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unusual facts about Concession


Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson

Donaldson's mother, a Mrs. Joseph Thivalt, traveled all the way from Concession, Nova Scotia after using his last 95 cents to telegraph her.


Ambel, Isère

Peter had, by concession from the Dauphin, high, middle, and low jurisdiction rights over Ambel.

Areva NC

Prior to this, Areva also gained a concession in nearby Imouraren, which is hoped to double or triple their production in Niger.

Bernese Oberland railway

In 1897 the company obtained a concession to construct a 54.7 km line from Lauterbrunnen to Visp, with stations at Stechelberg, Steinberg, Oberborn, and Blattern.

Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

It was established in 1885 with a concession from the government of Persia to Baron Julius De Reuter, under a Royal charter from Queen Victoria.

Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans

In addition, the company had one of the French government's awarded temporary concession of 70 years, to build and operate a railway between the cities of Paris and Orléans.

County highway

In addition to county roads, many townships also have concession roads and township roads, such as Colchester South Road 3, and Concession 8.

David Sunflower Seeds

As the “Official Sunflower Seed of the Babe Ruth League,” DAVID provides free scorebooks and safety tips to each team in the league, awards to All-Star players, and DAVID Sunflower Seeds to be sold at concession stands.

DFS Galleria

In 1961, Tourists International won the bid for a duty free concession at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport and opened its first airport store (using the Duty Free Shoppers name, which was purchased from military entrepreneur friends Stewart Damon and Harry Adler).

Edmond Tarbé des Sablons

Tarbé obtained by decree of 13 June 1889 the concession for a tram line between Saint-Germain and Marly-le-Roi, and between Rueil and Courbevoie, where it was connected with the tram from there to the Place de l'Etoile.

French Meadow Bakery

French Meadow Bakery and Cafe also features airport concession stands at Salt Lake City International Airport, JFK International, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, airport in Atlanta, Logan International and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airports which offers such products as peanut butter cookies, carrot cake, hemp bagels and a variety of freshly baked breads.

Gens du pays

A famous instance of this took place at René Lévesque's concession speech after the citizens of the province rejected independence in the 1980 Quebec referendum.

Hengshan Road

Named after Philippe Pétain, Marshall of France, the boulevarde was constructed in 1922 to link the heart of the French Concession with Zikawei, now Xujiahui, the centre of Catholicism in Shanghai.

Hillside Boularderie

It takes its name from Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie, who was granted the area as a concession from the King of France.

History of Qatar

In 1935, a 75-year oil concession was granted to the Qatar Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of the Iraq Petroleum Company, which was owned by Anglo-Dutch, French, and U.S. interests.

James J. Kenney

Kenney Sr. died and his son was taken in by one of the boy's aunts, Mrs. Sarah (Kenney) Landers who operated a concession at the Berkeley Station of the Central Pacific's Berkeley Branch line on Shattuck Avenue in what became the downtown section of Berkeley.

James Rochfort Maguire

He was a friend and associate of Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), and was one of the three men who signed the original concession on which was based the British South Africa Company, of which he was president in 1923-25.

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Some of the main concession areas of the logging company Sodefor are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe.

Lordship of Champlain

• April 5, 1644: concession of the fief Marsolet and fief Tree to the Cross, located in the present territory of the Municipality of Champlain.

Lounge car

The cars were often operated by the Pullman Company, and in other cases by the railroad directly as part of the dining car department (on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the Fred Harvey Company manned the food concession).

Luis Vernet

In 1868, whilst Vernet was still alive, the Argentine government had granted Isla de los Estados part of Vernet's original 1828 concession to Luis Piedra Buena.

Lukenie River

Some of the main logging concession areas of Sodefor are on both sides of the Lukenie River, centered on Oshwe.

Mary Bruins Allison

At this time in Kuwait, the oil concession was granted to a joint American and British enterprise, forming the Kuwait Oil Company Ltd.

Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway

The concession for the construction and operation of the extension of the line to Hochneukirch, Jülich, Inden and Weisweiler to Eschweiler-Aue, with a total length of 48.77 km, was granted to the BME on 23 September 1870.

