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Vanderbilt responded by establishing a company to build a graded, banked and grade-separated highway suitable for racing that was also free of the horse manure dust often churned up by motor cars. The resulting Long Island Motor Parkway, with its banked turns , guard rails , reinforced concrete roadbed, and limited-access, was the first limited ...
Starting in 1972 tires were specified by load rating, using a letter code. In practice, a higher load rating tire was also a wider tire. In this system a tire had a letter, optionally followed by "R" for radial tires, followed by the aspect ratio, a dash and the diameter – C78-15 or CR78-15 for bias and radial, respectively. Each diameter of ...
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New York State Route 454 (NY 454), also known as the Suffolk County Veterans Memorial Highway or simply Vets Highway, is a 13.67-mile (22.00 km) east–west state highway in western and central Suffolk County on Long Island in New York.
If you are still alive ;-) the letter is the speed code -- the number is the load rating. You had best not use tires of a lower load rating unless you look up the max load in pounds for your current tire at current PSI, and see what PSI is needed for the lower load rating tire to carry the same load. You likely have to raise the PSI.
The New York Central board gave in, and in 1867 Vanderbilt acquired the company, and in 1869 merged it with the Hudson River Railroad to form the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. This gave the New York Central a majority of ownership in the company. In 1900, the New York Central leased the Boston and Albany.
Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942) Townhouse (1882) [7] part of the Triple Palace at 640 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. The house was completely renovated in 1914 by Grace Vanderbilt at a cost of $500,000. Demolished c. 1945. "Beaulieu" (1859), summer residence in Newport, Rhode Island. Bought by Vanderbilt in 1911.
Topographic maps are also commonly called contour maps or topo maps. In the United States, where the primary national series is organized by a strict 7.5-minute grid, they are often called or quads or quadrangles. Topographic maps conventionally show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines.