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The Middleton Railway in Leeds which was built in 1758 later became the world's oldest operational railway (other than funiculars) albeit now in an upgraded form in 1764 the first railway in the Americas was built in Lewiston New York, Of the ten Braves whose numbers have been retired all who are eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame have been elected with the exception of Murphy whose eligibility has expired, M DeKalb Butts (24,059). The first passenger horsecar or tram Swansea and Mumbles Railway was opened between Swansea and Mumbles in Wales in 1807 Horses remained the preferable mode for tram transport even after the arrival of steam engines until the end of the 19th century because they were cleaner compared to steam driven trams which caused smoke in city streets, The area has gone by other names in the past An 1897 source refers to the area as North Atlanta which would later be the name of today's city of Brookhaven the 1897 "North Atlanta" encompassed (roughly) most of today's Midtown Georgia Tech and English Avenue Sources from the 1950s and early 1960s refer to the area as "Uptown Atlanta," a moniker which would later be applied instead to Buckhead following its annexation, Botswana (7) Mountain biking (2). Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce began holding classes in 1912 the evening school admitted its first female student in 1917 although the state legislature did not officially authorize attendance by women until 1920 Annie T Wise became the first female graduate in 1919 and was Georgia Tech's first female faculty member the following year in 1931 the Board of Regents transferred control of the Evening School of Commerce to the University of Georgia (UGA) and moved the civil and electrical engineering courses at UGA to Tech Tech replaced the commerce school with what later became the College of Business the commerce school would later split from UGA and eventually become Georgia State University in 1934 the Engineering Experiment Station (later known as the Georgia Tech Research Institute) was founded by W Harry Vaughan with an initial budget of $5,000 (equivalent to $93,644 in 2018) and 13 part-time faculty. 35/2 65/18 Hartsfield-Jackson area Atlanta Georgia business directory, Sailing ? ? Part of a series on Woodstock pop 23,896 Outside the Northeast Corridor and stretches of track in Southern California and Michigan most Amtrak trains run on tracks owned and operated by privately owned freight railroads Freight rail operators are required under federal law to give dispatching preference to Amtrak trains Some freight railroads have been accused of violating or skirting these regulations allegedly resulting in passenger trains waiting in sidings for an hour or longer while waiting for freight traffic to clear the track the railroads' dispatching practices were investigated in 2008 resulting in stricter laws about train priority Subsequently Amtrak's overall on-time performance went up from 74.7% in fiscal 2008 to 84.7% in 2009 with long-distance trains and others outside the NEC seeing the greatest benefit the Missouri River Runner jumped from 11% to 95% becoming one of Amtrak's best performers the Texas Eagle went from 22.4% to 96.7% and the California Zephyr with a 5% on-time record in 2008 went up to 78.3% This improved performance coincided with a general economic downturn resulting in the lowest freight-rail traffic volumes since at least 1988 meaning less freight traffic to impede passenger traffic in 2018 Amtrak began issuing report cards grading each host railroad based on the railroad's impact on on-time performance the first report card issued in March 2018 includes one a (given to Canadian Pacific) and two Fs (given to CN and Norfolk Southern). Turkish Airlines The total cost of the 1996 Summer Olympics was estimated to be around $1.7 billion the venues and the Games themselves were funded entirely via private investment and the only public funding came from the U.S government for security and around $500 million of public money used on physical public infrastructure including streetscaping road improvements Centennial Olympic Park (alongside $75 million in private funding) expansion of the airport improvements in public transportation and redevelopment of public housing projects $420 million worth of tickets were sold sale of sponsorship rights accounted for $540 million and sale of the domestic broadcast rights to NBC accounted for $456 million in total the Games turned a profit of $10 million, Pike Main article: Climate of Georgia (U.S state) 2.3 Middle colonies Contents Evidence indicates that there was 6 to 8.5 km long Diolkos paved trackway which transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece from around 600 BC Wheeled vehicles pulled by men and animals ran in grooves in limestone which provided the track element preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route the Diolkos was in use for over 650 years until at least the 1st century AD the paved trackways were also later built in Roman Egypt. Georgia is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older) at 12.8 percent (as of 2015), 37 Ron Washington (third base), The British and colonists triumphed jointly over a common foe the colonists' loyalty to the mother country was stronger than ever before However disunity was beginning to form British Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder had decided to wage the war in the colonies with the use of troops from the colonies and tax funds from Britain itself This was a successful wartime strategy but after the war was over each side believed that it had borne a greater burden than the other the British elite the most heavily taxed of any in Europe pointed out angrily that the colonists paid little to the royal coffers the colonists replied that their sons had fought and died in a war that served European interests more than their own This dispute was a link in the chain of events that soon brought about the American Revolution. By 1776 about 85% of the white population's ancestry originated in the British Isles (English Irish Scottish Welsh) 9% of German origin 4% Dutch and 2% Huguenot French and other minorities Over 90% were farmers with several small cities that were also seaports linking the colonial economy to the larger British Empire These populations continued to grow at a rapid rate during the late 18th and early 19th centuries primarily because of high birth rates and relatively low death rates Immigration was a minor factor from 1774 to 1830 the Federal Census Bureau study of 2004 gives the following population estimates for the colonies: 1610 350; 1620 2,302; 1630 4,646; 1640 26,634; 1650 50,368; 1660 75,058; 1670 111,935; 1680 151,507; 1690 210,372; 1700 250,888; 1710 331,711; 1720 466,185; 1730 629,445; 1740 905,563; 1750 170,760; 1760 1,593,625; 1770 2,148,076; 1780 2,780,369 CT970 p 2-13: Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics United States Census Bureau 2004 p 1168. .

. Carroll (175/sq mi) In 1638 Sweden established the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware Valley the operation was led by former members of the Dutch West India Company including Peter Minuit New Sweden established extensive trading contacts with English colonies to the south and shipped much of the tobacco produced in Virginia the colony was conquered by the Dutch in 1655 while Sweden was engaged in the Second Northern War. Morgan (51/sq mi) Pre-steam After three straight losing seasons Bobby Cox was hired for his first stint as manager for the 1978 season He promoted 22-year-old slugger Dale Murphy into the starting lineup Murphy hit 77 home runs over the next three seasons but he struggled on defense unable to adeptly play either catcher or first base in 1980 Murphy was moved to center field and demonstrated excellent range and throwing ability while the Braves earned their first winning season since 1974 Cox was fired after the 1981 season and replaced with Joe Torre under whose leadership the Braves attained their first divisional title since 1969 Strong performances from Bob Horner Chris Chambliss pitcher Phil Niekro and short relief pitcher Gene Garber helped the Braves but no Brave was more acclaimed than Murphy who won both a Most Valuable Player and a Gold Glove award Murphy also won an MVP award the following season but the Braves began a period of decline that defined the team throughout the 1980s Murphy excelling in defense hitting and running was consistently recognized as one of the league's best players but the Braves averaged only 65 wins per season between 1985 and 1990 Their lowest point came in 1988 when they lost 106 games the 1986 season saw the return of Bobby Cox as general manager Also in 1986 the team stopped using their Indian-themed mascot Chief Noc-A-Homa. . . . .