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7 unusual facts about Water Street


Ayre and Sons

Water Street - The original flagship store of Ayre and Sons, opened in 1859.

Gene Derwood

The couple lived in a penthouse of an office building on Water Street.

Oscar Williams

They lived in a penthouse of an office building on Water Street.

Press-Register

In the weeks and months following the hurricane, the Water Street headquarters published three daily newspapers at its facility – the Mobile Register, Times-Picayune and Mississippi Press.

Tommy Hadden

He also owned a sailor's home on Water Street which would eventually become known as the district's most notorious crimp house.

For over 25 years, his Water Street boarding house was one of the most notorious "crimp houses" on the New York waterfront as thousands of sailors were shanghaied, robbed or murdered.

Tussey Mountain

The Frankstown Branch Juniata River runs north along the west foot of the ridge before turning east along U.S. Route 22 at Water Street, the river, road, and rail (abandoned PRR Petersburg Branch) crossing the ridge line through a water gap.



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Addison, Maine

Transportation linkages in Addison consist of Addison Road in Columbia to Water Street at the Columbia town line which connects the village area to U.S. Route 1 in the town of Columbia at the Four Corners.

Cast-iron architecture

The first use was at the Water Street terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 to a design by William Fairbairn, a successful design which was demolished about 1900 owing to the widespread concern about cast iron under bridges on the rail network in Britain.

Charles Manegold, Jr.

In 1876 he had become a partner of Charles James Kershaw in the ownership of the Northwestern Marine elevator and in 1878 he and his father purchased the Reliance Flour Mill at West Water street.

CHBC-DT

CHBC's studios are located on Leon Avenue (near Water Street) in Kelowna, and its main transmitter is located near Lambly Creek Road in Central Okanagan; CHBC also operates 18 rebroadcast transmitters across the southeastern part of the province.

Chemung Canal Bank Building

The Chemung Canal Bank Building is located at 415 East Water Street in Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States.

Massachusetts Route 129

At Water Street, Route 129 turns eastward, passing the Center Depot, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and along the Haverhill Line (though currently without a stop).

Ohio State Route 118

The moniker changes to North Broadway near the junction with East Water Street, passing south of Treaty of Greenville State Park.

River Irwell Railway bridge

The River Irwell Railway Bridge, is a stone railway bridge of 1830 by George Stephenson near Water Street in Manchester, England.