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Greenwich Powder Magazine (as it appeared in 1738) The peninsula was drained by Dutch engineers in the 16th century, allowing it to be used as pasture land. In the 17th century, Blackwall Point (the northern tip of the peninsula, opposite Blackwall) gained notoriety as a location where pirates' corpses were hung in cages as a deterrent to other would-be pirates.
Potowomut (pot-uh-WAHM-ut [1]) is an isolated neighborhood and a peninsula in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is bordered by the Town of East Greenwich to the northwest, and by North Kingstown to the southeast. Greenwich Bay surrounds all other sides. Potowomut's name translates to "land of fires", the Narragansett Indian name for the neck of land.
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Located on the Greenwich Peninsula by the Thames in south-east London, the works was built between 1881 and 1886. Most of the works was built on a greenfield site on Greenwich Marshes. [1] [2] The start of work on the site was complicated by proposals to build a dock system on the peninsula, similar to that on the Isle of Dogs across the river ...
Cosden Chemical Coating Corporation: Beverly City: Burlington: 07/22/1987 [18] Link: NJD000565531: 40.05818 -74.92589 CPS/Madison Industries: Old Bridge Township: Middlesex: 09/08/1983 [19] Link: NJD002141190: 40.434029 -74.327279 Crown Vantage Landfill: Alexandria Township: Hunterdon: 09/10/2013 Link: NJN000204492: 40.527465 -75.064608 Curcio ...
19 June 1996: Greenwich Peninsula site selected over Birmingham by the Millennium Commission. The Birmingham NEC, Pride Park in Derby and Bromley-by-Bow in East London were the other locations on the final short list. [citation needed] December 1996: Government decides to support the project with public money after being unable to raise private ...
Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) 4.48: 7.21: NY 102 (Front Street) – Hempstead Village, East Meadow: At-grade intersection; northern terminus of CR 7B: Gap in route; connection made between CR 7B and CR 7A via one block of NY 102 or via one block of CR 2: 0.00: 0.00: Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) Southern terminus of CR 7A designation: 0.09: 0.14
The replica Half Moon at mouth of the Hudson River approaching Lower Manhattan, site of New Amsterdam, with Hoboken, part of Pavonia, in background at left. The first European to record exploration of the area was Robert Juet, first mate of Henry Hudson, an English sea captain commissioned by the Dutch East India Company.