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2. PPG Industries - Wikipedia

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   PPG expanded quickly. By 1900, known as the "Glass Trust", it included 10 plants, had a 65 percent share of the U.S. plate glass market, and had become the nation's second largest producer of paint. [4] Today, known as PPG Industries, the company is a multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 corporation with 150 manufacturing locations around the world.

3. Furness Bermuda Line - Wikipedia

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   RMS Fort Victoria, which was sunk in a collision in 1929 Furness, Withy had competition from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which had long served Bermuda.After the First World War enough tourists from North America wanted to sail to Bermuda for RMSP to employ prestigious "A-series" liners such as the 10,537 GRT Araguaya, 11,073 GRT Avon and 12,015 GRT Arcadian on the route.

4. American President Lines - Wikipedia

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   These were all named after U.S. presidents, a tradition that Dollar Shipping continued until its end. [2] [10] [13] Janet Dollar A Dollar Line “President 535” Liner, from a 1926 brochure. This was followed up in 1925 by the purchase of eight more “535 President Type” liners from the Shipping Board, which had previously been run by ...

5. Lining of paintings - Wikipedia

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   Impacts, shocks, and abrasions all can damage an object depending on their severity. This type of damage may come from natural events, transportation, or improper handling. Sudden movement, intense vibrations, and jolts to the artwork may cause cracks to any of its layers, tears to the canvas support, or cleavage separating the paint from its ...

6. QSMV Dominion Monarch - Wikipedia

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   QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. The ship was built in England in 1937–39, and when new she set a number of records for her size and power.

7. RMS Empress of England - Wikipedia

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   RMS Empress of England was an ocean liner built in 1956-1957 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom for the Canadian Pacific Steamships.The ship was launched in 1956; and she undertook her maiden voyage in 1957 and was a near identical sister ship to Empress of Britain.