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Porter
Porter may refer to: Companies * Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets * Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer * H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer People * Porter (name), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name) Occupations * Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects * Porter (college), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham * Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations * Porter (monastery), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public * Pullman porter, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars * Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood * Doorman (profession), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter * Groom Porter, official in cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Airlines
Porter Airlines (stylized in Letter case#All lowercase, all lowercase as porter) is a Canadian airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto. It is the third largest airline in Canada, behind Air Canada and WestJet. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights from its bases in Eastern Canada, primarily Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Toronto–Billy Bishop and Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto–Pearson airports, to locations across North America using a fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 8#Series 400, De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 turboprop and Embraer 195-E2 jet aircraft. Porter's operation at Toronto City Airport, located on an island near Downtown Toronto, downtown was launched in 2006 with some controversy. Robert Deluce, who is now the Executive Chairman of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter (name)
Porter (\p(o)-rter\) is an English surname and also a given name. The name originates as an Old French occupational name, ''portier'' (gatekeeper), or ''porteour'' ("to carry"). Its earliest public record is 1086 at Winchester Castle. With transferred use, Porter also became a unisex name, unisex given name with varied popularity. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porter ranked #433 in 1907, declined to #1002 in 1944, and then rebounded to #476 in 2006. Surname A – F * Adriana Porter (1857–1946), Canadian poet and alleged witch * Albert G. Porter (1824–1897), US congressman from Indiana *Alexander Porter (1785–1844), US senator from Louisiana * Alice Hobbins Porter (1854–1926), British-born US journalist, editor *Alisan Porter (born 1981), retired actress, singer-songwriter, and winner of NBC's '' The Voice'' season 10 * Andrew Porter (Civil War general) (1820–1872), Union general in the American Civil War *Andrew Porter (Revolutionary War officer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter County, Indiana
Porter County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso, Indiana, Valparaiso. The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. Porter County is the site of much of the Indiana Dunes, an area of ecological significance. The Hour Glass Museum in Ogden Dunes documents the region's ecological significance. History The Porter County area was occupied by an Algonquian people dubbed Huber-Berrien.Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History; University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma (1987) Map 5 This subsistence culture arrived after the glaciers retreated around 15,000 years ago and the rise of glacial Glacial Lake Algonquin, Lake Algonquian, 4–8,000 years ago. The native people of this area were next recorded during the Iroquois Wars (1641–1701) as being Potawatomi and Miami tribe, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman Porter
Pullman porters were men hired to work for the railroads as Porter (railroad), porters on sleeping cars. Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Their job was to carry passengers’ baggage, shine shoes, set up and maintain the sleeping berths, and serve passengers. Pullman porters served American railroads from the late 1860s until the Pullman Company ceased its United States operations on December 31, 1968, though some sleeping-car porters continued working on cars operated by the railroads themselves and, beginning in 1971, Amtrak. The Pullman Company also operated sleeping cars in Mexico from the 1880s until November 13, 1970. The term "porter" has been superseded in modern American usage by "sleeping car attendant", with the former term being considered "somewhat derogatory". Until the 1960s, Pullman porters in the United States were almost exclusively black, and have been widely credited with contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Brook
The Porter Brook is a river which flows through the City of Sheffield, England, descending over from its source on Burbage Moor to the west of the city to its mouth where it joins the River Sheaf in a culvert beneath Sheffield railway station. Like the other rivers in Sheffield, its steep gradient made it ideal for powering water mills and works associated with the metalworking and cutlery industries, and around 20 dams were constructed over the centuries to facilitate this. At its lower end, it is extensively culverted, but parts of it are gradually being restored to open channels, as part of a daylighting scheme for the city. The brook derives its name from its brownish colour, similar to the colour of Porter beer. Route Source The Porter Brook rises from a series of springs among the sedge grass of Burbage Moor, the highest of which is close to the contour near Brown Edge Farm. Its source is just inside the Peak District National Park, to the north-west of the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter, Texas
