Template:Did you know nominations/Ruffle Bar


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:15, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Ruffle Bar

 * ... that for three months each year, the island of Ruffle Bar was isolated from the rest of New York City due to a frozen-over bay? Source: NY Herald. "Gustav Gunther, his wife, and a little band of fishermen will be marooned in New York City. [...] They will be a part of the city and apart from it: as far away from civilization as if they were on the eightieth parallel. [...] Then will come an Arctic night of three months right within New York."
 * ALT1:... that the island of Ruffle Bar was isolated from the rest of New York City for three months each year due to a frozen-over bay? Source: NY Herald
 * Reviewed: Stephen Court Fire

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:53, 1 February 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, well cited. Could really use a serious cleanup though. The part about the ceiling I still don't understand. Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:24, 2 February 2018 (UTC)