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  2. Centereach, New York - Wikipedia

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    Area code (s) 631, 934. FIPS code. 36-13376. GNIS feature ID. 0946206. Centereach ( / ˈsɛntəritʃ /) is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 31,578 at the 2010 census.

  3. Centereach High School - Wikipedia

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    Centereach High School is a public high school in the Middle Country Central School District located in Centereach, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. It teaches a college preparatory curriculum for grades nine through twelve. The total minority enrollment is 26%, and 33% of students are economically disadvantaged.

  4. Central Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Central Pacific Railroad ( CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to complete most of the western part of the "First transcontinental railroad" in North America. Incorporated in 1861, CPRR ceased independent operations in 1875 when the railroad was leased to the ...

  5. History of rail transportation in California - Wikipedia

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    The establishment of America's transcontinental rail lines securely linked California to the rest of the country, and the far-reaching transportation systems that grew out of them during the century that followed contributed to the state's social, political, and economic development. When California was admitted as a state to the United States ...

  6. REACH authorisation procedure - Wikipedia

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    The authorisation procedure is one of the regulatory tools of the European regulation (EC) REACH n°1907/2006 aiming to ban the use of substances of very high concern ( SVHC) included in the Annex XIV of REACH, so as to replace them with technically and economically feasible alternatives. This process concerns manufacturers, importers and ...

  7. Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of ...

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    C294, 25.11.2005, pp. 38–44. Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ( REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. [1] REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment. Its 849 pages took seven years to pass ...

  8. Illinois Central Railroad - Wikipedia

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    5 ft ( 1,524 mm) Length. 3,130.21 mi (5,037.58 km) The Illinois Central Railroad ( reporting mark IC ), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

  9. Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.