On the clubhouse level of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, there is a stunning glass replica of the racetrack created by Craig Colquhoun. Using heat, metal, and glass, this master artist skillfully and successfully constructed 4,000 detailed glass pieces to fit inside the 30-foot racetrack sculpture.
Master of Glass Artistry
Churchill Downs in Glass
Churchill Downs Seating in Glass
Glass Horse Figureines
A replica of a coach built in 1930, based on one built in 1834 – railway carriage, ‘Traveler’, four wheeled, 1st Class, Liverpool & Manchester Railway at National Railway Museum, York, England.
Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day.
This replica of Stephenson’s “Rocket” is housed in the National Railway Museum in York. The original has been preserved and is on display in the Science Museum in London.
Long before eco-tourism vans took to the roads of Costa Rica, there was another much simpler mode of transportation: the oxcart. Brightly painted with intricate designs, these original wagons or their replicas can be seen throughout the country. Northwest of the international airport near San Jose (SJO) is Costa Rica’s capital of oxcart production, Sarchi, where a giant oxcart replica (the biggest in the world) sits right in the town’s central park. Toy model oxcarts are available in souvenir stores.
Lingam is typically the primary murti or devotional image in Hindu temples dedicated to Shiva. Pancheshwar Mahadev, Kayavarohan houses several lingam replicas from other significant Shiva temple sites in India.
