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Until then, buildings relied on exterior masonry for support, limiting their height to 12 stories. The invention of steel support beams gave him the possibility to build higher and to add more windows. The Rand McNally Building, completed in 1890, was the first ever steel-framed skyscraper in the world. [1]
US 41/Bus. M-28 on a map in 1975; [66] this second designation was removed from maps by 1982. [67] The entire business loop was turned back to local control in a "route swap" between the City of Marquette and MDOT announced in early 2005. The proposal transferred jurisdiction on the unsigned M-554 and the business route from the state to the city.
A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William H. Rand at a wage of $9 per week. In 1873, McNally and William H. Rand incorporated Rand, McNally & Co. With William H. Rand as President and McNally as Vice President. [2] Rand, McNally & Co. becoming one of the largest and best-known map publishers ...
In the US, a Basic Trading Area is a geographic region defined originally in the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide and used by the FCC where a Personal Communications Service can operate. [1] It consists of the counties surrounding a city designated as the basic trading center. [2]
The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, [1] research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND Corporation engages in research and development (R&D) in a number of fields and industries. Since the 1950s, RAND research has helped inform United States policy decisions on a wide variety of issues, including ...
William Henry Rand (May 2, 1828 – June 20, 1915) was an American printer and co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts , and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston .
Google Maps' cartographic team couldn't be bothered driving to Jamison. History. Jamison was founded by S. P. Jamison, and named for him. A post office was established at Jamison in 1903, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972. References
From I-90 to exit 8, the freeway was initially built as a super two highway, with both directions utilizing what are now the eastbound lanes. [28] The westbound lanes were built at a cost of $34 million (equivalent to $60 million in 2023 [21]) and opened to traffic on October 2, 1997. [29] [22]