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The company was founded in 1866 as the "Star Tank Line" by Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift (1827–1899), [6] in response to the economic activities of John D. Rockefeller in the years leading up to his creation of Standard Oil. [1] Vandergrift was involved in the conflicts in the oil regions of Western Pennsylvania in the 1860s–1870s. [7]
Vandergrift is a borough in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Early in the 20th century, it had the largest sheet steel mill in the world. On June 28, 1915, the Borough of Vandergrift Heights was consolidated with Vandergrift. [3] In 1900, 2,076 people lived here; in ...
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's 77 Community Areas. [5]
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LAC Group, formerly known as Library Associates Companies (LAC), is an information services vendor for research and intelligence, library operations, spend and cost management and media archiving. The company provides skilled staffing and consulting services primarily to law firms, Fortune 1000 corporations and government agencies.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi ...
John Crerar Library; Location: Hyde Park, Chicago, United States: Type: free, semi-public: Scope: current science, technology, and medicine: Established: 1894: Branch of: University of Chicago Library: Collection; Size: 1.4 million [1] Access and use; Access requirements: open to members of the public with specific research needs related to the ...
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