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Spinning Wheels is a former stop on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The stop was named for the adjacent former ...
Belfast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plainfield Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
His father taught him about carding and spinning. In 1785, he purchased several spinning machines that had been developed by James Hargreaves . Hargreaves' machine, called the spinning jenny , was the first wholly successful improvement on the traditional spinning wheel .
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The words are sometimes said to be onomatopoeic, made up from the sound of the spinning wheel, “sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda", and then the sound of the foot pedal brake slowing down the wheel; "ret, set, set.” This interpretation, however, is questionable, due to the fact that spinning wheels don't have a "foot pedal brake", or any ...
Belfast Wheel at night, March 2010 Belfast Wheel, City Hall and Continental Market, December 2009 Belfast Wheel capsule and City Hall, December 2009. The Belfast Wheel was a 60-metre (200 ft) tall transportable Ferris wheel installation in the centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the grounds on the east side of Belfast City Hall.
When Belfast was incorporated in 1842 Andrew became a member of the council, was elected the third Mayor in 1845, and presented the town with the organ in Ulster Hall at a cost of £3,000. He established a home in Springvale, Ballywalter, co. Down and served as High Sheriff of Down for 1855-56 and as High Sheriff of Antrim for 1858-59.
The Spinning Wheel is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by John Francis Waller. [51] [52] A traditional Irish folk song, Túirne Mháire, is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel, [53] but was regarded by Mrs Costelloe, who collected it, [54] as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative. It is widely ...