Naval architect and engineer John Ericsson designed the Passaic-class warships, drawing upon lessons learned from the first USS Monitor, which he also designed.
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Steele was arrested by the FBI on September 6, 2007 in a Federal corruption probe that also included the arrests of Assemblyman and Orange mayor Mims Hackett and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.
Alvin Tresselt (born September 30, 1916, Passaic, New Jersey - July 24, 2000) was a pioneering children's book author and graphic designer.
When the Hayes administration came to power in 1877, it appointed a new Secretary of the Navy, Richard W. Thompson, to replace Robeson.
During World War I guns removed from the obsolete Majestic class were mounted in Lord Clive-class monitors for shore bombardment.
Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1917 and her guns were used for coast defence in Britain, as siege guns on the Belgian coast near Nieuport for attacking German batteries, and on M15-class monitors.
After the scrapping of the ships above, these guns and mountings were retained in storage, the intention at one point during early World War Two to use them as armament for small monitors which would have been reduced versions of the Roberts-class monitors.
Douglas Reeman's 1965 novel H.M.S. Saracen is a fictional account of the service of an Erebus class monitor in the Mediterranean Sea in both World Wars.
Evelyn Dubrow (March 6, 1911, Passaic, New Jersey – June 20, 2006, Washington, D.C.) was a legendary labour lobbyist for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Herbert Gallen (September 15, 1915, Passaic, New Jersey – September 22, 2007) was the American chairman and owner of Ellen Tracy, Inc. for over 50 years until 2002 when it was sold to Liz Claiborne.
Designed for service on the Amazon River, the ships were of shallow draft and heavy armament and were ideally suited to inshore, riverine and coastal work but unsuitable for service at sea, where their weight and light draft reduced their speed from a projected twelve knots to under four.
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Ordered from the Vickers Limited shipyard at High Walker on the River Tyne, the three ships were launched by 1913 and were undergoing sea trials when the Brazilian government informed Vickers that they would not be able to pay for the warships.
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Severn and Mersey's guns soon wore out, and they were each re-armed with a single 6" Mk VII gun stripped from the wreck of HMS Montagu, a battleship which had been wrecked on the Isle of Lundy in 1906.
They resided in Passaic for several years, and then took up residence in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
John P. Scott (c. June 12, 1933 – May 21, 2010) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 1998 where he represented the 36th Legislative District, which covered Passaic and portions of southern Bergen County.
He survived a tough general election campaign against Passaic County Freeholder James Roe, the brother of U.S. Rep. Robert Roe by just 974 votes.
Joseph M. Keegan (January 27, 1922 – October 21, 2007) was an American Democratic Party politician from Passaic, New Jersey, who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly and a single term in the New Jersey Senate.
M25 - launched on July 24, 1915 and scuttled September 16, 1919
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M27 - launched on September 8, 1915 and scuttled September 16, 1919
HMS M33 - launched on May 22, 1915, is one of a number of World War I-era warships in existence today and is located in dry-dock near HMS Victory at Portsmouth Naval Base.
The First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher and Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty decided these should be used for two more monitors, initially M 13 and M 14, but then renamed after the French Napoleonic War marshals Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult and Michel Ney.
Feinstein also presently represents Ausar Walcott, a former NFL linebacker with the Cleveland Browns, who is charged with attempted murder due to an incident in June 2013 at a bar in Passaic, New Jersey.
First River, formerly known as Mill Brook, a tributary of the Passaic River in New Jersey
Hackett was arrested by the FBI on September 6, 2007 in a Federal corruption probe that also included the arrests of Assemblymen Alfred E. Steele and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.
Qatanani became the Imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County (ICPC) in Paterson, New Jersey, the second largest Muslim community in the U.S..
As the water receded Osage began to hog at the ends because only her middle was supported by the sand.
County Route 508 splits from Route 21 by heading east on Bridge Street, crossing the Passaic River, and Route 21 continues north, passing by Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium before interchanging with Interstate 280.
It is home to Lambert Castle and Alexander Hamilton's Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.), which used the force of Great Falls to power the mills along the Passaic in the Dublin section.
It is now named for the city of Passaic, New Jersey, which is near where its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E. Olsen.
With the election of Lepore and Terry Duffy to the Freeholder Board, all seven of Passaic County's Freeholder seats belonged to one party, something that had not happened since 1996 (when seven Republicans were seated on the board).
It returned to make a one-off appearance at a show in Passaic, New Jersey on 11 September 1979, where singer Daltrey forgot the lyrics and they went straight to Free's "All Right Now", which the band performed on rare occasions in the 1970s.
Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.
Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.
Preakness, New Jersey, a section of Wayne in Passaic County, New Jersey
In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the Imperial German Navy decided that it needed to build river gunboats for service on the Rhine and Moselle to defend the German border.
Due to the recent conviction of disgraced former Passaic County Chairman Peter Murphy and the resulting "corruption costs you money" campaign of the Democratic Party, Rumana finished fourth behind incumbents Jim Gallagher and Lois Cuccinello and newcomer Sonia Rosado in the 2000 election, losing his seat as the Republicans were left with two seats on the board.
As well as Owens, the Shirelles consisted of classmates of hers from Passaic High School, New Jersey: Addie "Micki" Harris, Doris Kenner Jackson, and Beverly Lee.
He next sculpted a clay master model in an unfinished church in Passaic, New Jersey, and this was then divided into sections and transported by railroad to the Birmingham Steel and Iron Company for the preparation of casting molds for the iron.
Wanaque River, a tributary of the Pequannock River in Passaic County, New Jersey
Wawayanda State Park, a state park in Sussex and Passaic Counties, New Jersey
In September 2010, Wheeler co-hosted a live broadcast from the last working boat yard on the Passaic for Billy Jam's Put the Needle on the Record show on WFMU.
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The Passaic is one of the most polluted waterways in the US and is home to the world’s largest collection of the deadly chemicals, dioxins.
Upon taking office, Lantigua became the first Hispanic mayor in Massachusetts history and only the second Dominican-American Mayor in the United States, after Mayor Alex Blanco of Passaic, New Jersey, elected 2008.
Passaic's close proximity to New York (it is located minutes away from the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel) also appealed to breadwinners who commuted to New York daily.