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Internet TLD. .us [16] The United States of America ( USA or U.S.A. ), commonly known as the United States ( US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district ( Washington, D.C. ), and 326 Indian reservations.
The City-class gunboats were the United States' first ironclad warships. [a] The gunboats produced by Eads formed the core of the United States Army 's Western Gunboat Flotilla, [b] which later was transferred to the US Navy and became the Mississippi River Squadron. Eads gunboats took part in almost every significant action on the upper ...
This is a list of current and former Class I railroads in North America under the older criteria and the newer as well as today's much different post-railroad consolidation classifications. Current Class I railroads. As of 2023 there are just four American owned Class I freight railroad companies and one passenger railroad company (Amtrak).
The Eagle Scout Service Project, or simply Eagle Project, is the opportunity for a Scout (Scouts, B.S.A.), or qualified Venturer or Sea Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (B.S.A.) to demonstrate leadership of others while performing a project for the benefit of their community. This is the culmination of the Scout's leadership training, and it ...
Classic Head quarter eagle. (Redirected from Classic Head Quarter Eagle) The 1835 Classic Head $2.50. The Classic Head $2.50 gold coin is an American coin, also called a quarter eagle, minted from 1834 to 1839. [1] It features Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse.
Revenue (1940) $370,000. The America First Committee ( AFC) was an American isolationist pressure group against the United States ' entry into World War II. [1] [2] Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak. [3] The AFC principally supported isolationism for its own sake, and its varied coalition ...
The Class 23 0-6-0 ST locomotives were initially built in 1876-87 by L&Y locomotive superintendent Barton Wright as a class of 280 0-6-0 tender engines. 230 of these were rebuilt as saddle tanks at Horwich Works by Aspinall between 1891 and 1900. Ownership changes EX-L&YR 0-6-0 saddle-tank No. 11429 at Low Moor Locomotive Depot 25 May 1947
Dividend imputation. Dividend imputation is a corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution. In comparison to the classical system, it reduces or eliminates the tax disadvantages of distributing ...