Refimprove date April 2009 File StateLibQld 1 67435 NorthQuay and Milton Reach of the Brisbane River.jpg thumb An old photo of NorthQuay, coloured for a postcard NorthQuay is a location in the Brisbane central business district and the name of street in the same area, running along the Brisbane River from an intersection near Makerston Street to the top of the Queen Street, Brisbane Queen Street . Location The small locality is roughly the area of four city blocks in length, from the Ann Street, Brisbane Ann Street north of Brisbane Square to Queens Gardens, Brisbane Queens Gardens and includes the Conrad Treasury Casino . fact date January 2008 A riverside bikeway leading to the University of Queensland and the western suburbs from the Victoria Bridge, Brisbane Victoria Bridge has been built on the river at NorthQuay. The location has a historical record in Queensland because it was a landing point during the first European exploration of the river in 1823 and later in 1825, the Moreton ... NorthQuay is most likely not the exact location selected by John Oxley and Sir Thomas Brisbane during scouting expeditions in November 1824, the high banks at NorthQuay proved to be highly suitable, well above the flood levels that plagued Brisbane in subsequent years. ref name bhnb Street The road ... Law Courts building is located, close to Brisbane Square. NorthQuay then leads into William Street, Brisbane William Street and the government precinct further south along the river. See also Commons category Portal Queensland Northbank BrisbaneNorthQuay 1 & 2 Ferry Wharf, BrisbaneNorthQuay 1 & 2 Ferry Wharf References Reflist coord 27 28 08.34 S 153 01 09 E type landmark region AU display title Category Streets in BrisbaneBrisbane geo stub australia road stub ... Brisbane s historic North Bank 1825 2005 last Hadwen first Ian authorlink coauthors Janet Hogan, Carolyn Nolan year 2005 publisher Royal Historical Society of Queensland location Brisbane isbn 0975761501 ... more details
File NorthQuay Towers.jpg thumb Artist s impression of the three approved towers of NorthQuayNorthQuay is an approved office development, consisting of three towers on the north side of Canary Wharf in London . The real estate developer developer is Canary Wharf Group and the architect is Cesar Pelli . The heights of the towers will be Tower 1 221m 40 floors Tower 2 120m 18 floors Tower 3 209m 38 floors The towers were approved in January 2007, a press release was posted on the official Canary Wharf website on 12 January. It announced the two skyscrapers as being 209m and 221m above ground level, slightly taller than previously thought. It isn t known when the development will proceed, as it is competition with many other proposed office developments in and around Canary Wharf, in the City of London , and elsewhere in central London. The opening of Crossrail in 2018 will make the scheme more attractive to potential tenants as Crossrail s Canary Wharf railway station Canary Wharf station will be immediately to the south of it. The towers may be built separately, with Tower 1 being the first built. See also Canary Wharf Riverside South Canary Wharf Riverside South Heron Quays West One Canada Square HSBC Tower, London Tall buildings in London London Bridge Tower Bishopsgate Tower External links http www.skyscrapernews.com bdbsearch.php?qns northquayNorthQuay on Skyscrapernews.com http www.canarywharf.com mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea News Official press release concerning development approval Canary Wharf UKSkyscrapers Approved Category Canary Wharf buildings Category Proposed buildings and structures in London Category Skyscrapers in Tower Hamlets Category Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets ... more details
NorthBrisbane could mean the following The Electoral district of NorthBrisbane , a district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1878 to 1888. The Parish of NorthBrisbane, Queensland Parish of NorthBrisbane , a cadastral unit covering the Brisbane CBD . The Norths Devils , a rugby league team representing Brisbane s northern suburbs. disambiguation ... more details
Infobox station name NorthQuay image NorthQuayCityCatTerminal.jpg address Queens Wharf Road, Brisbane CBD coordinates coord 27.4726 153.0227 type landmark region AU display inline,title line other structure platform parking bicycle opened closed rebuilt ADA yes owned Brisbane City Council zone 2 TransLink South East Queensland TransLink services s rail title CityCat s line system CityCat line CityCat previous Regatta next South Bank 1 & 2 s rail title CityFerry s line system CityFerry line Inner City Ferry previous next South Bank 3 NorthQuay is a ferry wharf in the Brisbane CBD used by the CityCat and the CityFerry on the Brisbane River . Location They are located off Queens Wharf Road and connect directly to the Bicentennial Bikeway. They are the closest ferry wharves to the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Queen Street Mall and the rest of the Brisbane CBD . They lie under and to the south of the CBD end of the Victoria Bridge, Brisbane Victoria Bridge . This terminal provides the closest access point to the