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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Bowen Island Ferry (section Black Ball Line)
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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Packet trade (section Black Ball line)
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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Puget Sound Navigation Company (redirect from Black Ball Ferry Line)
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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James Baines & Co. (redirect from Black Ball Line (Liverpool))
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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Glossary of cue sports terms (redirect from Snooker black ball)
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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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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