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Waltham High School Alumni
Waltham may refer to: Business * Waltham Watch Company, American watch manufacturer, pioneer in the industrialisation of the manufacturing of watch movements * The Waltham system, industrial efficiency system Music * Waltham (band), American rock band Places Canada *Waltham, Quebec England *Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire *Great Waltham, Essex **Little Waltham, nearby *London Borough of Waltham Forest **including Walthamstow ***that includes Walthamstow Village *Waltham, Kent *Waltham, Lincolnshire **New Waltham, nearby * Waltham Abbey, Essex, the town **taking its name from Waltham Abbey (abbey) * Waltham Bury, Essex *Waltham Chase, Hampshire *Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire *Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, a former urban district in Essex * Waltham (hundred), a disused hundred in Essex *Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire **Waltham transmitting station, nearby *Waltham St Lawrence, a small village in Berkshire *White Waltham, a village in Berkshire New Zealand * Waltham, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham Watch Company
The Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Co. and the American Watch Co., was a company that produced about 40 million watches, clocks, speedometers, compasses, time delay fuses, and other precision instruments in the United States of America between 1850 and 1957. The company's historic 19th-century manufacturing facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts have been preserved as the American Waltham Watch Company Historic District. The company went through a series of bankruptcies and restarts under new ownership, with watches and clocks bearing the Waltham name still being made and marketed today. History The early years, 1849 to 1857 Prior to 1850, watches in America were generally supplied either from England or Switzerland.Caross, "The Waltham Watch Co.," p. 167. The idea for the Waltham Watch Company came from watchmaker Aaron Lufkin Dennison. Dennison was the son of a shoemaker, born in Maine in 1812.Caross, "The Waltham Watch Co.," p. 166. He ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham Cross
Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south. Historically part of the ancient parish of Cheshunt in the Hertford hundred of Hertfordshire, the town once formed its southern part. Waltham Cross formed a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1855, whilst remaining part of the Cheshunt civil parish. The parish of Cheshunt was granted urban district status in 1894, and merged with that of Hoddesdon to form the Borough of Broxbourne in 1974. The town has a modest commercial centre, with a pedestrianised High Street and an indoor shopping centre. The Waltham Cross post town stretches to the neighbouring town of Cheshunt and a small part of Enfield. It is named after the Eleanor cross which stands in its centre, one of twelve constructed on the orders of King Edward I following the death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham Township, Minnesota
Waltham Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Waltham with a population of 196 people. All other area in the township is unincorporated. History Nels Johnson, the earliest settler, came in the summer of 1855. The entire township was later sold to land speculators. John C. Mason bought more than a quarter of the township, primarily in the northeast corner. His agent, A.J. Burbank, came in 1864, built a three-story hotel, surveyed the land and sold most of it off into small parcels. The township was officially organized in 1866. The village of Waltham was originally about a mile east of where it sits now. The Chicago Great Western Railway stretched across the prairie of Waltham Township and the people of the village decided to relocate. The current village of Waltham was platted in 1885. In 1911 the village had two general stores, a physician, a shoe shop, a livery, a cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, Vermont
Waltham is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 446 at the 2020 census. Geography Waltham is located in northern Addison County, in the Champlain Valley. It is bordered by the city of Vergennes to the northwest, the town of Ferrisburgh to the north, New Haven to the east and south, Addison to the southwest, and Panton to the west. Otter Creek, one of the longest rivers in Vermont, forms the western border. According to the United States Census Bureau, Waltham has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.31%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 479 people, 178 households, and 134 families residing in the town. The population density was 54.9 people per square mile (21.2/km2). There were 197 housing units at an average density of 22.6 per square mile (8.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.75% White, 0.42% African American, 0.63% Asian, 0.21% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, Minnesota
Waltham is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 164 at the 2020 census. History Waltham was platted in 1885 and named after Waltham, Massachusetts. Geography The community is in northwestern Mower County, surrounded by Waltham and independent of it. Minnesota State Highway 56 runs along the eastern border of the city, leading north to Hayfield and south the same distance to Brownsdale. Austin, the Mower county seat, is to the southwest via MN 56 and Interstate 90. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Waltham has a total area of , all land. It drains westward toward the Cedar River, a south-flowing tributary of the Iowa River. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 151 people, 67 households, and 40 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 73 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 0.7% Asian, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the Technological and industrial history of the United States, American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production. The city is now a center for research and higher education as home to Brandeis University and Bentley University. The population was 65,218 at the 2020 United States census. Waltham is part of the Greater Boston area and lies west of Downtown Boston. Waltham has been called "watch city" because of its association with the watch industry. Waltham Watch Company opened its factory in Waltham in 1854 and was the first company to make watches on an assembly line. It won the gold medal in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, Maine
