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Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Merion Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Philadelphia Main Line. The township's name originates with the county of Merionethshire, Merioneth in north Wales. Merioneth is an English-language Orthographic transcription, transcription of the Welsh ''Meirionnydd''. A number of Main Line suburbs are located in Lower Merion, west of Philadelphia, the sixth largest city in the United States as of 2020. With a population of 63,633, Lower Merion Township is List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, the ninth-most populous municipality in Pennsylvania as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. The center of Lower Merion Township is located northwest of central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest city-county, and parts of Lower Merion border this section of the city. History Lower Merion Township was first settled in 1682 by Welsh Quakers, who were granted a tract of land, the Welsh T ...
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Township (Pennsylvania)
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History Townships in Pennsylvania were created in the 17th century during the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. Muc ...
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Map Of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania With Key
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Robbins V
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National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ...
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Seville Theatre (Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania)
The Seville Theatre, also known as the Bryn Mawr Theatre, is an historic, American theatre building that is located in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. History and architectural features Built in 1926, this historic structure is a two-story, three-bay-wide, rectangular, steel-frame building that was designed in the Beaux-Arts style. It measures 56 feet wide and 265 feet deep, and was designed by noted theatre architect William Harold Lee (1884-1971). ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 2005. References External links Bryn Mawr Film Institute (BMFI) website {{National Register of Historic P ...
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Mill Creek Historic District (Bryn Mawr And Gladwyne, Pennsylvania)
The Mill Creek Historic District near Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980. The area of the historic district was increased on August 30, 1996. The area is roughly bounded by the Schuylkill River The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map(). accessed April 1, 2011. from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville ..., Mill Creek, Righter's Mill, Rose Glen, and Monk's Rds. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Cedar Crest (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) References Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvani ...
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Merion Air Disaster
On April 4, 1991, a Piper Aerostar propeller-driven aircraft Mid-air collision, collided in mid-air with a Bell 412 helicopter over Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Merion Township, a suburb west of Philadelphia, in southeast Pennsylvania. All five people in both aircraft were killed, including United States Senator John Heinz, the sole passenger of the Piper. On the ground, two schoolchildren were killed by falling debris and five people were injured. An investigation determined the accident was caused by poor crew judgment and pilot error in both aircraft. Background John Heinz's aircraft departed from Williamsport Regional Airport (IPT) in central Pennsylvania on the morning of April 4, 1991, at about 10:22 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. Heinz was in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Williamsport for a press conference pertaining to federal funding of U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania, U.S. Route 15. Heinz hired a twin-engine Piper Aerostar, Pipe ...
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Bell 412
The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter of the Huey family manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212, with the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor. It is a twin-turbine helicopter that has been popular on the civilian and military markets, and major users include Canada, Italy, and Japan. Several hundred have been produced since its introduction in 1979, and several iterations of upgrades and variations have been produced, such as with upgraded cockpit electronics. It has been manufactured under license in Italy as the Agusta-Bell AB412, in Indonesia by Indonesian Aerospace, and in Japan by Subaru. The Canadian Bell 412 was produced in Canada, but it was already the location of the main Bell Textron factory. Design and development Development began in the late 1970s, with two Bell 212s being converted into 412 prototypes. An advanced four-blade main rotor with a smaller diameter replaced the 212's two-blade rotor. A Bell 412 ...
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Piper Aerostar
The Piper Aerostar (formerly the Ted Smith Aerostar) is an American twin-engined propeller-driven executive or light transport aircraft, designed by Ted R. Smith. It was originally built by Ted Smith Aircraft Company, but the design was acquired in 1978 by the Piper Aircraft Corporation, which continued production of the aircraft as the PA-60. Development After having designed the Aero Commander and Jet Commander, Ted R. Smith founded the Ted Smith Aircraft Company in 1963 to build a new line of aircraft. The first Aerostar prototype, the Model 320, was built with two Lycoming IO-320 engines and first flew in November 1966. The same aircraft was upgraded with a pair of Lycoming IO-360 engines and a more streamlined vertical fin and renamed the Model 360; it was subsequently upgraded again with IO-360s and renamed again as the Model 400. The aircraft finally entered production as the Aerostar 600 with two Lycoming IO-540-K engines, first flown in December 1967. Also produced, ...
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John Heinz
Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until Merion air disaster, his death in 1991. An heir to the Heinz family fortune, Heinz entered politics in 1971 when he won a special election to replace Robert J. Corbett, Robert Corbett to represent Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. In 1976 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1976, Heinz ran to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. Heinz narrowly won in the Republican primary over future Senator Arlen Specter and defeated William J. Green III, William Green III in the general election. Heinz won re-election in 1982 and 1988 by large margins. On April 4, 1991, Heinz was killed when his plane, facing mechanical problems, 1991 Merion mid-air collision, collided with a helicopter inspecting the plane, killing all involved in the crash. Early life and educ ...
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William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quakers, Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonization of the Americas, British colonial era. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements in the state. Penn also owned at least twelve enslaved people at his Pennbury estate. In 1681, Charles II of England, King Charles II granted an area of land corresponding to the present-day U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware to Penn to offset debts he owed Penn's father, the admiral and politician William Penn (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Penn. The following year, Penn left England and sailed up Delaware Bay and the Delaware River, where he founded Philadelphia on the river's western bank. Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favourably by th ...
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Welsh Tract
The Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the Province of Pennsylvania, a British colony in North America (today a U.S. state), settled largely by Welsh-speaking Quakers in the late 17th century. The region is located to the west of Philadelphia. The original settlers, led by John Roberts, negotiated with William Penn in 1684 to constitute the Tract as a separate county whose local government would use the Welsh language. The Barony was never formally created, but the many Welsh settlers gave their communities Welsh names that survive today. A more successful attempt at setting up a Gwladfa (Welsh-speaking colony) occurred two centuries later, in the Chubut Province of Patagonia, Argentina. History In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language. The parties agr ...
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