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By 1940, Champion’s Hamilton mill rail yards had more than 20 miles of track with several steam locomotives shuttling cars around the clock.
HBR began losing business to trucks after World War II.
It had no locomotives or cars and was worked in succession by the CH&D, the B&O, CSX and, after 1988, by privately-owned short line companies Great Miami & Western Railway then US Rail.
Furth (b Deisenhofen) station
Furth (b Deisenhofen) station () is a railway station in the municipality of Furth, located in the Munich district in Bavaria, Germany.
Oristelle Marx
Oristelle Marx (born July 7, 1971) is a former French wheelchair tennis player, she is a right-handed player.
She competed in two Paralympic Games and won two bronze medals in the doubles' events with Arlette Racineux.
In 1986, Marx was involved in an accident in a gymnastics training centre which resulted in her paraplegia.
She now works as a consultant trainer for disability awareness.
Monica Walker (illustrator)
Monica Walker was a writer and illustrator, active in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s.
She is depicted as a shopkeeper in an illustration, "High Street", by her fellow student Hilary Stebbing.
Walker worked for a time as a draughtswoman in an aircraft factory.
She illustrated children's books, including her own "The Educated Pig" (Oxford University Press; 1949) and texts by others such as "Ditties for the Nursery" (Oxford University Press, 1954) by Iona Opie, "Trouble for Tembo" (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1958) by Lesley Bourne, and "Martin's Holiday" (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1960) by Enid Wiseman.
Her work was featured on the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of "Radio Times".
A 1947 portrait photograph of Walker, by John Gay, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
She was photographed by Gay for, and featured in, an article in "The Strand Magazine", "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor", in which she was said to be living with her parents in Surbiton.
The University of the Arts London (the successor to the Central School of Arts and Crafts) has three of her works in its collection.
Cavendish Hospital
Cavendish Hospital is a geriatric healthcare facility in Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire.
It is managed by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
The hospital has its origins in the Buxton Clinic, a geriatric facility established in Buxton Crescent in 1935.
The clinic became the geriatric wing of the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1948 and then moved to a completely new facility at Manchester Road in 1966.
In July 2017, the North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group announced the closure of 18 beds at the hospital.
Local member of parliament Ruth George raised concerns about the matter with Philip Dunne, health minister, during a debate on health in the House of Commons in October 2017.
National University of Science and Technology (Oman)
National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is a private university in Oman which was established in 2018 by merger of three professional colleges, Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman Medical College, and College of Pharmacy.
Around 4300 international students from 33 countries have graduated from the university.
NUST has academic partnerships with three international universities: Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, West Virginia University, U.S. and the University of South Carolina, U.S.
2020 Masters (darts)
The 2020 Ladbrokes Masters is the eighth staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
It is being held from 31 January–2 February 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.
Michael van Gerwen was the five-time defending champion, after defeating James Wade 11–5 in the 2019 final.
However, he was beaten in the Masters for the first time since 2014, losing 10–6 to Jonny Clayton in the first round, and losing his 20-match unbeaten streak at The Marshall Arena.
A new champion will be crowned, as Michael van Gerwen and James Wade, the only two previous champions who qualified, were both eliminated in the first round.
The Masters will feature the top 16 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.
Nathan Aspinall will make his debut in the event.
The following 16 players will take part in the tournament:
The prize money will be £200,000 in total, which was the same as in 2019.
St Mary's Church, Rydal
St Mary's Church is in the village of Rydal in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.
It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
The church is situated on the A591 road between Ambleside and Grasmere and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The church was built by Lady le Fleming of Rydal Hall, at a cost of £1,500.
The foundation stone was laid in 1823 with the chapel opened in 1824, and consecrated in 1825.
The architect was George Webster.
Poet William Wordsworth helped to choose the site, which was originally an orchard.
Carlos Domínguez (weightlifter)
Carlos Domínguez was a Peruvian weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2020 (U.S.)
This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), and the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2020.
The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2020
This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2020.
The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Franz Eibler
Franz Eibler (19 May 1924 – 3 March 2010) was an Austrian weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Leopoldo Briola
Leopoldo Briola was an Argentine weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Hugo Vallarino
Hugo Vallarino was an Argentine weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Karaulia
Karaulia is a village in Jagat block, Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Its village code is 128387.
The village is administrated by Gram panchayat.
Budaun railway station is 7 KMs away from the village.
As per the report of 2011 Census of India, The total population of the village is 1759, where 928 are males and 831 are females.
Ray Magee
Ray Magee (31 January 1918 – 19 April 1999) was an Australian weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Alfonso Parera
Alfonso Parera (19 September 1922 – 28 June 1996) was a Cuban weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
HESTIM Engineering and Business School
HESTIM Engineering and Business School (, abbreviated HESTIM) is a private higher education institution located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco.
It was born in 2006 as a school of engineering offering degrees in industrial management.
In 2008 it added civil engineering to its academic offer.
In 2015-16 the original school was renamed HESTIM Engineering and a new school was created, HESTIM Management, offering degrees in business-related fields.
Both independently accredited schools, HESTIM Engineering and HESTIM Management, constitute the HESTIM group.
HESTIM offers its own Moroccan-accredited undergraduate degrees in industrial engineering, logistics engineering, civil engineering, and management.
It also offers French-accredited master's degrees in partnership with French universities and schools, such as UPHF (Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France), ULCO (Université littoral côte d’opale), INSA Lyon (Institut National des sciences appliquées de Lyon), ESTIA (École supérieure des technologies industrielles avancées), IMT Lille Douai Ecole Mines de Douai.
The Big Bang (2019 film)
The Big Bang is a 2019 Malayalam short film written and directed by Lal Bijo.
The film is based on the consumption of water.
The story is about Lalu, an employed youth, who doesn't know the value of water.
One day he came to take some water and he heared some sounds near him, he scared and run away to the room.
Piet Taljaard
Piet Taljaard (April 1914 – 8 March 1950) was a South African weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Niels Petersen (weightlifter)
Niels Petersen (12 February 1918 – 22 August 1966) was a Danish weightlifter.
He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Hanafi Moustafa
Hanafi Moustafa was an Egyptian weightlifter.