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Originally called "Hunter's Point", Cortez was settled in the 1880s by families from Carteret County, North Carolina. [9] When a post office was established in 1888, the village needed a new name to avoid confusion with another Hunter's Point in Florida. [10]
The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in San Francisco, California, located on 638 acres (258 ha) of waterfront at Hunters Point in the southeast corner of the city. Originally, Hunters Point was a commercial shipyard established in 1870, consisting of two graving docks .
Hunter's Point, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station), a station of the Long Island Rail Road railroad; Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line), a station of New York City Subway; Hunter's Point South, a mixed-use development in Hunter's Point, Queens; Hunter's Point, Quebec, an Indian settlement
Hurricane Milton marched across Florida on Thursday, whipping up tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to millions before blowing out into the Atlantic. However, the Tampa Bay area ...
The instruments are deployed from airplanes by hurricane hunters. Once in the ocean, the instruments send back real-time data for scientists to analyze. ... “I used to live in Florida. The coast ...
The Hunter's Point crane is a gantry crane located at the naval shipyard in Hunters Point, San Francisco. [1] When it was built, in 1947 to repair battleships and aircraft carriers, it was the largest crane in the world. [2] [3] It has a 450-long-ton (460 t) capacity and was completed at the site by the American Bridge Company. [4]
In 1967, Robert Kennedy visited Bayview Hunters Point and spoke with Ruth Williams about the issues of poverty facing the community. Ruth Williams’ testimony before the United States Senate Appropriations Committee in 1970 led to the release of 30 million dollars of Housing and Urban Development funds to Bayview Hunters Point residents. The ...
Beacon Point & Conch Point (1700s), Potrero Viejo (1830s–1860s), Butchertown (1830s–1960s), Southern San Francisco (1839; on some maps), Hunters Point Shipyard (1869–1939), Railroad Avenue (former name for "3rd Street"; 1886–1910), Bayview-Hunter's Point (1960s–present), Bayview Heights ("redevelopment" name; 2010s–present) – The Point (nickname), The Port (nickname), The Yard ...