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Covington Theological Seminary
Covington may refer to: People * Covington (surname) Places United Kingdom * Covington, Cambridgeshire * Covington, South Lanarkshire United States * Covington, Georgia * Covington, Indiana * Covington, Iowa * Covington, Kentucky, the largest American city named Covington * Covington, Louisiana * Covington, Michigan * Covington, Missouri * Covington, Nebraska * Covington, New York * Covington, Ohio * Covington, Oklahoma * Covington, Tennessee * Covington, Texas * Covington, Virginia * Covington, Washington * Fort Covington, New York * Port Covington, a former cargo terminal in Baltimore, Maryland Navy vessels * USS ''Covington'' (1863), a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War * USS ''Covington'' (ID-1409), a troop transport ship sunk by German ''U86'' in 1918, World War I * USS ''Covington'' (PF-56), a ''Tacoma'' class frigate built during World War II Other * 5424 Covington (1983 TN1), a Main-belt Asteroid * Camp Covington, Guam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington (surname)
Covington () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ann K. Covington, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri *Arthur Covington (1913–2001), a Canadian physicist *Bucky Covington (born 1977), singer and 8th-place finisher on the 5th season of ''American Idol'' *Charles Covington, American jazz pianist *Chet Covington (1910–1976), Major League Baseball pitcher *Chris Covington (born 1996), American football player *Christian Covington (born 1993), American football player *Colby Covington (born 1988), American mixed martial artist *Damien Covington (1972–2002), professional American football player *Dennis Covington (born 1948), American writer *Donald Covington (1928–2002), former Professor of Design in the Art Department of San Diego State University *Fred Covington (1912–1995), English cricketer *George Washington Covington (1838–1911), American politician *Grover Covington (born 1956), Canadian Football League player *Harold Covington (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington, Washington
Covington is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,777 at the 2020 census. Covington was founded in 1900 at a Northern Pacific Railway stop and grew into a suburban bedroom community in the late 20th century. It was incorporated as a city in 1997. History The area presently known as Covington was originally known as Jenkins Prairie. Between 1899 and 1900, the Northern Pacific Railway built the Palmer Cutoff between Auburn and Palmer to improve the company's primary east–west rail route across Stampede Pass. Richard Covington, a surveyor for the Northern Pacific, worked out of Fort Vancouver establishing the line from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Auburn. In 1900, during the building of the Palmer Cutoff, the Northern Pacific built several facilities in Covington. These included a 2,850-foot passing track, a 700-foot loading track, a second-class section house, a 24-man bunkhouse, a box tank, and a standpipe for watering steam locomotives. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington Township (other)
Covington Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Covington Township, Washington County, Illinois * Covington Township, Michigan * Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania * Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania * Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania {{Geodis Township name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington County (other)
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Covington County is the name of a couple of counties in the United States: * Covington County, Alabama * Covington County, Mississippi Covington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,340. Its county seat is Collins. The county is named for U.S. Army officer and Congressman Leonard Covington. History Covin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP is an American multinational law firm. Known as a white-shoe law firm, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and advises clients on transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. The firm has additional offices in the United States, as well as in Belgium, China, England, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, and United Arab Emirates. History Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling founded Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., on January 1, 1919. In 1988, Covington opened a London office that was followed in 1990 by opening a Brussels office. In 1999, Covington merged with Howard, Smith & Levin, a New York firm of 60 attorneys and the firm opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco. In 2008, Covington entered into a strategic alliance with Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy, a Qatar-based transnational law firm and think-tank, for the joint provision of legal and consulting services in the Middle East. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington And Ohio Railroad
Covington and Ohio Railroad was part of a planned railroad link between Eastern Virginia and the Ohio River in the 1850s. The mountainous region of the Allegheny Front (eastern side) of the Appalachian Plateau between an existing canal, railroads and navigable rivers represented a formidable obstacle. The railroad was never formally incorporated. Instead, it became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1868. Under the leadership of Williams Carter Wickham and Collis P. Huntington, it opened to through traffic in 1873. In the early 21st century, the tracks form a vital portion of the rail network for CSX Transportation as part of a pathway from the bituminous coal mines of West Virginia to the coal piers at Newport News, Virginia. Historical transportation need Beginning in the 18th century, for purposes of shipping goods and passenger transportation, Virginians had long sought a canal or railroad link between the navigable rivers which drain to the Chesapeake Bay and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington River