Waltham is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 332 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 353 people, 150 households, and 103 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 206 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 99.7% White and 0.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population. There were 150 households, of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.3% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham, New Zealand
Waltham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately south-east of the city centre. State Highway 76 (New Zealand), State Highway 76, part of Christchurch's ring road system, and known there as Brougham Street, runs through the suburb, as does the Lyttelton Line rail corridor. Amenities include Lancaster Park, Christchurch's former sports venue, now a community park, and Waltham pool. Approximate boundaries of the suburb are Waltham Road, Moorhouse Avenue, Ferry Road, Ensors Road, and the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Waltham was originally part of the Sydenham borough and was incorporated into the City of Christchurch in 1903 when the borough was ended. In the early 1980s local residents and the Christchurch city council tried to name the western part of the suburb, Charleston, between Ferry Road and Ensors Road. This was done to maintain the residential nature of the area against perceived industrial expansion. The attempt was partly successful and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Waltham
White Waltham is a village and civil parish, west of Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is crossed briefly by the M4 motorway, which along with the Great Western Main Line and all other roads covers of the parish and 'greenspace' which includes cultivated fields covers the most part - this covered (in January 2005) . White Waltham Airfield is in the parish. Extent In the south, the parish includes the hamlets of Paley Street and Littlefield Green. White Waltham village is clustered and sits in the mid-west of the parish. To the northeast is Woodlands Park, on the edge of Maidenhead, and the Maidenhead Business Park. In the northeast corner of the parish is Woolley Green and in the northwest, most of Littlewick Green. History The area was made up of a few manor houses, many of which evolved into country houses, for example Waltham Place, with its organic farm and gardens which are open to the public. The Church of England p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham St Lawrence
Waltham St Lawrence is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. Toponymy The name 'Waltham' is believed to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon words ''Wealt'' and ''Ham'', meaning 'homestead or village in a forest’ (probably indicating a royal hunting estate). The church is called St. Lawrence and thus gives the village its distinguishing affix. History There is evidence of the existence of a Roman temple in Weycock Field in the parish. Most of the roman coins, coins found from the site are of the lower empire (except for a silver one of Amyntas III of Macedon, Amyntas, the grandfather of Alexander the Great) and the area was occupied until 270. The high-road to London formerly left the London to Reading, Berkshire, Reading main-road at the 29th milestone and ran across Weycock Field (often referred to as Weycock Highrood). The Hurley Priory, Priory of Hurley, Berkshire, Hurley maintained a Monastic grange, grange in the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham Transmitting Station
The Waltham transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Melton Mowbray. It sits inside the Waltham civil parish near Stonesby, in the district of Melton, Leicestershire, UK. It has a guyed steel tubular mast. The main structure height to the top of the steelwork is 290.8 metres (954 ft), with the UHF television antennas contained within a GRP shroud mounted on top. Construction First structure The first mast was built in 1966. On 16 November 1966, it collapsed. Parts of the wreckage are still in use as pig shelters. It had been built by the British Insulated Cables Construction Company. It was to have begun broadcasts in the summer of 1967. Second structure The structure was rebuilt in 1968 by the BBC. This delayed its first transmissions until 31 August 1968 of BBC2 only. It broadcast ITV from February 1970 and BBC1 from August 1970. On 9 April 1970, the whole region lost the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltham On The Wolds
Waltham on the Wolds is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, in the Melton (borough), Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies about north-east of Melton Mowbray and south-west of Grantham on the main A607 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 510. The population of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold was 967 in 2011. Geography The parish is the site of Waltham transmitting station, Waltham television transmitting station, which serves most of the East Midlands. Apart from the main village, the parish includes the village of Thorpe Arnold, just to the north-east of Melton. To the south-east is Stonesby, which is nearer to the transmitter. The village is on a ridge, which has an escarpment close to the north-west that dramatically overlooks the Vale of Belvoir. History One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book where it is listed among lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil''Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
