Sent 12-10-2009
~  Art picture Postcard, "Returning to Earth" Jill Eggers ~
Sent 06-11-2009, cancellation on 10-11-2009

Thanks for Ms Carol L. Ligda-Wong (Michigan)!!