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Henry Ford Portrait by Fred Hartsook, c. 1919 Born (1863-07-30) July 30, 1863 Springwells Township, Michigan, U.S. Died April 7, 1947 (1947-04-07) (aged 83) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Resting place Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan Occupations Engineer industrialist publisher philanthropist Years active 1891–1945 Known for Founding and leading the Ford Motor Company Pioneering a system that ...
Mrs. Vandebilt. " Mrs. Vandebilt " is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings from the album Band on the Run. The track was not issued as a single in the UK or US, but was a single in Continental Europe and Australia .
Rankings from AP Poll. The 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and compete in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth-year head coach ...
The ORT supported an amendment to reduce the workday still further to eight hours and eliminate the split trick. However, the ORT did not coordinate its efforts with the other railroad unions, and when the Adamson Act , passed in 1917, mandated an eight-hour working day for most railroad employees, it did not explicitly include telegraphers.
Added to NRHP. April 1, 2002. The Long Island Motor Parkway, also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, or Motor Parkway, was a limited-access parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It was the first highway designed for automobile use only. [2] The parkway was privately built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II ...
Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard ( New Dorp, New York (state) July 23, 1845 – Manhattan, March 3, 1924) was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. [1] As a philanthropist, she funded the YMCA, helping create a hotel for guests of the organization. She was married to prominent New York City lawyer, banker, and ...
Vanderbilt is a ghost town in Eureka County, in the western state of Nevada, in the United States. History. In 1870, Vanderbilt had 150 inhabitants, two boarding houses and two saloons, although 300 miners were employed in the mining district in those times. In August 1871, the Post Office opened.
Location of Vanderbilt in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. / 40.03417°N 79.66389°W / 40.03417; -79.66389. Vanderbilt is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 414 at the 2020 census, [2] a decline from the figure of 476 tabulated in 2010. [3] The town is named for the railroad tycoon Cornelius ...