Conrad Treasury Casino . Description The terminal comprises a long L shaped pier with one pontoon Wharf 2 at the junction of the long and short arms and the other pontoon Wharf 1 at the free end of the shorter arm. Each pontoon has a single docking station. Generally, the CityCat s coming downstream and upstream tie up at pontoon 2. However, at times, when two CityCat s arrive at the same time, those coming upstream tie up at pontoon 1. The CityFerry service however uses only ... connect the head of the terminal to the Brisbane CBD via William Street. Parking used to be available ... to take months. ref cite news title CityCat, CityFerry terminal damage work publisher Brisbane Times ... after temporary measures were put in place by the Brisbane City Council to restore CityCat operations ... services index.htm Brisbane City Council CityCat and ferry services http www.translink.com.au travel ... CityCat Navbox TransLink SEQ ferry network Inner City Ferry Category Ferry wharves in Brisbane ... more details
refimprove date July 2011 infobox UK feature official name North Shields Fish Quay shire county state Tyne and Wear country England nation UK map name United Kingdom Tyne and Wear static image static image caption static image 2 static image caption 2 os grid reference NZ363683 latitude 55.009 longitude 1.433 North Shields Fish Quay a fishing port located close to the mouth of the River Tyne , in North Shields , Tyne and Wear , North East England , convert 8 mi east of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne . The quay began life in 1225 as a simple village of shielings huts from which the town of North Shields takes its name. The quay was originally located here to serve the nearby Tynemouth Castle and Priory . The growth of North Shields was at one time restricted due to fear that it would take trade from neighbouring Newcastle upon Tyne , which was the region s leading port at the time. Clifford s Fort , located on the Fish Quay was built in the 17th century 1672 as a coastal defence against the Netherlands Dutch . The Fort also played a role during the Napoleonic Wars . The fort was named ... in 2003. In 2006 North Tyneside Council decided not to hold the Fish Quay Festival, due mainly to the long term redevelopment work including construction work that was ongoing on the Fish Quay. A council ... index.asp North Shields Fish Quay information http www.wowfest.co.uk North Shields Fish Quay Festival Information http www.thefishquay.com North Shields Fish Quay Heritage and Regeneration Category Ports and harbours of Tyne and Wear Category North Shields ... 1987 the Fish Quay hosts a mammoth free family festival, with hundreds of stalls and entertainments stretching the full length of the Quay. The Fish Quay Festival generally has several stages featuring ... Gibbon, the original founder of the Fish Quay Festival quoted when he first started this to the local ... in the Fish Quay area is still ongoing March 9 . The Mouth of The Tyne festival currently continues ... more details
distinguish Electoral district of BrisbaneNorth Infobox Australian Electorate name NorthBrisbane state qld image caption lifespan 1878 1888 mp mp party namesake area class NorthBrisbane was an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland Legislative Assembly in the Australia n state of Queensland from 1878 to 1888. NorthBrisbane was a two member constituency, created in 1878 by a merger of Electoral district of Brisbane City Brisbane City with one member and Electoral district of Wickham Queensland Wickham also with one member. It was replaced renamed by Electoral district of BrisbaneNorthBrisbaneNorth in 1888. Members for NorthBrisbane class wikitable colspan 2 Member Party Term Australian politics party colours Other Samuel Walker Griffith Unaligned 1878 1888 Australian politics party colours Other Arthur Hunter Palmer Unaligned 1878 1881 Australian politics party colours Other William Brookes Unaligned 1882 1888 See also Electoral district of BrisbaneNorth References cite web title Queensland State Electorates from 1860 to 2006 publisher Queensland Parliament url http www.parliament.qld.gov.au view historical documents electionsReferendums electoratelist.pdf Category Former electoral districts of Queensland NorthBrisbane ... more details
Infobox Australian cadastral name NorthBrisbane state Queensland image Nla 45 portions in parish of north brisbane.jpeg caption A 19th century cadastral map, showing parts of the Parish of NorthBrisbane. county County of Stanley, Queensland Stanley region South East Queensland est area near nw near n near ne near w near e near sw near s near se The Parish of NorthBrisbane is a Cadastral divisions of Queensland parish within the County of Stanley, Queensland County of Stanley , Queensland . It includes in its area the Brisbane CBD and the suburb of Fortitude Valley, Queensland Fortitude Valley . Category BrisbaneBrisbane geo stub ... more details
