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Bigelow may refer to: Surname * Bigelow (surname), a list of people Places in the United States * Bigelow, Arkansas, a town * Bigelow, Kansas, a town * Bigelow, Minnesota, a city * Bigelow, Missouri, a village * Bigelow Neighborhood, a historic community in Olympia, Washington * Mount Bigelow (Arizona) * Mount Bigelow (Maine) * Bigelow Peak, California Business * Bigelow Aerospace ** Bigelow Commercial Space Station, a private space complex under development * Bigelow Tea Company Other uses * , a US Navy destroyer * Bigelow Expandable Activity Module The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is an experimental expandable space station module developed by Bigelow Aerospace, under contract to NASA, for testing as a temporary module on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2016 to ..., a module attached to the International Space Station, developed by Bigelow Aerospace * Bigelow School (other), two American schools on the National Register of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow (surname)
Bigelow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abijah Bigelow (1775–1860), US Representative from Massachusetts * Albert Bigelow (1906–1993), former US Navy officer turned peace activist and Quaker * Bob Bigelow (born 1953), retired National Basketball Association player * Charles A. Bigelow (1862-1912), American actor * Charles Bigelow (type designer) (born 1945) * Daniel Bigelow (1824–1905), American lawyer and politician * Doug Bigelow (1928–1996), Australian rules footballer with Essendon Football Club * Edward Manning Bigelow (1850–1916), Pittsburgh City Engineer, Director of Public Works and "father of Pittsburgh's parks" * Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917), American author and clubwoman * Elliot Bigelow (1897–1933), Major League Baseball player * Elmer Charles Bigelow (1920–1945), US Medal of Honor posthumous recipient * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), American inventor of weaving machines * Frank Hagar Bigelow (1851–1924), United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow, Arkansas
Bigelow is a town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. Located in Central Arkansas near the confluence of the Fourche La Fave River and Arkansas River, the community was incorporated in 1905 as Esau. Based largely on the timber industry, the town grew until the lumber mills were closed in 1920. The population was 329 at the 2000 census. History Bigelow did not exist by its current name until 1911, as it was formerly known as "Esau"—a community a few miles southwest of the present Bridge that grew to border the edge of the small town of Fourche. In 1911, Fourche River Mill owner, N.P. Bigelow, built an elaborate white house of the best lumber on a hill above the town. He was elected mayor, and then gained permission from the state's General Assembly to change the name of Esau to Bigelow. It was at one time the biggest town in the county; a vote was taken to move the county seat from Perryville to Bigelow, Bigelow won the vote, but the move was never made. Geography Bigelow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow, Kansas
Bigelow is a ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. It was located six and a half miles southwest of Frankfort. History It was founded in 1881 and named for General Alfred Bigelow. It was known for its limestone quarries and peaked in population in 1910 at 200.''Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas'' by Daniel Fitzgerald. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. 1994 The post office closed in 1960 and the town was demolished during the construction of Tuttle Creek Lake Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas. It was built and is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers for the primary purpose of flood control. .... All that remains is a historical marker at the intersection of 17th and Zenith Roads and Antioch Cemetery. References Further reading External links * Marshall County mapsCurrent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow, Minnesota
Bigelow is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. The town of Bigelow is located in southcentral Nobles County in section 31 of Bigelow Township. The southern corporate limit of the town is defined by the Iowa border. Main highway is: * Minnesota State Highway 60 Other important transportation: *Union Pacific Railroad History Beginnings: The town of Bigelow was the third community to come into existence in Nobles County. The first two were Worthington and Brewster. All three towns appeared on the map in 1871, though Bigelow remained nothing more than that - a spot on a map - until the spring of 1872, when the tracks of the St. Paul & Sioux City Railway reached the site of the present-day town. Throughout the summer of 1872, the site was occupied only by a large tent which furnished shelter for the construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow, Missouri
Bigelow is a village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Bigelow was established in 1869, and remained in operation until 1992. The village was named after a railroad promoter. Geography Bigelow is located at (40.110204, -95.290252). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 27 people, 12 households, and 6 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 22 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 100.0% White. There were 12 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% were non-families. 41.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Neighborhood
