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Chapters:
00:00 - What is a Micro Nation?
00:51 - Why the U.K. built defensive sea islands
02:23 - The Rise of British Pirate Radio
04:50 - The Downfall of British Pirate Radio
07:35 - Turning Fort Rough into a country | Sealand
10:10 - How The 1978 coup resulted in Germany sending diplomats to Sealand
12:17 - When Sealand lost legal ground for Sovereignty
13:00 - Sealand as a server farm for questionable data
17:48 - Sealand in modern times
20:11 - Reciting The Sealand National anthem

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introducing Fort Wadsworth
00:42 - The Prehistory of Staten Island
01:25 - The first known military use of Fort Wadsworth
03:35 - The First known block house at Fort Wadsworth
03:59 - How the British Expanded Fort Wadsworth
05:44 - How the United States Expanded Fort Wadsworth
07:08 - Fort Wadsworth during WW1
09:54 - Fort Wadsworth during ww2
12:46 - When the Verrazano Narrows bridge lead to the downfall of Fort Wadsworth
16:52 - The Legacy of Fort Wadsworth

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In early colonial times, letter writers sent their correspondence to friends, merchants, and Native Americans via foot or horseback. Most of this correspondence, however, was between the colonists and family members back home in England. In 1633, the first official notice of postal service in the colonies appeared. At the heart of the “mailing industry” is the U.S. Postal Service, which has been active for over two centuries. An explosion of mail in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century drove post offices and large-volume mailers to work together to handle mail more efficiently.

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Alcatraz is most known for housing incredibly dangerous convicts, as well as its history of prison break attempts. But did you know that there is a largely undisturbed system of tunnels just beneath the surface? Today on It’s History, we will discover their story.

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Scriptwriter - Imana Schoch,
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Dating back over 150 years, the "L" train lines have always been a fascination of Chicago, putting many lines into service throughout the 20th century. But as time marched on, more and more tracks were abandoned and torn down. Today, we'll explore some of these lines and look into why they were destroyed. This is the history of Chicago's "L" Train Lines.

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

Chapters:
00:52 - The history of Chicago’s Public Transportations The OmniBus, Intercity Stagecoach, and steam train

02:25 - The History of Chicago’s Cable cars (“street railways)
03:27 - The Transport system during the Great Chicago Fire
4:52 - The introductions of Electric streetcars to Chicago
05:25 - The History of New Yorks Elevated train
06:01 - The History of The Southside rapid transit L.
06:56 - History of the Lake Street elevated railway.
07:47 - History of the MET West L
09:05 - The elevated North-Western Railroad
09:52 - History of the Chicago Loop
12:15 - The consolidation of Chicago’s elevated train lines
13:23 - The decline of the Chicago L
14:55 - History of the CTA
16:02 - Chicago’s Lost L lines
18:16 - History of the Congress Expressway
21:10 - The further downfall of the Chicago L
22:55 - What remains of Chicago’s L?

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https://www.chicago-l.org/history/
https://loopchicago.com/in-the-loop/then-and-now-a-brief-history-of-the-chicago-l/
https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-by-l/sidetracks/history-l
https://www.theclio.com/entry/108720
https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/thel
https://americanhistory.si.edu/america-on-the-move/essays/chicago-transit-metropolis
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1023.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1042.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1207.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/323.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1739.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1269.html
https://forgottenchicago.com/features/remnants-of-the-l/#:~:text=After%20the%20Chicago%20Transit%20Authority,some%20remnants%20still%20exist%20today.

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J.Crocker: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-07-12_3000x2000_chicago_franklin_street_substation.jpg

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The Brooklyn docks are an integral part of the borough's history. But with the industrial past of New York City and the rise of container shipping, these piers have been abandoned and left to rot. What happened? In this episode, we take a look at what happened to the piers on Brooklyn's waterfront. We'll talk about how they've been used over the years, why they were abandoned, and what people are saying about them today.

