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Knox
Knox may refer to: Places United States * Fort Knox, a United States Army post in Kentucky ** United States Bullion Depository, a high security storage facility commonly called Fort Knox * Fort Knox (Maine), a fort located on the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine * Knox Memorial Bridge, a bridge that crosses the Intracoastal Waterway north of Ormond Beach, Florida * Knox, Indiana * Knox, Henry County, Indiana * Knox, Maine * Knox, New York * Knox, North Dakota * Knox, Knox County, Ohio * Knox, Vinton County, Ohio * Knox, Pennsylvania * Knox, Wisconsin, a town ** Knox Mills, Wisconsin, a ghost town * Knox City, Missouri * Knox City, Texas * Knox County (other) * Knox Township (other) Other places * City of Knox, Victoria, Australia * Knox Atoll, Marshall Islands * Knox Coast, the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern and the Hatch Islands * Westfield Knox, a shopping centre in Wantirna South, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ships * U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Bullion Depository
The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky. It is operated by the United States Department of the Treasury. The vault is used to store a large portion of the United States' gold reserves as well as other precious items belonging to or in custody of the federal government. It currently holds roughly of gold bullion, over half of the Treasury's stored gold. The United States Mint Police protects the depository. The Treasury built the depository in 1936 on land transferred to it from the military. Its purpose was to house gold then stored in New York City and Philadelphia, in keeping with a strategy to move gold reserves away from coastal cities to areas less vulnerable to foreign military attack. The first set of gold shipments to the depository occurred during the first half of 1937. A second set was completed in 1941. These shipments, overseen by the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Knox (Maine)
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood, earth, and stone. It is named after Major General Henry Knox, the first U.S. Secretary of War and Commander of Artillery during the American Revolutionary War, who at the end of his life lived not far away in Thomaston. As a virtually intact example of a mid-19th century granite coastal fortification, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970. Fort Knox also serves as the entry site for the observation tower of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge that opened to the public in 2007. History Background Local memory of the humiliation of Maine at the hands of the British during the American Revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox City, Missouri
Knox City is a city in eastern Knox County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 191. History Knox City was platted in 1872 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Knox City has been in operation since 1873. Geography Knox City is located at in eastern Knox County at the intersection of Missouri Route 6 with routes E and V. Edina is approximately 8.5 miles to the west and La Belle is five miles to the east-southeast in adjacent Lewis County.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 24, According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 216 people, 109 households, and 61 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 126 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.1% White and 1.9% from two or more races. There were 109 households, of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox College (Illinois)
, mottoeng = Truth , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $170.2 million (2019) , president = C. Andrew McGadney , city = Galesburg, Illinois , country = U.S. , enrollment = 1,200 , faculty = 120 , campus = Small city , athletics_affiliations = NCAA Division IIIMidwest Conference , mascot = Prairie Fire (nickname), Blaze (mascot) , colors = Purple and gold , website = , footnotes = Knox College is a private liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. It was founded in 1837 and offers more than 60 courses of study. History Knox College was founded as Knox Manual Labor College by Presbyterians and Congregationalists from New York state organized by George Washington Gale, who previously had founded the Oneida Institute. Gale in 1836 released a "Circular and Plan" for the founding of manual labor colleges which described a subscriber- and land purchase-based method of funding. His plan resulted in the founding of at least on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox-class Frigate
The 46 ''Knox''-class frigates were the largest, last, and most numerous of the US Navy's second-generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) escorts. Originally laid down as ocean escorts (formerly called destroyer escorts), they were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975, in the 1975 ship reclassification plan and their hull designation changed from 'DE' to 'FF'. The ''Knox'' class was the Navy's last destroyer-type design with a steam turbine powerplant. Due to their unequal comparison to destroyers then in service (larger size with lower speed and only a single screw and 5-inch gun), they became known to a generation of destroyermen as "McNamara's Folly." These ships were retired from the US Navy at the end of the Cold War due to their relatively high running costs, a declining defense budget, and the need for ships with a more advanced anti-submarine capability. None of the ships served more than 23 years in the US Navy, and by 1994, all of the class had been retired, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox Atoll