multiple issues refimprove October 2009 Infobox university name BrisbaneNorth Institute of TAFE type Technical and Further Education TAFE Institute students 49,000 city Brisbane state Queensland country Australia campus Bracken Ridge, Caboolture, Grovely, Ithaca Red Hill , Redcliffe, and South Brisbane website http www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au BrisbaneNorth Institute of TAFE BNIT is a TAFE provider in Queensland , Australia . ref http www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au about us index.html About BrisbaneNorth Institute of TAFE ref . BNIT has campuses located at Bracken Ridge, Caboolture, Grovely, Ithaca Red Hill , Redcliffe, and South Brisbane ref http www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au about us campuses index.html BrisbaneNorth Institute of TAFE campuses ref . BNIT has links with local universities enabling graduating students credit towards a university qualification ref http www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au courses and careers schools pathways.html Pathways to university ref . References Reflist External links http www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au BrisbaneNorth Institute of TAFE http www.openlearning.tafe.qld.gov.au TAFE Open Learning http www.tafe.qld.gov.au TAFE Queensland Category TAFE Queensland Category Education in Brisbane ... more details
distinguish Electoral district of NorthBrisbane Infobox Australian Electorate name BrisbaneNorth state qld image caption lifespan 1888 1912 mp mp party namesake area class Metropolitan BrisbaneNorth was an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts electoral district which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the Australia n state of Queensland from 1888 until 1912. It replaced Electoral district of NorthBrisbane the electorate of NorthBrisbane . Following the Electoral Districts Act 1910 , which attempted to apply one vote one value to Queensland electorates, BrisbaneNorth was split into the seats of Electoral district of Brisbane Queensland Brisbane and Electoral district of Paddington Queensland Paddington . Members for BrisbaneNorth class wikitable colspan 2 Member Party Term Australian politics party colours Nationalist rowspan 2 Samuel Griffith Liberal 1888 1890 Australian politics party colours Liberal rowspan 3 Thomas McIlwraith Conservative 1888 1890 Australian politics party colours Commonwealth Liberal Ministerial 1890 1893 rowspan 2 Australian politics party colours Commonwealth Liberal rowspan 2 Ministerial rowspan 2 1890 1896 Australian politics party colours Commonwealth Liberal John James Kingsbury Ministerial 1893 1896 Australian politics party colours Independent Robert Fraser politician Robert Fraser Independent 1896 1899 rowspan 2 Australian politics party colours Commonwealth Liberal rowspan 2 Thomas MacDonald Paterson rowspan 2 Ministerial rowspan 2 1896 1901 rowspan 2 Australian politics party colours Commonwealth Liberal rowspan 6 Edward Barrow Forrest rowspan 2 Ministerial rowspan 2 1899 1903 rowspan 2 Australian politics party colours Liberal rowspan 2 John Cameron Queensland politician John Cameron rowspan 2 Conservative rowspan 2 1901 1908 rowspan ... electoratelist.pdf Category Former electoral districts of Queensland BrisbaneNorth ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2011 Brisbane is a ghost town in what was then Morton County, North Dakota Morton County but today is Grant County, North Dakota Grant County in the U.S. state of North Dakota . http www.dcmemorials.com solbergfarms BrisbanePOApp1910.htm A 1910 application for a new post office at Brisbane from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. locates Brisbane in section 9 of Township 133 north, Range 86 west. To understand what the terms township and range , please see the article Township United States . An article in the Leith, North Dakota , Index newspaper dated March 1, 1913 states that Brisbane had been established 2 years earlier and that a general store , a hardware and grocery store, a grain elevator , a blacksmith shop and a restaurant were located there. The article also indicates that 3 schools were located in the same township. blockquote In the spring of 1906 there were only a few people living in Brisbane vicinity. The first settlers were men, but in that year women arrived there. The attention of the first settlers was entirely given to stock raising, and no farming was done. Now all is changed and hundreds of acres of rich and fertile soil are annually producing under intelligent and careful farming, thousands of bushels of wheat oats and flax. The village of Brisbane started two years ago, and it is a hustling little town. The business interests are represented by a splendid general store owned and run by E.H. Robinson, a hardware and grocery store run by Sorum and Kindschi, and elevator managed by Martin Jacobs. There is also a blacksmith shop, a cement block building and a restaurant building. There are three school ... is being carried on in the Brisbane vicinity. Leith Index March 1, 1913 blockquote Grant County, North Dakota coord 46 20 33 N 101 29 28 W type city region US ND source GNIS enwiki display title Category Geography of Grant County, North Dakota Category Ghost towns in North Dakota Category Populated ... more details
