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The Marconi Wireless Station at Kahuku on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Photo copyright Jon Haeber
Long ago, before my grandfather was born, a young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi developed a process of communicating without the aid [...]

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Titan bases contain over 2,500 feet of underground passages, built to withstand a nuclear attack as close as 3,000 feet away (photo copyright Jon Haeber).
Over 1/2-mile of underground passageways; three 150-foot-deep launch silos; PCBs, lead paint, zinc, cadmium, mercury — it’s a toxic soup, stagnant for over 40 years.

Photo courtesy SiloWorld.com
In 1962, these gigantic [...]

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Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. used gigantic engines, which drove a total of four Chicago Pneumatic air compressors. The compressors were used to power the riveting tools integral to pre-World War II shipbuilding (photo by Jon Haeber).
Part 3 — The Great War & Union Busting
Soon enough, however, the Great War, on which Schwab had gambled, was in [...]

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