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Chateau Marmont
Chateau Marmont, also known as Chateau Marmont Hotel, is a castle-like 1929 hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, long a discreet retreat for film-industry figures.
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard, also known as Chatham Royal Dockyard, was a Royal Navy dockyard in Kent, established in 1567, that built HMS Victory and over 400 ships.
Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a Grade I listed country house in the Peak District, Derbyshire, home of the Dukes of Devonshire since 1549, with a 105-acre garden and notable art collection.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur
The Chausath Yogini Temple at Hirapur is a 9th-century circular, roofless Hindu temple near Bhubaneswar, Odisha, dedicated to sixty-four yogini deities of a Shakta-Tantric cult.
Chawl (चाळ)
Chawl (चाळ): Mumbai housing type of single-room tenements along common corridors with shared toilets, built from the mid-1800s for textile mill workers; BIT and BDD chawls, and their ongoing redevelopment.
Check dam
A check dam, also known as a check weir, is a small dam across a channel, gully, or drainage ditch that slows runoff, reduces erosion, and traps sediment.
Check valve
A check valve, also known as a non-return valve, is a two-port mechanism that automatically permits fluid flow in one direction, preventing reverse flow and limiting pressure surges.
Checkers and Rally's
Checkers and Rally's, also known as Rally's Hamburgers and Checkers Drive-In, are sister American drive-thru hamburger chains that merged in 1999, headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Chengyang Bridge
Chengyang Bridge, formally the Yongji Bridge, is a covered wooden bridge over the Linxi River in Sanjiang County, Guangxi, China, built by Dong craftsmen from 1912 to 1924.
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, known as Metro Water, is the statutory body supplying water and sewerage services in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Chennakeshava Temple, Belur
The Chennakeshava Temple, also called Vijayanarayana Temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple to Vishnu in Belur, Karnataka, built under the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana and consecrated in 1117 CE.
Cheonggyecheon
Cheonggyecheon (청계천) is a restored urban stream in central Seoul, tributary to the Han River, once buried under an elevated highway and reopened in 2005.
Cheraman Juma Mosque (ചേരമാൻ ജുമാ മസ്ജിദ്)
The Cheraman Juma Mosque (ചേരമാൻ ജുമാ മസ്ജിദ്), also called Cheraman Juma Masjid, is a mosque in Kodungallur, Kerala, India, widely described as India's first mosque and traditionally dated to 629 AD.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) is a 14-mile sea-level ship canal across the Delmarva Peninsula, connecting the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay and Port of Baltimore.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, or C&O Canal, is a 184.5-mile historic canal along the Potomac River from Georgetown, Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland, built between 1828 and 1850.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, officially the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, is a pair of toll spans crossing Chesapeake Bay between Annapolis and Kent Island, Maryland, opened in 1952 and 1973.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District is a political subdivision of Virginia that finances, operates, and maintains the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, the toll crossing linking the Eastern Shore to Hampton Roads.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, formally the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge–Tunnel, is a 17.6-mile toll crossing of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, opened in 1964.
Chevening
Chevening, also known as Chevening House, is a Grade I listed 17th-century country house between Sevenoaks and Westerham in Kent, England, used as the Foreign Secretary's official residence.
Chézy formula
The Chézy formula is an empirical equation for the mean velocity of uniform flow in open channels, V = C√(RS), derived by French engineer Antoine Chézy in 1769.
Chicago Coliseum
The Chicago Coliseum was a succession of large indoor arenas in Chicago, best known for the 1900 Wabash Avenue hall that hosted five Republican National Conventions from 1904 through 1920.
Chicago Loop flood (1992)
The Chicago Loop flood of 1992 began on April 13, when river water poured through a breached freight tunnel, flooding the Loop and forcing about 200,000 workers to evacuate.
Chicago School (architecture)
The Chicago School is a style of late 19th-century American commercial architecture centered in Chicago's Loop, combining steel frames, large windows, and minimal ornament in the first skyscrapers.
Chicago Spire
The Chicago Spire, originally the Fordham Spire, was an unbuilt 2,000-foot, 150-story twisting residential tower designed by Santiago Calatrava for Chicago's lakefront, abandoned in 2008 after funding ran out.
Chicago Stadium
Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena on West Madison Street in Chicago, opened in 1929 and home to the Blackhawks and Bulls until its demolition in 1995.
Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower is an 1869 castellated Gothic Revival limestone tower on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, designed by William W. Boyington to house a 138-foot standpipe.
Chickamauga Dam
Chickamauga Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River about 7 miles northeast of Chattanooga, built between 1936 and 1940 for flood control.
Chicken Ranch (Nevada)
The Chicken Ranch is a licensed brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, opened in 1976 and named for the famous Texas brothel.
Chicoasén Dam
Chicoasén Dam, officially the Manuel Moreno Torres Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Grijalva River in Chiapas, Mexico, opened in 1981 with the country's tallest dam curtain.
Chikka Tirupati (ಚಿಕ್ಕ ತಿರುಪತಿ)
Chikka Tirupati (ಚಿಕ್ಕ ತಿರುಪತಿ), 'Small Tirupati', is a Venkateshwara (Prasanna Venkataramana Swamy) temple in Malur taluk, Kolar district, Karnataka, near Bengaluru, with a Mahabharata Agni legend, Abhayahastha idol, and Dravidian gopura.