wiktionarypar quay A quay is a term for a type of wharf , commonly used in Britain and as can be seen from the specific examples below in many other places. Quay may refer to Boat Quay , a historical quay in Singapore Circular Quay horse , a Kentucky thoroughbred race horse foaled in February 2004 Circular Quay , a locality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Circular Quay ferry wharf , the main commuter wharves in Sydney, Australia Circular Quay railway station , a CityRail station located in Sydney, Australia Clarke Quay , a historical riverside quay in Singapore Lambton Quay, Wellington , the heart of the CBD of Wellington, New Zealand Lonsdale Quay , a major transit hub for Vancouver s North Shore NorthQuay , a proposed office development, on the north side of Canary Wharf in London NorthQuay 1 & 2 Ferry Wharf, Brisbane , on the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia South Quay DLR station , a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, in London One Raffles Quay , an office building complex located in the CBD of Singapore Warrington Bank Quay railway station , a mainline railway station serving the UK town of Warrington West Quay , a shopping centre in Southampton, England Wood Quay , a riverside area of Dublin Quay restaurant , a restaurant in Sydney , Australia . People Jan de Quay 1901 1985 , Dutch political figure Matthew Quay 1833 1904 , a Pennsylvania senator. Stephen and Timothy Quay, known as the Quay Brothers Locations Connah s Quay , the largest town in Flintshire, north Wales New Quay disambiguation New Quay , a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales Melbourne Docklands New Quay New Quay , a residential development in Melbourne, Australia Newquay , a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England Quay County, New Mexico , a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico Quay, New Mexico , a small town in Quay County Quay, Oklahoma , a town in Oklahoma, United States See also Cay Key disambiguation Disambig de Quay fr Quay pl Quay pt Quay ... more details
to NorthQuay, BrisbaneNorthQuay in 1825. Free immigrants settlers were permitted from 1842. Brisbane ... River now known as NorthQuay, BrisbaneNorthQuay , convert 28 km mi south, which offered a more ... 19 March 2008 ref On Sunday 9 January 2011, an upper low crossed north of Brisbane and dropped rainfall ...Hatnote This article is about the Australian metropolis. The name may also refer to the Brisbane central business district or the City of Brisbane the Local Government Area within which inner Brisbane is located . For all other uses, see Brisbane disambiguation . Use Australian English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date March 2012 pp move indef Infobox Australian place type city name Brisbane state Queensland image Brisbane from Kangaroo Point.jpg imagesize 290 caption The Brisbane skyline from ..., Western Australia Perth dist5 1450 dir5 NNE location5 Canberra lga div small City of BrisbaneBrisbane City of Ipswich Ipswich Logan City Logan Moreton Bay Region Moreton Bay Redland City Redland ... House of Representatives 17 divisions maxtemp 26.4 mintemp 16.2 rainfall 965.7 Brisbane IPAc en icon ... city in Australia . Brisbane s metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2.1 million, and the South East Queensland Conurbation urban conurbation , centred around Brisbane, encompasses ... 20Features62010 11?opendocument&tabname Summary&prodno 3218.0&issue 2010 11&num &view ref The Brisbane ... a bend of the Brisbane River , approximately 23 km 14 mi from its mouth at Moreton Bay . The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River valley between ..., a large portion of central Brisbane is governed by the Brisbane City Council , which is by far Australia s largest Local Government Area by population. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite. Brisbane is named after the river on which it sits, which, in turn, was named after Scotsman Thomas Brisbane Sir Thomas Brisbane , the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. The first European ... more details
Image OConnellBridgeDublin.jpg thumb Liberty Hall visible in the background, on the eastern edge of Eden Quay Eden Quay Irish place name C Eden no translate yes is one of the Dublin quays on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin . The quay runs the bank between O Connell Bridge and Butt Bridge . The quay is bisected by Marlborough Street Dublin Marlborough Street , roughly halfway along its length. The quay is also designated R105 as part of the Irish Regional road Route descriptions regional roads convention. Liberty Hall dominates the eastern end of the quay while at the opposite end is the Irish Nationwide building, famous for its destruction by the Royal Navy during the Easter Rising . Activity on the quay is made up of a lap dancing club and bar, along with a hotel and bar, an amusement arcade, the Laughter Lounge built on the site of a former cinema, and an assortment of downscale offices, a language school, a closed down pub and three newsagents. The Quay is a major terminus for Dublin Bus services to the north east of the city and to the south bank side . 22 routes start here, while another five go through the location. ref http www.dublinbus.ie en Your Journey1 Timetables ?searchtype place&searchquery Eden Quay ref The Liffey Boardwalk covers the length of the quay. External links For an incomplete list of buses departing and terminating at Eden Quay, see Dublin Bus Routes Dublin Bus References reflist Category Quays in Dublin city Category Locations in the Easter Rising ... more details
