Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A liftboat is a self-propelled, self-elevating vessel used in support of various offshore mineral exploration and production or offshore construction activities. A liftboat has a relatively large open deck to accommodate equipment and supplies, and the capability of raising its hull clear of the water on its own legs so as to provide a stable ...
A.H. Payson, built new for the Santa Fe in 1902 by Boole & Sons, Oakland CA. She remained in Santa Fe service its entire life, retired in 1948 [ 6 ] and was sold for scrap in 1950. E.P. Ripley , built new for the Santa Fe in 1907 by Kruse & Banks, North Bend OR, [ 6 ] also sold for scrap in 1950.
Peter Donohue, an Irish immigrant, founded Union Brass & Iron Works in the south of Market area of San Francisco in 1849. It was later run by his son, James Donohue. After years as the premiere producer of mining, railroad, agricultural and locomotive [2] machinery in California, Union Iron Works, led by I. M. Scott, entered the ship building business and relocated to Potrero Point where its ...
Much of the City of Los Angeles and several inner suburbs: originally split off from 213 to form a ring around downtown Los Angeles and the city of Montebello on June 13, 1998; in August 2017, the boundary between 213 and 323 was erased to form an overlay. On November 1, 2024, it was overlaid by area code 738. 341: overlay with 510
This page was last edited on 24 September 2023, at 14:38 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Location; Country: United States: Location: Los Angeles, California: Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: US LAX: Details; Opened: December 9, 1907: Size of harbour: 3,200 acres (13 km 2): Land area: 4,300 acres (17 km 2): Size: 7,500 acres (30 km 2): Draft depth: −53 ft (−16 m): President: Jaime L. Lee: Vice President: Edward Renwick: Commissioners: Diane L. Middleton Lucia Moreno-Linares Anthony ...
The Central California Traction Company was incorporated on August 7, 1905. [2] Streetcar service began on March 3, 1906 with nine miles (14 km) of trackage in Stockton. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The company also had greater ambitions and became an electric interurban railway, [ 5 ] opening a line from Stockton to Lodi starting on September 2, 1907.
According to the January 11, 1854, Sacramento Daily Union, the first steamboat in California, besides the Sitka, was the Pioneer brought out in pieces from Boston, and put together at the West Point, in Benicia, and launched there in August, 1849, by the "Edward Everett Company". She was a side-wheeler, 70 feet in length, 25 feet beam, with an ...