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Sunderland South Dock locomotive depot. Barrow Hill Engine Shed roundhouse, Derbyshire; North Midland Railway roundhouse, listed building built in 1839, Derby, England; The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England. Built in 1847, it was too small for its function within 20 years; it now houses an arts centre. Horsham Motive Power Depot
Location of Sandusky Bay (darker blue extending southwest from Lake Erie). Sandusky Bay is a bay on Lake Erie in northern Ohio, formed at the mouth of the Sandusky River.It was identified as Lac Sandouské on a 1718 French map, with early variations recorded that suggest the name was derived from Native American languages.
By 1840 the town had 76 shipyards and between 1820 and 1850 the number of ships being built on the Wear increased fivefold. From 1846 to 1854 almost a third of the UK's ships were built in Sunderland, and in 1850 the Sunderland Herald proclaimed the town to be the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. [70]
The Peacock, Sunderland 1901-2 built ... 1907 built Akron, Ohio [81] ... Flatiron Building (Fort Worth, Texas) 1907 built 1971 NRHP
Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties. [2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake. [2]
1634 – Bishop Morton's Charter created Sunderland's first Mayor and Corporation. [1] West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland. 1698 – Formation of Sunderland Company of Glassmakers; 1669 – Letters patent permitted the erection of a pier and lighthouse. [1] 1719 – Sunderland Parish's Holy Trinity Church opened
Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (120 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio.It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War.
A post office called Texas was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1903. [2] Texas was briefly considered to become county seat after a fire burned the courthouse in 1847. [3] The community was named after the state of Texas. [4] A public ferry was used to connect the banks and the expense was paid by the county.