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Jacona De Plancarte
Jacona may refer to: * Jacona, Michoacán Jacona de Plancarte (Jacona) is a city and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Jacona in the state of Michoacán. Located in the northwest of the state, on the northern slope of the Sierra de Patamban, part of the Volcanic Belt, at 1,600 me ... * SS Jacona (1889), British cargo ship sunk by mine 12 August 1915 * SS Jacona (1918), Design 1014 ship converted 1930 into the first floating electric power plant {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacona, Michoacán
Jacona de Plancarte (Jacona) is a city and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Jacona in the state of Michoacán. Located in the northwest of the state, on the northern slope of the Sierra de Patamban, part of the Volcanic Belt, at 1,600 meters altitude. It was founded by Fray Sebastián de Trasierra in 1555, although they are located buildings and paintings of more than 3000 years old. Jacona was the symbolism of life and death, the symbol of humanity, and was one of the first pre-Hispanic peoples entrusted to the Spanish. Place Names Jacona is word with origin in the tecuexes (one of the peoples of the Great Chichimeca, whose home language is Uto-Aztecan). Just as the Spanish transformed the writing of words such as Mexico to Mejico, Xalisco to Jalisco or Xallapan to Jalapa, the word was originally written Xacona. It derives from the original word Xucunan, which tecuexes meant "place of flowers and vegetables." Xacona was established in a region chichimeca (tecuexes), borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Jacona (1889)
Two steamships were named ''Jacona'': *, launched in 1889 as ''Saint Marnock'' she was renamed ''Jacona'' in 1899 and sunk on 12 August 1915 *, launched in 1918 as a Design 1014 ship she was converted into a powership in 1930 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacona Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Jacona (1918)
SS ''Jacona'' was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1014 cargo ship launched in 1919 for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). In the glut of shipping after World War I, the ship was laid up until selected to be converted into the first specifically designed powership. In 1930, the ship was gutted of all existing propulsion and deck machinery and converted to a non-self-propelled barge electric generator plant with new boilers and generating sets with 20,000 kilowatt capacity to supplement generation at permanent shore generating plants. The plant was used for civilian power service in Maine and New Hampshire until March 1945 and then delivered to the War Shipping Administration. The plant was then towed to Hawaii and used by the United States Army and Navy after World War II, supplying electric power at Hawaii, South Korea and Okinawa. In 1971, the plant was sold to buyers in the Philippines. Description As built ''Jacona'' was a United States Shipping Board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
