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2. Rand McNally Building - Wikipedia

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   Opened. 1889. Demolished. 1911. Design and construction. Architect (s) Burnham and Root. The Rand McNally Building was an early skyscraper at 160–174 Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1889 and demolished in 1911. Designed by Burnham and Root, it was the world's first all- steel framed skyscraper .

3. William H. Rand - Wikipedia

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   William H. Rand. William H. Rand. 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. He was enticed west in September 1849, by the California Gold Rush.

4. File:Rand, McNally and Co. Map of the Houston and Texas ...

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   English: This folding railroad promotional brochure map is a fine example of a late nineteenth-century American railway map by one of the most important American railway mapmakers and publishers still in business today: Rand, McNally and Company of Chicago. Established in 1858 as a printing company, by 1873 the firm was known for its railroad ...

5. Andrew McNally - Wikipedia

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   On March 4, 1836, McNally was born in Armagh, Ireland. Career. 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.

6. Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula - Wikipedia

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   The federal weight limits for CMVs are 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) for gross weight (unless the bridge formula dictates a lower limit), 34,000 pounds (15,000 kg) for a tandem axle, and 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg) for a single axle. [9] A tandem axle is defined as two or more consecutive axles whose centers are spaced more than 40 inches (102 cm) but ...

7. U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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   38.740 mi [41] (62.346 km) State Road 122 ( NM 122) is a 38.740-mile-long (62.346 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 122's western terminus is at Interstate 40 (I-40) west of Thoreau, and the eastern terminus is at I-40 in Grants. NM 122 follows the routing of the former Historic U.S. Route 66.