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Stevens Yard
Stevens may refer to: People * Stevens (surname), including a list of people with the surname Given name * Stevens Baker (1791–1868), farmer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada * Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843), territorial governor of the Michigan Territory, first governor of the state of Michigan * Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia) (1760–1803), a colonel in the American Continental Army and senator from Virginia, grandfather of the above Places * Stevens, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Stevens, South Dakota, a ghost town * Stevens County, Kansas * Stevens County, Minnesota * Stevens County, Washington * Stevens Park (other), multiple locations * Stevens Point, Wisconsin * Stevens Township (other), multiple locations * Stevens Village, Alaska, a census-designated place * Lake Stevens, Washington, a lake and the surrounding city * Stevens Creek, various creeks * Stevens Pass, a pass through the Cascade Mountains in Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens (surname)
Stevens as an English-language surname was brought to England after the Norman Conquest and means 'son of Steven'. This surname may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature *Barry Stevens (therapist) (1902–1985), writer, Gestalt therapist * Benjamin Franklin Stevens (1833–1902), U.S. bibliographer *Emily Pitts Stevens (1841–1906), American educator, activist, suffragist, newspaper editor and publisher * Helen Norton Stevens (1869 - 1943), U.S. magazine editor *Henry Stevens (bibliographer) (1819–1886), U.S. bibliographer *K. J. Stevens (born 1973), U.S. writer * Robin Stevens (born 1988), English writer *Shane Stevens (author) (born 1941), U.S. crime writer *Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet Visual arts * Alfred Stevens (sculptor) (1817–1875), British sculptor *Alfred Stevens (painter) (1823–1906), Belgian painter * Elsie Stevens (born 1907), British artist * Henry Isaac Stevens (1806–1873), English architect *John Calvin Stevens (1855–1940), American ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens Rock
Stevens Rock () is a small, lone bare rock east of Strahan Glacier and off the coast of Antarctica. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Commander C.W. Stevens, Hydrographic Dept., Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of .... Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land Coasts of Antarctica {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pascoe Group
The James Pascoe Ltd Group of Companies is a privately owned New Zealand retail group with holdings across New Zealand and Australia. JPG owns and operates chains Pascoes the Jewellers, Stewart Dawsons and Goldmark (all jewellers); department store Farmers (with Goldmark jewellery kiosks in some stores); homeware retailer Stevens; and bookshop Whitcoulls in New Zealand. The group's three Australian businesses are jewellers Prouds the Jewellers, Angus & Coote and Goldmark, with over 460 stores across Australia as of 2012. Goldmark is the only brand operating in both countries. History The company traces its origins to a small jewellery shop founded by James Pascoe in Auckland in 1906. The business has been under the direction of his granddaughter, Anne Norman and her husband David since the 1980s. Under their control, the original family jeweller has turned into a 'retail empire' encompassing eight New Zealand and Australian retailers. The Group specialises in turning around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens Vehicles
Stevens Vehicles Ltd is a British electric car and van manufacturer based in Port Talbot. Background The company is a manufacturer of zero emission electric cars and vans designed by the father and son team of Tony Stevens and Peter Stevens.The Daily Telegraph, Motoring section, 1 March 2008 The vehicles were conceived, designed and developed in Kent, England and are manufactured at Port Talbot, Wales. The brand, comprising two vehicle types, was launched on 1 March 2008, comprising the ZeCar and ZeVan. The designer is Professor Tony Stevens, who has spent over 50 years in the motor industry and who has long experience in the engineering, design and marketing of vehicles. Tony Stevens designed the Hillman Hunter and Sunbeam Rapier. Peter Stevens is an international banker, involved in the financial and sales side of the business. The design of the vehicles has been described as being "deliciously weird....a bit dippy, yet great fun and strangely stylish." The strong visual stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens Motorcycles
A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd was a British automobile and motorcycle manufacturer in operation from 1909 to 1931. The company was founded by Joe Stevens in Wolverhampton, England. After the firm was sold, the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles till 1969, and since the name's resale in 1974, on lightweight, two-stroke scramblers and today on small-capacity roadsters and cruisers. The company held 117 motorcycle world records. History Motorcycles Joe Stevens, father of Harry, George, Albert John (‘Jack’), and Joe Stevens Junior, was an engineer who owned the Stevens Screw Company Ltd, in Wednesfield, near Wolverhampton. Stevens had a reputation for quality engineering before the company built its first motorcycle in 1897, using a Mitchell single-cylinder four-stroke imported from the USA. Before long, Stevens began making engines, starting off with a better-built version of the Mitchell but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens Arms
