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Tether cars were developed beginning in the 1920s–1930s and still are built, raced and collected today. First made by hobby craftsmen, tether cars were later produced in small numbers by commercial manufacturers such as Dooling Brothers (California), Dick McCoy (Duro-Matic Products), Garold Frymire (Fryco Engineering) BB Korn, and many others.
View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam. The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) multi-use facility, mostly in an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, containing North Lake, Center Lake, and Legg Lake (where radio-controlled model speedboats may be operated), a rifle and pistol shooting range, numerous softball and soccer fields with picnic tables, a paved airstrip ...
The Adobe was seriously damaged in the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, forcing closure. While funds were being raised for restoration, the additional damage was caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Finally, in 1996 a Los Angeles County proposition earmarked US$2.5 million for the park's restoration. Restoration of the structure began in ...
Sky Church, a glass building also completed in 1956, was destroyed by the Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987. Memorial Chapel has three tall white spires. It was completed in 1964 as a memorial to John D. Gregg, President of Rose Hills from 1950 to 1959 and son of Rose Hills founder Augustus Gregg. Memorial Chapel seats approximately 192 people.
Two drivers racing at more than 100 mph on Narrows Bridge charged and cars impounded ... Two troopers responded to a call of a red Cadillac CT 4 and a black Mitsubishi Lancer passing cars at high ...
Model Airplane Field at Edwin Warner Park: Nashville, Tennessee [3] Breuner Airfield: Richmond, California: 5 acres (2.0 ha) 300 feet (91 m) Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark: Morgan Hill, California: 40 acres (16 ha) 520 by 60 feet (158 by 18 m) paved: SCCMAS [4] Whittier Narrows Model Aircraft Field (12 Miles East of downtown Los Angeles)
Three car thieves with nowhere to go were busted in Staten Island Wednesday after cops slowed traffic on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, forcing them to abandon their vehicle and jump 15 feet down ...
A man was run over and killed by a motorist Saturday afternoon in what Whittier police believe stemmed from an earlier road rage incident. Officers discovered a body lying on the street near the ...