N Due to the more than 20 colleges and universities in the city Atlanta is considered one of the nation's largest hubs for higher education, The 1948 World Series which the Braves lost in six games to the Indians turned out to be the Braves' last hurrah in Boston in 1950 Sam Jethroe became the team's first African American player making his major league debut on April 18 Amid four mediocre seasons attendance steadily dwindled until on March 13 1953 Perini who had recently bought out his original partners announced he was moving the team to Milwaukee where the Braves had their top farm club the Brewers Milwaukee had long been a possible target for relocation Bill Veeck had tried to return his St Louis Browns there earlier the same year (Milwaukee was the original home of that franchise) but his proposal had been voted down by the other American League owners, Amy Van Dyken won four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympiad Penny Heyns swimmer of South Africa won the gold medals in both the 100 metres and 200 metres breaststroke events Michelle Smith of Ireland won three gold medals and a bronze in swimming She remains her nation's most decorated Olympian However her victories were overshadowed by doping allegations even though she did not test positive in 1996 She received a four-year suspension in 1998 for tampering with a urine sample though her medals and records were allowed to stand. On May 7 2019 the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) announced that the football championships would be moved from Mercedes-Benz Stadium to Georgia State Stadium starting in the 2019 season citing the higher costs of renting Mercedes-Benz Stadium compared to the former Georgia Dome the GHSA's two years at Mercedes-Benz Stadium were also marred by logistical issues with the six of the eight 2017 championship games postponed and moved to school sites due to a winter storm hitting Atlanta and the 2018 championships were moved to mid-week due to Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC hosting MLS Cup 2018 on December 8. ? ? ? ? ? Meanwhile William Jessop had earlier used a form of all-iron edge rail and flanged wheels successfully for an extension to the Charnwood Forest Canal at Nanpantan Loughborough Leicestershire in 1789 in 1790 Jessop and his partner Outram began to manufacture edge-rails Jessop became a partner in the Butterley Company in 1790 the first public edgeway (thus also first public railway) built was Lake Lock Rail Road in 1796 Although the primary purpose of the line was to carry coal it also carried passengers. 65/18 90/32 Main article: Sports in Atlanta, *In 2012 voters in Macon and Bibb County approved the consolidation of the City of Macon and unincorporated Bibb County; they officially merged on January 1 2014 Macon joined Columbus Augusta and Athens as consolidated cities in Georgia; Atlanta Georgia business directory, Turner Field Mauritania (4), ? ? ? ? ? ? History 10 Education Atlanta Georgia business directory. College Park pop 13,942 The Atlanta Dream are a 2008 expansion team in the Women's National Basketball Association From their inception until the 2016 season the Dream shared Philips Arena with their NBA counterpart; however the Dream has since moved to McCamish Pavilion on the campus of Georgia Tech due to renovations of Philips Arena conflicting with the WNBA schedule, 6 Geography Eighth Street Apartments are apartment-style residence halls that opened in 1995 as housing for the athletes and journalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a part of the Olympic Village. High-speed rail 1980 5,463,105 19.0% Almost every major highway and every major Interstate highway in metro Atlanta passes through Fulton County Outside Atlanta proper Georgia 400 is the major highway through north Fulton and Interstate 85 to the southwest. Douglasville pop 30,961 Georgia Tech Dave Bancroft Atlanta Georgia business directory.
; . . 12.1 Government A Owing to the area's long history of settlement and uneven terrain most arterial roads are not straight but meander instead which can be confusing as much as the famed proliferation of Atlanta streets with "Peachtree" in the name It is also often joked that half the streets are named Peachtree while the other half have several names to make up for it. ! The Office of Information Technology or OIT manages most of the Institute's computing resources (and some related services such as campus telephones) With the exception of a few computer labs maintained by individual colleges OIT is responsible for most of the computing facilities on campus Student faculty and staff e-mail accounts are among its services Georgia Tech's ResNet provides free technical support to all students and guests living in Georgia Tech's on-campus housing (excluding fraternities and sororities) ResNet is responsible for network telephone and television service and most support is provided by part-time student employees, ? ? ? ? ? ? Film Swaziland (6).
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