"Just when everyone thought that the celebrity line-up was finalized, there is a big surprise announcement! The actor who portrayed the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, Brandon Routh, will be flying in to Metropolis to meet fans during the 33rd annual Superman Celebration June 9-12. Superman co-chairman Karla Ogle explains that Routh had expressed interest in being a part of the Metropolis Celebration, but was unsure if his current filming schedule would allow him to make the trip. “Once we learned he could indeed travel in early June, we began finalizing the details to add him to our line-up,” Ogle said. “We are so excited that he will be here in Metropolis!” Prior to Routh's casting as Superman and Clark Kent in the 2006 film, Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had spent over a decade developing a plan to relaunch the franchise with possible stars including actors Nicholas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith. When director Bryan Singer came aboard the project, however, he insisted an unknown actor be cast in the part, in the tradition of the casting of the best-known film Superman, Christopher Reeve. Singer was impressed by Routh’s resemblance to the comic book icon and found the actor's humble mid-western roots perfect for the role. At the age of 24, Routh reminded the director of Christopher Reeve and was recognized for his "combination of vulnerability and confidence". Routh will be a part of the Celebration activities on Saturday, June 11. Details about his appearance schedule will be announced soon. In addition to Routh, Metropolis’ most famous son will be sharing the spotlight with Sam Huntington, Alaina Huffman, Mark Pillows and Tracy Roberts. Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns. Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”. Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn. At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie. Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns. Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”. Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn. At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie." . . . "The Superman Celebration is a long standing festival and a must see event for people of all ages, especially comic book lovers. Superman fans travel from all over the globe to visit the small southern Illinois town that is the Official Home of Superman. The real life Metropolis, with a population of 6,500 residents, welcomes approximately 30,000 people over the four-day celebration. Metropolis features a 15-foot bronze statue of the Man of Steel and a Super Museum located o

Providence, RI has a lot to offer. Some Great Night Photography Options. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did in taking them. Narragansett Electric -Providence, RI Narragansett Electric Lighting Company (1913 and later): The first electric company in Providence was the Rhode Island Electric lighting Company (1882) which sup- plied the electric light for ten arc lamps in Market Square. Two years later. Marsden Perry and other Providence businessmen formed a rival company, the Narragansett Electric lighting Company. the first customer of which was the owner of a skating rink on Aborn Street The same year the Narragansett Electric lighting Company garnered a contract to produce electricity for seventy-five arc lamps in downtown Providence, By 1888 the city had 236 electric street lights (compared to 2,590 gas and 1.618 naptha or gasoline lights) and various businesses had installed a total of twenty-one electric motors, the largest of which ran the pump foAerial View of NEES, Turn of the centuryr Shepard's hydraulic elevator. One year later the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company bought the Rhode Island Electric Lighting Company (giving it a monopoly on electric-power production in Provi- dence) and completed the construction of a new large plant (to replace its former Aborn Street powerhouse) on Eddy and South Streets. In 1900 the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company bought the 2-story brick warehouse at 146 Dyer Street (for a battery-storage station) in back of which the company later built a three-story substation (c. 1924). By 1913 the use of electricity for light and power had gained widespread acceptance and the city began the removal of all gas lights from city streets to replace them with electric lights; the same year the city granted the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company a franchise to provide the electricity for these street lights. Historical Photo of the interior of NEESIn 1913 the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company entirelyrebuilt the South Station. The 1913 structure is a mas- sive brick and granite-trimmed building in the Georgian Revival Style with large, roundhead windows and four, 217-foot, truss-braced chimney stacks. Although none of the equipment which was originally installed in the plant still sur- vives, two 1919 Westinghouse steam turbines and a 1926 G.E. turbine remain in the plant. Since 1913 the company has ex- panded the complex so that the main building now supports seven stacks, six of which are connected by steel braces. Between 1913 and 1921 the annual kilowatt-hour produc- tion at the South Street Plant increased by 500 per cent. For many years thisNarragansett Electric today company was the largest power company in the New England Power Association, which it had joined in 1926. Upon joining the association, the company changed its name to the Narragansett Electric Company. Five years later it bought the Manchester Street Powerhouse from the United Electric Railways Company (see Manchester Street). The Narragansett Electric Company continues to operate the South Street Station, the Manchester Street Station, and the Dyer Street substation as well as several other stations outside the city.