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

Chapters:
00:00 - How Brooklyn's waterfront came to prominence
00:47 - A word from our sponsor, Fabulous
02:52 - Brooklyn's waterfront industry during the 19th century
04:08 - The History of Ferry service in Brooklyn
06:33 - Why Brooklyn is famous for coffee
06:57 - What were Brooklyn's abandoned warehouses?
08:16 - The Downfall of Brooklyn's waterfront
09:11 - Why the Brooklyn waterfront was abandoned
11:07 - What remains of Brooklyn's lost waterfront

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» CREDIT
Scriptwriter - Imana Schoch
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Host - Ryan Socash
Sponsor - Fabulous

» SOURCES
https://www.bkwaterfronthistory.org/story/a-working-waterfront/
https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/about/history/
https://dumbo.is/hometo/fulton-ferry-landing
https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/places-to-see/fulton-ferry-landing/
https://blog.mcny.org/2013/03/12/fulton-ferry-and-the-creation-of-new-yorks-first-suburb/
https://blogs.shu.edu/litandthecity/2019/05/08/fultons-street-ferry/
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/26/brief-life-fanciful
https://fultonferrylandingassociation.wordpress.com/history/
https://bklyner.com/a-dying-waterfront-transformed-digging-into-the-history-of-brooklyn-bridge-park/
https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/places-to-see/empire-fulton-ferry/
https://uncoveringnewyork.com/old-pier-1-brooklyn-bridge-park/
https://www.bkwaterfronthistory.org/story/mass-transit-brooklyn-style/
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/a-history-of-brooklyn-bridge-park/9780231171229
https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/about/history/5-previous-occupants-of-the-brooklyn-bridge-park-waterfront/
https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14745-pier-3-at-brooklyn-bridge-park-by-michael-van-valkenburgh-associates
https://www.archpaper.com/2018/07/pier-3-brooklyn-bridge-park/
https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/about/history/the-storied-past-of-empire-stores/

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Serving millions of New Yorkers every day, there is little question as to the incredible impact the New York City subway system has had on the city’s reputation as a massive hub of transportation. But this system was hundreds of years in the making and it evolved from horse trams and steam trains before moving below the ground—today on It’s History, we’ll be taking a look at how New York City’s mass transportation systems have changed over time.

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

Chapters:
The History of NYC’s Public Transportation - 00:00 - 00:52
New York public transport in the 19th century - 00:56
What were New York City's first forms of mass transit? - 02:53
New York City’s sanitation crisis - 06:00
What replaced horse drawn vehicles in New York? - 07:29
What was the first underground subway system? - 09:37
World of Tanks sponsorship - 11:17
New York’s New Subway line - 12:49
Building the New York subway system - 14:50
Opening day of the New York subway system - 17:30
The abandoned City Hall station - 18:11
The lost Worth Station - 20:00
New York City’s ghost station - 20:23
The future of New York City’s subway lines - 21:27

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» SOURCES
https://www.thoughtco.com/new-york-city-19th-century-1774031
https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york-city
https://www.geographicguide.com/united-states/nyc/antique/city-hall/new-york-city-hall.htm
https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/25/18195014/new-york-mta-subway-map-fare-history
https://www.topviewnyc.com/packages/brief-history-of-new-york-city-transportation
https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/11/14/the-birth-of-mass-transit-in-nyc/
https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urban-design-great-horse-manure-crisis-1894/
https://www.ascemetsection.org/committees/history-and-heritage/landmarks/first-new-york-city-subway
https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_First_Subway
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/john-b-mcdonald-nyc-subway
https://project.wnyc.org/lost-subways/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/city-hall-station
https://untappedcities.com/2015/03/16/fun-maps-the-abandoned-subway-stations-and-lost-subway-lines-of-nyc/6/
https://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/11/02/the-history-of-a-subway-shell-at-south-4th-street/
https://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/11/02/the-history-of-a-subway-shell-at-south-4th-street/
https://www.6sqft.com/the-subway-that-could-have-been-mapping-never-built-train-lines-and-abandoned-stations/
https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/16/20869063/mta-capital-plan-nyc-subway-improvements

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Correction: The subway opened October 27, 1904