Longest Collection (#2)

Great Wall of China - the longest building on Earth, with a length of 6350km (3945 miles). Date: circa 1910s

Mamenchisaurus
Living about 150 million years ago the dinosaur Mamenchisaurus was 22 metres long, 4 metres wide and weighed up to 30 tonnes. It is the largest animal ever found in China

Agnes Bulmer
AGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836

Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from the starting point, with wing-rest in center of picture and launching rail at right

Llanfair P. G. Church
The little church in the village with the longest name, which is usually abbreviated to Llanfair P.G. on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Date: 1960s photo

The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Mexico
The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. 241 feet along Date: 1910s

Aviation competition at Rheims, 1909, Farman, Latham & Paulh
Page from the Bystander reporting on the record flights made at Rheims Aviation Meeting in 1909. showing the winner, Henri Farman who flew 116 miles in 3 hours, 4 minutes

Llanfairpwll, Wales
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch station sign, Wales, Britain, the town with the longest place name also known as Llanfairpwll circa 2008

The Simplon Tunnel at Brig, Switzerland
The Simplon Tunnel - an Alpine railway tunnel which connects the Swiss town of Brig with Domodossola in Italy. It consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart

Castle and river at Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany
View of the gothic castle across the Salzach River in the city of Burghausen, south east Bavaria, Germany. The castle, on top of a ridge, is the longest castle complex in Europe

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn- drobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Postcard from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. Scenes from the village and the Menai Bridge, build by Thomas Telford in 1824

Pope Hadrianus I Fifth longest reigning pope 772-795, 23 years, 10 months and 25 days (8, 729 days)."

Quebec Bridge, Canada - Centre section prior to collapse
The centre section of the Quebec Bridge being raised into position on 11th September 1916. This photograph was taken just prior to the span collapsing in a tragic construction accident which claimed

Bucking broncho Competition in Wyoming, 1908
Photograph showing a bucking bronco (or buck-jumping) competition, taking place in Wyoming, 1908. A number of cowboys are seen riding the wild broncho horses; whoever stayed on his mount the longest

Launch of HMS Windsor Castle, September 1852
Engraving of the re-launch of HMS Windsor Castle, 140 Gun First rate warship, on 14th September 1852 at Pembroke Dockyard

Launch of the Oceanic, January 1899
Illustration of the launch of the Oceanic, from the Illustrated London News, 21st January 1899. The Oceanic was built by Harland

Longest Day 1886
A little girl thinks its strange to go to bed while the sun is still shining: its the Longest Day of the year, 21 June

Reevess Pheasant
REEVESs PHEASANT phasianus reevesii (possibly the bird with the longest tail-to-body ratio)

Candles for Luck
Good luck will come to the one whose candles burns the longest

Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), Mont Blanc, French Alps
Termination of the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) in the Chamonix Valley, French Alps, the longest glacier in France (7 km long, 200 m deep. The Arveiron River escapes through a natural gateway

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