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The Blackpool Tower Company was founded by London-based Standard Contract & Debenture Corporation in 1890; it bought an aquarium on Central Promenade with the intention of building a replica Eiffel Tower on the site. John Bickerstaffe, a former mayor of Blackpool, was asked to become chairman of the new company, and its shares went on sale in ...
He went on to design the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store in 1936 with the interior designed by László Moholy-Nagy, [3] and the Casino Building at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1939. Emberton was responsible for the design of The H.M.V. store at 393 Oxford Street, London.He had to do it twice as the original 1936 burnt down and was ...
The Washington Companies is the parent company of several independent entities. The company is privately held, and was founded by Dennis Washington. Current companies owned by The Washington Company include: [1] Seaspan Corporation (shipping and shipbuilding) [2] [3] Aviation Partners Inc. (airplane winglets)
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Western Boat Building Company was a company based in Tacoma, Washington from 1916 until 1982. The company was founded by Martin Petrich, Joe M. Martinac and William Vickart. Within a few years, Joe Martinac left the partnership to go to the Tacoma Shipbuilding Company, and later started his own company.
On February 27, 1906, the Moran family left the business, the yard was sold for $2,000,000 to Bertron, Storrs and Griscom of New York, who also gained the right to the company name and the yard now operated as The Moran Company [9] and was bought by (unknown) on 30 December 1911 and became the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. [10] J. V.
Washington Group International was an American corporation which provided integrated engineering, construction, and management services to businesses and governments around the world. Based in Boise, Idaho , WGI had approximately 25,000 employees working in over 40 US states and more than 30 countries.
Swallow Sidecar Company, [note 1] Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company, and Swallow Coachbuilding Company were trading names used by Walmsley & Lyons, partners and joint owners of a British manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars and automobile bodies in Blackpool, Lancashire (later Coventry, Warwickshire), before incorporating a company in 1930 to own their business, which they named Swallow ...