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Westmoreland Intermediate Unit
Westmoreland or Westmorland may refer to: Places Australia *Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia Canada *Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada *Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick, Canada Jamaica *Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica New Zealand * Westmorland, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand United Kingdom *Westmorland, a historic county in England *Westmorland and Furness, a unitary authority area in England United States * Westmorland, California, or Westmoreland * Westmoreland, Kansas * Westmoreland, New Hampshire * Westmoreland, New York, a town ** Westmoreland (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town * Westmoreland, Queens, New York City * Westmoreland, Tennessee * Westmoreland, West Virginia * Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania * Westmoreland County, Virginia * Westmoreland (Toledo, Ohio), a neighborhood * Westmoreland, Portland, Oregon * Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania * State of Westmoreland (1784 failed proposal) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland County, New South Wales
Westmoreland County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains (Australia), Blue Mountains. Coxs River is the border to the north, and the Wollondilly River to the east. Campbells River is the border in the north-east, where the county extends to near Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, with the Fish River (New South Wales), Fish River part of the border. It includes the town of Oberon, and the Kanangra-Boyd National Park. Westmoreland County is named in honour of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, John Fane, Tenth Earl of Westmorland (1759–1841). The Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859. The extra "e" in Westmoreland is a play on "west more land", referring to the extra farming opportunities this newly discovered country provided for settlers at the time. Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (Toledo, Ohio)
Westmoreland is a historic neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio and is roughly bordered by Dorr Street, Parkside Boulevard, Bancroft Street, and Upton Avenue.Westmoreland neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio (OH), 43607 detailed profile http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Westmoreland-Toledo-OH.html#ixzz0YTMezicn "In March 1986 Westmoreland, located about one half mile from the University of Toledo, was designated a historical district by the United States Department of Interior."Historic Westmoreland in Toledo, Ohio "This national designation has helped the neighborhood preserve its unique character." "The vision of real estate developers William B. Welles and Badger C. Bowen, the neighborhood was named because of its rolling hills that reminded them of the east Virginia county hereGeorge Washington was born." "Appropriately, the streets were named after other Virginia namesakes, such as Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (ship)
Several vessels have been named ''Westmoreland'': * was launched in Yarmouth. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the Royal Navy recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data; she actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her. * was launched on the Thames. She made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Between these voyages she cruised as a privateer for some months. She then traded between Britain and the Mediterranean until she was last listed in 1814. * was launched at Whitby. She first sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1816 to 1821, and then again from 1823 to 1825, she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew abandoned her at sea in October 1825. She eventually floated ashore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (ship)
''Westmorland'' or ''Westmoreland'' was a 26-gun British privateer frigate, operating in the Mediterranean Sea against French shipping in retaliation for France's opposition to Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. Service history The most notable incident in the life of the ''Westmorland'' occurred shortly after she sailed for Britain from Livorno under Captain Michael Wallace late in 1778, carrying a large monetary payment for her inbound cargo of salt cod from Newfoundland (Livorno was a trade hub for this commodity), food goods, and 57 crates of artistic objects collected by Grand Tourists such as the Duke of Gloucester, Sir John Henderson and the Duke of Norfolk. In January 1779, she was given chase by four French ships, comprising two men-of-war, the (64) and (74), and two smaller vessels. Wallace attempted to outsail them but, outgunned as he was, soon felt he had little option but to allow the French to board his ship. She was then allowed by Spain (then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (railcar)
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and Patronage#Arts, art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company Coke (fuel), coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical Henry Clay Frick House, Frick Mansion in Manhattan (now designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark), and upon his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum. However, as a founding member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, he was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. His vehement opposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland Museum Of American Art
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is an art museum in Greensburg, Pennsylvania devoted to American art, with a particular concentration on the art of southwestern Pennsylvania. Art lover and Greensburg resident Mary Marchand Woods hand down her entire estate to establish ''The Woods Marchand Foundation'' in 1949. The museum developed from this foundation, opening ten years later. The museum has expanded several times, beginning with a west-wing addition in 1968. In 2015, the museum reopened after two years of major renovations to expand and modernize its facilities. The expansion added 13,287 square feet to its original 30,000 area, where a cantilevered wing was added for exhibitions. William H. Gerdts wrote that One feature of the museum is a Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture installed on the south facade. Selected artists represented in the permanent collection * Sharif Bey * Tina Williams Brewer * Mary Cassatt * John Singleton Copley * Stuart Davis * Ron Donoughe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland County Community College
Westmoreland County Community College is a Public college, public community college in Youngwood, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1970 during an era of community college proliferation within the state. Its location on the suburban fringe was designed to attract students from both the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County suburbs of Pittsburgh and the Monongahela Valley, then a still booming industrial center. The college has also extended its outreach to provide services to students from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette and Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana Counties. History Westmoreland County Community College, founded in 1970, first offered evening classes at Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Jeannette High School in 1971. By the fall of 1972, the college took up a permanent residence in a former Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse plant in Youngwood and expanded its schedule to include day classes. In the four decades since, Westmoreland's origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
