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In 1913, Walter Alexander founded Alexander's Motor Service to expand upon the Falkirk & District Tramways Company's route into previously unserved Grangemouth. [2]In 1924, believing in the future of the omnibus, Alexander established W. Alexander & Sons Limited, to run them and to manufacture bodywork for its own fleet and for sale to other operators.
The series airs on National Geographic Channel International, History Television in Canada, DMAX in Germany and Five in the United Kingdom, and is produced by Parallax Film Productions Inc.. The hour-long shows focus on the dangers, challenges, and inside strategies of this type of demolition by documenting the work of a specialized explosives ...
The demolition of especially high buildings presents unique challenges, especially when their location is within densely populated areas of their respective cities. Buildings particularly tall are most often deconstructed floor-by-floor down to the building's basement, as opposed to controlled implosion of the structure, which would most likely ...
This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1] Other rural communities which did not function strictly in this way but were still dominated by a single industry may also be called company towns and are featured in this list.
Demolition on November 1, 2008. Video on YouTube: Port Kembla Copper Stack 198 m 650 ft 1965 2014 Chimney Smelter Australia: Port Kembla, New South Wales: Demolished on February 20, 2014. Video on YouTube: Chimney #1 of Nanticoke Generating Station Units 1–4 198 m 650 ft 1972 2018 Chimney Power station Canada: Nanticoke, Ontario
The product name Clark Michigan was abbreviated to Michigan and the three brand names Volvo BM, Michigan, and Euclid were incorporated into the new company VME Group. In 1995, VME became a fully owned Volvo company and changed its name to Volvo Construction Equipment. In 1998, Volvo CE became the first foreign company to invest in Korea. The ...
Stelco Holdings Inc. (known as U.S. Steel Canada from 2007 to 2016) is a Canadian steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario. Stelco was founded in 1910 by the amalgamation of several smaller firms. Stelco was founded in 1910 by the amalgamation of several smaller firms.
In 1970, just after the death of the founder, the company [clarification needed] was sold to Marathon Manufacturing Company and was renamed Marathon LeTourneau Company. [ citation needed ] In 1994, Rowan (now Valaris Limited ), which had used the company to manufacture its drilling rigs, acquired the company from General Cable for $50 million.