Bigelow Neighborhood, also called the Bigelow Historic District, is a historic district located on the eastside of Olympia, Washington. It is located along Olympia Avenue, between East Bay Drive and Tullis Street. About The neighborhood is named after an early homesteader, Daniel Bigelow. His historic home, now the Bigelow House Museum, is located at 918 Glass Ave. and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. There are several other historic houses in the neighborhood dating back to the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Nearby Bigelow Park, located on part of the original Bigelow Donation Land Claim is among Olympia's oldest.(ndBigelow Neighborhood Park City of Olympia. Retrieved 6/21/07. See also * History of Olympia, Washington The history of Olympia, Washington, includes long-term habitation by Native Americans, charting by a famous English explorer, settlement of the town in the 1840s, the controversial siting of a state college in the 1960s and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Bigelow (Arizona)
Mount Bigelow is a mountain in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona, U.S. It is home to the astronomical observing facility Catalina Station which operates the 61" Kuiper Telescope owned by the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T .... It is one of the telescopes used by students at Astronomy Camp. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bigelow Landforms of Pima County, Arizona Mountains of Pima County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Bigelow (Maine)
Mount Bigelow (also called the Bigelow Range and Bigelow Mountain) is a long mountain ridge with several summits. It is located in Franklin County and Somerset County, Maine. It is one of Maine's highest summits. The mountain is named after Major Timothy Bigelow who climbed the rugged summit in late October 1775 "for the purpose of observation." Major Bigelow was one of Colonel Benedict Arnold's four division commanders during the 1775 Invasion of Canada. The expeditionary force passed along the Dead River on the northern edge of the Bigelow Range, now dammed into Flagstaff Lake. The highest summit of Bigelow Mountain is West Peak, at . Subpeaks include Avery Peak (Myron H. Avery Peak) at , The Horns at , Cranberry Peak at , and Little Bigelow Mountain at about . Bigelow Mountain is part of the Rangeley-Stratton mountain range, which also includes Sugarloaf Mountain, Crocker Mountain, Saddleback Mountain, Mount Abraham and Mount Redington. The Appalachian Trail tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Peak
Bigelow Peak is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of , Bigelow Peak is the 504th highest summit in the state of California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m .... Bigelow Peak was named for John Bigelow, Jr., a Yosemite National Park official. References {{coord, 38.14908, -119.62795, type:mountain_region:US-CA, format=dms, display=title Mountains of Tuolumne County, California Mountains of Northern California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Aerospace
Bigelow Aerospace is an American aeronautics and outer space technology company which manufactures and develops expandable space station modules. Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998, and is based in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is funded in large part by the profit Bigelow gained through his ownership of the hotel chain, Budget Suites of America. By 2013, Bigelow had invested US$250 million in the company. Bigelow stated on a number of occasions that he was prepared to fund Bigelow Aerospace with about US$500 million through 2015 in order to achieve launch of full-scale hardware. Bigelow Aerospace announced in 2010 that they intended to create a modular set of space habitats for creating or expanding space stations but despite many concepts and models, never completed a working space station beyond two small prototypes that flew in 2006 and 2007. In March 2020, the company laid off all 88 of its employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and planned to rehire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Commercial Space Station
The Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station was a private orbital space station under conceptual development by Bigelow Aerospace in the 2000s and 2010s. Previous concepts of the space station had included multiple modules such as two B330 expandable spacecraft modules as well as a central docking node, propulsion, solar arrays, and attached crew capsules. However it was also suggested that each B330 can operate as an independent space station. Attaching a B330 to the International Space Station or flying a B330 alone have been suggested by Robert Bigelow. On 8 April 2016, NASA launched a Bigelow inflatable module and attached it to the ISS, where it has been tested for over four years. History Early work at Bigelow Aerospace on expandable space habitats, with plans to eventually assemble them into on-orbit space stations, began in the early years after the company was formed in 1999. By 2004, plans made public included assembly of multiple modules "into a manned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Tea Company
The Bigelow Tea Company (formerly R.C. Bigelow, Inc.) is an American manufacturer of dried teas based in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by Ruth C. Bigelow in 1945, based on a recipe she marketed as "Constant Comment" tea. The company markets over 50 varieties of tea, including black tea, black, green tea, green, and herbal tea, herbal, all of which are Tea blending and additives, blended in Fairfield. The company has other plants in Boise, Idaho, and Louisville, Kentucky. Their Charleston Tea Garden in South Carolina is the only tea garden in America, but does not produce the "Bigelow Tea Company" teas. Still a 100% family-owned business,"Hoovers article on R.C. Bigelow, Inc." Accessed in 2010. It lists David Bigelow and Eunice Bigelow as Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, and Cynthia Bigelow as Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
