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Norris (other)
Norris or Noris may refer to: Places In Canada *Norris, Ontario, in Algoma District In the United Kingdom *Hampstead Norreys (or Norris), Berkshire In the United States * Norris, Illinois * Norris, Mississippi * Norris, Missouri * Norris, Nebraska * Norris, South Carolina * Norris, Tennessee, named after George William Norris * Norris Dam, which forms Norris Lake, Tennessee * Geothermal areas of Yellowstone#Norris Geyser Basin, Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park * Norristown, Pennsylvania * Lake Norris, Florida In Germany * Norisring, street circuit in Nuremberg Companies * Norris Locomotive Works * Norisbank, a List of banks in Germany, bank in Germany * T. Norris & Son, London, hand-tool makers Buildings * Norris House, Palo Alto, California, U.S. * Norris-Heartt House, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. * Norris-Holland-Hare House, Holly Springs, North Carolina, U.S. Other *Norris (given name) *Norris (surname) *List of storms named Norris, list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris, Ontario
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), who was appointed Indian agent to the Ojibwe in Sault Ste. Marie region in 1822. "Al" is derived from Algonquin, while "goma" is a variant of gomee, meaning lake or water. Algoma District has shoreline along Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It has an international border crossing to the American state of Michigan, at Sault Ste. Marie. Historically, it was known for its lumber and mining industries. The rugged scenery of the region has inspired works by Canadian artists, particularly the Group of Seven. They rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway to travel on excursions through this region. History Surviving prehistoric remains in Algoma District are concentrated around waterways. These remains date as far back as the Archaic period. There are also sites from the later Wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norisring
The Norisring is a street circuit in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as a motorcycle racing venue in 1947 and named in a 1950 competition to win a light motorcycle, the track became known as a sports car racing venue in the 1970s. Since 2000, it has been annually used by the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the premier Germany-based touring car racing series. The length of the simple track with two hairpin turns and a chicane has been set to since 1972, after various lengths were used in its early years. History On 18 May 1947, the first motorcycle racing event took place at the Nuremberg street circuit that ran around a long grandstand, called the '' Zeppelinhaupttribüne'' or simply the ''Steintribüne''. In 1950, the name ''Norisring'' was chosen for the venue in a competition to win a light motorcycle. Motorcycle racing events remained central to the circuit until 1957, as six motorcycle manufacturers were based in Nuremberg at the time, but a crisis in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Storms Named Norris
The name Norris has been used for three tropical cyclones worldwide, all in the Western Pacific Ocean: * Typhoon Norris (1980) (T8012, 13W, Reming) – struck Taiwan. * Tropical Storm Norris (1983) (T8318, 19W) – short-lived tropical storm which stayed at sea. * Typhoon Norris (1986) (T8629, 26W, Bidang) – late-season typhoon which spanned two calendar years and struck the Philippines. {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris Pacific typhoon set index articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris (surname)
Norris is an English surname. In some cases it is derived from the Middle English ''norreis'', ''noreis'', ''norais''; and the Anglo-Norman French ''noreis''. In such cases the surname derived from elements meaning "northerner", and referred to people from Norway, and northern England and Scotland. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name ''Norreis'', which is in turn derived from ''norreis''. In other cases the surname is derived from the Middle English ''norice'', ''nurice''; and the Old French ''norrice'', ''nurrice''. In such cases, the surname is derived from elements meaning "nurse", "foster parent". Notable people Surname * Andrea Norris, American information technology executive and civil servant * Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler * Ben Norris (1910–2006), American artist * Ben Norris (actor) (born 1991/1992), British actor, playwright and poet * Ben Norris (comedian) (active 1993-), Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris (given Name)
The given name ''Norris'' is mainly used in the United States. People with the given name Norris * Norris Brown, American politician * Norris Brown (American football) (born 1961), American football player * Norris Cole, American basketball player * Norris Coleman (born 1961), NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, 1994 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP * Norris McWhirter, co-compiler of ''The Guinness Book of Records'' * Norris Webb (born 1945), Panamanian basketball player * Norris Denton Wilson (1938–2017), known by his stage name Norro Wilson, American country music singer-songwriter See also *Norris (surname) {{Given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris-Holland-Hare House
The Norris-Holland-Hare House is a historic Federal style farm house in Holly Springs, North Carolina. It is the oldest building in the town of Holly Springs. The house was used as a field hospital by the Union Army following the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. History The Norris-Holland-Hare House was built around 1805 by Needham Norris, a Baptist minister and the son of American Revolutionary War veteran Pvt. John Norris Jr. Needham Norris was the grandfather of the Raleigh socialite Cornelia Alice Norris. The house was constructed on a portion of a land grant given to John Norris Jr. Built in the Federal style, the house features wood sash windows, plain weatherboards, stone foundation piers, and Flemish bond brick chimneys. Norris bequeathed the house and farm to his nephew, Simpson Washington Holland. In September 1864, Holland traveled to Virginia to search for his brother, a Confederate soldier fighting in the American Civil War. Holland died two mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris-Heartt House
