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  2. Florida land boom of the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    The first real estate bubble in Florida was primarily caused by the economic prosperity of the 1920s coupled with a lack of knowledge about storm frequency and poor building standards. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 and attracted investors from all over the nation. [1]

  3. Robert Bunning - Wikipedia

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    Robert Bunning (13 December 1859 – 12 August 1936) was an English-born Western Australian businessman involved in the construction, timber, and sawmill industries. He co-founded with his younger brother Arthur (1863–1929) the company Bunning Bros, the predecessor to the modern-day retailer Bunnings.

  4. Troop sleeper - Wikipedia

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    In United States railroad terminology, a troop sleeper was a railroad passenger car which had been constructed to serve as something of a mobile barracks (essentially, a sleeping car) for transporting troops over distances sufficient to require overnight accommodations. This method allowed part of the trip to be made overnight, reducing the ...

  5. Bunnings - Wikipedia

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    Bunnings Cannington store, rebranded for promotion in February 2024. In early 2024, Bunnings temporarily rebranded one store in each Australian state and in New Zealand to "Hammerbarn", a fictional hardware shop in the animated television series Bluey. The series' creators were inspired by Bunnings when making the fictional shop. [38] [39] [40]

  6. Kirtland Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Albuquerque was an operational training facility, and the first class of 61 bombardiers from the Albuquerque base school graduated 7 March 1942. By 1945, Albuquerque's flying training field had turned out 5,719 bombardiers and 1,750 regular pilots for the B-24 bomber alone.

  7. NRT (company) - Wikipedia

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    Anywhere Advisors (formerly Realogy Brokerage Group, NRT, or National Realty Trust) is a residential real estate brokerage company in the United States of America. A subsidiary of Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. (formerly Realogy Holdings Corp.), its headquarters are located in Madison, New Jersey. [1]

  8. Railroad tie - Wikipedia

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    A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade , hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct ...

  9. Sun Lounge (railcar) - Wikipedia

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    The Sun Lounges were a fleet of three streamlined sleeper-lounge cars built by Pullman-Standard for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) in 1956. The cars featured a distinctive glazed roof area meant to capture the ambience of a dome car in a lower profile, as tunnels on the East Coast of the United States prevented the use of dome cars there.