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6 unusual facts about Ravenswood


Diane Maclean

She has also been had commissions for a number of pieces of public art, including Green Wind which stands as a focal feature in Ravenswood, Ipswich.

Ravenswood, Ipswich

A number of pieces of public art have been installed: "Formation" by Rick Kirby at the entrance, designed to commemorate the areas links with aviation; "Handstanding" by Martin Heron near the school; "Green Wind 2" by Diane Maclean as a focal point beyond the end of Downham Boulevard on the Tump; and "Propeller" by Harry Gray has been placed adjacent to the green.

Ravenswood, West Virginia

1960 Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy visits Ravenswood during the Primary Election campaign.

The second story says that Henrietta Fitzhugh, wife of one of the town founders, Henry Fitzhugh, named the town after the hero in Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).

1957 Henry J. Kaiser opens the world's largest aluminum refinery six miles south of Ravenswood.

The Perfect Home

Bellway's reaction was quite positive, and they have incorporated more contemporary designs into their Ravenswood development on the former Ipswich Airport site in Suffolk.


Big Allis

Big Allis, formally known as Ravenswood No. 3, is a giant electric power generator originally commissioned by Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and built by the Allis-Chalmers Corporation in 1965.

East Palo Alto, California

Significant gentrification occurred in East Palo Alto from around 2000, with the construction of a large shopping center named Ravenswood 101 (including a Home Depot, a Best Buy, and an IKEA store) and several upscale housing communities (intended for high-earning Silicon Valley workers).

IBM 1500

Seeded by a research grant in 1964 from the U.S. Department of Education to the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, the IBM 1500 CAI system was initially prototyped at the Brentwood Elementary School (Ravenswood City School District) in East Palo Alto, California by Dr. Patrick Suppes of Stanford University.

Ipswich Airport

The site has since been redeveloped as the Ravenswood housing estate; the Grade II listed terminal building was retained and has been converted into a community centre and flats by Ashwell Property Group.

Isidor Lissner

Lissner was born in Posen, and emigrated in 1856 to Victoria (Australia), where, after a varied experience on the gold diggings, he went to New Zealand and subsequently to Queensland, where he first settled at Ravenswood, Queensland and then moved to Charters Towers.

Justin Bruening

In 2011, he was cast as Tyler Berrett, a recurring role on The CW series Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and in 2013, he joined Ravenswood.

The Bride of Lammermoor

The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, and tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her family's enemy Edgar Ravenswood.


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