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Birmingham gained gas lighting in 1818, and a water company in 1826, to provide piped water, although clean water was only available to people who could pay. Birmingham gained its first electricity supply in 1882. Horse-drawn trams ran through Birmingham from 1873, and electric trams from 1890. [37] Joseph Chamberlain
Willamette Iron Works (also known as Willamette Iron and Steel Company or WISCO) was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines. In 1904, the company changed its name to Willamette Iron and Steel Works, under which name it operated ...
The Moss Bay Hematite Iron Company was founded and owned by Charles James Valentine, in 1876 and was situated on the coast at Mossbay, Workington, Cumberland. The Moss Bay Hematite Iron Company became the Moss Bay Hematite Iron and Steel Company in 1881. This company was liquidated in 1890 and reformed in 1891.
USS Ingersoll was launched by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, 28 June 1942. She was co-sponsored by Miss Alice Jean Ingersoll, granddaughter of the Admiral, and Mrs. R. R. Ingersoll, II, widow of Lieutenant Royal R. Ingersoll II. Ingersoll was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 31 August 1943.
[4] [5] In 1922 California Iron Works was taken over by United States National Bank of San Diego (USNB) and renamed National Iron Works. [6] In 1933, USNB was bought by C. Arnholt Smith who thereby also took control of National Iron Works, which formed the first foundation of Smith's non-banking business activities in San Diego.
Shipt is an American delivery service owned by Target Corporation. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. In December 2017, it was announced that Target Corporation was acquiring Shipt for $550 million and that it would operate as an independent subsidiary following the acquisition. As of 2018, Shipt delivers groceries, home products, and ...
American Cast Iron Pipe Company at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AL-35, "American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1501 Thirty-first Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL", 2 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, a decommissioned ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley (1921–1944), who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism on USS Princeton during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.