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 Clapham North tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clapham North tube station is a London Underground station in Clapham.
The original station building was replaced in the mid 1920s when the line was modernised and that building has, in turn, recently had the façade reclad.
The station opened in June 1900 as part of an extension of the City and South London Railway to Clapham Common one stop to the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clapham_North_tube_station   (170 words)

  
 Seeing The Light - North Point Lighthouse
The station grounds were landscaped and re-sodded, 560 feet of cast iron fencing installed adjacent to the lion bridge, and a concrete walkway laid from the front gate to the porch of the dwelling.
The station continued to serve as housing for Coast guardsmen and their families for a number of years, until RADAR and LORAN eliminated the need for the station, and the venerable Fourth Order lens was removed from the lantern on March 15, 1994, and the station permanently closed.
North Point Lighthouse Friends, a 501(c)3 non profit organization was formed in 2002 with their charter being the restoration of the historic lighthouse, and plan on opening the structure to the public in 2005.
www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/northpoint/northpoint.htm   (2658 words)

  
 North Wembley station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Wembley station is both a London Underground station and a railway station.
The station is also served by Silverlink metro service which runs between London Euston and Watford Junction stations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Wembley_station   (107 words)

  
 Harlem-125th Street (Metro-North station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The original station on the site was built in 1844, when the trains ran at grade-level on what is now Park Avenue.
The current Harlem-125th Street Station was built in 1896-97 and was designed by Morgan O'Brien, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad principal architect.
It is the only station besides Grand Central Terminal that serves all three lines east of the Hudson River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlem-125th_Street_train_station   (284 words)

  
 MBTA Orange Line
For now, Green Line cars still use the old portal, but the "Big Dig" and North Station renovation projects will eventually see the old Main Line El portal competely abandoned.
Stations on this part of the route are large modern concrete structures, featuring a center platform with the tracks on either side.
Stations on the new route are modern concrete structures with center platforms.
world.nycsubway.org /us/boston/orange/mbta-orange-north.html   (1975 words)

  
 3 sites eyed for North Salem station
The new station, likely two years away at a construction cost of $1.8 million, would replace the antiquated North Station, which was built in 1904.
The North Station project is actually leapfrogging long-sought plans to build a fire station in the town's west end.
The town's Capital Improvement Plan called for building a west station first, followed a year later by a new station in North Salem.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20030710/NH_002.htm   (539 words)

  
 Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - Skokie (Dempster)
The station was designed as both a terminal (for the "L") and a through station (for the North Shore Line) and featured a single high-level island platform projecting from the rear of the station house for the former as well as dual low-level platforms adjacent to the west to serve the latter.
Dempster station was established as part of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad's Skokie Valley Route, a high-speed bypass for the interurban around the more congested North Shore suburbs on which the Chicago rapid transit had trackage rights as far north as this station.
Designed by the architectural firm of Dubin, Dubin and Moutoussamy at a cost of $3.4 million, the new rapid transit station house is roughly in the same location as the temporary inbound platform, and the new platforms were immediately to the north of the old ones.
www.chicago-l.org /stations/dempster-skokie.html   (6901 words)

  
 Southeast (Metro-North station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Southeast Metro-North Railroad station (formerly Brewster North) serves the residents of Southeast, New York via the Harlem Line.
North of Southeast, all train service is provided by diesel-electric engines.
It is 53.2 miles from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour, 27 minutes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southeast_train_station   (119 words)

  
 North Station (Boston) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Station, located at Causeway and Nashua Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts is a major transportation hub.
Just south of North Station was the Canal Street Portal through which the Green and Orange Lines originally went from elevated to subway.
Note: Several MBTA commuter rail lines plus Amtrak's Northeast Corridor service to New York City and Washington, D.C. do not stop at North Station.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Station   (583 words)

