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At the International Exhibition held in London in 1862, J. Wray and Nephew won three gold medals for its 10-, 15- and 25-year-old rums. The company's rums also won several awards and prizes at international exhibitions in Paris—1878, Amsterdam—1883, New Orleans—1885 and Jamaica 1891. In 1916, Lindo Brothers & Co purchased Wray & Nephew.
The chief deputy county executive [80] is the highest appointed official in the Nassau County government, serving second-in-command under the auspice of the county executive. The Chief Deputy is responsible for managing the activities of all departments of the Nassau County government, which provides services to its 1.36 million residents.
On October 13, 1899, the LIER was purchased by the New York & North Shore Railway Company (a subsidiary of the New York and Queens County Railway), which operated the Flushing–Jamaica Line along today's 164th Street. [9] [27] On March 12, 1900, through service on the combined routes began between Flushing and Far Rockaway. [8]
She had various jobs before working for A. L. William Co in London where she began her involvement in the rum trade. [2] Working out of the city of Nassau in the Bahamas she legally sold imported alcohol to bootleggers during the 1920s. [2] [3] Little recording and research into the role of women selling alcohol during the 1920s has been conducted.
This list is intended to provide a comprehensive set of listings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nassau County, New York. It includes 150 buildings, structures, sites, objects or districts listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
The following streetcar lines once operated on Long Island, New York in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties.Many of these systems were owned by the Long Island Consolidated Electrical Companies, a holding company partially owned by the Long Island Rail Road, and Interborough Rapid Transit Company between March 30, 1905 and July 18, 1935.
Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population in the Village of Valley Stream was 40,634 at the time of the 2020 census. The population in the Village of Valley Stream was 40,634 at the time of the 2020 census.
Roosevelt (historically known as Greenwich and Rum Point) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,066 at the 2020 census.