Britain Quay is a quay and street in Dublin on the south bank of the River Liffey between Sir John Rogerson s Quay Dublin Sir John Rogerson s Quay and the confluence of the River Liffey , River Dodder and Grand Canal Ireland Grand Canal . File BritainQuay.JPG thumb 400px Britain Quay foreground with North Wall Quay in the background where the Convention Centre Dublin is under construction 2009 The U2 Tower is to be built here. ref name Tel1 cite news url http www.telegraph.co.uk news uknews 1566063 Bono 27s U2 tower to be tallest in Ireland.html title Bono s U2 tower to be tallest in Ireland author Peterkin, Tom publisher The Daily Telegraph date October 15, 2007 ref References reflist Ireland road stub Dublin geo stub coord 53.345576 N 6.231904 W type landmark region IE display title Category Quays in Dublin city Category Ringsend ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Bill Quay latitude 54.957 longitude 1.537 population metropolitan ... North East England constituency westminster Gateshead East and Washington West UK Parliament constituency ... thumb right 200px Brack Terrace, Bill Quay July 25, 2006 Bill Quay is a village in the east of Gateshead in North East England , situated between Hebburn to the east and Pelaw to the west ... a popular and desirable location. Image Bill Quay 2004 .jpg thumb left View of the ruined remains of Harrison s shipyard on the riverside in Bill Quay June 13, 2004 History During the 19th century ... Road. Boutlands, Harrisons and Wood Skinner were shipbuilders at Bill Quay with Harrisons remaining ... Quay Community Farm An important urban farm and one of only 16 farm parks nationally recognised by the Rare ..., a showcase festival for local Gateshead based bands that happens yearly. Bill Quay Albion Cricket Club Bill Quay Albion Cricket Club compete in the Durham Coast league. Bill Quay Fabric Workshop Bill Quay Book Shop Small book shop, selling wide range of second hand books, also contributes to local events information. Bill Quay in fiction The novel Schoolfrenz by Ray Crowther ISBN 0 9541110 3 6 is set mainly on Tyneside. Bill Quay is mentioned several times and is the location for a murder ... Ray Crowther contains an extract from Schoolfrenz about Bill Quay, and has photographs of Bill Quay and the surrounding area. External links http www.geograph.org.uk search.php?i 402666 Geograph ... Quay http web.archive.org web 20091027055418 http geocities.com rboutland2002 index Early shipbuilding at Bill Quay http www.billquayfabricworkshop.co.uk index.html Website of Bill Quay Fabric Workshop http www.billquayalbion.co.uk Website of the Bill Quay Albion Cricket Club http billquaycricket.com Another website of the Bill Quay Albion Cricket Club http www.billquaybooks.co.uk Website of the local book shop, Bill Quay Books http www.billquayprimary.org Website of Bill Quay Primary school http ... more details
Willington Quay is an area in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear in northern England . It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne , facing Jarrow , and between Wallsend and North Shields . It is served by the Howdon Metro station in Howdon . The area from 2006 onwards has been an area of new housing built on brownfield sites. The house building continues into 2012 and is changing the social and economic balance in the area. The area has also had a make over of the bowling green off Howdon Lane and further warehousing next to the bowling green has been demolished to make way for further new housing. The changes made recently at Willington Quay are now making it an attractive place to live within North Tyneside. Local government The area, originally in the parish of Wallsend, became an urban sanitary district in the late 19th century. The Local Government Act 1894 brought together the Howdon and Willington Quay USDs as an urban district of Northumberland . In 1910, the urban district became part of the borough of Wallsend . Notable people Norman Brown footballer Norman Brown , footballer Robert Stephenson , engineer See also Willington Quay child abduction case References Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol 2 coord 54.983333 N 1.5 W region GB type city display title Category Towns in Tyne and Wear Category Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 pl Willington Quay ... more details
