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The Lawrenceville Historic District is a U.S. historic district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which encompasses the majority of the Lawrenceville neighborhood. The historic district includes 3,217 contributing resources, many of which are rowhouses, commercial buildings, and former industrial properties built between the 1830s and early 20th century. [2]
The formation was first known as the Plastic Clay by Thomas Webster in 1816 after the Argile plastique of Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart.It was called the Mottled Clay by Joseph Prestwich in 1846, but in 1853 he proposed the name Woolwich-and-Reading Beds to emphasise the differing local aspects of the series. [1]
The Alliance Clay Product Company was chartered in 1905, as a company for "the purpose of the manufacturing, selling and dealing in brick, paving blocks, building blocks, sewer pipe, drain tile and all kinds of clay product". [2] The buildings themselves were built beginning in 1906, the year the company was founded by James B. Wilcox.
The Woolwich Equitable Building Society (later Woolwich Building Society or The Woolwich) was founded in Woolwich in 1847 and remained a local institution until after WWI when it began a modest regional expansion. This accelerated after WWII and the period from 1960 was notable for its acquisitions. Following deregulation, the Society ...
These would come to define the company's image for nearly five decades. Although founded in 1928, Reed & Reed, Inc. was first incorporated in 1982. Since then, operations have continued to grow and expand. [2] In 1992, RR Caribbean Inc. was established in St. Thomas to handle the company's Caribbean ambitions. Only two years later, in 1994, the ...
The Lawrence Township Historic District is a 550-acre (220 ha) historic district encompassing the community of Lawrenceville in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1972 for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, literature ...
Woolwich is situated 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from Charing Cross.It has a 1.6 mi (2.5 km) long frontage to the south bank of the River Thames. From the riverside it rises up quickly along the northern slopes of Shooter's Hill towards the common, at 200 ft (60 m) and the ancient London–Dover Road, at 433 ft (132 m).
Their company also produces small quantities of canned Brunswick stew for the Chamber of Commerce to store and use. The cans bear the label "Virginia's Own – 1828-Brunswick County Stew". A sample of Brunswick stew, along with information on the county's assets, was included in the county's promotional packages and sent to business and ...