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Tappan is a brand of appliances, named after company founder W. J. Tappan. [1] [2] Tappan claimed several innovations: 1930s all-porcelain range available in various colors [2] 1955 the first compact (24") microwave oven [2] 1960s electric ignition for gas ranges [citation needed] 1965 single-unit conventional range and microwave oven [2]
Tappan was the filming site in the episode "New Car Smell" of the NBC comedy show, Ed. Ed was getting a kite down for a woman, but got stuck in a tree. A shot for the introduction to the film "No Looking Back" was shot in Tappan. The shot is facing east down Old Tappan Road from the perspective of Western Highway. [9]
Tappan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community; Lake Tappan, a reservoir on the Hackensack River; Old Tappan, New Jersey, a town in Bergen County; Tappan Lake, a reservoir in Harrison County, Ohio; Tappan, New York, a hamlet in Rockland County; Tappan Zee, widening of the Hudson River Tappan Zee Bridge (1955–2017), a former bridge at the ...
Tappan Historic District is a national historic district located at Tappan in Rockland County, New York. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings and three contributing sites. The district consists of 30 properties that reflect the historic commercial and residential core of the late 18th and 19th century village of Tappan.
Vriessendael, one of the first "bouweries", or homesteads, built in the territory was sometimes called Tappan. The Tappan are recalled throughout their former territory: Lake Tappan is a reservoir on the Hackensack River; the Tappan Zee, widening of the Hudson River and the bridge crossing it; Old Tappan in Bergen County; Tappan in Rockland County.
The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, commonly known as the Tappan Zee Bridge, was a cantilever bridge in the U.S. state of New York. It was built from 1952 to 1955 to cross the Hudson River at one of its widest points, 25 miles (40 km) north of Midtown Manhattan , from South Nyack to Tarrytown .
The Tappan Zee (/ ˌ t æ p ən ˈ z iː /; also Tappan Sea or Tappaan Zee) is a natural widening of the Hudson River, about 3 miles (4.8 km) across at its widest, in southeastern New York. It stretches about 10 miles (16 km) along the boundary between Rockland and Westchester counties, downstream from Croton Point to Irvington .
Arthur Tappan (May 22, 1786 – July 23, 1865) was an American businessman, philanthropist and abolitionist. [1] He was the brother of Ohio Senator Benjamin Tappan and abolitionist Lewis Tappan , and nephew of Harvard Divinity School theologian Rev. Dr. David Tappan .