Malaya Malay states of Perak , Selangor and Sungei Ujong . Clarke Quay is also the name of a road along the quay, part of which has since been converted into a pedestrian mall . Clarke Street, located next to Clarke Quay, was officially named in 1896 , and was originally two streets known simply as East Street and West Street in north Kampong Malacca. Similar to Clarke Quay, Clarke Street ...Infobox Singapore neighbourhood image ClarkeQuay.JPG caption englishname Clarke Quay chinesename pinyin K l M t u malayname Clarke Quay tamilname Clarke Quay is a historical riverside quay in Singapore , located within the Singapore River Planning Area . The quay is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River and Boat Quay . Etymology Clarke Quay was named after Sir Andrew ... Teochew enterprise. wide image Clarke Quay Panorama, Feb 06.jpg 600px Panoramic view of Singapore River , with Clarke Quay on the left northern bank and Riverside Point on the right southern ... colonial era, Boat Quay was the commerce commercial centre where lighter barge barge lighters would transport goods upstream to warehouse s at Clarke Quay. At the height of its prosperity, dozens of bumboat s jostled for wikt mooring mooring space beside Clarke Quay. This continued well into the later ... Panjang . The bumboats and truck lorries departed to their new home and Clarke Quay fell silent ... precinct. These plans took into serious consideration the historical value of Clarke Quay, making it mandatory ... buildings be restored. File Clarke Quay 44, Feb 06.JPG thumb upright leftG MAX reverse bungee Clarke Quay Festival Village, the biggest Historic preservation conservation project for the Singapore River, was developed and officially opened on 10 December 1993. In later years, Clarke Quay was managed and owned by CapitaLand . Ten years later, works were commenced to revamp the Clarke Quay area in order ... to the exterior and riverside areas. The Satay Club and a number of establishments vacated Clarke Quay ... more details
Nofootnotes article date July 2009 Infobox Singapore neighbourhood image boat quay sct.JPG caption Aerial view of the quay englishname Boat Quay chinesename pinyin B chu n M t u malayname Boat Quay tamilname Boat Quay is a historical quay in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore ... aquatic trade is no longer Boat Quay s primary role, the shophouse s on it have been carefully conserved and now house various bars, pubs and restaurants. Therefore Boat Quay s social economic role in the city ... immediately behind it. Boat Quay is also the name of the road along the quay, which has since been converted into a pedestrian mall. History File boat quay night 2009n.JPG thumb left The quay and the Singapore ..., where most of the commerce took place, is known as Boat Quay. In the 1820s, the area was swamp ... Chinese settlement. Boat Quay was completed in 1842 and the Chinese, mostly traders and labourer s, settled there in large numbers. Conditions were squalid but Boat Quay flourished, rapidly exceeding in volume the trade on the north bank where the European ethnic groups European s had their offices, houses and government buildings. In the midst of Boat Quay were the trading offices of some of Singapore ... such as rice and coffee , and many other manufactured goods. File Boat Quay 4, Dec 05.JPG thumb upright Since the 1990s, Boat Quay has been transformed into a pedestrian mall with restaurants, pubs, cafes and clubs. Boat Quay was very resilient to change. Its role did not diminish even when ... from Boat Quay. Its decline really began in the 1960s, as mechanisation and computer isation gradually ... a modern, high tech cargo centre in Pasir Panjang . This led to the rapid demise of Boat Quay s river ... removed, Boat Quay was devoid of activity, with the river deserted. In 1986, the Urban Redevelopment Authority announced plans to Historic preservation conserve Boat Quay as part of a master plan for conserving ... South Bridge Road , Circular Road, Lorong Telok and North Canal Road was gazette d. The two and three ... more details
Queens Quay or Queen s Quay may refer to Queen s Quay, Belfast , a district in Belfast Queen s Quay Toronto , a street in Toronto Queens Quay TTC , an underground streetcar station in Toronto dab Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages fr Queens Quay ... more details
Assembly for Wales constituency Alyn and Deeside , North Wales National Assembly for Wales electoral region North Wales latitude 53.2179 longitude 3.0573 official name Connah s Quay population 17,500 ...infobox UK place country Wales static image Image Connahs Quay St Marks Church.jpg 240px static image ... 01244 os grid reference SJ295695 Connah s Quay lang cy Cei Connah is the largest town in Flintshire ... s border on the north bank of the River Dee. Wepre Park Wepre Woods , an ancient woodland in the town ... dates from the 13th century. History The original name of the place was New Quay, but due to confusion ... Quay House , a public house which still lies on the docks in what is now the west side of the town ... theory is that Connah s Quay got its name from a lady called Mary Connah and when people crossed the River ... s Quay, because Mary Connah used to own the Dock. The dock itself was connected by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah s Quay Railway to the nearby town of Buckley , chiefly to transport fire clay and pottery ... s Quay has a town council of twenty members. 