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The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company was subsequently founded in 1883 by several backers, including entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, [3] and Port Jefferson seaman Charles E. Tooker. [4] The ferry company originally operated steamship service, but the acquisition of the Martha's Vineyard in 1968 ended steamship service. Since then, the ...
Rochechouart is situated in the Rochechouart impact structure, an impact crater caused by an asteroid that crashed into the Earth's surface about 205 million years ago, [9] [10] in the Rhaetian period, shortly before the Triassic Jurassic boundary characterized by a massive extinction event in which 80% of the world's species were obliterated. [11]
Andrew Shearer, Athens Banner-Herald March 13, 2024 at 4:05 AM A group of Athens, Ga.-based musicians formed Irish folk-rock project Fawney Rig to play a series of concerts at local bars in honor ...
Most islands on the Aegean Sea can be reached by ferry from the port of Piraeus in Athens. The services in the list are subject to changes in routing as well as the ferries operated. The services in the list are subject to changes in routing as well as the ferries operated.
Fior Di Levante is the first ship in Greece that receives electricity at night from the shore based installation at the port of Kyllini. [8] Mare Di Levante is the second ship of Levante Ferries. Before being bought by Levante Ferries it was called Ionian Star and it belonged to Tyrogalas ferries operating in the same routes as it does now. [9]
The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry is berthed in the harbor. The harbor is located at the end of 8 / 25 connector, where it merges into Interstate 95 , near the Bridgeport (Metro-North station) , a stop for Amtrak , Metro-North and Shoreline East trains.
Foucher de Limoges, the founder of the House of Limoges-Rochechouart, was the second son of Raymond I, Count of Toulouse, and of Berteys, daughter of Rémi.The viscounts of Limoges and of Rochechouart were thus descended from the Counts of Rouergue and probably from the Counts of Autun and from Théodoric, who founded the Autun dynasty c. 730.
Françoise-Athenaïs de Rochechouart, also known as Madame de Montespan, was the favourite of Louis XIV. During the Reign of Terror, viscountess Marie-Victoire de Rochechouart was arrested and imprisoned in Paris, where she was guillotined in 1794. General-Count Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart fought during Napoleonic wars. He took part in ...