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Dempster
Dempster may refer to: People * Dempster (surname), a surname * Dempster Woodworth, Wisconsin state senator and physician * Dempster (deemster), an official at pre-1746 baronial courts' moot hills in Scotland. Places * Dempster, South Dakota * Dempster Land District, Western Australia * Dempster Highway, a Canadian roadway, in the Yukon and Northwest Territories * Dempster Street, a major east–west artery north of Chicago, Illinois, part of which is part of U.S. Route 14 ** Dempster (CTA Purple Line station), a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Evanston, Illinois ** Dempster-Skokie (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Skokie, Illinois ** Dempster Street station (C&NW), a former commuter rail station in Evanston, Illinois Companies and products * Dempster Brothers, Inc., a Tennessee industrial firm ** Dempster Dumpmaster, a garbage-handling vehicle manufactured by the company ** Dempster Dumpster, a waste receptacle manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster (surname)
Dempster is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian physicist who discovered the 235U uranium isotope * Arthur P. Dempster, American mathematician who, with Glenn Shafer, created the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence * Barry Dempster, Canadian writer * Carol Dempster, American actress * Charles Edward Dempster (1839–1907), Western Australian politician * Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster (1835–1913), British writer and folklorist * Dallas Dempster, Australian businessman * Edith Pretty (née Dempster) (1883–1942), English landowner who donated the Sutton Hoo treasure * Edward Dempster (floruit, fl. 1667–1669), buccaneer who raided the Spanish alongside Henry Morgan * Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricketer * Everett Dempster, American geneticist * George Dempster (lawyer), Scottish lawyer and MP * George Roby Dempster, U.S. businessman and politician, founder of Dempster Brothers, Inc. * Graham Dempster, Australian rules fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Highway
The Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway in Canada that connects the Klondike Highway in Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. The highway crosses the Peel River (Canada), Peel and the Mackenzie rivers using a combination of seasonal ferry services and ice bridges. Year-round road access from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk opened in November 2017, with the completion of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway, creating the first all-weather road route connecting the Canadian road network with the Arctic Ocean. The highway is named for North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer William Dempster, who earned renown for discovering the fate of a lost NWMP patrol in 1911. Route description The highway begins east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway. There are no highway or major road intersections along the highway's route. It extends in a north-northeasterly direction to Inuvik, Northwest Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Dumpmaster
A dumpster is a movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collection vehicle, or to a bin that a specially designed garbage truck lifts, empties into its hopper, and lowers, on the spot. The word is a generic trademark of ''Dumpster'', an American brand name for a specific design. Generic usage of ''skip'', or ''wheelie bin'' may be used in other English speaking countries. History The word "dumpster", first used commercially in 1936, came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardized containers onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935. The containers were called ''Dumpsters'', a blending of the company's name with the word ''dump''. The Dempster Dumpmaster, which became the first successful front-loading garbage truck that used this system, popularized the word. The word ''dumpster'' has had at least three trademarks associated with it by Dempster Brothers, but today it is often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Brothers, Inc
Dempster may refer to: People * Dempster (surname), a surname * Dempster Woodworth, Wisconsin state senator and physician * Dempster (deemster), an official at pre-1746 baronial courts' moot hills in Scotland. Places * Dempster, South Dakota * Dempster Land District, Western Australia * Dempster Highway, a Canadian roadway, in the Yukon and Northwest Territories * Dempster Street, a major east–west artery north of Chicago, Illinois, part of which is part of U.S. Route 14 ** Dempster (CTA Purple Line station), a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Evanston, Illinois ** Dempster-Skokie (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Skokie, Illinois ** Dempster Street station (C&NW), a former commuter rail station in Evanston, Illinois Companies and products * Dempster Brothers, Inc., a Tennessee industrial firm ** Dempster Dumpmaster A dumpster is a movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster (CTA Purple Line Station)
Dempster is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 1316 Sherman Place in Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is north of Chicago Loop, downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skok ... (directional coordinates 1300 north, 800 west). The current station has been in place since 1910. A 1991 CTA budget crisis almost precipitated the station's closure, but the CTA decided to keep it open. Dempster is now one of the stations on the CTA's 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Plan. Bus connections CTA * 206 Evanston Circulator (school days only) Pace * 213 Green Bay Road (Monday–Saturday only) References External links Train schedule (PDF)aCTA official siteDempster Station Page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Street
