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Louisville And Frankfort Railroad
The Louisville and Frankfort Railroad (L&F) was a 19th-century railroad in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Following the 1840 failure of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad, which had only ever managed to connect Louisville with nearby Portland, area businessmen met for years before organizing a new railroad in March 1847. The Louisville and Frankfort was chartered to connect the Ohio port to the state capital, as well as Lexington with any points east. The stretch between the capital and Lexington itself was left for the Lexington and Frankfort, chartered the next year. After purchasing the L&O's rights-of-way west from Frankfort from the Commonwealth, the Louisville and Frankfort issued stock and raised $800,000 from the City of Louisville. Surveys directed by Col. Stephen H. Long of the U.S. Topographical Engineers selected a new route, employing some but not all of the stretches previously graded by the Lexington and Ohio. The rails for the road were purchased in London, England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ky Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Common freight carriers * BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC) * CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Carrollton Railroad (CARR) **Operates the Glasgow Railway * Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR) * Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT) * KWT Railway (KWT) * Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC) * Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP) * Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI) *Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) * R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (RJCR) * R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines (RJCC) * R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line (RJCM) * Tennken Railroad (TKEN) *Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS) * West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN) Private freight carriers * Cando Contracting * Centrus Energy * JRL Coal * Respondek Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Gardens, Kentucky
Cherokee Gardens is a residential area six miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. The area is a collection of small, unconnected subdivisions along Lexington Road and large estates built just outside Cherokee Park. Many of Louisville's early 20th Century elite lived in the area, drawn there by the large, undeveloped parcels of land near downtown. Most houses in the area were built from the 1920s to the 1950s, several being designed by noted Louisville residential architect Stratton Hammon. Cherokee Gardens is bounded by Lexington Road, Cannons Lane, and I-64. As of 2000, the population of Cherokee Gardens was 927. History The area was deeded to James Southall and Richard Charlton for their part in the French and Indian War. The land remained untouched well into the 1850s because it lay off Frankfort Avenue and Bardstown Road, the two major through routes of the area. In 1851 an alternative route of Frankfort Ave was built for travellers who wanted to avoid the railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William F
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German '' Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Guthrie (Kentucky Politician)
James Guthrie (December 5, 1792 – March 13, 1869) was an American lawyer, plantation owner, railroad president and Democratic Party politician in Kentucky. He served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce, and then became president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. After serving, part-time, in both houses of the Kentucky legislature as well as Louisville's City Council before the American Civil War (and failing to win his party's nomination in the Presidential election of 1860), Guthrie became one of Kentucky's United States Senators in 1865 (until resigning for health reasons in 1868 shortly before his death). Guthrie strongly opposed proposals for Kentucky to secede from the United States and attended the Peace Conference of 1861. Although he sided with the Union during the Civil War, he declined President Abraham Lincoln's offer to become the Secretary of War. As one of Kentucky's Senators after the war, Guthrie supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle, Kentucky
New Castle is a home rule-class city in Henry County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. As of the 2010 census the population was 912. History New Castle was incorporated in 1817. Geography New Castle is located southwest of the center of Henry County at (38.433645, -85.169345). U.S. Route 421 follows Main Street and leads north to Campbellsburg and southeast to Frankfort. Louisville is to the southwest via Kentucky Route 146 and Interstate 71. According to the United States Census Bureau, New Castle has a total area of , of which , or 1.04%, is water. Demographics At the census of 2000, there were 919 people, 382 households, and 239 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 409 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 92.60% White, 5.77% Black or African American, 0.98% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smith (Kentucky)
Thomas Smith may refer to: Politics *Thomas Smith (MP for Midhurst), MP for Midhurst * Thomas Smith (MP for Great Bedwyn) (1382–1399), English politician * Thomas Smith (MP for New Romney) (1419–1432), MP for New Romney * Thomas Smith (MP for Dover), 1470–1471 * Thomas Smith (MP for Bristol), 1512, MP for Bristol * Thomas Smith (MP for Chippenham), 1554 *Sir Thomas Smith (diplomat) (1513–1577), English scholar and diplomat * Thomas Smith (MP for multiple constituencies) (1522–1591), Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Aylesbury, Rye, Winchelsea and Portsmouth * Thomas Smith (MP for Wigan), MP for Wigan, 1558 * Thomas Smith (English judge) (c. 1556–1609), member of Parliament for Cricklade, and for Tamworth *Thomas Smith (MP for Sudbury), MP for Sudbury, 1626 * Thomas Smith (governor of South Carolina) (1648–1694), governor of South Carolina, planter, merchant and surgeon * Thomas Smith (died 1728) (c. 1686–1728), British Whig politician, MP for four constituencies 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation (the parent of CSX Transportation) was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies which controlled a number of railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company itself, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation were gradually merged, with this process completed in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired approximately half of Conrail, in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville And Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of American business. Operating under one name continuously for 132 years, it survived civil war and economic depression and several waves of social and technological change. Under Milton H. Smith, president of the company for 30 years, the L&N grew from a road with less than of track to a system serving fourteen states. As one of the premier Southern railroads, the L&N extended its reach far beyond its namesake cities, stretching to St. Louis, Memphis, Atlanta, and New Orleans. The railroad was economically strong throughout its lifetime, operating freight and passenger trains in a manner that earned it the nickname, "The Old Reliable." Growth of the railroad continued until its purchase and the tumultuous ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Cincinnati And Lexington Railroad
The Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia .... It operated from 1869, when it was created from the merger of the Louisville and Frankfort and Lexington and Frankfort railroads, until 1877, when it failed and was reincorporated as the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Rail''way''. It later made up part of the L&N network and its former rights-of-way currently form parts of the class-I CSX Transportation system. See also * List of Kentucky railroads Defunct Kentucky railroads Defunct companies based in Louisville, Kentucky Transportation in Louisville, Kentucky Railway companies established in 1869 Railway companies disestablished in 1877 1869 establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a rivertown crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington And Lexington Railroad
Covington may refer to: People * Covington (surname) Places United Kingdom * Covington, Cambridgeshire * Covington, South Lanarkshire United States * Covington, Georgia * Covington, Indiana * Covington, Kentucky, the largest American city named Covington * Covington, Louisiana * Covington, Michigan * Covington, Missouri * Covington, Nebraska * Covington, New York * Covington, Ohio * Covington, Oklahoma * Covington, Tennessee * Covington, Texas * Covington, Virginia * Covington, Washington * Fort Covington, New York * Port Covington, a former cargo terminal in Baltimore, Maryland Navy vessels * USS ''Covington'' (1863), a side-wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War * USS ''Covington'' (ID-1409), a troop transport ship sunk by German ''U86'' in 1918, World War I * USS ''Covington'' (PF-56), a ''Tacoma'' class frigate built during World War II Other * 5424 Covington (1983 TN1), a Main-belt Asteroid * Camp Covington, Guam * Covington Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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