• Black Ball Line or Blackball Line may refer to: Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet), a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool and New York...
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    The Black Ball Line (originally known as the Wright, Thompson, Marshall, & Thompson Line, then as the Old Line) was a passenger line founded by a group...
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    relinquish its licence and allow the Black Ball Line, which owned a larger ferry, to take over the route. Black Ball Line passenger service between Bowen Island...
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    Company Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet) City of Dublin Steam Packet Company Cunard Line Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Swallowtail Line (trans-Atlantic...
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    Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho, through its operating company, Black Ball Ferry Line. In the past, the company operated an entire fleet of steamboats...
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    Liverpool was a British shipping company, most famous for the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, a fleet of packet ships running cargo and passenger...
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  • Set up in 1960 to provide a similar service to that provided by the Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which were affected by job action...
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    of James Baines & Co. that ran a fleet of 86 ships on the Liverpool Black Ball line between England and Australia in 1851–1871. He was born in Upper Duke...
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    Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line. Black Ball's only ferry, Coho carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks...
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  • Blackball (redirect from Black ball)
    branch railway line to Blackball, New Zealand The Black Ball, an annual fundraising dance for the Keep a Child Alive charity "Black ball", alternative...
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  • Black and White Ball was a masquerade ball held on November 28, 1966, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Hosted by author Truman Capote, the ball was...
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    Standard. The original White Star Line merged with two other small lines in 1864, the Black Ball Line and the Eagle Line, to form a conglomerate, the Liverpool...
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    as the Black Ball Line) and the Kitsap County Transportation Company. A strike in 1935 caused the KCTC to close, leaving only the Black Ball Line. Toward...
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    Klein proposed that the name may have accompanied the success of the Black Ball Line in 1818 "because of the signal advantage the regularity of shipping...
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    "A Long Time Ago," and "Blow the Man Down." Sample: "Hurrah for the Black Ball Line" (video), led by Peter Kasin on the ship Joseph Conrad at the Mystic...
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    Australia passenger service. Champion was ordered by James Baines of the Black Ball Line from Donald McKay. She was launched 19 April 1854 and was abandoned...
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    European ports on regular schedules. The first company, the Black Ball Line (later the "Old Line") began operating 1 January 1818, offering a monthly service...
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  • "Blow the Man Down." The lyrics take up the theme of a ship of the Black Ball Line, and include the refrains, "Wae! Hae! Blow the man down / Give me some...
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  • ball sets, it is solid black, though some of the latter use an unnumbered black ball. The 8 is the money ball (or game ball) in a game of eight-ball and...
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    passage for 400 people to Australia. A ship was chartered from the Black Ball Line and named the Erin-go-Bragh. The voyage of the Erin-go-Bragh, a "crazy...
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    Rules of snooker (redirect from Free ball)
    pink (6), black (7). A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot...
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    United States. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade. It has been said[by whom?] that...
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    carried few non-governmental passengers and no cargo. In 1818, the Black Ball Line opened a regularly scheduled New York–Liverpool service with clipper...
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    and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line drive, or ground ball. In baseball, a foul ball counts as a strike against the batter, unless there...
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    Handball (redirect from Hand ball)
    stable defense line. Throw-in The team which did not touch the ball last is awarded a throw-in when the ball fully crosses the side line or touches the...
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    companies, including the Puget Sound Navigation Company (also known as the Black Ball Line). After a six-day strike by workers in February 1947 left Vashon Island...
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    quite successful. But by the time the vessel had entered service, Black Ball Line was undergoing fare cuts, worker strikes, and other problems. In 1950...
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  • Dragon Ball GT is the third anime series in the Dragon Ball franchise and a sequel to the Dragon Ball Z anime series. Produced by Toei Animation, the series...
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    Black Pearl staged the gala Black Pearl International Awards at the Washington Hilton. It was the drag event of the year. The Washington, D.C. ball community...
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    Cloud.[self-published source] In 1862, Flying Cloud was sold to the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, sailing under British colors without change of name, and...
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