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Swanson (other)
Swanson is a brand of frozen and canned foods. Swanson may also refer to: *Swanson (surname), people with the surname ''Swanson'' *Swanson School of Engineering, a school of the University of Pittsburgh, United States * USS ''Swanson'', a US Navy destroyer *Swanson, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada *Swanson River, Alaska, United States *Swanson, New Zealand, an outlying suburb of Auckland, New Zealand ** Swanson Railway Station, the train station that serves the Auckland, New Zealand suburb *Swanson Science Center, academic building at Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States * Swanson Dock, Port of Melbourne, Australia * Swanson Health Products, worldwide distributor of vitamins, supplements and natural health products See also * Swanston (other) * Swanton (other) Swanton may refer to: People * Swanton (surname) Places ;United Kingdom * Swanton Abbott, village in Norfolk * Swanton Morley, village in Norfolk * Swanton Novers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson
Swanson is a brand of TV dinners, broths, and canned poultry made for the North American and Hong Kong markets. The former "Swanson Company" was founded in Omaha, Nebraska, where it developed improvements of the frozen dinner. The TV dinner business is currently owned by Conagra Brands, while the broth business is currently owned by the Campbell Soup Company. TV dinner products currently sold under the brand include Swanson's Classics TV dinners and pot pies, and the current broth lineup includes chicken broth and beef broth. History Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949) was a Swedish immigrant who worked on a farm in Blair, Nebraska, until he moved to Omaha. There, he worked in a grocery store where he came into contact with John O. Jerpe, who owned a small commission company, in which Swanson would become a partner in 1899. Initially, the Jerpe Commission Company purchased eggs and cream from local farmers. In turn, they processed the eggs, made butter from the cream, and sold th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson (surname)
Swanson is a surname. It is often the anglicized form of the Swedish surname Svensson. Notable people with this surname include the following: Baseball and football * A. L. Swanson, American football coach * Bill Swanson (baseball) (1888–1954), baseball player * Clarence Swanson (1898–1970), American football player * Danny Swanson (born 1986), Scottish footballer * Dansby Swanson (born 1994), American baseball player * Erik Swanson (born 1993), American baseball player * Evar Swanson (1902–1973), American baseball and football player * Mallory Swanson, American soccer player * Riley Swanson (born 1984), American football player * Stan Swanson (1944–2017), American baseball player * Tanner Swanson, American baseball coach Misc * Arthur Swanson (1926–2010), American businessman and politician * Becca Swanson, American bodybuilder * Bob Swanson (driver) (1912–1940), Indianapolis 500 driver * Brandon Swanson (born 1989), American student who disappeared in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson School Of Engineering
The Swanson School of Engineering is the engineering school of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846, the Swanson School of Engineering is the second or third oldest in the United States. History The Swanson School of Engineering evolved out of the Western University of Pennsylvania, the former name of the University of Pittsburgh, offering specialized engineering subjects to students, although they were still required complete their classical requirements. The first graduates in these engineering subjects were Isaac Morley and J. B. Stilly in 1846. Separate degree programs in mechanical and civil engineering were announced in 1868, and four year degrees resulting in separate engineering degrees were first implemented in 1870. The school was the university's response to the years surrounding the Civil War that transformed Pittsburgh's industrial base from regional to international. Degrees in civil engineering and mechanical engineering wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Swanson
USS ''Swanson'' (DD-443) was a of the United States Navy, named for United States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939). She participated in, Operation Torch, Operation Husky, the Pacific War, Pacific theatre, escorted nine convoys and earned eight battle stars for her service. Service history ''Swanson'' was Keel laying, laid down on 15 November 1939 by the Charleston Navy Yard, Ship naming and launching, launched on 2 November 1940; sponsored by Mrs Claude A. Swanson, widow of Secretary Swanson; and ship commissioning, commissioned on 29 May 1941. After her initial shakedown cruise, ''Swanson'' began convoy escort duties between New England, Bermuda, and Iceland. She escorted the battleships and , and aircraft carrier , on their trial runs in late 1941. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, her convoy duties were extended to include three runs to Scotland and single trips to Nova Scotia and Greenland. Operation Torch In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson, Saskatchewan
Swanson is a hamlet in Montrose Rural Municipality 315, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located southwest of Saskatoon along Highway 45 along the Canadian National Railway, Delisle- Tichfield Junction stub. Notable people * Alfred Gleave, a Member of Parliament for Saskatoon—Biggar, Canada from 25 June 1968 to 9 May 1974. He was a farmer and grain grower, and became an outspoken agricultural advocate who resided in Swanson. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Hamlets of Saskatchewan In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan has ... Montrose No. 315, Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson River
