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Dickerson Wing Dam
Dickerson may refer to: Places In the United States: * Dickerson, Maryland, an unincorporated place ** Dickerson Whitewater Course near Dickerson, Maryland ** Dickerson Generating Station ** Dickerson (MARC station) * Dickerson Middle School, a middle school in Georgia * Dickerson Chapel Dickerson Chapel is a historic chapel in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Built in 1790, the chapel originally served as the courthouse for Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County until 1844. It housed a Baptist congregation from 1845 until 1862 ..., a church in North Carolina Other uses * Dickerson (surname) *'' Dickerson v. United States'', a major U.S. Supreme Court case reaffirming the requirement of a ''Miranda'' warning {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson Whitewater Course
The Dickerson Whitewater Course, on the Potomac River near Dickerson, Maryland, was built for use by canoe and kayak paddlers training for the 1992 Olympic Games in Spain. It was the first pump-powered artificial whitewater course built in North America, and is still the only one anywhere with heated water. It remains an active training center for whitewater slalom racing, swiftwater rescue training, and other whitewater activities. The facility is owned by the NRG Energy company. Except during special events, access requires membership in the Potomac Whitewater Racing Center, a USA Canoe/Kayak National Training Center. The course was constructed in 1991, inside a pre-existing straight, -long concrete channel, wide. Since 1959, the channel has returned cooling water from the Dickerson Generating Station to the Potomac River, upstream from Washington, D.C. Water is pumped from the river, warmed as much as 35 °F (20 °C) as it cools the power plant's three coal- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson, Maryland
Dickerson is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is on Maryland Route 28, between Sugarloaf Mountain and the Potomac River. It is a community near the town of Poolesville, Maryland. Dickerson is . History Dickerson was officially founded in 1871. It was named after its first postmaster, William H. Dickerson, who served from 1873 to 1897. The earliest land grant known to have been given out in the land that is now Dickerson was granted to Arthur Nelson: He received in 1739. Most of what is now considered Dickerson originally belonged to Nathan Hempstone. Before the Civil War, Dickerson was little more than a couple roads, a store, and a few houses. After the Civil War, the population began to rise more sharply. This was because after the Civil War, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company were able to continue their hunt for a route to place the Metropolitan Branch. Travelers wanted a way to travel west toward the capital and other places without having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson Generating Station
The Dickerson Generating Station is an 853 MW electric generating plant owned by NRG Energy, located approximately two miles west of Dickerson, Maryland. Description The facility consists of three 182 MW coal-fired steam generating plants, two 147 MW gas and oil-fired simple cycle combustion turbines, and one 13 MW black start and peaking turbine. The three coal-fired units are base-loaded and went into operation in 1959, 1960, and 1962 respectively. Condenser cooling for these units is accomplished with once-through cooling water from the Potomac River at a rate of up to per day. Coal is delivered to the Dickerson Generating Station by CSX Transportation train. The two combustion turbines are General Electric Frame 7F gas turbines which went into operation in 1992 and 1993, and are normally fired with natural gas from a Consolidated Natural Gas company pipeline which traverses the Dickerson site. The generation plant's site property abuts the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson (MARC Station)
Dickerson is a passenger rail station on the Brunswick Line (MARC), MARC Brunswick Line between Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg (Amtrak station), Martinsburg, WV (with an extension to Frederick (MARC station), Frederick, MD). This station was designed by E. Francis Baldwin and built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1891. It is the last station Frederick bound trains pass before branching onto the Frederick Branch (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad), Frederick Branch.MARC station list (includes Dickerson) ''MARC official website'' Station layout The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, lacking raised Railway platform, platforms for level boarding.See also *Fre ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson Middle School
The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the county government agency which operates public schools in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The school district includes all of Cobb County except for the Marietta City Schools, though a number of schools in unincorporated parts of the county have Marietta addresses. It is the second-largest school system in Georgia (behind only Gwinnett County Public Schools) and among the largest in the United States. The district is the county's largest employer and one of the largest in the US (at least in school systems). All Cobb County schools are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and the district is among the first to have earned district-wide accreditation. The current superintendent of the school district is Chris Ragsdale. Board of Education As a body created under provisions of the Georgia's constitution, the Cobb County Board of Education has full authority to control and manage the public sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson Chapel
Dickerson Chapel is a historic chapel in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Built in 1790, the chapel originally served as the courthouse for Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County until 1844. It housed a Baptist congregation from 1845 until 1862, when it was purchased by a group of Quakers to serve as a school for African-American children. Since 1886 it has housed a congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. History Dickerson Chapel was built in 1790 as the third courthouse for Orange County, North Carolina. It served as the county's courthouse until 1844, when the court relocated to what is known as the Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina), Old Courthouse. The building was located on the corner of Churton and King Streets in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Hillsborough. In 1845, the courthouse was purchased by Rev. Elias Dodson, the first Baptist minister in Hillsborough. Dodson had the building relocated to its present site on the corner of Churton and Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickerson (surname)
Dickerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alex Dickerson (born 1990), American baseball player *Andy Dickerson (born 1982), American football coach and former player *Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963) (born 1963), American football player *Bobby Dickerson (born 1965), American baseball coach *Chris Dickerson (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball player *Chris Dickerson (bodybuilder) (1939–2021), American bodybuilder *Corey Dickerson (born 1989), American baseball player *Dan Dickerson (born 1958), American sportscaster *Debra Dickerson (born 1959), American writer and author *Denver Dickerson (1914–1981), Speaker of the Nevada Assembly and Secretary of Guam *Denver S. Dickerson (1872–1925), Governor of Nevada and Superintendent of Federal Prisons *Eric Dickerson (born 1960), NFL Hall of Fame running back *Erika Dickerson-Despenza, American playwright *Ernest Dickerson (born 1951), American film director *Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1846 – 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
