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Escambia River Electric Cooperative
Escambia may refer to: * Escambia County, Alabama * Escambia County, Florida * Escambia River, a river in Florida * ''Fusconaia escambia'', a mollusc Ships * Escambia class fleet oiler * SS Escambia, SS ''Escambia'', a steam ship registered in Liverpool * USS Escambia, USS ''Escambia'' See also * {{disambiguation, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia County, Alabama
Escambia County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,757. Its county seat is Brewton. Escambia County is coextensive with the Atmore, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area; which is itself a constituent part of the larger Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL-AL Combined Statistical Area. The county is the base of the state's only federally recognized Native American tribe, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. They have developed gaming casinos and a hotel on their reservation here, but also a much larger business extending to locations in other states and the Caribbean. Etymology The name "Escambia" may have been derived from the Creek name ''Shambia'', meaning "clearwater", or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake". History Historic American Indian tribes in the area included the Muskogean-speaking Creek, Choctaw, and Alabama, who had inhabited the lands for centuries and had many settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia County, Florida
Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest county in the U.S. state of Florida. It is in the state's northwestern corner. At the 2020 census, the population was 321,905. Its county seat and largest city is Pensacola. Escambia County is included within the Pensacola- Ferry Pass- Brent, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county population has continued to increase as the suburbs of Pensacola have developed. History The area had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples of varying cultures. Historic American Indian tribes at the time of European-American settlement were the Pensacola and Muscogee, known among the English as the Creek. Escambia County had been part of Spanish colonial settlement before the United States acquired it in 1818. The county was organized by European-Americans on July 21, 1821; it was named for the Escambia River. The name "Escambia" may have been derived from the Creek name ''Shambia'', meaning "clear water", or the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia River
The Conecuh River and Escambia River constitute a single river in Alabama and Florida in the United States. The Conecuh River rises near Union Springs in the state and flows in a general southwesterly direction into Florida near Century. The river's name changes from the Conecuh to the Escambia at the junction of Escambia Creek, downstream from the Florida-Alabama line. After this point, the Escambia River flows south to Escambia Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay. The river is dredged in the lower course. See also * List of Alabama rivers * List of Florida rivers * South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ... References External links `* Rivers of Florida Rivers of Alabama Bodies of water of Escambia County, Florida Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusconaia Escambia
''Fusconaia escambia'', the narrow pigtoe, is a freshwater bivalve mussel found in Alabama and northwestern Florida. The narrow pigtoe was first discovered in the Escambia River in Alabama and Florida. Description Narrow pigtoe has a triangular to square shape with a black to reddish-brown color. Narrow pigtoe reaches approximately in length as an adult. Its shell is moderately thick with a white- to salmon-colored interior. Narrow pigtoe also has a rainbow pattern near the base of the interior shell. Narrow pigtoe differs from other ''Fusconaia'' species in that it has a slightly different color of shell. Furthermore, narrow pigtoe has a different geographical range, distinctive from other ''Fusconaia'' species. Lastly, narrow pigtoe uses distinct fish species to mature. See more on this in the Life History and Ecology sections. Life history Little is known about the narrow pigtoe’s current life history. Narrow pigtoe typically undergoes reproduction from May to July. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler
The ''Escambia''-class oilers were a class of twelve T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the United States Navy, built during World War II. The ships were named for United States rivers with Native American names. They were very similar to the ''Suamico'' class (of which they are sometimes accounted a subclass), differing principally in having the more powerful turboelectric plant of the P2-SE2 transports which developed 10,000 shp. All of the ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the United States Army and converted to floating electricity generating stations, and served in that role in Vietnam. Ships * , 1943 * , 1943 * , ex-''Lackawapen'', 1944 * , 1944 * , 1943 * , 1943 * , 1944 * , 1944 * , 1944 * , ex-''Mission San Xavier'', converted to AW-3 * , ex-''Mission San Lorenzo'', converted to AW-4 * , ex-''Mission Santa Ana'', converted to water supply ship. * , ex-''Mission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Escambia
SS ''Escambia'' was an iron screw steamer built at Sunderland in 1879, by the Sunderland Ship Building Company. She was classed 100A1, and was 2,154 tons gross. On 19 June 1882 she capsized with the loss of twenty lives having encountered heavy seas when crossing the bar of San Francisco, California.'Terrible Disaster at Sea', ''Liverpool Journal'', 24 June 1882. The ''Escambia'' was voyaging from San Francisco to Cape Verde deeply laden with a cargo of wheat when she capsized some five miles offshore at about 7 pm. The pilot reported that the water in the ballast tanks had been pumped out in order to make the ship carry more cargo, and that the coal on deck was stowed as high as the bridge. She also had a list to port. In the rough seas she rolled enough to submerge her scuppers and shipped enough water to stop her engines. Unable to make way, the ship turned beam on to the breakers and was engulfed. The United States naval court decided that the vessel was lost through the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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