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Adamson was born in Shildon, County Durham, on 30 April 1820.He was the 13th of 15 children – seven boys and eight girls – born to Daniel Adamson, landlord of the Grey Horse public house in Shildon, and his wife, Ann. Adamson was educated at Edward Walton Quaker School, Old Shildon, until the age of thirteen, when he left to become an apprentice to Timothy Hackworth, engineer to the ...
The Meneely Bell Foundry was a bell foundry established in 1826 in West Troy (now Watervliet), New York, by Andrew Meneely. [ citation needed ] Two of Andrew's sons continued to operate the foundry after his death, while a third son, Clinton H. Meneely, opened a second foundry across the river with George H. Kimberly in Troy, New York in 1870.
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company Complex, 1896 [3]. The first building was designed in 1872 by Brown & Sharpe employee Thomas McFarlane. [4] It was a huge 66,000 square-foot structure made of brick, cast iron, and concrete, and held space for all the company's functions. [4]
Patterson left the University of North Carolina to work with inventor William H. Kerr. [4] In 1891, he went to England to introduce the Kerr tobacco machine. After studying mechanical engineering in England for two years, he returned to Durham, where he became associated with James Buchanan Duke and the American Tobacco Company in 1898, of which Patterson later became a vice-president in 1901.
In 1846 Ornsby published a short topographical work, Sketches of Durham.For the Surtees Society he edited Denis Granville's Remains, in two volumes, 1861 and 1865; John Cosin's Correspondence, 2 vols. 1869–1872; and Selections from the Household Books of Lord William Howard of Naworth, 1878.
With Nana’s, Howell said he set out to create a European style restaurant in an era of Durham where fine dining often meant steak and potatoes at a country club. Two famous dishes, Howell’s ...
Early on, The Foundry District attracted popular local businesses and interesting new brands. Doc’s Records & Vintage is an enormous record store with a bizarre antique mall and frequent live music.
Durham emerged as a major industrial and commercial center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily due to the success of its tobacco and textile industries. [2] The city's growth was fueled by the Duke family, whose investments in tobacco and hydroelectric power played a significant role in shaping Durham’s economy. [ 3 ]