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Monday, January 4, 2021

MOBILE CITY, TEXAS

 
Mobile City is a city in Rockwall County, Texas. The population was 188 at the 2010 census. It currently has the highest population density for any city in Texas, and is the only Texas city that is on the highest population densities of American cities list. It currently ranks 74th on the list, and has the lowest population for any city on that list. It is tied with Poplar Hills, Kentucky as the smallest city by total area on the list. 

Mobile City consists of a mobile home park, liquor store, and convenience store. 

Originally a mobile home park outside of city limits, it was incorporated on January 25, 1990, so that a beer/wine/liquor store could open.


Sigel's Liquor Store in Mobile City, TX
By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44863423

Sunday, November 3, 2019

HAMBACH SURFACE MINE AND SOPHIENHÖHE



The Sophienhöhe [spoil tip] is an artificial (man-made) hill in Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created by surface mining at the open cast lignite mine Tagebau-Hambach operated by RWE Power AG.

The distance (in respect to sea-level) between the top of Sophienhöhe and the lowest point of the pit is 1.952 feet. The tallest point of Sophienhöhe is Höller Horn at 955 feet above mean sea level. Sophienhöhe is the tallest artificial hill in the world.

Tagebau Hambach is the largest hole in Europe and is the lowest surface point in Europe, lying 961 feet below mean sea level.


SOPHIENHÖHE