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Cochrane
Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town within the above district ** Cochrane railway station, the railway station serving Cochrane town ** Unorganized North Cochrane District, an unorganized area within the above district ** Unorganized South East Cochrane District ** Unorganized South West Cochrane District * Cochrane (federal electoral district), Cochrane (electoral district), former Federal electoral district, Ontario * Cochrane (provincial electoral district), former provincial electoral district in Alberta Chile * Cochrane, Chile * Cochrane Lake * Cochrane River Hong Kong * Cochrane Street Malaysia * Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur, a road in Kuala Lumpur * Cochrane MRT station, a mass rapid transit station in Kuala Lumpur United States * Cochrane, Wisconsin Organization * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane MRT Station
The Cochrane station is a Rapid transit, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) underground station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the MRT Kajang Line. The station was opened on 17 July 2017 as part of the second phase operations of the line. The station is located in the Cheras area of Kuala Lumpur adjacent to Jalan Cochrane, Cochrane Road, Jalan Peel, Peel Road and Shelley Road. It is also well known for being located near two large shopping complexes - MyTown Shopping Centre (housing Malaysia's second IKEA store) and Sunway Velocity Mall, with the former being connected to the station via an underground pedestrian linkway and the latter via an elevated pedestrian bridge. The underground station is located in Cheras along Jalan Cochrane, Cochrane Road, Jalan Peel, Peel Road and Shelley Road. The location is part of an area previously occupied by quarters housing government servants. Station Layout Station Layout The station has four underground levels, with three accessible to the public, name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Shipbuilders
Cochrane Shipbuilders was a shipbuilder at Selby. Due to the narrow width of the River Ouse at Selby, Cochrane launched its ships sideways into the river. History Founded by Andrew Cochrane at Beverley, England in 1884, establishing Cochrane & Sons in 1896. The ship building company moved to Selby in 1898. During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units.Hartcup, p. 94 The yard passed into the ownership of the Ross Group in 1965, and later to the Drypool Group in 1969. The yard was then bought by United Towing Company and in 1977 the company’s name changed to Cochrane Shipbuilders. The North British Maritime Group was taken over by the Howard Smith Group in 1987. The yard closed in October 1992 and the equipment was auctioned off in 1993. Ships built by Cochrane Shipbuilders * (1906) * (1934) * (1936) *'' Arctic Viking'' (1937) *HMRT ''Envoy'' (1944) (W165) was the first of the Envoy Class Rescue Tugs commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane, Chile
Cochrane is a Chilean town and commune in Capitán Prat Province of the Aisén Region. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,867. The urban population in 2002 was 2,217 and the rural population was 650. Cochrane was founded in 1954 (as Pueblo Nuevo), but didn't have road access to the rest of Chile until 1988, when the Carretera Austral was opened. The town was later named Cochrane in honour of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a British naval captain and radical politician who was appointed the first Admiral of the Chilean Navy in 1818 and made a major contribution to winning independence for the young nation from Spain. Cochrane remains the southernmost town along the highway, with only a few villages south of it, among them Caleta Tortel and Villa O'Higgins. Cochrane is just south of the newly established Patagonia National Park. The center of town includes a park surrounded by various shops, including a general store, a bakery, a small supermarket, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Railway Station, Sydney
Cochrane railway station was a railway station on the Ropes Creek railway line serving the suburb of Ropes Crossing, Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ..., New South Wales. History The station was built because of increased passenger numbers and increased production at the St. Marys Munitions Works site along with the arrival of electrification in 1957. The station itself was classed as unattended because most of the workers using the station had weekly tickets or return tickets, making ticket selling facilities unnecessary. The station was located on a slight right-hand bend (towards Ropes Creek) and straightened out towards the middle. An overhead road bridge ran over the station; the waiting room was built underneath the bridge. The station was about 165 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane High School (other) , Regina, Saskatchewan
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Cochrane High School may refer to: * Cochrane High School (Cochrane, Alberta), Cochrane, Alberta *Cochrane High School (Regina, Saskatchewan) Cochrane High School was an alternative secondary school in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is located in the Crescent Park neighborhood in the East-central area of the city. The focus of Cochrane's specialized education curriculum was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Airport (other)
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Cochrane Airport may refer to: * Cochrane/Arkayla Springs Airport in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada * Cochrane Aerodrome in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada * Cochrane Water Aerodrome in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada * Cochrane Airfield in Cochrane, Chile See also * Cochran Army Airfield Middle Georgia Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) south of the central business district of Macon, a city in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. It is mostly used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zefram Cochrane
