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Windy Hill (other)
Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines which marks the border between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, England * Windy Hill, Kilmacolm, a house in Scotland * Windy Hill, Renfrewshire, Scotland, a hill * Windy Hill, Isle of Bute, Scotland * Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, a regional park in the San Francisco Bay Area * Windy Hills, Kentucky * Windy Hill, a mountain in Madison County, Montana * Windy Hill Beach, one of four communities merged to form North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina * Constantine Sneed House The Constantine Sneed House, also known as Windy Hill, is a historic mansion in Brentwood, Tennessee. It was one of four houses built by the Sneed family on the Old Smyrna Road. Witaccompanying 10 photos from 1987/ref> History The mansion was ..., Williamson Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill, Essendon
Windy Hill (officially known as Essendon Recreation Reserve) is an Australian rules football and cricket ground located in Napier Street, Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area. Windy Hill is most notable as the former home base of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League; the club used the ground for home matches from 1922 until 1991, and then as its primary administrative and training base until 2013. It is the current home ground of the Essendon Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket, and the Essendon reserves in the Victorian Football League. History In the 1880s, the Essendon Recreation Reserve became the primary multi-purpose grassed sports reserve in Essendon. The Essendon Cricket Club was the ground manager and primary tenant, and played its cricket matches there during the summer. The Essendon Bowls Club was granted permissive occupancy of the south-western corner of the reserve in 1886. The reserve also contained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill Wind Farm
Windy Hill Wind Farm is a wind power station near Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. It has 20 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity, providing enough power for about 3,500 homes. The cost of the project was A$20 million. It was the second wind farm to be constructed in Queensland after the 0.45Mw station on Thursday Island (1997). The power station was commissioned in 2000 and was initially operated by the Stanwell Corporation. In December 2007 Windy Hill was sold to Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund (TSIF) as part of the Queensland Government's ClimateSmart 2050 strategy. A new substation was built to allow the wind farm's power to connect to the existing 66 kV transmission line. RATCH-Australia bought TSIF in 2011. Wind turbines The construction contractor for the wind farm was Powercorp. The wind turbines are located on private land that continues to be used as a dairy farm. Each tower is high. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill (Pennines)
Windy Hill in the South Pennines within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, rises to metres above sea level. The hill is located west of the A672 road and south west of Junction 22 on the M62 motorway. Windy Hill cutting is up to deep and the longest on the M62. A pedestrian footbridge, long and above the carriageways, carries the Pennine Way above Windy Hill cutting. Its parabolic arch and splayed legs are designed to withstand wind speeds up to 120 mph. Snow lies on Windy Hill for an average of 35 days annually and the area is prone to fog or low cloud. The boundary stone between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire is in the cutting. The Longden End Brook rises between the hill and the motorway and the Piethorne Brook drains to reservoirs to the southwest. A radio transmitter is located to the east. References Bibliography * External links Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Mountains and hills of Greater Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill, Kilmacolm
Windy Hill or Windyhill is a house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and furnished by him and his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, in Kilmacolm, Scotland. It is Category A listed building, Category A listed and remains as a home in private ownership. Windy Hill is also the name of a hill in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park which borders Kilmacolm. History The house was commissioned in 1900 by William Davidson, a provisions merchant, who was Mackintosh's friend and patron. Mackintosh not only designed the Art Nouveau-style house, but also, with Macdonald, its decor, furniture and fittings, including fireplaces, panelling, stained glass and lights. They also designed the garden. The house was completed and occupied in 1901. Job books and correspondence relating to the commission are held at the Hunterian Museum, who have made digital scans available online. Blackie and Son, Walter Blackie and his wife viewed the house, with Mackintosh, before commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill, Renfrewshire
