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8 unusual facts about Philadelphian


Marine steam engine

The Philadelphian shipbuilder Charles H. Cramp blamed America's general lack of competitiveness with the British shipbuilding industry in the mid-to-late 19th century upon the conservatism of American domestic shipbuilders and shipping line owners, who doggedly clung to outdated technologies like the walking beam and its associated paddlewheel long after they had been abandoned in other parts of the world.

Michael McGinniss

A native Philadelphian, McGinniss joined the De La Salle Christian Brothers in 1965 and graduated maxima cum laude from La Salle University in 1970 with a BA degree in English.

Northeast Harbor, Maine

The village was at a time so popular as a summer resort among Philadelphians that it was sometimes known as "Philadelphia on the rocks".

Philadelphian

Old Philadelphians, members of the First Families of Philadelphia considered part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment

Philadelphian is most commonly used to describe someone who is from (or a resident of) the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphians, a 17th-century Protestant religious sect (sometimes called the "Philadelphian Society", or the "Philadelphia Society")

Philadelphian cricket team, a first-class cricket team from the turn of the 20th century

Welcome to the Jang House

Welcome to the Jang House is the second studio album by the Philadelphian rap group, Plastic Little.


Darlingtonia californica

In 1853 it was described by John Torrey, who named the genus Darlingtonia after the Philadelphian botanist William Darlington (1782–1863).

Germantown Colony and Museum

The New Philadelphian Congregation, established by the New Philadelphia Society, planted its first colony in 1832 at Phillipsburg (now Monaca), Pennsylvania.

Jayson Stark

His second book, Worth The Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, tells the tale of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies from the perspective of a Philadelphian.

Marc Copland

Ogawa subsequently organized and produced Stompin’ with Savoy (Savoy), featuring an all-star quintet including fellow Philadelphian Randy Brecker and the late Bob Berg.


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