Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Kidderpore College St. Thomas Engineering College Malaviya Vidyalaya at 16, Hem Chandra Street, Kolkata 700023 is a Hindi medium, government aided Co-educational school affiliated to West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) established in the year 1955 in the memory of 'Mahamana' Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.
After the construction of the Strand Road, in the 1820s, shipbuilding was concentrated at Sulkea, Howrah, and Kidderpore. The greatest shipbuilding years on the Hooghly up to 1839 were 1813 (21 vessels and 10,376 tons ( bm )), 1801 (19 vessels and 10,079 tons (bm)), and 1816 (18 vessels and 8,198 tons (bm)).
In 1822 the Bengal Government had Kyd & Co., of Kidderpore, built a dredge named Pluto. She was flat-bottomed and had a square front and stern, with steam-driven bucket-chain dredges on each side. When war with Burma broke out in 1824, the EIC had the dredges removed and paddles installed for propulsion.
Year built Where built Remarks Nerbuddah†, or Nerbuda‡ Schooner 106 1776 Bombay Dockyard Captured by the French 1782 Nereide† Yacht 237 1821 Kidderpore Sold 1824; sent to England Nymphe† Sloop 180 1778 Batavia Patna† Sloop 108 1778 Java Buoy vessel 1793; sold 1796 Phillip Dundas†‡ Brig 176 / 187 1797, or 1798 Bombay Dockyard Sold.
Kidderpore Dry Dock, c. 1905. A wet dock was set up at Kidderpore (Khidirpur) in 1892. This was the result of persistent demands by the merchant community of Kolkata. As cargo traffic at the port grew, so did the requirement of more kerosene, leading to the building of a petroleum wharf at Budge Budge in 1896.
She was built by Kyds of Kidderpore, Calcutta [1] as a 133-ton merchant vessel with two 16 horsepower (12 kW) side-lever engines manufactured by Henry Maudslay of Lambeth. She was launched on 12 July 1823, and purchased by the Bengal Government at the suggestion of Commander Frederick Marryat . [ 1 ]
1276 tons, built for China [3] 1813 General Kyd: 1279 tons 1814 Lord Hungerford: 685 tons [1] 1815 ... Most of the ships were launched from the Kidderpore docks.
Kidderpore: Lady Kennaway: Merchantman: For Kyd & Co. December United Kingdom: Chepstow: Maria: Barque: For private owner. [41] Unknown date Colony of New Brunswick: Saint John: Amity: Brig: For private owner. Unknown date India: Anna: Merchantman: For private owner. [42] Unknown date India: James Macrae Chittagong: Ann and Amelia: Full-rigged ...