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Holland Torpedo Boat Company was founded by John Philip Holland (1841 – 1914) in 1893.Holland was an Irish engineer-inventor, who designed and built the first practical submarine.
Chelsea Clock Company; Boston, Massachusetts (1887–Present) Chicago Clock Manufacturing Company; Chicago, Illinois (ca. 1860–?) Colonial of Zeeland Clock Company; Zeeland, Michigan (1899–1986) David Wood; Newburyport, Massachusetts (1766–1824) Dyer, Wadsworth & Company; Augusta, Georgia (1838–1843)
Early on, Westinghouse was a rival to Thomas Edison's electric company. In 1892, Edison was merged with Westinghouse's chief AC rival, the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, making an even bigger competitor, General Electric. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company changed its name to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945. [citation ...
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C. in the south, with major stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore.
After repairs at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Company, Thresher went south for more tests and trials off Key West, Florida, then returned northward. The submarine entered Portsmouth Shipyard on 16 July 1962 to begin a scheduled six-month post-shakedown availability to examine systems and make repairs and corrections as necessary.
On November 7, 1916, Boston Elevated Railway Co. street car No. 393 smashed through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
James F. Dwinell started roasting coffee as Dwinell & Co. in 1845, and in 1879 he joined forces with Martin Hayward and George C. Wright to become Dwinell, Hayward and Co., which evolved to Dwinell-Wright Company in 1899 after the death of Mr. Hayward. Dwinell-Wright eventually opened offices in Chicago, Illinois and Portsmouth, Virginia. The ...
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center, and Orange County to the southeast.