Mongbwalu

AngloGold Ashanti Kilo, a joing venture between AngloGold Ashanti and the government-owned OKIMO, gained the rights to concession 40, starting exploration in November 2003 and expanding its activities as the UN and DRC government regained and consolidated control over the region.

Murder of Victoria Stafford

On Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 9:00 am police confirmed the remains found near Mount Forest, Ontario, approximately 500 metres from Concession Road 6, were that of Tori.

Norwegian Air Lines

This was granted to Norske Luftruter, but DNL was granted the concession to operate the ferry to the island from Oslo East Station.

NZASM 14 Tonner 0-4-0T

The concession was extended the following year to continue the line east to Springs, where coal was known to exist, and west via Roodepoort to Krugersdorp.

Paris Métro Line 3

The concession was granted to the CMP by the municipal government of Paris on 13 March 1903, but the declaration of public utility was only granted on 26 February 1907.

Puente Alsina railway station

As part of the privatization of the Argentine railways in 1990’s the private company Metropolitano was granted a concession to operate the service, part of the Linea Belgrano Sur, as far as General Belgrano, from 1 May 1994.

Rave Cinemas

Most theaters features multiple concession stands, arcade games, online and kiosk ticketing, and a futuristic environment with special lighting, LCD menu and film trailer displays, and some have a stylized special event room.

Rivière à Veillet

Finally, the Jesuits lords of the Lordship of Batiscan agreed by the concession contract notarized in 1711, to cease officially this lot to Jean Veillet.

Royal Division of the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway

Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (Ruhrort–Crefeld−Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft, RCG), founded in 1844, approved by the Prussian government on 21 August 1846 and granted a concession on 8 January 1847 to build the line from Homberg via Trompet, Uerdingen and Viersen to Gladbach.

Salvatore Lima

Lima arranged an unusually lucrative concession to collect taxes in Sicily to Antonio Salvo and Ignazio Salvo, two wealthy mafia-cousins from the town of Salemi in the province of Trapani, in exchange for their loyalty to Salvo Lima and the Andreotti faction of the DC.

San Ángel Inn

It was initially built by the Carmelites, for the purpose of becoming a monastery, but official records show that the concession was granted by Carlos III to the Counts of Pinillas and the Marquis of Sierra Nevada.

Sodefor

The main concession areas are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe and on both sides of the Lukenie River, centered on Oshwe.

Sorauren

A residential street in Toronto, Canada is named Sorauren Avenue, after the 1813 battle, because the owner of the land concession in the area, Colonel Walter O'Hara, was a participant in the battle.

Stadium Mustard

The trademarked "Bertman's Ballpark Mustard" is still sold at Progressive Field, and was declared the "signature concession item" by ESPN.com writer Jim Caple.

Thomas Baines

In 1870 Baines was granted a concession to explore for gold between the Gweru and Hunyani rivers by Lobengula, leader of the Matabele nation.

Tony Corinda

Around the same period, Corinda had the magic concession in Hamleys Toy Shop in Regent Street.

Two Guys

Bernard Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, began his retail career when he convinced the Hubschmans to let him operate the cosmetics concession at a Two Guys store in Totowa, New Jersey.

Virginia State Route 895

Transurban, which owns and operates the CityLink tollway in Melbourne and the M2 Hills Motorway toll road in Sydney, said that it had agreed to acquire a 99-year concession on the Pocahontas Parkway for a total cost of $US611 million (A$815 million).

Water privatization in San Pedro Sula, Honduras

In San Pedro Sula, the country's economic capital, the municipality has given a concession to a private operator for 30 years in 2000.

Water supply and sanitation in Latin America

The most notable cancellations include the concession for Aguas Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the concessions for Cochabamba and La Paz, Bolivia.

Water supply and sanitation in Peru

Only in October 2005 the first water and sanitation concession contract in Peru was signed in the province of Tumbes.

Zamboanga City local elections, 2013

As the election unofficial results found that Climaco was leading by a wide margin, Fabian announced his concession and congratulates Climaco for winning the election.


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