Today it is home to the playing fields, dormitories and academic buildings of the best college in the Midwest: Northwestern University.

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He was overlooking mud-brick buildings and fields, with the Valley of the Kings in the distance, when the explosion shattered the quiet of the morning.

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Images from Japanese media and CNN iReporters showed smoke pouring from buildings and water rushing across fields, carrying away entire structures.

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Through his open windows, Christenberry could smell the red Alabama clay and survey the cotton fields occasionally dotted with weather-beaten buildings.

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There is a poster showing the large concrete and glass buildings that are planned for the business district on Mr Tan's fields.

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The newborn lambs were put outside on the fields three weeks ago, but the rain and snow has meant they are unable to graze and farm buildings have had to be emptied to provide space for them.

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