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  2. Comet (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Comet was founded in Hull in 1933 by entrepreneur George Hollingbery as Comet Battery Stores. Hollingbery had noticed the increasing popularity of the wireless radio during the 1930s and launched a service which involved himself and one other employee charging batteries in his workshop and delivering them to customers for a small weekly fee.

  3. Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse - Wikipedia

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    The Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse, also known as the Battery Building, [2] is a historic warehouse located in Sioux City, Iowa that is on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The six-story building covered a whole block and its construction was supervised by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. , the time and motion study pioneer.

  4. Fishing Battery Light - Wikipedia

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    Fishing Battery Light was the last lighthouse constructed in Maryland by John Donahoo. While still standing, it has been supplanted by a steel tower which stands adjacent to it. While still standing, it has been supplanted by a steel tower which stands adjacent to it.

  5. List of structures on Elliott Bay - Wikipedia

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    [164] [198] [199] In 1912, the Centennial Mill pier was also home to United Collieries Co. and Hammond Warehouse Co., with a furniture warehouse and an iron forge. [164] Torn down in 1917 for the northern part of Skinner & Eddy Plant No. 2. [167] There were extensive structures on the pier besides the mill itself.

  6. Grundfos - Wikipedia

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    Grundfos (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʁɔnfʌs]) is the largest pump manufacturer in the world, based in Denmark, with more than 19,000 employees globally.. The annual production of more than 16 million pump units, circulator pumps (UP), submersible pumps (SP), and centrifugal pumps (CR).

  7. USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia

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    A week after taking command, Moosally and his executive officer, Mike Fahey, canceled a planned $1 million repair package for Iowa ' s main gun batteries, including repairs to the main gun turrets' lighting, electrical, powder hoists, and hydraulic systems—75 detailed deficiencies in all; instead, the funds were spent on overhauling the ship's powerplant. [10]

  8. Battery Point Light - Wikipedia

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    Battery Point Light was one of the first lighthouses on the California coast. Rugged mountains and unbridged rivers meant coastal travel was essential for the economic survival of this region. In 1855, Congress appropriated $15,000 for the construction of a lighthouse on the tiny islet, which is connected to Battery Point by an isthmus which is ...

  9. Sunset Park, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and New York Harbor to the west.