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In 1846 Edward K. Collins made a proposal to the United States Post Office.In return for a $385,000 annual subsidy, Collins would build a fleet of five ships that would sail between New York and Liverpool, carrying the mail, twice a month in the eight months of the year when the stormy North Atlantic was reasonably calm. [1]
Until 1857, the firm ran a fortnightly service from Liverpool. That same year Collins Line collapsed, and Inman succeeded it as the mail contractor for the United States Post Office. In 1859, a call at Queenstown was added to pick up Irish emigrants. The next year Inman ran a weekly service, increasing in 1863 to three sailings every fortnight ...
Turns out the states had separate post offices until 1892, when the first joint post office was built on the state line. The current structure, completed in 1933, features Texas pink granite and ...
As was common for New Deal-era post offices, three murals – also commissioned by the Federal Government, through the Treasury Relief Art Project – were installed in the post office. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Titled Lighthouse , Sailing , and Landscape , these three murals were installed in the lobby and were created by artist Harry S. Lane ...
Castle Brands is a developer and international marketer of premium and super premium beverage alcohol brands. Its core spirits include rum, whiskey/bourbon and liqueurs, which are marketed and sold in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia.
The Old Tullamore Distillery was an Irish whiskey distillery which was established in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1829. [3] The original home of Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey, the distillery closed in 1954, having endured financial difficulties for many years, like many Irish whiskey distilleries of the early 20th century. [3]
The Hot Springs Post Office, or Truth or Consequences Main Post Office at 400 Main Street in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It is Classical Revival in style, and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon.
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