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Boardman Tasker Prize Winners
Boardman may refer to: People * Boardman (surname) * Boardman Conover (1892–1950), American soldier, salesman and amateur ornithologist * Boardman Robinson (1876–1952), Canadian-born American painter, illustrator and cartoonist Places in the United States * Boardman, Florida, an unincorporated community * Boardman, North Carolina, a town * Boardman, Ohio, a census-designated place * Boardman, Oregon, a city ** Boardman Airport, near the city ** Boardman Coal Plant, a power station in Boardman * Boardman, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Boardman River, Michigan * Boardman Township, Clayton County, Iowa * Boardman Township, Michigan * Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio * Mount Boardman, in the Diablo Range, California * Boardman Creek, Camas County, Idaho * Boardman Lake (Idaho), in the Soldier Mountains * Boardman Peak, in the Soldier Mountains * Boardman River, Michigan Other uses * Boardman Bikes, a British bicycle manufacturer founded by cyclist Chris Boardman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman (surname)
*Allan Boardman (1937–2018), British physicist *Andrea Boardman (born 1967), English television presenter *Andrew Boardman (1550–1639), English clergyman *Ben Boardman (1899–1968), English footballer *Chris Boardman (born 1968), British cyclist *Christopher Boardman (1903–1987), British sailor *David Sherman Boardman (1786–1864), American lawyer, judge, and politician *Dixon Boardman (1880–1954), American track and field athlete *Edward Boardman (1833–1910), English architect *Eileen Boardman (–2018), American statistician *Eleanor Boardman (1898–1991), American film actress *Elijah Boardman (1760–1823), American politician *George Boardman (missionary) (1801–1831), American missionary to Burma *George Boardman the Younger (1828–1903), American theologian *Halsey J. Boardman (1834–??), American politician *Harold Boardman (1907–1994), British politician *Harry Boardman (1930–1987), English folk singer *Humphrey Boardman (1904–1998), English rower *John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Creek
Boardman Creek is a stream in the Sawtooth National Forest in Camas County, Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Fork Boise River, which in turn is a tributary to the Snake River and Columbia River.Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" ap1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. Boardman Creek originates in the Soldier Mountains, then flows north to the South Fork of the Boise River. At Boardman Creek's mouth a foot bridge crosses the South Fork of the Boise River from Sawtooth National Forest road 227. Trail 091 follows the creek for much of its length while other trails and forest road 010 are found in the upper portions of the creek's watershed. Boardman Lake is a small alpine lake found in the uppermost reaches of the Boardman Creek watershed. Boardman Creek drains the northern slopes of Smoky Dome, the highest peak in the Soldier Mountains, as well as Boardman Peak and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Tasker Prize For Mountain Literature
The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is an annual prize of £3,000 awarded by the Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust to an author or authors for "an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature". The prize was established in 1983 in memory of British climbers Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker, both of whom wrote books about their mountaineering expeditions, after their deaths on the northeast ridge of Mount Everest in 1982. It can be awarded for a piece of fiction or non-fiction, poetry or drama, although the work must have been written in (or translated into) English. The prize is announced at the annual Kendal Mountain Festival. Winners *2024 Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar, ''Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling'' *2023 Katie Brown, ''Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey through Darkness and Back'' *2022 Brian Hall, ''High Risk: Climbing to Extinction'' and Helen Mort, ''A Line Above the Sky: A Story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman's Windmill
Boardman's Drainage Windmill is located at How Hill in the England, English county of Norfolk It is on the east bank of the River Ant close to the large Edwardian architecture, Edwardian building houses the Norfolk Broads Study Centre. The Drainage mill is west of the village of Ludham. The structure is a grade II* listed building. Description Boardman's Drainage Windmill is of an interesting design being constructed from an open framed timber trestle method. The mill has a miniature cap, Windmill sail, sails and Windmill fantail, fantail similar to the traditional tower drainage mills which can be seen on other parts of the Norfolk Broads. The windmill was restored by the Norfolk Windmills Trust in partnership with the Broads Authority. Just to the north of this windmill on the same side of the river Ant is another small interesting drainage windmill called Clayrack Drainage Mill. History Boardman's drainage windmill was built in 1897 by a local millwright Daniel England of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boardman
The Boardman is a series of rowhouses at 39-53 Montana Street, occupying an entire city block between Hoosac and Blackinton Streets in North Adams, Massachusetts. The building was, at the time of its construction (1899–1901), one of the most elaborate multiunit buildings in the city, and were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Description and history The Boardman is located southeast of downtown North Adams, on the west side of Montana Street, occupying the full block between Blackinton Street and Hoosac Street. It is a 2-1/2 story rowhouse consisting of nine units, set townhouse style in a single structure. The first floor was built of stone, while the second floor is of wood frame construction originally covered in wooden clapboards. Each unit featured porches in front and in back, and has what was originally considered a servant staircase in the rear, an indication of the status of the intended occupants. The servants' quarters were located in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Boardman
Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II. The Italians withdrew from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops. Planned under the name ''Top Hat'', it was supported by the deception plan Operation ''Boardman''. The landings were carried out by the U.S. Fifth Army, under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark. It comprised the U.S. VI Corps, the British X Corps, and the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, a total of about nine divisions. Its primary objectives were to seize the port of Naples to ensure resupply, and to cut across to the east coast, trapping the Axis troops further south. In order to draw troops away from the landing ground, Operation Baytown was mounted. This was a landing by the British Eighth Army, under General Sir Bernard Montgomery, in Calabria in the 'toe' of Italy, on 3 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman
The Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman, informally known as the Boardman Bombing Range, is a military installation south of Boardman, Oregon in the United States. It is used by NAS Whidbey Island as their principal training grounds for testing EA-18G Growler aircraft and for drone testing. It is located about south of the Yakima Training Center, which is used by Joint Base Lewis-McChord for training exercises and about west of the now closed Umatilla Chemical Depot. The range was established by the U.S. Army Air Force in 1941 as the Arlington Bombing Range, being originally named after Arlington to the west. The range is used frequently throughout the year. Beyond its primary operator at NAS Whidbey Island, the installation is also used by Oregon National Guard units based in Pendleton and Klamath Falls. About half of the original property was distributed to non-military operators when the Air Force transferred the site to the Navy. The range is also an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman House (other)
Boardman House may refer to: (sorted by state, then city/town) * Boardman House Inn Bed & Breakfast (East Haddam, Connecticut) * John Boardman House, Boxford, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Essex County * Boardman House (Saugus, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Essex County * Vinton-Boardman Farmhouse, Southbridge, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Worcester County * E. Boardman House, Wakefield, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Middlesex County * Boardman House (Ithaca, New York), listed on the NRHP in Tompkins County * Boardman–Mitchell House, Staten Island, New York, listed on the NRHP in Richmond County * Boardman-Webb-Bugg House, Austin, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Travis County {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Center Middle School
Boardman may refer to: People * Boardman (surname) * Boardman Conover (1892–1950), American soldier, salesman and amateur ornithologist * Boardman Robinson (1876–1952), Canadian-born American painter, illustrator and cartoonist Places in the United States * Boardman, Florida, an unincorporated community * Boardman, North Carolina, a town * Boardman, Ohio, a census-designated place * Boardman, Oregon, a city ** Boardman Airport, near the city ** Boardman Coal Plant, a power station in Boardman * Boardman, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Boardman River, Michigan * Boardman Township, Clayton County, Iowa * Boardman Township, Michigan * Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio * Mount Boardman, in the Diablo Range, California * Boardman Creek, Camas County, Idaho * Boardman Lake (Idaho), in the Soldier Mountains * Boardman Peak, in the Soldier Mountains * Boardman River, Michigan Other uses * Boardman Bikes, a British bicycle manufacturer founded by cyclist C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman High School (Mahoning County, Ohio)
Boardman High School is a high school in Boardman Township, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Boardman Local School District. Athletic teams compete as the Boardman Spartans in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the All-American Conference. History The first high school, located on Market Street, is now Boardman Center Intermediate School. In 1969, the new high school was built on Glenwood Avenue. In 2000, a new performing arts center was added on by donation. As of the 2021-2022 school year, the school principal is Mark Zura. Extracurriculars The Boardman Spartan Marching Band Over the years, Boardman High School's marching band has become not only a symbol for the school, but a symbol within the state. It is a nationally recognized band, frequently taking trips to events such as the Rose Bowl, professional football games, and the Indy 500. Every year the band is invited on several highly recognized trips, usually accepting between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Books
T.V. Boardman, Ltd. (Boardman Books) was a London publishing house that turned out both paperback and hardcover books, pulp magazines, and comic books. Founded by Thomas Volney Boardman in the 1930s, Boardman Books is best known for publishing the long-running monthly series of hardcover Bloodhound Mysteries, most with jacket illustrations by Denis McLoughlin. Boardman's Best American Detective Stories of the Year series is thought by some scholars of the genre to be the best collection of hard-boiled fiction ever published. Boardman published the first British hardcover edition of Robert E. Howard's ''The Coming of Conan'' as well as other titles originated by Gnome Press in the United States. Besides mystery, fantasy, and science fiction, Boardman Books published other genres of fiction and nonfiction. History Boardman pioneered British reprinting of American comics. During the week of 16 October 1937, the first issue of a Boardman tabloid comic in the traditional British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman Bikes
Boardman Bikes, Ltd. (stylised "boardman'") is a British bicycle manufacturer, founded by the professional cyclist Chris Boardman, Sarah Mooney and Alan Ingarfield, and launched in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland in 2007. Ingarfield is the Chairman of the company, Mooney is the CEO and Boardman heads Research & Development alongside the special projects program B56. Ownership In 2014 the UK bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords acquired Boardman Bikes for £20 million. Boardman bikes were sold by Halfords' sub-brand Cycle Republic, which has since closed. Product range Boardman Bikes design road bicycles, time trial bicycles, mountain bikes, cyclo-cross bicycles, single-speed bicycles and hybrid bicycles. The Boardman Performance range includes the Pro, Team and Comp levels of specification utilizing carbon fibre and alloy frame designs. The Boardman Elite range produces the AiR (Aerodynamic Racing), AiR/TT (Aerodynamic Racing Time Trial), SLR (Superlight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
