Contest #813 – Brumback Library, Van Wert, Ohio, USA
This imposing castle in the middle of rural Ohio is the home of the oldest county library in the United States. The library was initially formed as a private book lending society in 1890, subsidised by city taxes and made public in 1896. In 1901, with funding from John Brumback, a local businessman and owner of the town’s bank, this building was opened and access to the library was made available to the entire county. His son then went to the Ohio Legislature and got a law passed that enshrined the county library system all over the state. Soon, other states followed.
Today, the county-owned library paradigm is found all over the United States.
Those who checked this place out were:
- Garfield
- Eloy Cano
- Lighthouse
- hhgygy
- zorro the fox
- Phil Ower
And after the hint:
- Paul Voestermans
- Bas van Limpt
- Martin de Bock
- Graham Hedley
Elimination week #7
Contest #813 Hint
While you are visting here, check out a book on famous county libraries.
Contest #813
Contest #812: Santa Cruz del Islote, Colombia
One of the mostly densely populated islands on earth, Santa Cruz del Islote off the coast of Colombia has between 600 and 1200 residents on an island just over 1 hectare in size!
It was “built” up by fishermen in the mid 19th Century partly because it had no mosquitoes. Water arrives by boat every three week courtesy of the Colombian Navy.
Found before the hint:
- Paul Voestermans
- hhgygy
- Martin de Bock
- Phil Ower
- Lighthouse
- Glenmorren
- Andy McConnell
- Garfield
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Eloy Cano
- Andreas Meister
- Graham Hedley
- Bas van Limpt
- zorro the fox
- Robin
Elimination week #6
Contest #812 Hint
No mosquitoes – and a water refill every three weeks
Contest #812
Contest #811: Central Park in Connaught Plaza, New Delhi, India
This week was a visit to the capital of India, and to be more specific Central Park in Connaught Plaza in New Delhi. The Rajiv Chowk metro station is located under the park – it’s at the intersection of the Blue and Yellow lines.
Before the colourful New Delhi Metro line hint:
- Martin de Bock
- Lighthouse
- Eloy Cano
- Paul Voestermans
- hhgygy
- Graham Hedley
- Garfield
- Andy McConnell
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Andreas Meister
- Phil Ower
- Bas van Limpt
- zorro the fox