  
 Naval Air Station North Island
North Island itself is host to 23 squadrons and 75 additional tenant commands and activities, one of which, the Naval Aviation Depot, is the largest aerospace employer in San Diego.
In particular, with the closure of NAS Alameda, North Island is the only Navy airfield on the West Coast that is collocated with the piers serving its fleet carriers.
NAS North Island occupies approximately 2000 acres at the north end of the Coronado Peninsula.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/north-island.htm   (3176 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / N.H. / North Station to be closed throughout convention, I-93 during rush hour
North Station will be shut down from July 23 to July 30, but MBTA officials did not yet have schedules for how people would be able to get around it, either by bus or subway.
The July convention at the FleetCenter, which shares a building with North Station and is adjacent to the highway, has presented organizers with unique security challenges, due to the heightened fear of a terrorist threat and the event's location in the densely developed downtown.
The U.S. Secret Service, which is overseeing security for both political conventions this summer, officially announced Wednesday that North Station will be closed for the duration of the four-day event and Interstate 93 would be closed during the evening hours.
www.boston.com /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/03/31/north_station_to_be_closed_throughout_convention_i_93_during_rush_hour?mode=PF   (970 words)

  
 Immigration Station
In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove.
The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to educate, preserve, restore, and improve the site.
In 1942, the North Garrison was greatly expanded, with the construction of several barracks, a mess hall and a recreation building, making North Garrison a post in miniature.
www.angelisland.org /immigr02.html   (1515 words)

  
 USATODAY.com
The first automated station was installed at the North Pole in late April 2000 by a team that flew there on a Twin-Otter airplane.
Morison noted that the area around the North Pole is far from any landmass or observing stations.
Automated weather and oceanographic stations have been sending back data from the North Pole and nearby parts of the Arctic Ocean since April 2000.
www.usatoday.com /weather/antarc/npstation40600.htm   (585 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific North Korea station 'obliterated'
Foreign aid workers who were allowed to visit the site of Thursday's train blast in North Korea say they found a scene of utter devastation.
The North Koreans, who broke their silence two days after the accident, allowed foreign aid officials and diplomats to go to the scene on Saturday to assess the situation.
It is unclear what medical treatment is available to those injured in the disaster, as North Korea's medical system has all but collapsed and the country is experiencing severe shortages of food and energy.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3655613.stm   (645 words)

  
 Arctic theme page - North Pole Weather Data from 2003 Deployment
In April 2005, PMEL deployed a weather station, radiometer buoy, and a CRREL thermistor buoy at Borneo ice camp near the North Pole, as part of the North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Map of station drift: Drift of the North Pole station since its deployment in April 2005.
Weather plot: This plot presents incoming short-wave solar radiation measured by one of the radiometer buoys, along with air temperature, air pressure, and winds measured by the meteorological station.
www.arctic.noaa.gov /gallery_np_weatherdata.html   (299 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / North Station may shut for parley
The move would force North Station's 25,000 weekday rail commuters to change trains north of the city and connect with subways or buses, according to officials from four agencies and organizations involved in planning the convention, which takes place July 26 to 29.
Citing security concerns, MBTA officials want to shut down North Station to all commuter rail and subway traffic during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter, several officials involved in the planning effort say, potentially snarling downtown traffic as convention-goers descend on Boston in July.
In addition, they said closing North Station will mean commuters won't have to jockey with tens of thousands of convention-goers throughout the week of the event.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/03/north_station_may_shut_for_parley   (821 words)

  
 Goldsmiths MM - North Greenwich Jubilee Line Station
The station was originally planned to incorporate park-and-ride facilities for 1000 cars, a 'kiss-and-ride' set down and a major bus-interchange, all within a few hundred yards of the Blackwall Tunnel motorway approach road, the A102.
The above-ground parts of the station, road infrastructure, parking and landscaping were completed in January 1999, with the distinctive 'mouth-shape' roof clearly in evidence from nearby vantage points.
For it to be the site of the largest station and passenger interchange on the entire London Underground network is almost unbelievable.
www.gold.ac.uk /world/millen/planning/northgreen.html   (548 words)

  
 NDBC - Station 42041
Station photograph (If a picture of this specific station was not available, a picture of a similar station may have been displayed instead.
The station page is accessible via our historical map, or you can always just put the station ID in the Station ID Search box.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.
www.ndbc.noaa.gov /station_page.php?station=42041   (245 words)

  
 NETransit: The Charlestown Elevated - North Station
In 1959, a bomb was exploded in a locker in the mezzanine of the headhouse at North Station.
In 1908, the station had an additional platform grafted onto its northern end (on the curve) which was served by a new center track.
Originally North Union Station (the "Union" was dropped shortly after the station opened) was opened as a simple island platform station.
members.aol.com /netransit/private/chel/celnorth.html   (572 words)

