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Kidderpore market. In the early years of British rule, Kolkata port was a river anchorage where sailing ships would load and unload in mid-stream. The shore-based Calcutta jetties, with cranes and sheds, came into operation in 1869. In 1884, Kidderpore was selected as the site for the wet docks of the Port of Kolkata, and it was ready in 1892 ...
The following list is based on locations listed in Phipps (1840). The locations are listed in order as one goes down the Hooghly River towards the river's mouth. The name in the first column of the table is the name one encounters most frequently in British East India Company (EIC) sources. East and West in the table refer to the banks of the ...
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 ]
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The first documented settlement of Europeans in the Americas was established by Norse people around 1000 AD in what is now Newfoundland, called Vinland by the Norse. Later European exploration of North America resumed with Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition sponsored by Spain. English settlement began almost a century later.
Teak-built; sheathed in Yellow Metal (Muntz metal) in 1851 & 1854 Lord Hungerford was launched at Calcutta in 1814. Her most notable voyages were one transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land and two for the British East India Company .
Kidderpore Sporting Club [1] (Bengali: খিদিরপুর স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kidderpore in South Kolkata, West Bengal. [2] [3] [4] Its association football team competes in the Calcutta Football League Premier Division A, [5] alongside taking part in IFA Shield ...
Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Birmingham and 12 miles (19 km) north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2021 census, it had a population of 57,400. [1] The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.