Zefram Cochrane is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' universe. Created by writer Gene L. Coon, the character first appeared in the 1967 ''Star Trek'' episode "Metamorphosis", in which he was played by Glenn Corbett. James Cromwell later played Cochrane in the 1996 feature film '' Star Trek: First Contact'', the 2001 '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' pilot, " Broken Bow", and the 2022 '' Star Trek: Lower Decks'' Season 3 premiere episode, "Grounded". Footage of Cromwell from ''Star Trek: First Contact'' was used in the ''Enterprise'' episode " In a Mirror, Darkly Part I". As first mentioned in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', and further established by the events of ''Star Trek: First Contact'', Cochrane is the first human to create a warp drive system, and in 2063, his successful warp speed flight draws the attention of the Vulcans, leading to humanity's first official contact with an alien race. Fictional character biography Cochrane was born in 2030, according to ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Ship Cochrane
Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named ''Cochrane'' or ''Almirante Cochrane'' after Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860), commander of the Chilean Navy during that country's war of independence against Spain * , lead ship of her class of battery ships, launched in 1874, and scrapped in 1933 * ordered as , a dreadnought battleship laid down in Britain in 1913, but acquired unfinished by the Royal Navy in 1917, and converted to the carrier HMS ''Eagle'' * , a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer, the former USS ''Rooks'' (DD-804), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1962, and scrapped in 1983 * , a County-class destroyer, the former HMS ''Antrim'' (D18), acquired by the Chilean Navy in 1984, and decommissioned in 2006 * , a Type 23 frigate The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, , was commission . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cochrane (DDG-21)
USS ''Cochrane'' (DDG-21) was a guided missile destroyer built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Design and description The ''Charles F. Adams'' class was based on a stretched hull modified to accommodate smaller RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles and all their associated equipment. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of and a deep draft of . They displaced at full load. Their crew consisted of 18 officers and 320 enlisted men.Friedman, p. 422 The ships were equipped with two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The turbines were intended to produce to reach the designed speed of . The ''Adams'' class had a range of at a speed of .Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 587 The ''Charles F. Adams''-class ships were armed with two 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward, one each forward and aft of the superstructure. They were fitted with an eight-round ASROC launcher between the funnels. Close-rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Defense
The rook and bishop versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just a king, a rook, and a bishop, and the other player has just a king and a rook. This combination of is one of the most common pawnless chess endgames. It is generally a theoretical draw, but the rook and bishop have good winning chances in practice because the defense is difficult. Ulf Andersson won the position twice within a year, once against a grandmaster and once against a candidate master; and grandmaster Keith Arkell has won it 27 times out of 27.In 2007 Giddens (page 78) reported 16 out of 16. In positions that have a forced win, up to 59 moves are required. Tony Kosten has seen the endgame many times in master games, with the stronger side almost always winning. Pal Benko called this the "headache ending." David Howell observed, "Especially below elite grandmaster level, this is one of the hardest endgames to draw." Being a five-piece endgame, the rook and bishop versus rook endgame ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Theatre
The Cochrane Theatre, previously known as the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, was a receiving and producing theatre situated in Holborn, London, that opened in 1964. It is now used for television filming. History The theatre opened in 1963 and was named after its founder, Jeannetta Cochrane, who was a theatre practitioner specialising in costume and scenery design at the Central School of Art and Design, now part of the University of the Arts London. Through her persistence, Cochrane persuaded the London County Council to build a theatre attached to the school that could be used as a practice space. The theatre has a traditional proscenium arch and fly tower consisting of 41 counterweight flying bars, orchestra pit and a fully functioning paint frame (a rarity in London theatres). From 1991 to 1995, Talawa Theatre Company had its home at the Cochrane Theatre. The Cochrane closed in January 2012 when Central St Martin's moved to a new site near King's Cross (unifying what had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Cochrane
Clan Cochrane is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. History Origins Traditionally the original ancestor of the Clan Cochrane in Scotland was a Scandinavian Viking who settled in what is now known as Renfrewshire,Cochrane, Alexander. (1983). ''The Fighting Cochranes. A Scottish Clan With Over Six Hundred Years of Naval and Military History''. . between the eighth and tenth centuries. It is evident that the name is of territorial origin, derived from the lands of Cochrane near Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley., p. 57., p. 158. The origin of the name itself is believed to be derived from two Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic words which jointly mean ''The Roar of the Battle'' or ''Battle Cry''. The Cochranes took the boar as their heraldic beast, in keeping with the character of their traditional ancestor. The three boar's heads adorning the chief's shield are said to represent the exploits of a warrior who killed three of the beasts who were terrorizing the countryside. Another trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