  
 North Hollywood Community Police Station
The North Hollywood Station houses 300 sworn and 31 civilians, in addition to 32 reserve officers and 28 citizen volunteers, and is under the jurisdiction of Valley Bureau.
The communities served by the North Hollywood Community Police Station include North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, West Toluca Lake, and a portion of Sun Valley.
www.lapdonline.org /community/op_valley_bureau/north_hollywood/n_hollywood_home_frame.htm   (68 words)

  
 Air Station North Bend
The station was commissioned on 10 May 1943 as the U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, North Bend, Oregon, an activity of the U.S. Naval Air Center, Seattle, Washington.
The former Naval Auxiliary Air Station, North Bend, consisting of 809.4 acres of land, is located within the corporate limits of the City of North Bend, Coos County, Oregon.
A subdivision of residences abuts the former boundary of the base and the densely populated community of North Bend surrounds the Airport, which is owned by the City of North Bend.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/north-bend.htm   (791 words)

  
 NWRC - Great Plains Field Station, Bismarck, North Dakota
The field station was originally established in 1989 on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND, and relocated to 2301 University in Bismarck, ND, in May 1996.
The field station relies heavily on temporary seasonal employees and graduate students hired through a long-standing cooperative agreement between the National Wildlife Research Center and North Dakota State University to conduct experimental research.
The National Wildlife Research Center Bismarck, ND, field station is primarily responsible for developing new methods and refining current techniques of reducing blackbird damage to sunflower.
www.aphis.usda.gov /ws/nwrc/field/bismarck.html   (281 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Politics / Conventions / North Station expected to be fully open by Friday afternoon
More information regarding the opening of North Station can be found at www.mbta.com or by calling (617) 222-3200.
The T also hopes to resume commuter rail operations in and out of North Station by 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
North Station expected to be fully open by Friday afternoon
www.boston.com /news/politics/conventions/articles/2004/07/29/north_station_expected_to_be_fully_open_by_friday_afternoon   (203 words)

  
 North Station, Boston, MA
North Station was the main station for the now nonexistent Boston and Maine Railroad.
Boston's North Station is physically attached to the Fleet Center (formerly Boston Garden).
North Station, Boston, MA Boston North Station, MA Arriving at North Station
www.downeastriders.us /stations/boston.htm   (142 words)

  
 Jazz Age Chicago -- Chicago and North Western Station
The station's cabbie stands, as well as all of its mail operations were also located at ground level and extended northward into the space beneath the large elevated, second-level track and platform structure that served the headhouse.
As one of the earliest of the great urban terminals to be built in the United States, North Western Station set many standards in modern urban railroad station design.
The station's approach tracks, for instance, were configured so as to maximize the efficiency of train movements in and out of the station, as were its state-of-the-art switching and signaling systems.
chicago.urban-history.org /sites/transpor/cnw_sta.htm   (1071 words)

  
 North Wembley station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Wembley station is both a London Underground station and a railway station.
The station is also served by Silverlink metro service which runs between London Euston and Watford Junction stations.
It is at Wembley and is on the Bakerloo Line, between Wembley Central and South Kenton.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Wembley_station   (107 words)

  
 The Station North Arts and Entertainment District, Baltimore, Maryland
The Station North Arts and Entertainment District, Baltimore, Maryland
www.stationnorth.org   (9 words)

  
 Tessa's North Station Webpage
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www.angelfire.com /ns2/northstation   (158 words)

  
 Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. inspects the Tremont Metro North train station in the Bronx for hazardous conditions with the stairs, sidewalks and third rail.
inspects the Tremont Metro North train station in the Bronx for hazardous conditions with the stairs, sidewalks and third rail.
www.comptroller.nyc.gov /bureaus/audit/Images/mta_audit   (20 words)

  
 North Station Goes South - www.ezboard.com
Several major real estate transactions in the North Station area in recent weeks indicate the area's revitalization trend, which started when the $80 million federal building project was announced five years ago, continues unabated.
North Station is now a great heap of rubble next to the Haymarket ramp.
The station interior is reduced to a shattered wreck.
p072.ezboard.com /fskyscraperguyfrm7.showMessage?topicID=104.topic   (1807 words)

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