Memorial Bridge
GoShoals | 10:50 am | April 28, 2009 | News
Memorial Bridge, under which Shoals boats pass on an almost daily basis, has been listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list of endangered places.
From the NY Times article:
…other similarly less-than-glamorous locations on the list are Memorial Bridge, which for more than 85 years has connected the coastal towns of Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine, and is now in danger of removal… read more!
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation website:
For more than 85 years, Memorial Bridge, the first major “vertical lift” bridge in the eastern US, has been a sturdy and dramatic landmark, spanning the Piscataqua River and connecting the historic coastal towns of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine. At its 1923 dedication as the official state memorial to World War I servicemen, the bridge had the longest lift span in the country (297 feet), making it the prototype for later metal truss bridges… read the full article!
Shoals under the micro*scope
GoShoals | 9:09 pm | April 23, 2009 | Events,Free Food
…with work from the Field Microbial Ecology course (see class photos from 2007 too!):
Cornellians – microbial ecology lunchtime seminar with free pizza provided. Drs. Erik Zettler and Linda Amaral Zettler, faculty for Field Microbial Ecology at Shoals, will be hosts.
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
ROOM – 406 Wing Hall
12:15 – 1:30 PM
Algal Blooms
GoShoals | 8:44 pm | | Announcements
The potential for an outbreak of the phenomenon called “red tide” is expected to be moderately large this spring and summer in the Gulf of Maine, according to researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina State University (NCSU). Read More.
Image Credit: WHOI
Approved Construction Projects
GoShoals | 12:28 pm | April 19, 2009 | Announcements,News
Shoals makes an appearance in the Cornell Daily Sun: The authorization of the 13 new projects came despite the current economic recession. However, the pace of the approval process will not dramatically change until Cornell’s financial situation recovers. The 13 projects include … Shoals Marine Lab Subsurface Water Treatment. Read More.
Shoals Alum Connor Fitzpatrick on Antarctica Expedition
GoShoals | 10:05 pm | April 1, 2009 | News,Photos
The location is Antarctica, the last great wilderness on earth. The Antarctic continent is one of the most remote, inhospitable environments on earth. Harsh and inaccessible, covered by over 5 million square miles of solid ice, it is the world’s highest, driest coldest and windswept continent, with a low temperature record of over -89 degrees Celsius. No place on earth provides a more demanding environment to face the ultimate leadership challenge. Read more and view photos!
