Digital musings from @kegill

Tag: government

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North America’s first lighthouse begins operating in Boston

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 14 September 2022
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Boston Harbor Light House — Boston Light is the oldest lighthouse in the United States. NPS photo.

Plus a discussion of public and private goods.

Tags Economics, government, scitech, society

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The U.S. begins the process of transferring control of the Panama Canal

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 7 September 2022
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Gatun Locks -- Panama Canal — Panama Canal, Gatun Locks. Circa 1910-1915. Library of Congress.

President Teddy Roosevelt helped facilitate a coup before beginning the most expensive public works project in our then-short history.

Tags government, scitech, society, technology

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Meat inspection begins, for exports

Post author By Kathy Gill
Post date 30 August 2022
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Sketch hogs — A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge, page 349 (1831). Internet archive via Flickr.

USDA charged with inspecting salted pork and bacon before export, 30 August 1890.

Tags food, government, Science, scitech