Stevens may refer to: People * Stevens (surname), including a list of people with the surname Given name * Stevens Baker (1791–1868), farmer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada * Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843), territorial governor of the Michigan Territory, first governor of the state of Michigan * Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia) (1760–1803), a colonel in the American Continental Army and senator from Virginia, grandfather of the above Places * Stevens, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Stevens, South Dakota, a ghost town * Stevens County, Kansas * Stevens County, Minnesota * Stevens County, Washington * Stevens Park (other), multiple locations * Stevens Point, Wisconsin * Stevens Township (other), multiple locations * Stevens Village, Alaska, a census-designated place * Lake Stevens, Washington, a lake and the surrounding city * Stevens Creek, various creeks * Stevens Pass, a pass through the Cascade Mountains in Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens Institute Of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering. The 55-acre campus encompasses Castle Point, the highest point in Hoboken, a campus green and 43 academic, student and administrative buildings. Established through an 1868 bequest from Edwin Augustus Stevens, enrollment at Stevens includes more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing 47 states and 60 countries throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. Stevens comprises three schools and one college that deliver technology-based STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees and degrees in business, arts, humanities and social sciences: The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr., School of Engineering and Science, School of Business, School of Systems and Enterprises, and College of Arts and Letters. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens High School (other)
Stevens High School may refer to: ;in the United States (by state): * Stevens High School (New Hampshire), in Claremont, New Hampshire * Stevens High School (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania * Stevens High School (South Dakota), in Rapid City, South Dakota * John Paul Stevens High School John Paul Stevens High School is one of nineteen public high schools in the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The campus is located near SeaWorld San Antonio. As with all Northside ISD schools, the school is named ..., San Antonio, Texas See also * Stevens School (other) {{schooldis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens School (other)
Stevens School may refer to: ;in the United States (by state): * Stevens High School (New Hampshire), in Claremont, New Hampshire * Stevens High School (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP * Thaddeus Stevens School of Observation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP * Stevens Elementary School (Pittsburgh), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Stevens School (York, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania * Stevens High School (South Dakota), in Rapid City, South Dakota * John Paul Stevens High School, San Antonio, Texas * Thaddeus Stevens School (Washington, D.C.), listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C. * Stevens Point State Normal School, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, listed NRHP * Stevens School (Seattle), Seattle, Washington See also *Stevens Institute of Technology *Stevens High School (other) Stevens High School may refer to: ;in the United States (by state): * Stevens High School (New Hampshire), in Claremont, New Hampshire * Stevens High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Stevens (DD-479)
USS ''Stevens'' (DD-479) was a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was finally sold for scrap in 1973. History USS ''Stevens'' (DD-479) was named for both Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens, Jr. (1819–1896), and his father, Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795–1841). She was laid down on 30 December 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 24 June 1942, co-sponsored by Mrs. Roland Curtin and Mrs. Frederick Stevens Hicks; and commissioned on 1 February 1943 at the Charleston Navy Yard. 1943 ''Stevens'' was one of the three ''Fletcher''-class destroyers to be completed with a catapult for a float plane, the others being (DD-477) and ''Halford'' (DD-480). The catapult and an aircraft crane were located just aft of the number 2 smokestack, in place of the after torpedo tube mount, 5 inch mount number 3, and the 2nd deck of the after deck house which normally carried a twin 40 mm anti-aircraft gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Stevens (DD-86)
USS ''Stevens'' (DD–86) was a in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Thomas Holdup Stevens. She was laid down at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 20 September 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was launched on 13 January 1918, sponsored by Miss Marie Christie Stevens. The destroyer was commissioned at Boston on 24 May 1918, Commander Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., in command. Service history ''Stevens'' departed Boston on 3 June, and arrived in New York two days later. On 15 June, she sailed for Europe in the screen of a convoy and reached Brest, France, on 27 June. The following day, she headed for Queenstown in Ireland, arriving there on 6 July. Assigned to the United States Naval Forces, Europe, ''Stevens'' operated out of that port and protected convoys on the Queenstown-Liverpool circuit until mid-December. She put to sea on 16 December and, after stops at the Azores and Bermuda, entered Boston on 3 January 1919. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Fort Stevens
The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in what is now Northwest Washington, D.C., as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook. Early's attack, less than four miles from the White House, caused consternation in the U.S. government, but reinforcements under Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright and the strong defenses of Fort Stevens minimized the threat. Early withdrew after two days of skirmishing, having attempted no serious assaults. The battle is noted for stories that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln observed the fighting. Background In June 1864, Lt. Gen. Jubal Early was dispatched by Gen. Robert E. Lee with the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Confederate lines around Richmond, Virginia, with orders to clear the Shenandoah Valley of Federals and, if practical, to invade Maryland; disrupt the Baltimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
