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Travel Bug Dog Tag Engineer #1

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Owner:
Bismuth Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, May 22, 2009
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

Visit interesting and historical items of engineering significance. Especially BRIDGES, DAMS, TALL BUILDINGS, etc. A few special goals are to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the CN Tower in Toronto and the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

About This Item

Original TB

Be sure to take lots of PICTURES and post them here. My degree is in engineering and I've always enjoyed studying and seeing the amazing things that engineers of the past and present have created.

Update: 04/06/2022  This is a replacement item for the original travel bug which disappeared almost three years ago.

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Tracking History (49619.8mi) View Map

Mark Missing 3/12/2023 Bismuth marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Retrieve It from a Cache 11/26/2022 fireworksjjjj retrieved it from Old Town Tour: Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden Virginia   Visit Log

Found this charcoal picked it up pretty cool awesome cash

Dropped Off 10/30/2022 Rocko2137 placed it in Old Town Tour: Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden Virginia - 87.29 miles  Visit Log

Good luck on your journey!!!

Visited 10/15/2022 Rocko2137 took it to dElAWare 7{1} Delaware - 96.89 miles  Visit Log

Making sure this is making its rounds!!!!

Visited 8/16/2022 Rocko2137 took it to Third Tuesday 2022-08: A pint of... old bread? Virginia - 10.54 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/6/2022 Rocko2137 retrieved it from Four Numbers Virginia   Visit Log

I have it and will help get it moving!!! Loved the nut and bolt attached to it!!!!

Dropped Off 7/9/2022 minnestrone placed it in Four Numbers Virginia - 2.32 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/9/2022 minnestrone took it to The Lorton Jazz Festival Virginia - 750.55 miles  Visit Log

Okay, it may not be significant to engineering history, but it is a unique and interesting spot for U.S. history. Have you ever heard of the Lorton Reformatory? If not, it's definitely worth a quick look, especially in regards to the suffragettes. Essentially it's a former D.C. prison turned parks, housing, arts center, you name it. Some good places to learn more are GC9GKEV, GC9GME3, or the Workhouse Arts Center's website.

What makes this area particularly interesting in regards to engineering is the juxtaposition of the old prison facilities with the modern construction. Apartment buildings are nestled between guard towers, art galleries are inside old cell blocks, and a Lidl is being built behind some of the twenty-foot walls.

I attached a few photos of some of the remaining structures. I promise that the bolt is visible in every one, even if it does feel a bit like an I Spy...

  • Prison walls, with a new Lidl just out of view
  • A former baseball field turned local park
  • Guarding the nearby apartments
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/27/2022 minnestrone retrieved it from Do it in PUBLIC #13 Florida   Visit Log

I don't normally like to pick up trackables. I'm not the best at moving them along. I know this. But, sometimes, temptation gets the better of me. I'm on my way to visit family outside of DC at the end of the week and noticed that this hadn't made it to that architectural spot yet. So, I may be a nut, but I'm going to take this one north with me!

Dropped Off 5/17/2022 Bismuth placed it in Do it in PUBLIC #13 Florida - 4,183.58 miles  Visit Log

Dropping a TB. Replacement for an earlier one that went missing.

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