Knox Atoll ( Marshallese: , ) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 18 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is the southernmost atoll of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The total land area is only , but it encloses a largely sand-filled lagoon with an area of . The atoll measures in length and is wide. The largest islets, located on the western and northern sides, include Aelingeo, Nadikdik and Nariktal. The atoll is separated by the Klee Passage from the southern point of Mili Atoll to which it was once connected. History Knox Atoll was claimed by the Empire of Germany along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1884. After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. Typhoon On 30 June 1905 the atoll of Nadikdik was completely washed over by a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox Coast
Knox Coast, part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern, at 100°31′E, and the Hatch Islands, at 109°16′E. History The coast was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and named by Wilkes for Lieutenant Samuel R. Knox, U.S. Navy, captain of the ''Flying Fish'', who served as acting master on the ''Vincennes'' during the Antarctic cruise. Features Geographic features include: * Cape Peremennyy Cape Peremennyy () is an ice point on the coast of Antarctica 45 miles west-northwest of Merritt Island. It is on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. It was first mapped in 1955 by G.D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump ( ... References Coasts of Antarctica Landforms of Wilkes Land {{WilkesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfield Knox
Westfield Knox (formerly known as Knox City Shopping Centre) is a shopping centre, outdoor entertainment and professional services complex in the outer eastern Melbourne suburb of Wantirna South, in the Australian state of Victoria. The centre opened on 9 November 1977 with 88 stores and 2300 parking spaces. There are over 350 stores and over 6300 free car parking spaces, making the centre the third-largest in Australia, and Scentre Group's second-largest centre in Victoria in terms of gross leasable area, behind Westfield Fountain Gate. There is also a seven-floor office tower at the southern side of the centre, as well as low-rise offices dotting the O-Zone precinct, an indoor food court, and an outdoor restaurant strip mall. In October 2012, the Westfield Group acquired AMP's share of the centre and was subsequently rebranded as Westfield Knox. History Planning for the development of the shopping centre commenced in 1972 when McIntyre, McIntyre and Partners Pty. Ltd. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Knox (FF-1052)
USS ''Knox'' (DE/FF-1052) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. ''Knox'' was named for Commodore Dudley Wright Knox, and was the second US Navy ship named ''Knox''. In 1975, she was redesignated a frigate. She served from 1969 to 1992, and was sunk as a target in 2007. Design and description The ''Knox''-class design was derived from the modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of and a draft of . They displaced at full load. Their crew consisted of 16 officers and 211 enlisted men. The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce , using steam provided by two C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of . The ''Knox'' class had a range of at a speed of . The ''Knox''-class ships were armed with a single /54 caliber Mark 42 gun. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence, including the Army Human Resources Command. It is named in honor of Henry Knox, Chief of Artillery in the American Revolutionary War and the first United States Secretary of War. For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and the U.S. Army Armor School, and was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the American tanks of the day; the last was the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The history of the U.S. Army's Cavalry and Armored forces, and of General George S. Patton's career, is shown at the General George Patton Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Frank Knox (DD-742)
USS ''Frank Knox'' (DD-742) was a ''Gearing''-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1971. She was then transferred to the Greek Navy and renamed ''Themistoklis'' (D-210). The ship was decommissioned in 1992 and finally sunk as a target in 2001. History 1944-1971 ''Frank Knox'' was built at Bath, Maine and was named after Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Commissioned in December 1944, she arrived in the western Pacific war zone in mid-June 1945, in time to participate in the final carrier air raids on the Japanese home islands as part of Task Force 38. During the Battle of Okinawa she acted as a radar picket destroyer giving early warnings of incoming air raids. She was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered on 2 September 1945 and remained in the Far East until early February 1946. The ship made additional deployments to the region during the later 1940s and was reclassified as a radar picket destroyer DDR-742, in March 1949. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Knox
The City of Knox is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147. This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread municipal amalgamations that occurred in Victoria in the early 1990s. History The City of Knox was named after Sir George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), a former soldier and speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The City of Knox Crest incorporates his family's motto 'Move and Prosper'. The area which is now Knox was once part of the Scoresby Riding of the Shire of Berwick. On 23 May 1889, the riding was severed to create the Shire of Fern Tree Gully, which extended as far east as Olinda and Monbulk in the Dandenong Ranges. Post-World War II development in the area closer to Melbourne led to rapid urbanisation and population growth—over 21,000 residents lived in the Knox area by the 1961 Census. A plebiscite to determine local resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
