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John S. Trower
John Sheppard Trower (1849–1911) was an American businessman, restauranteur, and founder of a school. He co-founded Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School, in operation from 1905 until 1993. Trower was among the wealthiest African Americans in Pennsylvania and possibly the United States at the time of his death. Early life and career Trower was born on October 3, 1849, in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. His parents, Luke and Anna M. Trower, were free black farmers and of mixed white, Native American and African American descent. From age 16 to 21, Trower worked on the farm with his family, saving all that he could. All through his early life young Trower was hobbled with the necessity of servicing his family's debt. By the time he was 21 he had saved enough to lift this burden from his family and he felt free to go in search of a fortune. He presented his mother with the deed of the farm and bade her goodbye. At that time, the tide of immigration had alrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastville, Virginia
Eastville is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County. The Northampton County Courthouse Historic District is part of the Eastville Historic District at the county seat. Geography Eastville is located at (37.350961, −75.940056). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km2), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 203 people, 69 households, and 42 families residing in the town. The population density was 906.3 people per square mile (356.3/km2). There were 75 housing units at an average density of 334.8 per square mile (131.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 68.47% White, 29.06% African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.49% from other races, and 1.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of the population. There were 69 households, out of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Vesuvius (1888)
USS ''Vesuvius'', the third ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Vesuvius, the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns. ''Vesuvius'' was laid down in September 1887 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons Ships and Engine Building Company, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company of New York City. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 28 April 1888 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Breckinridge and ship commissioning, commissioned on 2 June 1890 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder in command. Dynamite guns ''Vesuvius'' carried three cast-iron Dynamite gun, pneumatic guns, invented by D. M. Medford and developed by Edmund Zalinski, a retired officer of the United States Army. They were mounted forward side by side at a fixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served as U.S. Postmaster General during the term of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1893. Early life and family Wanamaker was born on July 11, 1838, in a then-rural, unincorporated area that would in time come to be known as the Grays Ferry neighborhood of South Philadelphia. His parents were John Nelson Wanamaker, a brickmaker and native of Kingwood, New Jersey, and Elizabeth Deshong Kochersperger, daughter of a farmer and innkeeper at Gray's Ferry. Her ancestors came from Rittershoffen in Alsace, France, and from Canton of Bern in Switzerland. At the age of 19 he was hired by the Philadelphia YMCA, he was the first corresponding secretary in the YMCA movement. In 1860 John Wanamaker married Mary Erringer Brown (1839 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
The second USS ''Pennsylvania'' (ACR/CA-4), also referred to as Armored Cruiser No. 4, and later renamed ''Pittsburgh'', was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She was originally assigned the name ''Nebraska'' but was renamed ''Pennsylvania'' on 7 March 1901. Construction She was laid down on 7 August 1901, by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, launched on 22 August 1903. ''Pennsylvania'' was sponsored by Miss Coral Quay, daughter of Senator Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania, and commissioned on 9 March 1905, with Captain Thomas C. McLean in command. Service history Pre-World War I ''Pennsylvania'' operated on the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea until 8 September 1906, when she cleared Newport for the Asiatic Station, returning to San Francisco on 27 September 1907, for west coast duty. She visited Chile and Peru in 1910. At 10:48, on 18 January 1911, Eugene Ely, flew a Curtiss Model D from Tanforan Racetrack in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Colorado (ACR-7)
The second USS ''Colorado'' (ACR-7/CA-7), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and later renamed ''Pueblo'', was a United States Navy armored cruiser. She was the second US Navy ship named ''Colorado'', and the first to be named after the state of Colorado. The first, , was named for the Colorado River. Construction ''Colorado'' was laid down on 25 April 1901, by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and launched two years later on 25 April 1903. She was sponsored by Miss C. M. Peabody, the daughter of the Governor of Colorado, James H. Peabody; and commissioned on 19 January 1905. Service history Pre-World War I ''Colorado'' sailed on her shakedown cruise down the east coast to Target Bay, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, to train in Caribbean waters, reaching Culebra, on 24 March 1905. Following the shakedown, she joined Division Four, Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, at Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 14 May. ''Colorado'' took part in the preliminary test of , a stee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Cruiser Mecidiye
''Mecidiye'' (in older publications also spelled as ''Medjidiye'', or Médjidié) was a protected cruiser of the Ottoman Empire that saw action during the Balkan Wars and World War I.B. Langensiepen, A. Güleryüz, J. Cooper,The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828–1923" Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, 1995. p. 149. It was ordered by the Ottoman Navy in 1900 to the United States shipbuilding company William Cramp & Sons. It was laid down in Philadelphia on 7 November 1901; launched on 25 July 1903; its sea trials began in October 1903; and it was commissioned on 19 December 1903. It weighed 3,485 tons (3,967 tons full load); was long with a beam of and a draught of ; and was named after the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid. It had two 152mm L/45 quick firing guns, eight 120mm L/45 quick firing guns, six 47mm quick firing guns, six 37mm quick firing guns, and two 457mm torpedo tubes. ''Mecidiye'' was powered by two sets of VQE steam engines producing 12,500 ihp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Battleship Retvizan
