Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
11720. 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.
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 ...
Route map. 1863–1869: Union Pacific built west (blue line), Central Pacific built east (red) and Western Pacific built the last leg (green) America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the " Pacific Railroad " and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 ...
Christopher Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European colonization of the Americas.
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 ...
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.
They reach Talas in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. ~1254: The Flemish William of Rubruck reaches Mongolia through Central Asia. 1264–c. 1269: First expedition of the Italians Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to China. In 1266 they reach Kublai Khan's seat at Dadu (now known as Beijing) in China. 1271–1295: Second trip of Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to China.
Grand Central Terminal is a major commuter rail terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, serving the Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines. It is the most recent of three functionally similar buildings on the same site. [1] The current structure was built by and named for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad ...