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Meiggs (other)
Meiggs may refer to: * Henry Meiggs (1811-1877), American promoter/entrepreneur and railroad builder *Russell Meiggs (1902-1989), British ancient historian *Meiggs Wharf Meiggs' Wharf (also known as Meigs Wharf and Meiggs' Pier) was an L-shaped wooden pier extending between from the northern San Francisco shoreline, an exceptional distance for its time. It was built to attract the lumber shipping trade by transp ..., former wooden pier in San Francisco, California, United States See also * Meigs (other) * Meggs (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Meiggs
Henry Meiggs (July 7, 1811 – September 30, 1877), was a promotor/entrepreneur and railroad builder born in Boston, Massachusetts Business career Lumber Meiggs came to New York City in 1835 and began a lumber business that was ruined by the Panic of 1837. He restarted his business in Brooklyn, but again met with failure. Finding success in sending lumber to the Pacific Coast, he relocated to San Francisco during the peak of the California Gold Rush on the cargo ship, ''Albany,'' laden with lumber, which he sold there for 20 times its cost. He established his first sawmill in Mendocino County, California, which became the Mendocino Lumber Company. Real estate When Meiggs arrived in San Francisco in 1849, he, like many others, got into real estate speculation. In Meiggs' case, he promoted the possibility of piers along the north shore area, on the grounds that it was closer to the Golden Gate than the usual harbor, located just south of Broadway Street on the shore of wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Meiggs
Russell Meiggs (20 October 1902 – 24 June 1989) was a British ancient historian. He did extensive research on the Roman port city of Ostia. Early life and education Meiggs was born at Balham, south London, son of William Herrick Meiggs (1866-1939), sometime self-styled "general merchant" declared bankrupt in 1916, and his wife Mary Gertrude (née May). William Meiggs was the son of railroad builder John Gilbert Meiggs (1827-1904), of Chelsea, formerly of New York, USA, younger brother of railroad builder Henry Meiggs; William's sister, Helen, married Sir James Rhoderic Duff McGrigor, 3rd Baronet. The former success of the Meiggs family was diminished by the time Russell Meiggs was born; his grandfather "died almost destitute" after political developments in Argentina ruined a business venture, and William Meiggs, being the fourth son, had to make his own way in the world. He had eloped with Mary to Argentina in 1897, their first child, Helen, being born at Buenos Aires in 1898 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiggs Wharf
Meiggs' Wharf (also known as Meigs Wharf and Meiggs' Pier) was an L-shaped wooden pier extending between from the northern San Francisco shoreline, an exceptional distance for its time. It was built to attract the lumber shipping trade by transplanted San Franciscan Henry Meiggs Henry Meiggs (July 7, 1811 – September 30, 1877), was a promotor/entrepreneur and railroad builder born in Boston, Massachusetts Business career Lumber Meiggs came to New York City in 1835 and began a lumber business that was ruined by the ... as part of his real estate development plans for what would become the North Beach area of San Francisco. Though it bankrupted him in the process, it would become a major part of North Beach and San Francisco society life. The Pier The pier was exceptionally long for its day, regarded by many as built in the wrong place: currents and tides ran strong at the northern tip of San Francisco off North Beach, and ships at dock were not protected by a breakwater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meigs (other)
Meigs may refer to: Places * Meigs, Georgia * Meigs, Ohio * Meigs Field, former Chicago, Illinois, airport named in honor of Merrill C. Meigs * Meigs County, Ohio * Meigs County, Tennessee * Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio * Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio * Meig's Key, in the Florida Keys * Fort Meigs, a fortification in Ohio during the War of 1812 * Mount Meigs, Alabama Ships * USAT ''Meigs'', a U.S. Army transport ship sunk early in World War II * , a U.S. Navy transport ship in World War II Other uses *Meigs (surname) * Meigs-Bishop House, an historic building in Madison, Connecticut * Meigs Elevated Railway, an experimental monorail once built in East Cambridge, Massachusetts * Meigs High School, Pomeroy, Ohio * Meigs Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee * Meigs Mountain Trail, hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park * Meigs's syndrome, a disorder of the female reproductive system * Mrs. Meigs, a character in a series of novels by Elizabeth F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
