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In 1967, the college was founded as Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology by the government of Ontario to grant diplomas and certificates in career-related, skills-oriented programs. The college started to offer degree programs in B.Eng. Mechanical Systems Engineering [3] and B.A. Tech Architecture - Project and Facility Management ...
The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries. It is a heavy and large horse-drawn vehicle which, while largely elusive in origin, originated most likely from German immigrants of ...
Conestoga High School. / 40.0472°N 75.4533°W / 40.0472; -75.4533. Conestoga High School, located in Tredyffrin Township, [4] Pennsylvania, is the only upper secondary school in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. It has a Berwyn post office address, [5] though it is not in the Berwyn census-designated place.
The Conestoga River ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Rewwer ), also referred to as Conestoga Creek ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Grick ), is a 61.6-mile-long (99.1 km) [4] tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the center of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Conestoga wagon was a heavy American wagon of English and German type from the late 18th century and into the 19th century. It was used for freight and drawn by teams of horses or oxen depending on load. The covered canvas top was supported on eight to twelve angled bows, rather than upright. Capacity was around 4 to 5 tons with no springs.
717. FIPS code. 42-071-15592. Website. conestogatwp .com. Conestoga Township is a township in west central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,922.
The Conestoga was a launch vehicle design funded by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) of Houston, Texas. Conestoga originally consisted of surplus LGM-30 Minuteman stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required for larger payloads. It was the world's first privately funded commercial rocket, but was launched only three times (once as ...
Conestoga ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,258. [4] The Conestoga post office serves ZIP code 17516.