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Ferguson Falls, Ontario
Ferguson may refer to: Places Canada * Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario) * Ferguson, British Columbia *Mount Ferguson (Ontario), a mountain in Temagami, Ontario United States *Ferguson, a meteorite fall in North Carolina *Ferguson, Arkansas *Ferguson, Iowa * Ferguson, Kentucky * Ferguson, Missouri *Ferguson, a ghost town in South Carolina *Ferguson, West Virginia People * Ferguson (name) Brands and enterprises * Ferguson Company, also known as the Ferguson-Brown Company, a tractor manufacturer ** Ferguson TE20, a tractor * Ferguson Electronics, previously known as Ferguson Radio Corporation * Ferguson Enterprises, a plumbing and builder products wholesaler, subsidiary of Ferguson plc * Ferguson plc, a multinational plumbing and heating products distributor *Ferguson Publishing, an imprint of Infobase Publishing * Ferguson Research, a racecar constructor * Ferguson rifle * Ferguson Marine Other uses * Jack Ferguson Award, Ontario Hockey League ice hockey award * Fergie F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
Ferguson Avenue is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street throughout that starts off at the base of the Mountain (Niagara Escarpment) on ''Foster Street''. It's interrupted 3 blocks north at ''Corktown Park'' where Canadian Pacific Railway lines passes through it. Ferguson Avenue resumes again north of the Park right before ''Hunter Street East'', extending northward past ''Barton Street East'' through the city's ''North End'' industrial neighbourhood where it ends on ''Dock Service Road'', the site of a ''Royal Canadian Navy base'' and ''Pier 10''. History Ferguson Street was named after ''Peter Ferguson'' an early settler. ''Mary Street'' was named after his wife, Mary Ferguson. Ferguson Station is a defunct train station in downtown Hamilton. It used to be the Hamilton terminal for the Grand Trunk Railway Company. There was also a railyard north and south of this station. The North yard was on ''Ferguson Avenue'' between Cannon Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Enterprises
Ferguson, LLC, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, United States, is the largest U.S distributor of plumbing supplies, PVF, waterworks and fire and fabrication products. It is also a major distributor of HVAC equipment and industrial products and services. It ended the 2019 fiscal year with sales of $18.4 billion. This is an increase of 12.2 percent from the previous fiscal year. History Ferguson was founded in 1953. The company started with two locations: Lenz Supply and Smither Supply. Expansion continued throughout the Southeast and Ferguson established its headquarters in Newport News, Va. By 1982 Ferguson began to double in size every five years and had locations in 11 states. Wolseley plc then acquired Ferguson. In 1989, Ferguson integrated with West Coast wholesale suppliers Familian and Familian Northwest. In the late 2000s, Ferguson’s growth began to slow as the recession hit traditional construction markets. In response to the market change, Ferguson shifted the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergie (other)
Fergie or Fergy or Fergee is a short form of the names Fergus, Ferguson, and Fergusson. It may refer to: People * Fergie (DJ) (Robert Ferguson, born 1979), Irish DJ and former radio presenter * Fergie (singer) (born Stacy Ann Ferguson, 1975), American singer-songwriter and actress * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish former football manager * Barry Ferguson (born 1978), Scottish football player * Clive Fergie (1895–1960), the Australian rules footballer * Darren Ferguson, Scottish football manager and former player, son of Alex Ferguson * Dennis Frederiksen (1951–2014), American singer * Fergie Aitken (1896–1989), Scottish footballer * Fergie McCormick (1939–2018), New Zealand former rugby union footballer * Fergie MacDonald (born c. 1940s), Scottish ceilidh dance band leader * Fergie Olver, Canadian game show host and sportscaster * Fergie Reid (1849–1924), Australian trade unionist and politician * Fergie Semple (1922–2003), British Army brigadier and Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plessy V
''Plessy v. Ferguson'', 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". The decision legitimized the many state laws re-establishing racial segregation that had been passed in the American South after the end of the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). The underlying case began in 1892 when Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, deliberately boarded a "whites-only" train car in New Orleans. By boarding the whites-only car, Plessy violated Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890, which required "equal, but separate" railroad accommodations for white and non-white passengers. Plessy was charged under the Act, and at his trial his lawyers argued that judge John Howard Ferguson should dismiss the charges on the grounds that the Act was unconstitutional. Ferguson den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Ferguson
''Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence'', simply known as ''Our Lady of Ferguson'', is an icon of the Madonna and Child. The icon, which depicts the Virgin Mary as a Black Madonna, was created in 2015 by Mark Doox (formerly Mark Dukes), an iconographer, and was commissioned by the Rev. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, an Episcopal priest at Trinity Church in Manhattan. The icon, created after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has been referenced as a symbol against gun violence, particularly towards members of the African-American community in the United States. History The icon of Our Lady of Ferguson was created in 2015 by Mark Dukes, an iconographer who has written icons for the Episcopal Church and the African Orthodox Church and was commissioned by Rev. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, an Episcopal priest at Trinity Church in New York City. The icon was painted in the Byzantine style using acrylic paint and collage techniques. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Unrest
