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The gym ringette ring is an orange torus made of a sponge-like material and unlike the ice ring, is not hollow. The ringette "practice ring" (a.k.a. "turbo ring") [25] is not a torus, but a small open disk (a toroid) used on ice to help ringette players develop and hone pass receiving skills and is typically either orange or blue. First ...
Samuel Perry Jacks (April 23, 1915 – May 14, 1975) more commonly known as, "Sam Jacks," was a Canadian soldier in World War II, inventor, military and civic recreation director, sports coach, creator of the Canadian sport of ringette for girls [1] [2] and the creator and codifier of the first set of rules for floor hockey in 1936.
In 1867 Ezra Millard, Andrew J. Hanscom, and Augustus Kountze formed the Omaha Horse Railway, the first horsecar in the city. The Omaha Cable Tramway Company was the city's only cable car. It started in 1884 and ended in 1895 after consolidating with the Horse Railway as the Omaha Street Railway Company.
1869 The old territorial capitol building given to the City of Omaha for a high school. 1870 Omaha was made a port of entry by an act of Congress and S. A. Orchard was appointed the first surveyor of customs. 1871 Name of the post office changed from "Omaha City" to "Omaha." 1871 The first meat packing establishment in Omaha opened by David Cook.
This article covers Omaha landmarks designated by the City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. In addition, it includes structures or buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and those few designated as National Historic Landmarks , indicating their varying level of importance to the city, state and nation.
In 1965 the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Chicago Great Western Railway quit running, followed by the Rock Island Railroad in 1969. Passenger service ceased in 1971, and the Union Station was donated to the City of Omaha by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1973. [12] That year the station quickly became the home of the Durham Museum. The Union ...
The Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility was a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) shop for the trains of the Union Pacific located at North 9th and Webster in Downtown Omaha. With the first locomotives arriving in 1865, [ 1 ] it took until the 1950s for the facility to become the major overhaul and maintenance facility for the railroad.
To this end, they built a new combined city hall and fire station in late 1915. [3] On May 25, 1917, the city of Omaha, Nebraska annexed the town of Benson. At that time, it was 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km 2) and had 5000 residents. [4] Krug Park was an amusement park located at 2936 North 52nd Street in Benson.