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The Bliss School of Electricity was a private, for-profit institution which claimed to be the oldest school teaching electricity in the world. [1] Established in 1893 and named after its founder Louis D. Bliss, its first class was held on October 15, 1893, in a single room on the third floor of the Warder Building at Ninth and F streets NW in Washington, D.C. [2] [3] It started as a night ...
Only private schools existed in Montgomery County until 1860, when the public school district was established for white children. The outbreak of the Civil War the following year brought raids by both Union and Confederate forces on local schools, which ultimately closed from 1862 until 1864.
Ride On (formerly Ride-On) is the primary public transportation system in Montgomery County, Maryland.Managed by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Ride On serves Montgomery County as well as the community of Langley Park in Prince George's County and Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.
School Location Students Feeder schools Argyle Middle School: Silver Spring: 995 Bel Pre, Brookhaven, Georgian Forest, Harmony Hills, Shriver, Strathmore, Viers Mill, Weller Road, Wheaton Woods
The Purple Line, a light rail system, is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in 2026. [88] The line will run in a generally east-west direction, connecting Montgomery and Prince George's Counties near the Beltway, with 21 stations. The Purple Line will connect directly with four Metro stations, MARC trains and Amtrak.
Montgomery County, colloquially referred to as Montco, [1] is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, making it the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, also the most populous county in Pennsylvania without a major city. [2]
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 620,443. [1] The county seat is Conroe. [2] The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837, and is named for the town of Montgomery. [3]
At least 30 plane crashes have occurred at or near Montgomery County Airpark since 1983. [11] On December 8, 2014, a plane crashed into houses while on approach to Runway 14 at Montgomery County Airpark. Six people died, the three occupants of the plane and three people in the house the plane hit. [12]