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Custom House (other)
Custom House or Customs House may refer to: Buildings * Custom house, a building housing the offices that process the tariffs associated with importing and exporting goods Australia * Customs House, Brisbane, Queensland * Customs House, Maryborough, Queensland * Customs House, Rockhampton, Queensland * Customs House, Sydney, New South Wales * Fremantle Customs House, Western Australia * Newcastle Customs House, New South Wales Canada * Custom House, Montreal, Canada China * Customs House, Shanghai Ireland * The Custom House, Cork * The Old Custom House, Dublin * The Custom House, Dublin * Custom House, Belfast * The Custom House, Limerick Myanmar (Burma) * Customs House, Yangon Norway * Customs House, Porsgrunn * Tollerodden, Larvik Thailand * Customs House, Bangkok United Kingdom * Custom House, Barrow-in-Furness, England * Custom House, Belfast The Custom House is a 19th-century B+ listed building located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Completed in 1857, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custom House
A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting customs duty on imported goods. A custom house was typically located in a seaport or in a city on a major river, with access to an ocean. These cities acted as ports of entry into a country. Due to advances in electronic information systems, the increased volume of international trade, and the introduction of air travel, the term "custom house" became a historical anachronism. There are many examples of buildings around the world that were formerly used as custom houses but have since been converted for other uses, such as museums or civic buildings. As examples, the former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York, (now the George Gustav Heye Center) presently houses a branch of the National Museum of the American Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
