The Rice Hotel
Built
In
1912
On
The
Former Site Of
The
Old Capitol Building Of
The
Republic Of Texas
Was Restored
In
1998
After Years Of Standing Unused
The
Original Building Was Razed
In
1881
By
Colonel A
Groesbeck
Who Subsequently Erected
A
Five-story Hotel Named
The
Capitol Hotel. William Marsh Rice
The
Founder Of Rice University
Purchased
The
Building
In
1883
Added
A
Five-story Annex
And
Renamed
It
The Rice Hotel. Rice University Then Sold
The
Building
In
1911
To
Jesse Jones
Who Demolished
It
And Built
A
17-story Structure
On
The
Site
The
New Rice Hotel Building Opened
On
May 17
1913
This Historic Hotel Now Serves As
An
Apartment Building Known As
The
Rice Lofts
Designed
By
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NRG Park area
Houston
Texas
Astrodome
with NRG Stadium
at
center of this 2010 astronaut photo.
Other technological
and
engineering feats achieved during
or as
a
result of
the
war include
the
world's first programmable computers (Z3
Colossus
and
ENIAC)
guided missiles
and
modern rockets
the
Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons
operations research and
the
development of artificial harbours
and
oil pipelines under
the
English Channel.[citation needed] Penicillin was first mass-produced
and
used during
the
war (see Stabilization
and
mass production of penicillin); .
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