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Robert Macomb, portrait by Edward Greene Malbone. In 1813, Robert Macomb, son of the merchant Alexander Macomb, requested permission of the New York State Legislature to build a dam [1] which would hold water for a tide powered gristmill [2] created by the new dam and another one Macomb owned near King’s Bridge on Spuyten Duyvil Creek. [3]
Bust of Gen. Macomb, in uniform, facing the right FÜRST. F(ecit). indicates the engraver Moritz Fuerst (1782–1840), who designed several medals of 1812 heroes for the Philadelphia mint. The bust of Macomb found on the Congressional Medal, however, is reminiscent of the 1809 portrait of Macomb by Saint-Mémin (1770–1852), in which Macomb is ...
The Macombs Dam Bridge was named after Robert Macomb, the son of merchant Alexander Macomb. [3] [4] It is composed of an over-water span and the 155th Street Viaduct, both of which were designed by consulting engineer Alfred Pancoast Boller. [5] [6] The bridge's total length is 2,540 feet (770 m), including its approach viaducts. [7] [8]
Macomb County (/ m ə ˈ k oʊ m / mə-KOHM) is a county on the eastern shore of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Detroit metropolitan area , bordering Detroit to the north and containing many of its northern suburbs.
Macomb sold 2,000,000 acres (810,000 ha) to Constable for 50,000 pounds (New York money), who six months later sold 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) to banker Samuel Ward for 100,000 pounds. [2] Ward, in turn, sold 210,000 acres (85,000 ha) to James Greenleaf, the son of a wealthy Bostonian merchant. [3] Constable subdivided his land into numerous ...
District 10, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in central Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including Sterling Heights, Macomb Township, and most of Clinton Township. [ 7 ] The district was split between Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts , and overlapped with the 24th , 25th , 30th , 31st , and 33rd ...
It became the possession of the F.H. Flagg in 1847. In 1894, the Chittenden family acquired and remodelled it, raising it to two stories and adding the staircase. ... Macomb came to Tallahassee at ...
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Macomb have ranged from a low of 13 °F (−11 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −30 °F (−34 °C) was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F (45 °C) was recorded in August 1934.