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Hay, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Hay, river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in several headstreams in NE British Columbia and NW Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE through NW Alta., over Alexander Falls, and into Great Slave Lak...

Brünig Pass

(Encyclopedia)Brünig Pass brüˈnĭkh [key], 3,396 ft (1,035 m) high, ancient route between the Forest Cantons and the Bernese Alps, central Switzerland. It is crossed by a highway and a railroad. ...

Phillipsburg

(Encyclopedia)Phillipsburg, town (1990 pop. 15,757), Warren co., NW N.J., on the Delaware River opposite Easton, Pa.; settled 1739, inc. 1861. It is a railroad and industrial center in a farm area. Iron and steelwo...

diner

(Encyclopedia)diner, restaurant resembling the railroad dining car. In the mid-19th cent., the first dining cars that appeared on trains were nothing more than an empty car with a fastened-down table. George M. Pul...

Baker, George Fisher

(Encyclopedia)Baker, George Fisher, 1840–1931, American financier and philanthropist, b. Troy, N.Y. Baker was one of the founders of the First National Bank of New York in 1863 and became (1877) its president and...

Shenyang

(Encyclopedia)Shenyang mo͞okˈdŭn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,762,000), capital of Liaoning prov., NE China, on the Hun River. It is China's fourth largest city and the leading manufacturing hub in a highly ind...

Neijiang

(Encyclopedia)Neijiang or Neikiang both: nāˈjyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 295,700), central Sichuan prov., China, on the Tuo River. It is a port and railroad center with sugar-refining and food-processing ...

Nampula

(Encyclopedia)Nampula nămpo͞oˈlə [key], city (1997 pop. 303,346), NE Mozambique. It is an agricultural trade center, located on the railroad connecting the seaports of Lumbo and Nacala with Malawi. Cement is ma...

Cheonan

(Encyclopedia)Cheonan or Chonan chônˈänˈ [key], city, South Chungcheong prov., W South Korea. It is a railroad hub ...

Daejeon

(Encyclopedia)Daejeon or Taejon dīˈjônˈ [key], city, capital of South Chungcheong (Chungchong) prov., central ...