Port Washington

Shodell, Elly, Port Washington Public Library

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Port Washington is located 17 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island's North Shore. Once known as the "shellfish garden" of New York City, it is known for its bounteous bays, yachting and boatbuilding, celebrity residents, and pioneering aviation activities. Immigration, technology, economic changes, and geographical forces shaped Port Washington over the years. Its burgeoning aviation industry was led by the Guggenheims and Charles Lindbergh in the 1930s, and the literary and musical giants who lived here included John Philip Sousa, William Rose Benet, and Sinclair Lewis. During the war years in the 1940s, Grumman and the United States Navy set up crucial operations in Port Washington. An era of suburbanization and development soon followed, reflecting the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Shodell, Elly, Port Washington Public Library
Titel
Port Washington
Uitgever
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Jaar
2009
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
130
Gewicht
413 gr
EAN
9781531642600
Afmetingen
244 x 170 x 10 mm
Bindwijze
Hardback

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