The Ferguson unrest (sometimes called the Ferguson uprising, Ferguson protests, or the Ferguson riots) were a series of protests and riots which began in Ferguson, Missouri on August 10, 2014, the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. The unrest sparked a vigorous debate in the United States about the relationship between law enforcement officers and African Americans, the militarization of police, and the use-of-force law in Missouri and nationwide. Continuing activism expanded the issues by including modern-day debtors prisons, for-profit policing, and school segregation. As the details of the shooting emerged, police established curfews and deployed riot squads in an attempt to maintain order. Along with peaceful protests, there was a significant amount of looting and violent unrest in the vicinity of the site of the shooting, as well as across the city. There was also a significant amount of media criticism of the militarization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Center For The Arts
The Ferguson Center for the Arts is a theater and concert hall on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, United States. The complex fully opened in September 2005 with two concert halls and many other facilities. Performing arts venues The Ferguson Center for the Arts contains three distinct, separate concert halls: the Diamonstein Concert Hall, the Peebles Theater, and the Studio Theater. Diamonstein Concert Hall Diamonstein Concert Hall is the flagship auditorium in the complex. The hall is acoustically engineered so that anyone on stage can be heard from any seat without a microphone. The hall has 1,725 seats. Peebles Theater A 453-seat theater in the Ferguson Center for the Arts complex. The Studio Theater A 200-seat theater in the Ferguson Center for the Arts complex. Other facilities The building also contains rehearsal halls, a dance studio, full scenery, prop and costume shops, arts studios, Ferguson Hall Art Gallery, the Falk Gallery, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergie Ferguson Award
The Forest K. Ferguson Award, commonly known as the "Fergie Ferguson Award," is presented annually to a senior member of the Florida Gators football team in memory of one of the University of Florida's greatest athletes. Namesake The award takes its name from Forest K. Ferguson, known as "Fergie" to his teammates, who was one of the University of Florida's greatest all-around athletes. 2014 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 71 & 94 (2014). Retrieved September 26, 2014. Ferguson received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) and honorable mention All-American honors as a football player in 1941. He was also the State of Florida collegiate boxing champion, and won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championship in the javelin throw in 1942. As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Ferguson led an infantry platoon during the D-Day landings in Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944. His platoon was pinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ferguson Award
The Jack Ferguson Award is awarded each year to the top draft pick in the Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft. The trophy is named in honour of Jack Ferguson, a former director of OHL Central Scouting. Winners List of OHL first overall draft picks. Note: # indicates player would later be an NHL first overall draft pick See also * List of Canadian Hockey League awards The Canadian Hockey League awards sixteen annual trophies for accomplishments during the regular and at the Memorial Cup to top individuals and teams among its three member leagues. The Memorial Cup is the top award for the championship team at the ... References External links Ontario Hockey LeagueOHL Network - Official Page of the OHL Priority Selection: Jack Ferguson Award {{OHL trophies Ontario Hockey League trophies and awards Awards established in 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Marine
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited is a shipbuilding company whose yard, located in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, was established in 1903. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river. For some years the company's mainstay has been Roll-on/roll-off ferries, primarily for Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), including a series of innovative hybrid diesel-electric/battery-powered vessels. Beset with difficulties since 2018 over their latest two CalMac ferries, Fergusons' largest ever vessel, the shipyard was nationalised in December 2019. It is now classified as an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. History The Ferguson shipyard was founded as a partnership by four Ferguson Brothers (Peter, Daniel, Louis and Robert) who left the Fleming & Ferguson shipyard in Paisley to lease the Newark yard in Port Glasgow in March 1903. Ferguson Brothers acquired the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Rifle
The Ferguson rifle was one of the first breech-loading rifles to be put into service by the British military. It fired a standard British carbine ball of .615" calibre and was used by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777, and possibly at the Siege of Charleston in 1780. Its superior firepower was unappreciated at the time because it was too expensive and took longer to produce – the four gunsmiths making Ferguson's Ordnance Rifle could not make 100 in 6 months at four times the cost per arm of a musket. Details The breech of the weapon is closed by 11 starting threads on a tapered screw, and the trigger guard serves as the crank to rotate it. One complete turn dropped the screw low enough to drop a round ball into the exposed breech followed by a slight overcharge of powder, which was then sheared to the proper charge by the screw as it closed the breech. Since the weapon was loaded from the breech, rather than from the muzzle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Research
Harry Ferguson Research Limited was a British company founded by Harry Ferguson who was mostly known as "the father of the modern farm tractor". He was also a pioneer aviator, becoming one of the first to build and fly his own aeroplane in Ireland, and also went on to develop four-wheel drive systems for cars including pioneering their use in Formula One racing cars. The company was based in Siskin Drive, in Coventry, England. History In the 1930s, racing driver Freddie Dixon began to develop the idea of producing a super-safe family car, with four-wheel drive and four -wheel steering. When Dixon was racing in the Ulster TT, he met Harry Ferguson, who garaged his car for him. Ferguson had developed the Ferguson System of tractor implements for reasons of safety and Dixon's ideas interested him. Army officer and racing driver Tony Rolt, who had engaged Dixon to maintain his ERA racing car became interested in Dixon's ideas and between them formed Dixon-Rolt Development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