18 represent the Labour Party, one represents the Green Party and one is Independent. Education Schools in Connah s Quay include Connah s Quay High School ... s Quay High School as part of Deeside Consortium. Community In the last decade several large housing developments have been built in Connah s Quay and the town has a Housing market crisis in the United ... of unemployed members of society within the Connah s Quay area are rising by a further four percent ... for Connah s Quay is Cei Connah , which has recently been incorporated into signage of the area. Sport The town is home to Deeside College which has on site, the North Wales indoor athletics centre and athletics track which is used by Gap Connah s Quay F.C. ,formerly known as Connah s Quay Nomad and a Lifestyle Fitness Centre. It is also home to Connah s Quay Cricket Club,who play their home games at Central Park. They have 7 teams in the North Wales League. The town is also home to Connahs ... more details
centres, New Quay itself, Traethgwyn, a bay just to the north, and Cei bach, a pebble beach further north below a wooded cliff. Here were constructed not only smacks and schooners for sailing along ...about the town in Wales the similarly named town of Newquay in Cornwall Newquay Other uses New Quay disambiguation Infobox UK place country Wales welsh name Cei Newydd Motto official name New Quay latitude ... constituency Ceredigion post town New Quay postcode district postcode area SA45 dial code 01545 ... ref static image File New Quay 2.jpg 240px static image caption small Overlooking the harbour at New Quay small New Quay lang cy Cei Newydd is a seaside town in Ceredigion , West Wales with a resident ..., New Quay merely consisted of a few thatched cottages surrounded by agricultural land, the natural harbour providing a safe mooring for fishing boats and a few small trading vessels. The New Quay ... as shipwrights , New Quay had half a dozen blacksmith shops, three sail makers, three rope walks ... Careg Gwalch 2005 pg. 64. ref By 1870, shipbuilding had ceased at New Quay but most of the men living ... rig gers that sailed the world were captained by New Quay men. The observant tourist can still see ... of shops and restaurants. Nearby New Quay Honey Farm, the largest bee farm in Wales, has a live bee ... in its 126th year publisher New Quay Yacht Club accessdate 2008 02 04 ref In addition to the hospitality ... facilities As well as shops, banks, restaurants and pubs, New Quay houses a large primary school , a doctors ... NewQuayCardiganshire fleet title New Quay Fleet publisher RNLI ref Public transport is provided ... miles outside New Quay is a honey farm. There is also New Quay s famous 1 shop Now the 1.20 shop . There is a park at the top of New Quay right next to a tennis court which may be used by the public. Links with Dylan Thomas New Quay is one of several places in Wales to claim a link with writer Dylan ... sites dylan thomas pages new quay.shtml BBC Wales Arts Dylan Thomas New Quay Bot generated title ref ... more details
Refimprove date September 2007 Image Wfm victoria quay.jpg thumb right 200px Victoria Quay Victoria Quay VQ is a Scottish Government building situated in Leith , Edinburgh . Designed by Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall , construction began in 1993 and the building was officially opened by the Elizabeth II Queen on Monday 1 July 1996. Civil servants began moving to Victoria Quay in phases from autumn 1995 1996 before the official opening ceremony. Image VictoriaQuayLeith.jpg thumb left 200px View of Victoria Quay showing the mass and length of the building The building was constructed on redeveloped dockland and housed parts of the Scottish Office prior to 1999. With the advent of parliamentary devolution in 1999 it was transferred to the then Scottish Executive, now Scottish Government . 2,200 civil servants work at Victoria Quay making it the Scottish Government s largest building in terms of size and occupation. Construction of this building kick started Leith s Edinburgh Waterfront regeneration programme proper. New luxury flats, converted Bonded warehouse bond warehouses , bistros, bars and restaurants followed. This regeneration is continuing today, with high rise construction work on reclaimed dockland just a few hundred metres behind Ocean Terminal ongoing. Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal also opened later, arguably due to a need and demand from the 2000 civil servants working at Victoria Quay, as well as from local people. It is possible that the Scottish Office may have had these positive consequences in mind when construction was agreed. Prior to Victoria Quay opening, which gave the then Scottish Office a presence in north Edinburgh, the posts were based ... lain empty since 1995. To give perspective to the size of Victoria Quay, VQ is in fact a few feet short ... Victoria Quay entry at the Gazetteer for Scotland http www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk scottish executive building.htm Victoria Quay entry at Edinburgh Architecture coord 55 58 41.45 N 3 10 24.48 ... more details
