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On Saturday, August 14, 1920, the first aircraft landed at what became the Burlington Municipal Airport. [7] The pilot was Captain Hubert Stanford Broad, who served in the Air Forces of Great Britain during World War I. [7] He circled the city of Burlington, did a few stunts for awaiting spectators and landed his Avro plane in the new field north of Williston Road. [7]
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located 45 miles (72 km) south of the Canada–United States border and 95 miles (153 km) south of Montreal .
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, formerly the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, is a science and nature museum located on the Burlington waterfront in northern Vermont. This hands-on museum is home to several interactive exhibits such as Engineert It! and Awesome Forces; a 30-foot, 3D plesiosaur model of Champ, America's legendary lake ...
The Burlington metropolitan area is a metropolitan area consisting of the three Vermont counties of Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle.The metro area is anchored by the principal cities of Burlington, South Burlington, St. Albans, Winooski, and Essex Junction; and the towns of Colchester, Essex and Milton.
The Boston–Burlington sleeper was dropped by 1936. [95] [8] The Burlington–Cambridge Junction mixed train was cut on June 17, 1938, ending CV passenger service to Burlington. [96] [8] In the 1940s, Green Mountain Power rented a portion of the station as offices. [97] Passenger service on the Rutland declined as well.
The Ethan Allen Firehouse is a historic building located in downtown Burlington. It was designed by local architect A.B. Fisher and completed in 1889, serving as home to the Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4, one of Burlington's volunteer fire departments. In 1927, the building was acquired by the Burlington Police Department, and later, in 1967 ...
Burlington Memorial Auditorium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose National Register-listed arena, in Burlington, Vermont, United States. It was built in 1927–28 to designs of local architect Frank Lyman Austin, and is operated by the Burlington Department of Parks and Recreation. As a convention center, it offers 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2) of ...
Burlington Telecom is a municipal telecommunications company providing residents of Burlington, Vermont with television, telephone and internet services. The company runs its communications offerings on a citywide fiber-optic network.