Porter is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in Southeastern Texas, United States, within the metropolitan area. In 2010, its population was estimated at 25,769.Factfinder: ZCTA5 77365. United States Census Bureau. Accessed on July 11, 2017. Porter is north of the Kingwood area of . Geography As an unincorporated community, Porter does not have officially defined geographical boundaries. Instead, the area is unofficially defined by its zip code of 77365 due to the presence of a post office by that name in the area.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter, Indiana
Porter is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 5,210 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Porter is in the Indiana Dunes ecosystem, which played a role in the creation of The Nature Conservancy, and inspired conservation efforts. It is home to Porter Beach, also known as Johnson's Beach, on Lake Michigan. Porter is located near Indiana Dunes State Park and on the southern railroad terminus of the Chicago and West Michigan Railway. History Porter had its start in the 1850s when the railroad was extended to that point. Historic sites The Joseph Bailly Homestead is located in Indiana Dunes National Park on Howe Road, just north of U.S. 20. It is the residence of three generations of the Bailly family. Joseph Bailly, Joseph and Marie Bailly arrived here in 1822 from the St. Joseph River in Michigan. He had been a fur trader on Lake Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Heights, Texas
Porter Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,903 at the 2020 census. Geography Porter Heights is located at (30.150324, -95.317496). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 0.32% is water. Demographics Porter Heights first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. Census. As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,903 people, 420 households, and 373 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,490 people, 562 households, and 423 families residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.7% White, 0.7% African American, 2.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 8.8% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.3% of the population. There were 562 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groom Porter
The Groom Porter was an office at the royal court of the List of British monarchs, monarch of Britain, who had "the Inspection of the King's Lodgings, and takes care that they are provided with Tables, Chairs, Firing, &c. As also to provide Cards, Dice, &c. when there is playing at Court: To decide Disputes which arise in Gaming". He was also responsible for "oversight of common Billiards Tables, common Bowling Grounds, Dicing Houses, Gaming Houses and Common tennis Courts and power of Licensing the same within the Citys of London and Westminster or Borough of Southwark."'Hunting, sporting and gaming: Groom Porters and Masters of the Tennis Courts', ''Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837'' (2006), pp. 224–225porter Date accessed: 7 November 2008. The title may originally have referred to the keeper of the king's furnishings in his bedchamber. It was a position in the royal household, and therefore had certain privileges associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter, Maine
Porter is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. It is included in the Portland- South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Porter includes Porter village and part of Kezar Falls. The population was 1,600 at the 2020 census. History The land was once territory of Pequawket, the Abenaki village at what is now Fryeburg. It was purchased from the Massachusetts General Court in September 1795 by Dr. Aaron Porter of Biddeford and others. Terms of the grant offered to each man who settled before January 1, 1784. First called Portersfield Plantation, it was incorporated as a town on February 20, 1807, named for its principal proprietor. Land was set off to Brownfield in 1831, 1832 and 1855. Although farmers found the town's surface uneven, the hillsides offered excellent pasturage for cattle. Porter became noted for its orchards. Outlets of ponds provided sites for mills, with the best water power on the Ossipee River at Kezar Falls, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter, Minnesota
Porter is a city in Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties, Minnesota, United States. The population was 166 at the 2020 census. History Porter was platted in October 1881 when the Winona and St. Peter Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for L. C. Porter, a mill owner and early settler. A post office has been in operation in Porter since 1882. Porter was incorporated on February 16, 1898. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. The North Branch of the Yellow Medicine River flows through the city. Demographics 2010 census As of the 2010 census, there were 183 people, 86 households, and 47 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 97 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.5% White and 0.5% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population. There were 86 households, of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter's Mills, Wisconsin
Porter's Mills, also called Porterville, was a logging boomtown in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, between Brunswick and Eau Claire, at 44° 46' 15" N 91° 34' 01" W. at an elevation of 771 feet. History The first sawmill at the site of Porter's Mills was built in 1863. The prime mill sites in Eau Claire had already been taken, so Charles Warner built this mill four miles below Eau Claire on the Chippewa River, near a natural slough which worked reasonably well for holding logs. In 1864 Warner sold the mill to the firm of Porter, Brown & Meredith, who operated it for two years until it burned in 1866. After the fire, Gilbert E. Porter bought out the shares of his partners. He and his men rebuilt the mill in 30 days, with twice the capacity. Porter had grown up on a farm in Michigan, taught school there, worked for the Chapman and Thorp Lumber Company in Eau Claire, and managed the ''Eau Claire Free Press''. In 1867 Delos R. Moon bought half the business. Porter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