wikify date October 2011 Hunters Quay lang gd Camas Rainich is a village in Argyll and Bute , Scotland . Situated between Kirn, Argyll and Bute Kirn to the south and Ardnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base of Western Ferries , operating between Hunters Quay and McInroy s Point . It is home to the Royal Marine Hotel, which is over 100 years old. ref Cite web url http www.old picture.com europe Hunters Hotel Marine Royal.htm title Royal Marine Hotel at Old Picture.com accessdate 2011 October 23 ref The 12 metre class yacht race in the 1908 London Olympic Games took place at Hunters Quay. Most of the sailing took place on the Solent, but only two boats entered the 12 metre class Mouchette from the Royal Liverpool Yacht Club and Hera from the Royal Glasgow Yacht Club. They were allowed to race on the Clyde for convenience. The course was twice round a 13 mile lap of the Clyde, starting and finishing at Hunters Quay. Hera won. Jim Crow originally The Jim Crow ref name The Jim Crow Cite web url http www.dunoonpeeps.com assets images autogen a Jim Crow 1905.jpg title A photo of The Jim Crow, taken in 1905, at DunoonPeeps.com accessdate Failed verification date October 2011 ref , a pointed rock on the beach, has been painted with a face since the early 1900s. ref name The Jim Crow The inspiration behind the name and design have been suggested to be Thomas Rice, a white American caricaturing a black man the owner of a nearby builders yard a shark and a jackdaw , which has ... accessdate 2011 October 23 ref Gallery title Hunters Quay width 160 height 170 lines 7 align center File Hunters Quay from Cloch Point.jpg alt1 Hunters Quay from Cloch Point Hunters Quay viewed from Cloch ... tide. Jim Crow during high tide. File Hunter s Quay geograph.org.uk 837885.jpg alt4 A Western Ferries ferry approaching the quay. A Western Ferries ferry approaching the quay. The Royal Marine Hotel ... council.org.uk HuntersQuay title Hunters Quay Community Council website accessdate 2011 October ... more details
, the docks and quay s, a restored ship, the George and Charlotte copper mine which is toured by a small ..., The European Route of Industrial Heritage . History Morwellham Quay was originally set up by the Benedictine ... transported through the quay, followed by lead and silver ores in the 13th century. ref http www.history.uk.com ... at the Quay itself and the George and Charlotte Mine opened in the 18th century. In addition, by 1800 ... mile tunnel which ended 237 feet above the quay at Morwellham. From here an canal inclined plane inclined plane was constructed to bring the iron barges down to the quay, powered by a water wheel. The heyday for Morwellham Quay came when the largest and richest copper deposits ever were discovered at the Devon Great Consols just 4 miles to the north in 1844. ref http www.cornish mining.org.uk ... quay was added to handle the 30,000 tons of ore that were exported each year. Arsenic was also ... Farm was filmed at Morwellham Quay during 2009 2010. See also New Quay Devon A similar port slightly ... http www.morwellham quay.co.uk Morwellham Quay Official website http www.bbc.co.uk devon content ... Open air museums in the United Kingdom Category Mining in Devon hr Morwellham Quay la Morwellham Quay ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Eastern Quay Apartments is in Royal Victoria Dock , East London Image Easternquayexterior.jpg thumb Eastern Quay exterior Constructed between April 2002 and November 2003, Eastern Quay Apartments were built at a cost of 10.75m. The building sits adjacent to the site earmarked for Silvertown Quays a large 100m regeneration project which will include Britain s first purpose built national aquarium, Biota . Eastern Quay was designed by Gardner Stewart Architects, and constructed by Morrisons. Standing 12 stories high, it is constructed with a concrete and steel frame. It is one of the first residential apartment blocks in the United Kingdom to have fully glazed exterior walls. The increased solar gain on such a building is reduced by a combination of integrated design and advanced glazing technology. The building has a 1.8 metre wide terrace that wraps around the entire floor, a dual purpose design providing generous terraces to each apartment and providing shade to the unit below. Furthermore, Low emissivity glazing which is spectrally selective in order to minimize solar heat gain is installed across the building. The apartment block is located on an east west axis, exactly 1 km east of the GMT line. The apartments on the north side overlook Royal Victoria Dock and the ExCeL Exhibition Centre , while apartments on the south side overlook the River Thames . Eastern Quay won various awards from construction, including one from the Chartered Institute of Building. In the summer of 2003, the London Evening Standard gave away one of the new built apartments ... The Bill . Transport Eastern Quay is served by three Docklands Light Railway stations, all of which ... restrictions. Eastern Quay is on the take off and approach corridor to London City Airport and as such is frequently exposed to aircraft noise from 6 30 to 21 00. History Eastern Quay was sold by George ... penthouses. External links http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 160159 Eastern Quay Skyscraper Listing ... more details
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