''Retvizan'' (russian: Ретвизан) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was built by the American William Cramp & Sons because Russian shipyards were already at full capacity. Named after a Swedish ship of the line that was captured during the battle of Vyborg Bay in 1790 ( sv, Rättvisan, meaning both ''fairness'' and ''justice''), ''Retvizan'' was briefly assigned to the Baltic Fleet, but was transferred to the Far East in 1902. The ship was torpedoed during the Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur during the night of 8/9 February 1904 and grounded in the harbour entrance when she attempted to take refuge inside, as her draft had significantly deepened from the amount of water she had taken aboard after the torpedo hit. She was refloated and repaired in time to join the rest of the 1st Pacific Squadron when they attempted to reach Vladivostok through the Japanese blockade on 10 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Cruiser Varyag (1899)
''Varyag'' (also spelled ''Variag''; see Varangian for the meaning of the name) (russian: кре́йсер «Варя́г») was a Russian protected cruiser. ''Varyag'' became famous for her crew's stoicism at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay. Construction and design In 1897, the Russian Admiralty, as part of a programme to reinforce the Imperial Russian Navy's Far East Fleet, published specifications for a fast protected cruiser, capable of commerce raiding. The ships were required to be armed with 152 mm (6-inch) quick-firing guns, and to have a speed of . Russian shipyards were already busy, and the Imperial Admiralty placed an order with the American shipyard William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia on 11 April 1898 to build a single cruiser, ''Varyag'' against this specification. Single ships were also ordered from the German shipyards Germaniawerft () and AG Vulcan () against these specifications. ''Varyag'' was laid down in October 1898, was launched on 31 October 1899 and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Brooklyn (ACR-3)
USS ''Brooklyn'' (ACR-3/CA-3) was the third United States Navy armored cruiser, the only one to be named at commissioning for a city rather than a state. Ordered for $3,450,420.29 (hull and machinery), she was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren, daughter of Charles A. Schieren, Mayor of Brooklyn, New York; and commissioned on 1 December 1896, Captain Francis Augustus Cook in command. Design and construction ''Brooklyn'' was said to be an improved at the time of her completion. She was also designed by the Navy Department and was about 1,000 tons larger, which allowed for a raised forecastle for better seakeeping.Bauer and Roberts, p. 133 However, ''Brooklyn'' sacrificed armor for improved armament.Friedman, pp. 36-39, 466 She had eight 8-inch guns compared to ''New York''s six, and all were in twin turrets. The secondary armament was increased in caliber from ''New York''s 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Newark (C-1)
The first USS ''Newark'' (C-1) was a United States Navy protected cruiser, the eighth protected cruiser launched by the United States. In design, she succeeded the "ABC" cruisers , , and with better protection, higher speed, and a uniform 6-inch gun armament. Four additional protected cruisers (C-2 through C-5) were launched for the USN prior to ''Newark''.Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 151Bauer and Roberts, pp. 141–143 She was laid down by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia on 12 June 1888, launched on 19 March 1890, sponsored by Miss Annie Boutelle, the daughter of Representative Charles A. Boutelle of Maine, and commissioned on 2 February 1891, Captain Silas Casey III in command. Design and construction ''Newark'' was designed in 1885 by the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair and Bureau of Steam Engineering, based on specifications developed by a special advisory board convened by Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney. The new board was convened when Whitney felt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Minneapolis (C-13)
The first USS ''Minneapolis'' (C-13/CA-17) was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ''Minneapolis'' was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; launched 12 August 1893, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Washburn, daughter of Senator William D. Washburn of Minnesota; and commissioned at Philadelphia, 13 December 1894, Captain George H. Wadleigh, in command. The class was originally designed with three funnels; however, ''Columbia'' was built with four and ''Minneapolis'' with two. This may have been to make them resemble specific passenger liners. Early duties Assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, the new cruiser took part in maneuvers and cruises along the eastern seaboard and in the West Indies until she was assigned to the European Squadron 27 November 1895, arriving Gibraltar, 13 December. After cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, she visited Kronstadt, Russia, 13 May to 19 June, as flags ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Baltimore (C-3)
The fourth USS ''Baltimore'' (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser, the fifth protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, , the design was commissioned from the British company of W. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Company of Newcastle. ''Baltimore'' was an all-around improvement on ''Charleston'', somewhat larger with more guns, thicker armor, and better machinery.Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 151Bauer and Roberts, p. 143Friedman, pp. 25, 459 Design ''Baltimore'' was built to plans purchased from Armstrong, a British manufacturer, which were similar to an unsuccessful Armstrong bid for the Spanish cruiser ''Reina Regente''. Unlike the preceding ''Charleston'', these plans included a modern triple expansion engine designed by Humphrys, Tennant & Co. ''Baltimore''s initial cost for hull and machinery was $1,546,172.13. ''Baltimore'' was armed with four /35 caliber Mark 4 guns in sponsons on either side of the bow and stern, and six /30 ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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