Norris-Heartt House, also known as Norris House and Heartt House, is a historic Victorian house in Raleigh, North Carolina. The home was built in 1879 and was given as a wedding present for the socialite Cornelia Alice Norris. Following her death in 1935, it was purchased by Leo D. Heartt and converted into a boarding house. It was acquired by the state government in 1968 and housed the offices of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the North Carolina State Office of Archaeology. It was vacated in 2007. The house underwent renovations from 2016 to 2018 and is now used as a private event venue. History Norris-Heartt House was constructed on North Blount Street in 1879 by Alexander Boyd Andrews and was purchased by Jesse Allen Norris and Amy Ann Adams Norris as a wedding present for their daughter, Cornelia Alice Norris, and her husband, the merchant Matthew Tyson Norris. Her parents deeded the house exclusively in her name, not her husband's. The Norrises live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris House
The Norris House is a historic house located at 1247 Cowper St. in Palo Alto, California. The house was built in 1927 for Kathleen Norris, a novelist and columnist who was once the highest-paid female author in the United States, and her husband Charles Gilman Norris, also a noted novelist. Kathleen Norris' novels featured female characters who represented her ideals of motherhood and moral virtue; her columns appeared in major magazines and included both short stories and advice columns. Charles Gilman Norris wrote novels which touched on contemporary social issues and served as Kathleen's agent. In 1949, the Diocese of San Francisco purchased the house to serve as the Newman Center for Stanford University. Around 2000 the house was sold into private hands again. Architect Birge Clark designed the Spanish Colonial Revival house. At the time, the house was Clark's largest and most expensive design. The house's layout features several one- and two-story sections surrounding a pati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Banks In Germany
Central banks *Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt * European Central Bank, Frankfurt Local banks * BayernLB, Munich * Bremer Bank, Bremen *Commerzbank, Frankfurt * Consorsbank, Nuremberg * DAB BNP Paribas, Munich * DekaBank (Germany), Frankfurt * Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt *Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, Garching bei München (next to Munich) * DZ Bank, Frankfurt * GLS Bank, Bochum * Hamburg Commercial Bank (formerly HSH Nordbank), Hamburg * KfW, Frankfurt *Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart * Landesbank Berlin Holding, Berlin *Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, Frankfurt * Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank *National-Bank AG, Essen *FIDOR bank AG * N26, Berlin * Nord/LB, Hanover * NRW.Bank, Düsseldorf * Portigon Financial Services, Düsseldorf * solarisBank, Berlin * Wirecard Bank Co-operative banks see: German Cooperative Financial Group Sparkassen see: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Investment banks * Baader Bank AG, Unterschleißheim * Varengold Bank, Hamburg Forei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norisbank
The Norisbank GmbH is a German bank with headquarters in Bonn. Since 2 November 2006, it has been a subsidiary of ''Deutsche Bank'' and since 27 July 2012 purely a direct bank. History The roots of Norisbank date back to the year 1954. Starting that year, the mail-order company ''Quelle'' offered to finance its products via Noris purchase aid. On 4 June 1965, Noris Kreditbank GmbH was founded in Nuremberg. The business objective was to expand the financing of the entire supply of ''Quelle'' and its subsidiaries in the mail order and in the stationary sector. In the year 1969 Noris purchase aid changed its name to Noris Bank GmbH. The name change was accompanied by an expansion of the product range to include banking services such as checking and savings accounts. In 1984, Norisbank GmbH merged with ''Hamburg Verbraucherbank GmbH''. The reason for the takeover of the previously independent ''Verbraucherbank GmbH'' was the acquisition of the first German customer self-service syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris Locomotive Works
The Norris Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that produced nearly one thousand railroad engines between 1832 and 1866. It was the dominant American locomotive producer during most of that period, as well as the first major exporter of American locomotives, selling its popular 4-2-0 engines to railways in Europe and building the first locomotive used in South America. History Origin The company was started in 1832 as the American Steam Carriage Company by William Norris (1802-1867) and Major Stephen H. Long (1784-1864), a military topographical engineer and explorer. The two men had experimented with steam engine building for years and, as early as 1829, designed a locomotive to burn anthracite coal. Norris and Long also built an engine called the ''Black Hawk'', which performed with partial success on the Boston and Providence Railroad and the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in the early 1830s. Major Long la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Norris
Lake Norris is an undeveloped fresh water lake in Paisley, Lake County, Florida. It has an area of . It is located roughly south of Johnson's Corner in Paisley. The north shore is occupied by Camp La-No-Che, a local Boy Scout camp. The southern shore exits to Blackwater Creek. The southeastern shore has roughly 11 private residences. The rest of the shoreline is primarily owned by St. Johns River Water Management District and used as scrub brush drainage for the aquifer. There is no public access or public boating ramp on the lake. The local ecosystem is part of the Ocala National Forest. Because of the numerous cypress trees surrounding the lake the water is of a very brown color filled with tannic acid Tannic acid is a specific form of tannin, a type of polyphenol. Its weak acidity ( pKa around 6) is due to the numerous phenol groups in the structure. The chemical formula for commercial tannic acid is often given as C76H52O46, which correspon .... The local Boy Scout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
