Why former Southampton Docks manager was remarkable
Captain George Peacock had already enjoyed an amazing career, becoming a Ship’s Captain and Master Mariner, inventor, engineer, explorer, and…
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Captain George Peacock had already enjoyed an amazing career, becoming a Ship’s Captain and Master Mariner, inventor, engineer, explorer, and…
Hartford Foundation Funds Help Housing Nonprofit Move - Greater Hartford, CT - The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving recently aided a local nonprofit that helps intellectually disabled people find housing.
A nonprofit real estate developer plans to sell off the historic Atlantic Works building at 75 Charter Oak Ave. in Hartford. In a statement, the Corporation for Independent Living said a variety of factors, including volatile market conditions and high taxes, prompted its leadership to consider unloading the property, which houses around 25 primarily nonprofit organizations and the Connecticut Nonprofit Center, which is operated by the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance.
An office complex near downtown Hartford designed to foster the growth of nonprofits with shared space and below-market rents is being put up for sale.
Impact of Dredging on Maritime Law Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. © Bill Chizek / Adobe Stock In 1875, the General Moultrie was the first suction dredge built in the United States and was used in the Charleston River — until it sank within a year. During the same era, the city of Houston and other port towns formed companies like the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company to build special-purpose vessels to clear and connect waterways for commercial vessel traffic. Toward the end of the 19th century, the cutter suction dredge made its appearance and effectively dug and maintained water chann...