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railway: Encyclopedia II - Births

1830 - Month/day unknown. Mary Hunt, American temperance movement leader (d. 1906) Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest known living animal alive today, and purported inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Winter of the Deep Snow (1830-1831) in Illinois. ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu) (Āndhra Prādesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the linguistic-cultural region of South India. It lies between 12°41' and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40'E longitude, and is bounded by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west. Andhra Pradesh is the fifth largest state in India and it forms the major link between the north and the south of India. It is the b ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City. Its headquarters are in Calgary, Alberta. The railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885, fulfilling a pr ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zürich (German: Kanton Zürich) has a population of about 1.2 million. The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zürich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch (in German). In English the name of the canton is often written without umlauts: Canton of Zurich. Canton of Zürich - Geography. The canton of Zürich is situated north of the Alps. Its neighbo ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Abandonment

The term abandonment has a multitude of uses which can generally be broken into legal and extra-legal uses. This "signpost article" provides a guide to the various uses of the word via links to articles that deal with each of the distinct concepts at length. Abandonment - Uses in law. Abandonment in law, the relinquishment of an interest, claim, privilege or possession. This broad meaning has a number of applications in different branches of law. Abandonment of an action (see Jud ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - 1923

1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments 1923 - February. February 16 - Howard Carter unseals the ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - 1830

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1830 - Events. February 3 - Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain. April 6 - Founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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railway: Encyclopedia II - Koknese - History

The site of Koknese was originally a Latgalian and Selonian settlement named Kukenois. By the late 12th century, the settlement of Kukenois had fallen under the loose sovereignty of Polotsk as a tributary sub-principality. At the beginning of the 13th century, Germans led by Albert of Buxhoeveden and the crusading Livonian Order began to occupy the shores of the Gulf of Riga. In return for protection against Lithuanians and Russians, the Latvian tribal leader Vetseka of Kukenois gave half of his land to Albert in 1205. By 1209 ...

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railway: Encyclopedia II - Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America

Such bridges are found in rural areas throughout the United States and Canada, but are often threatened by arsonists, vandals, and flooding. They are also common around eastern Canada and in the United States in places such as Chester County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lane County, Oregon, Madison County, Iowa and Parke County, Indiana. Parts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virgi ...

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Covered bridge, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Europe, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Asia, Covered bridge - Modern covered bridges, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in fiction, Covered bridge - Gallery of Covered Bridges

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railway: Encyclopedia II - Connecticut - Geography

Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state capital is Hartford, and the other major cities include New Haven, New London, Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury, Torrington and Bridgeport. In all, there are a total of 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut. There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven ...

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railway: Encyclopedia II - Indian Railways - History

A plan for a rail system in India was first put forward in 1832, but no further steps were taken for more than a decade. In 1844, the Governor-General of India Lord Hardinge allowed private entrepreneurs to set up a rail system in India. Two new railway companies were created and the East India Company was asked to assist them. Interest from investors in the UK led to the rapid creation of a rail system over the next few years. The first train in India became operational on 1851-12-22, and was used for the hauling of construction material in ...

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Indian Railways, Indian Railways - History, Indian Railways - Railway zones, Indian Railways - Passenger services, Indian Railways - Suburban rail, Indian Railways - Freight, Indian Railways - Notable trains and achievements, Indian Railways - Organisational structure, Indian Railways - Rail budget and finances, Indian Railways - Current problems, Indian Railways - Accidents, Indian Railways - Overcrowding, Indian Railways - Level crossings and fencing, Indian Railways - Sanitation, Indian Railways - Notes

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railway: Encyclopedia II - Kaunas - History

At the location of the current Kaunas old town, at the confluence of two large rivers, there was a settlement as far back as the tenth century BC. According to legend, the town was founded in 1030, but it is first mentioned in written sources in 1361. In the thirteenth century, a stone wall was built for protection from constant raids by the Teutonic Knights. In 1362, the town was captured by the Teutonic Knights, who destroyed the cast ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Bottleneck

A bottleneck is literally the neck of a glass or pottery bottle. An hourglass has a bottleneck at its mid-point whose diameter governs the time that granular contents of a given mass will take to pass through. Metaphorically a bottleneck is a section of a route with a carrying capacity substantially below that characterising other sections of the same route. This is often a narrow part of a road, perhaps also with a smaller number of lanes, or a reduction of the number of tracks of a railway line. It may be due to a narrow brid ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is a major railway station in Bristol, England. It is situated about a mile south-east of the city centre, and is the main station for central Bristol. Bristol's other main-line station, Bristol Parkway, is situated on the northern outskirts of the town. The station is presently served by express services on the Great Western route from London Paddington, Virgin Cross-Country express services between the North of England and the South West, and local and regional trains. Due to the layout of the lines aroun ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Box Tunnel

Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through the Box Hill. It was built for the original route of the Great Western Railway under the direction of the GWR's engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The tunnel is 2939m (1mi 1452yd) in length, straight, and descends a 1 in 100 gradient from the east. Construction started in 1836, and the tunnel opened in 1841. The lives of about 100 navvies (railway construction workers) were lost during construction. At the time of opening it was the longe ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Branch line

A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. Branch line - United Kingdom. Many British branch lines were closed as a result of the "Beeching Axe" in the 1960s, although some have been re-opened as heritage railways. The smallest branch line that is still in operation in the UK is the line from Stourbridge Junction going to Stourbridge Town. This only has one track. the journey is 1/3 of a mile and takes around 55 seconds to complete its ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Bournville

Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded "Bournville". It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. Bournville - History. Originally consisting of a scattering of farmsteads and cottages linked by winding country lanes, the only visual highlight being the Georgian built Bournbrook Hall. The bluebell glades of Stocks Wood were said to be a relic of t ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Policing in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has a number of similar but independent police services. Most of these operate in defined territorial areas (defined as Home Office police forces in England and Wales), which are typically counties, groups of counties or larger metropolitan areas. A small number of non-Home Office police forces, such as the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, have a more specialised, non-geographical remit. Policing in the United Kingdom - History. While constables had existed since Saxon ti ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Bombing of Dresden in World War II

The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: "The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It was a wonderfully beautiful city and a symbol of baroque humanism and all that was best in Germany. It also contained all of the worst from Germany during the Nazi period. In that sense it is an absolutely ...

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railway: Encyclopedia - Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process, culminating on 1 July 1867, by which a union was formed among the provinces, colonies, and territories of British North America to form the Dominion of Canada, a dominion of the British Empire and federal nation state. Canadian Confederation - Colonial organization. Before 1867, British North America was a collection of six separate colonies: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Province of Canada (now Quebec and Ontario), Newfoundla ...

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