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![Explosion of the propeller PETROL, on the North River, [opposite the foot of Jay Street, New York City, Nov 6, 1858]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvZXhwbG9zaW9uLW9mLXRoZS1wcm9wZWxsZXItcGV0cm9sLW9uLXRoZS1ub3J0aC1yaXZlci1vcHBvc2l0ZS10aGUtZm9vdC1vZi1qYXktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/234/jpg "Explosion of the propeller PETROL, on the North River, [opposite the foot of Jay Street, New York City, Nov 6, 1858]")
![[West Twenty-third Street from Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvd2VzdC10d2VudHktdGhpcmQtc3RyZWV0LWZyb20tc2l4dGgtYXZlbnVlLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[West Twenty-third Street from Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]")
![Aeroplane in Flight Fires Artillery for First Time [New York Herald, 8 June 1912]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYWVyb3BsYW5lLWluLWZsaWdodC1maXJlcy1hcnRpbGxlcnktZm9yLWZpcnN0LXRpbWUtbmV3LXlvcmstaGVyYWxkLTgtanVuZS0xOTEyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/83/webp "Aeroplane in Flight Fires Artillery for First Time [New York Herald, 8 June 1912]")
