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By the end of the war, Coleman began production of a civilian version of the Model 520, designated the Model 530, and advertised as the "G.I. pocket stove". [ 6 ] [ 10 ] The Model 530 was promoted by Coleman as the "perfect pal for hunting, fishing and camping trips" that would "slip easily into a hunting coat pocket, glove compartment of a car ...
William Coffin Coleman (May 21, 1870 – November 2, 1957) was a businessman, the American founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment, and a politician. He served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas , from 1923 to 1924.
The Kaimai Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Kaimai Range in the North Island of New Zealand. Since it was opened in 1978, it has held the title of longest tunnel , at 8.879 kilometres (5.517 mi), in New Zealand, [ 1 ] assuming this distinction from the previous title holder, the Rimutaka Tunnel . [ 2 ]
The Kaimai Range and this tunnel led to a Silver Fern railcar service between Auckland and Tauranga being named the Kaimai Express. This service operated from 1991 until 2001. [citation needed] A peak of the Kaimai directly above the tunnel, previously unnamed, was named Stokes Peak in 2010 in honour of geographer Evelyn Stokes. [8]
The Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park is a protected area in the North Island of New Zealand. It was formed in 1975 [ 1 ] as the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park, defined as a Conservation Park in 1987, and renamed in 2009. [ 2 ]