The Covington River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Virginia. The river rises at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County and flows southeast to the Rush River just north of that river's confluence with the Thornton River. The river system flows via the Hazel River to the Rappahannock River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay. See also *List of rivers of Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ... References * *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * Rivers of Virginia Tributaries of the Rappahannock River Rivers of Rappahannock County, Virginia {{Virginia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington Highway
U.S. Route 278 (US 278) in the state of Georgia is a east–west United States Numbered Highway traversing the north-central portion of the state. The highway travels from the Alabama state line near Esom Hill to the South Carolina state line where it crosses the Savannah River in the Augusta metropolitan area. The route is concurrent with SR 6 from the Alabama state line to Lithia Springs, SR 100 and SR 1 in Cedartown, SR 8 from Lithia Springs to Decatur, SR 5 from Lithia Springs to Austell, and SR 10 from Atlanta to Avondale Estates, and again from Thomson to the South Carolina state line. It is entirely concurrent with SR 12 for , and is briefly concurrent with the southern terminus of SR 124 in Lithonia. Concurrencies of US 278 with US highways in Georgia include two long ones with its parent route US 78 from Lithia Springs to Druid Hills, and again from east of Thomson to the South Carolina state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Covington
Naval Base Guam is a strategic United States Navy#United States territories, U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base#List of joint bases, joint base. The Ship Repair Facility, Guam, was located next to Naval Base Guam, along Apra Harbor. It was closed in 1997, due to the recommendation of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Naval Base Guam is home to Commander Submarine Squadron 15, United States Coast Guard Sector#Pacific Area, Coast Guard Sector Guam, and Naval Special Warfare Unit One, and supports 28 other tenant commands. It is the home base to dozens of United States Pacific Command, Pacific Command, United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Fleet, United States Seventh Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and Seabee units. is stationed in Guam to tend the submarines of the Seventh Fleet, and changed from Naval Support Fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5424 Covington
54 may refer to: * 54 (number) * one of the years 54 BC, AD 54, 1954, 2054 * ''54'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Wu Ming * Studio 54, a New York City nightclub from 1977 until 1981 * ''54'' (film), a 1998 American drama film about the club * ''54'' (album), a 2010 album by Metropole Orkest * "Fifty Four", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Arch Stanton'', 2014 * 54th Division (other) * 54th Regiment of Foot (other) * 54th Infantry (other) * 54 Alexandra 54 Alexandra is a carbonaceous asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 155 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, and named after the German explorer A ..., a main-belt asteroid * Tatra 54, an automobile {{number disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Covington (PF-56)
USS ''Covington'' (PF-56), a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Covington, Kentucky. ''Covington'', with a United States Coast Guard crew, served as a weather ship off Newfoundland through early 1946. She was decommissioned in April 1946 and turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard and commissioned the same day as USCGC ''Covington'' (PF-56) and remained in service through September. She was returned to the U.S. Navy at that time and placed in reserve. In April 1947, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and, in August, sold to the Ecuadorian Navy. As BAE ''Guayas'' (E-21), she served as the flagship of the Ecuadorian Navy from her acquisition through 1967. She was decommissioned in 1972 and stricken in 1974. Construction ''Covington'' (PF-56) was launched on 15 July 1943, by Globe Shipbuilding Company., Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss. J. Phillips; transferred to the Navy on 5 August 1944; placed in "fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Covington (ID-1409)
USS ''Covington'' (ID-1409) was a German transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1908 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) as ''Cincinnati''. In 1917 the United States seized her, had her converted into a troop ship and renamed her ''Covington''. In 1918 torpedoed her, killing six of her complement. Three tugs towed her about 1/3 the way to Brest, but she sank the afternoon of 2 July 1918. Building and peacetime career F Schichau built ''Cincinnati'' at Danzig, launching her on 24 July 1908. Two months later she was joined by a sister ship, , built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg. ''Cincinnati'' was long and her beam was . Her tonnages were and . She had berths for 2,827 passengers: 246 first class, 332 second class, 448 third class and 1,801 steerage. ''Cincinnati'' had twin screws, each driven by a quadruple expansion steam engine. They gave her a speed of . ''Cincinnati'' began her maiden voyage from Hamburg via Cherbourg to New York on 27 May 1909. From 4 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