Dempster Street is a major east–west street in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It is assigned 8800 North in the Chicago address system, being located north of Madison Street. The road begins at Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in Mount Prospect. From there, it goes east and enters Des Plaines, where it intersects Illinois Route 83 (Elmhurst Road). At Mount Prospect Road in Des Plaines, Dempster Street becomes Thacker Street until the eastern end of its western segment at Des Plaines River Road in Des Plaines. Just west of its east end, Thacker Street intersects U.S. Routes 12 and 45. Dempster Street resumes at Rand Road and Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) in Des Plaines and Park Ridge. At this point, U.S. Route 14 joins the road. Dempster Street, as well as U.S. Route 14, continues west as Miner Street. In Niles and Park Ridge, the road intersects Cumberland Avenue and Illinois Route 21 ( Milwaukee Avenue). In Morton Grove, Harlem Avenue intersects U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Street Station (C&NW)
Dempster Street was a commuter railroad station on the Chicago and North Western Railway's Milwaukee Division, now the Union Pacific North Line. The station was located at Dempster Street and Sherman Avenue, in Evanston, Illinois. It was adjacent the CTA Purple Line's station. The station consisted of a pair of side platforms on the outside of the line's three tracks. Consistent with the C&NW's left-hand running, the eastern track and platform served southbound trains (to Chicago) while the western track and platform served northbound trains (to Milwaukee). The center track was a through track and did not serve the station. The entire facility was elevated above ground level on a solid fill embankment. Access to the platforms was available by a number of stairways on both sides of the crossing of Dempster. By the 1950s, Chicago and North Western management began to reassess its commuter service and determined that the railroad would be more economical and efficient by closi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Woodworth
Dempster William Woodworth (May 25, 1844 – November 29, 1922) was an American physician, newspaper editor, and politician. Born in Windham, Portage County, Ohio, Woodworth was educated in the public schools. He went to Hiram College. In 1868, Woodworth moved to Ellsworth, Wisconsin, where he practiced medicine. He served as examining surgeon for United States pensions from 1872 to 1894. Woodworth was the editor and publisher of the Pierce County Examiner newspaper. In 1894, Woodworth was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate and served until 1901. He was a Republican. Woodworth died in St. Luke's Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ... from cancer.'Father Of Frank Woodworth Dies In St. Paul,' Sheboygan Press Telegram, December 7, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster, South Dakota
Dempster is an unincorporated community in Hamlin County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History Dempster was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...ted in 1884. It was named for William Dempster, who owned the town site. A post office has been in operation in Dempster since 1884. References Unincorporated communities in Hamlin County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota 1884 establishments in Dakota Territory {{SouthDakota-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moot Hill
A moot hill or ''mons placiti'' (statute hill) is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues. In Early Middle Ages, early medieval Britain in the Middle Ages, Britain, such hills were used for "moots", meetings of local people to settle local business. Among other things, proclamations might be read; decisions might be taken; court cases might be settled at a moot. Although some moot hills were naturally occurring features or had been created long before as burial mounds, others were purpose-built. Etymology Although the word ''moot'' or ''mote'' is of Old English origin, deriving from the verb ''to meet'', it has come to have a wider meaning throughout the United Kingdom; initially referring to any popular gathering. In England, the word ''folkmoot'' in time came to mean a more specific local assembly with recognised legal rights. In Scotland the term is used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempster Land District
The lands administrative divisions of Western Australia refer to subdivisions of the state of Western Australia for cadastral (land title) purposes, most of which have been in place since the 19th century. The state is divided up for this purpose into five land divisions, which in turn are subdivided into land districts, which correspond to counties in other Australian states. These districts are then subdivided further into numbered locations, as well as gazetted townsites. Together, they form part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia. Land divisions There are five land divisions in Western Australia, as specified in Schedule 1 of the Land Administration Act 1997. * Eastern Land Division * Eucla Land Division * Kimberley Land Division * North West Land Division *South West Land Division The Rabbit-proof fence is the border between the North West and South West divisions on the western side, and the others on the eastern side. In practical terms, the divisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Bread
Canada Bread Company, Ltd. is a Canadian producer and distributor of packaged fresh bread and bakery products. The company operates 17 bakeries and employs over 4,800 employees across Canada. Purchased by Grupo Bimbo (BIMBOA:Mexico) on May 23, 2014 for CAD$1.83 billion, Canada Bread is currently led by Alejandro Pintado, President, and operates as an independent business unit of the global baking company. Logo The logo is a combination of a "CB" (the company's initials), a Maple Leaf, and a wheat shoot. It was designed by Phil Slous. History Canada Bread was founded in June 1911 following the merger of five of Canada's leading baking companies: Bredin Bread Company, Model Bakery (founded by George Weston), Toronto Bakery, Stuarts Limited and Boyd's Bakery. The founders of these acquired bakeries, their companies no longer theirs, agreed not to compete with Canada Bread, in bread for ten years. Weston and Stuart immediately formed new baking companies making biscuits and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
