A Wisdom Archive on Preservation

Preservation may mean: Self preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive Food preservation Art conservation and restoration, the retention of antiquities for museums or exhibition, also called "Art preservation" Film preservation, rescuing aging film stock and preserving recorded images National Film Preservation Board Historic preservation, the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environment

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They are often preserved in museums like the East Anglia Transport Museum in England. The Illinois Railway Museum also maintains an historical collection of Electic Trolley Buses from Chicago Illinois, Dayton Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Des Moines Iowa, and Milwaukee Wisconsin. ...

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They are preserved in museums like the East Anglia Transport Museum in England. The Illinois Railway Museum also maintains an historical collection of Electic Trolley Buses from Chicago Illinois, Dayton Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Des Moines Iowa, and Milwaukee Wisconsin. ...

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The types differ not only in culinary qualities, but in storage potential. Under good storage conditions, which are not hard to achieve (room temperature and medium to low humidity), one can hope for these results: Asiatic and Turban types: a few months Rocambole and Purple Stripe types: 6 months Porcelain and Artichoke types: 8 to 10 months Silverskin (including Creole) types: up to a full year Rocamboles, however, have a tendency to dehydrate in storage under dry conditions (less than about 50% humidity). The bulbs are best preserved hung in a dry place. If of fair size, four t ...

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Fish packed in ice. Canned fish. A fish-drying rack. Hovden in Norway. Salting of fish in factory. Ancient methods of preserving fish included drying , salting, pickling and smoking. All of these techniques are still used today but the more modern techniques of freezing and canning have taken on a large importance. See: Haddock: Arbroath Smokie (lightly smoked). Herring: kipper (salted and smoked), surströmming (fermented), rollmops (pickled), soused (salted). < ...

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Smoke is a decent antimicrobial and antioxidant, but smoke alone is insufficient for preserving food in practice. The main problem is that the smoke compounds adhere only to the outer surfaces of the food; smoke doesn't actually penetrate far into meat or fish. In modern times, almost all smoking is carried out for its flavor, not its preservative qualities. In the past, smoking was a useful preservation tool, in combination with other techniques, most commonly salt-curing or drying. For some long-smoked foods, the smoking time also s ...

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Turkish Vans are a naturally occurring breed of cat. They can still be found in east Turkey, near Lake Van. Their numbers have diminished, but both the Vans and the Turkish Angora, (which is a separate breed with different characteristics from central Turkey) are under the protection of the Turkish government and are bred at the Ankara Zoo. The genetic traits of the cats have not been modified from their originals and breeding programs seek to preserve their un ...

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With its huge 86 feet (26 m) wide screen, advanced acoustics, and 70mm film capability, the Cinerama dome remained a favorite for film premiers and "event" showings. But by the late 1990s, the motion picture exhibition business began to favor multiplex cinemas, Pacific Theatres proposed a plan to remodel the Dome as a part of a shopping mall/cinema complex. Historical preservationists were outraged, not wishing to see another great theater "twinned," or worse. At the same time, a small contingent of Cinerama enthusiasts had begun resurrecting the three-projector process. They and the preservationists prevailed on ...

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A total of 16 5700 class locomotives have survived to be preserved along with a number of the other types of Pannier Tank. As the oldest locomotives were the first to be withdrawn and sold for further use, there are a disproportional number of early locomotives in preservation. A number of those bought from London Transport were still in running order and were used on preserved lines with minimal work. Several preserved locomotives have run in London Transport colours but ...

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In the mid 20th century, conservation groups from all over America began demanding that something be done to preserve what was left of the Great Dismal Swamp. In 1973, the Union Camp Company, a paper company based in Franklin, Virginia which had had large land property in the area since the beginning of this century, donated just over 49,000 acres (198 km²) of its land to The Nature Conservancy, which transferred the property the fo ...

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Of the original 2H units, a single driving trailer has been preserved. 205008 (ex-1121) - DTCsoL 60820 - Hastings Diesels at St. Leonards-on-Sea None of the reformed 3T units were preserved. ...

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One complete unit, has been preserved. 1001 - Hastings Diesels Several of the vehicles now operate in preserved mainline registered unit 201001. One vehicle, no. 60000 has also been named Hastings, after town which they previously worked to. ...

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