The Swanson River ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghetnu'') is a stream, long, on the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska in the United States. Beginning at Gene Lake in the Swanson Lakes district, it flows southwest then north to Number Three Bay on the Gompertz Channel of Cook Inlet. The majority of the river's course lies within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. In its lower reaches, it passes through the Swanson River Oil Field east of Nikiski before turning sharply north. Near its mouth, it flows through Captain Cook State Recreation Area and under Kenai North Road to enter Cook Inlet. Recreation Swanson River and the many lakes around it are popular places for trips in light canoes and kayaks. Two canoe trails involve lakes and streams rated Class I (easy) on the International Scale of River Difficulty. The Swan Lake Route of includes 30 lakes with portages of up to . The Swanson River Route, long, crosses 40 lakes and requires portages of up to a mile. The portages, which may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson, New Zealand
Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream. In the 1940s, the park became a training centre for soldiers in World War II, and in 1970 hosted Redwood 70, the first modern music festival in New Zealand. Geography The Swanson area is primarily a valley north-east of the Waitākere Ranges, and a major catchment area for the Swanson Stream. Prior to human settlement, the Swanson area formed a part of the warm lowlands ecosystem common in inland West Auckland, dominated by kauri, rimu, rātā, kahikatea and rewarewa. The areas adjacent to the Swanson Stream were an alluvial flood zone, favoured by kahikatea and tōtara trees. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson Science Center
The John A. Swanson Science Center, also known as the Swanson Science Center is an academic building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. It was completed in February 2010 and was named after John A. Swanson, an engineer and businessman on the Board of Trustees, who donated $10 million towards its construction. This facility houses classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biophysics and Biochemistry and was designed to match its neighboring historic campus architecture. Its learning facilities include wet and dry teaching laboratories, faculty and student research labs, and a multi-disciplinary lab designed for non-science majors. The marble-lined grand entrance leads to a three-story atrium with marble pillars and Palladian windows facing Route 40 and the common area is designed to attract non-science students. It was designed to satisfy the LEED Silver qualifications for green buildings. Facilities The Swanson Science Center is a three-story brick building at the int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Melbourne
The Port of Melbourne is the largest port for containerised and general cargo in Australia. It is located in Melbourne, Victoria, and covers an area at the mouth of the Yarra River, downstream of Bolte Bridge, which is at the head of Port Phillip, as well as several piers on the bay itself. Since 1 July 2003, the Port of Melbourne has been managed by the Port of Melbourne Corporation, a statutory corporation created by the State of Victoria. Most of the port is in the suburb of West Melbourne and should not be confused with the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne although Webb Dock and Station Pier, parts of the Port of Melbourne, are in Port Melbourne. Port Melbourne (or Sandridge as it was known until 1884) was a busy port early in the history of Melbourne, but declined as a cargo port with the development of the Port of Melbourne in the late 19th century. It retains Melbourne's passenger terminal however, with cruise ships and ferries using Station Pier. Infrastructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanson Health Products
Swanson Health Products (SHP) is a natural health catalog and Internet marketing company headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. History Swanson Health Products launched in 1969 in Fargo by Leland Swanson Sr. A self-taught natural health enthusiast, Swanson cites the influence of Linus Pauling, Irwin Stone, Roger J. Williams, Paul Bragg, and Adelle Davis. Swanson's personal regimen began with vitamin E, and by 1968, he was a regular user of several vitamins and supplements and began ordering in bulk to maintain his personal supply. Not long after he ordered 5,000 vitamin E capsules and began selling supplements through the mail. Shortly thereafter, he began publishing small catalogs of his own. By 1980, SHP was operating with about 10 employees from a storefront in downtown Fargo. In 1982 the company moved its mail order manufacturing and shipping operations to a facility. In the 1990s, the company added a website, swansonvitamins.com. SHP moved into a facility in 2001, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanston (other)
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Swanston may refer to: Places ;Australia * Swanston Street, Melbourne * Swanston, Tasmania, a rural locality in Australia ;UK * Swanston, Edinburgh, a village in Scotland ;US * Swanston (Sacramento RT), a light rail station in California * Swanston Estates, a neighborhood in North Sacramento, California Other uses * HMS ''Swanston'', a Ton class minesweeper * Swanston (surname) See also * Swanson (other) * Swanton (other) Swanton may refer to: People * Swanton (surname) Places ;United Kingdom * Swanton Abbott, village in Norfolk * Swanton Morley, village in Norfolk * Swanton Novers, village in Norfolk ;United States * Swanton, California, a small unincorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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