Windy Hill is a 316 metres (1.037 feet) high hill in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is one of the TuMPs of the Lowlands. Geography The hill is located on the eastern border of the River Calder catchment area and is part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Its summit is at OS grid ref ''NS 3183 6374''. '' Windy Hill'' is also the name of the first important house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which is located in Kilmacolm at some miles from the hill. Geology The hill is what remains of the top of a volcanic plug. A little east from Windy Hill can be observed a well developed ''bole horizon'' (more than 2 metres thick), a type of soil which originates from the weathering of igneous rocks. Access to the summit The hilltop can be easily accessed from the visitor centre of Muirshiel, following a maintained footpath, and offers a good point of view on the surrounding area. The walk is considered ''ideal'' for children too. See also * List of mountains in Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute ( sco, Buit; gd, Eilean Bhòid or '), known as Bute (), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is now part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations as a whole growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. Name The name "Bute" is of uncertain origin. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish ' ("fire"), perhaps in reference to signal fires.Watson (1926) pp 95–6Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 24 This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking period, when the island was probably known to the Norse as '. Other possible derivations include Brittonic ''budh'' ("corn"), "victory", , or ', his monastic cell. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
Windy Hill Open Space Preserve is a regional park located in San Mateo County, California and operated by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD). It is readily identifiable from the flatlands of the South Bay, as it is the only "naked" part of the peninsula range (not forested). The Windy Hill Preserve comprises an important 1132 acre (4.6 km2) stretch of conservation land on the eastward side of the Peninsula Range (Santa Cruz Mountains), rising from the valley road near Portola Valley to the 1905 ft (581 m) summit from which it gets its name. Access to the summit is easy (0.5 mile moderate grade) from State Route 35, the ridge road along the Peninsula Range. Facilities focus on trails for hiking and mountain biking, with around 14 miles (22 km) of hiking trails. Paragliding and hang gliding are permitted with a special use permit, and are popular activities in the winter months when there are East winds. In clear weather there are magnificent v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hills, Kentucky
Windy Hills is a home rule-class city, incorporated in 1952, in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,385 at the 2010 census. Geography Windy Hills is located in northeastern Jefferson County at . It is bordered to the north by Indian Hills, at its northernmost point by Northfield, to the east by Graymoor-Devondale, to the south by Woodlawn Park and St. Matthews, to the southwest by Maryhill Estates, and otherwise by consolidated Louisville/Jefferson County. U.S. Route 42 forms the northern border of the city, and Interstate 264 forms the eastern border. Downtown Louisville is to the west. The Muddy Fork of Beargrass Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River, rises in the northeastern quarter of the city and flows westerly towards Hubbards Lane. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.39%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,480 people, 1,076 households, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains In Madison County, Montana
There are at least 126 named mountains in Madison County, Montana. * A P A Mountain, , el. * Bald Mountain, location unknown, el. * Baldy Mountain, , el. * Beaverhead Rock, , el. * Bell Peak, , el. * Big Horn Mountain, , el. * Big Mountain, , el. * Big Sheep Mountain, , el. * Black Butte, , el. * Black Mountain, , el. * Blaze Mountain, , el. * Block Mountain, , el. * Branham Peaks, , el. * Brownback Mountain, , el. * Bucks Nest, , el. * Bulldog Mountain, , el. * Cascade Mountain, , el. * Cave Mountain, , el. * Cedar Mountain, , el. * Circle Mountain, , el. * Cloudrest Peak, , el. * Copper Mountain, , el. * Dead Mountain, , el. * Divide Peakl, , el. * Dougherty Butte, , el. * Dry Lake Mountains, , el. * Dutchman Peak, , el. * East Butte, , el. * Echo Peak, , el. * Elk Mountain, , el. * Fan Mountain, , el. * Finger Mountain, , el. * Flatiron Mountain, , el. * Flatiron Mountain, , el. * Flattop Mountain, , el. * Fossi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hill Beach
North Myrtle Beach is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It was created in 1968 from four existing municipalities, and is located about northeast of Myrtle Beach. It serves as one of the primary tourist destinations along the Grand Strand. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,752, and in 2019 the estimated population was 16,819. It is part of the Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Area, which had a combined population of 449,295 as of 2016. History In 1737, William Gause obtained a grant to of land near Windy Hill Beach. He farmed the area and also established a tavern for travelers along the Kings Highway. North Myrtle Beach was created in 1968 with the consolidation of Cherry Grove Beach, Crescent Beach, Ocean Drive Beach, and Windy Hill Beach. Geography North Myrtle Beach is located in eastern Horry County. It is bordered to the southwest by Briarcliffe Acres and to the northeast by Little River. Via U.S. Route 17, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Sneed House
The Constantine Sneed House, also known as Windy Hill, is a historic mansion in Brentwood, Tennessee. It was one of four houses built by the Sneed family on the Old Smyrna Road. Witaccompanying 10 photos from 1987/ref> History The mansion was built circa 1825. It was built by Constantine Sneed (1790-1864), the son of James Sneed and the great-great-great-great uncle of Carly Fiorina, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War who received a land grant of 640 acres and Williamson County in 1798. One of Constantine Sneed's brothers was Reverend Joseph P. Sneed. It is a two-story brick house, upon a fancy dressed limestone foundation, with brick on the front facade laid in Flemish bond and other facades having five course common bond. Architectural significance It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988. When listed the property included the main, brick two-story house, which was the listing's one contributing building. It also included one co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
