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West Virginia Route 161 West Virginia Route 161 is an east-west state highway located entirely within McDowell County, West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 16 in Bishop less than 300 yards from the Virginia state line.
West Virginia Route 259 West Virginia Route 259 is a north-south state highway located in northeast West Virginia. It connects Virginia's State Route 259 south of Mathias in Hardy County to SR 259 at High View in Hampshire County on the Virginia border.
West Virginia Route 34 West Virginia Route 34 is a north/south route in West Virginia, USA. The busiest segment of this highway is a four mile section between US 35 and I-64, where the road acts as a connector between these two major east-west highways.
West Virginia Route 42 West Virginia Route 42 is a north-south route running from Grant County into Mineral County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. WV 42 runs in conjunction with West Virginia Route 93 when it drops off the Allegheny Front, and also in conjunction with U.
West Virginia Route 51 West Virginia Route 51 is a state highway that runs west to east from Berkeley County to Jefferson County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The western terminus is at West Virginia Route 45 northwest of Gerrardstown.
West Virginia Route 527 West Virginia Route 527 is a north-south state highway located entirely in the Huntington, West Virginia area. The southern terminus of the route is at Interstate 64 exit 8 south of the city, where WV 527 becomes West Virginia Route 152 upon crossing the expressway.
West Virginia Route 57 West Virginia Route 57 is an east-west state highway in northern West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 20 a half-mile north of Romines Hills and eight miles southeast of Clarksburg.
West Virginia Route 598 West Virginia Route 598 is a v-shaped state highway located in the Bluefield, West Virginia area. The southern terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line south of the city, where WV 598 continues southward as State Route 598.
West Virginia Route 635 West Virginia Route 635 is a north-south state highway located in McDowell County, West Virginia. The southern terminus is at the Virginia state line south of Jolo, where the road continues south as State Route 635, a secondary state highway.
West Virginia Route 8 West Virginia Route 8 is a north-south state highway in Hancock County in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 2 on the northern outskirts of New Cumberland.
West Virginia Route 9 West Virginia Route 9 is a major east-west state highway located in the eastern extents of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The western terminus of the route is at the Maryland state line north of Paw Paw, where WV 9 becomes Maryland Route 51 upon crossing the Potomac River.
West Virginia Route 94 West Virginia Route 94 is a ten mile, north-south route connecting Marmet, West Virginia and Racine, West Virginia. WV 94 was once signed in West Huntington from Interstate 64 to the Nick Joe Rahall II Bridge beginning in 1970.
West Virginia Route 956 West Virginia Route 956 is a short east-west state highway in Mineral County, West Virginia. The route connects Maryland Route 956 at the Potomac River Crossing at Rocket Center in the west to West Virginia Route 28 at Short Gap after crossing Knobly Mountain in the east.
West Virginia Route 99 West Virginia Route 99 is an east-west state highway in southern West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 85 northeast of Kopperston in the rural southeast corner of Boone County.
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind were established by an Act of the Legislature on March 3, 1870. The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive educational programs fro hearing impaired and visually impaired students respectively.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protected students from being forced to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance in school.
West Virginia State University West Virginia State University is a small historically black public college in Institute, West Virginia, an unincorporated suburb of Charleston, West Virginia. In the Charleston area, the school is usually referred to simply as "State".
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is a US orchestra that performs at the Clay Center in Charleston, West Virginia. The orchestra has played with such soloists as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Marilyn Horne, and Kathleen Battle.
West Virginia University West Virginia University is an institution of higher learning based in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, with off-site campuses in Parkersburg, Montgomery, Keyser and Charleston. WVU was founded in 1867 as a land-grant university with the help of the Morrill Act, and was originally called the "Agricultural College of West Virginia.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a four-year college located in Montgomery, West Virginia. It is the largest regional campus of West Virginia University and is separately accredited from the main campus of WVU in Morgantown.
West Virginia White Butterfly The West Virginia White Butterfly (Pieris virginiensis) is a common butterfly found in the Great Lakes states, along the Appalachians from New England to Alabama, and in southern Ontario. They are typically found in moist deciduous forests.
West Virginia's 3rd congressional district The Third Congressional District of West Virginia is among the poorest rural districts in the United States. Located in the southern part of the state, it is based in the state's second largest city, Huntington and includes Bluefield, Princeton and Beckley.
West Vračar West Vračar or Zapadni Vračar (Serbian Cyrillic: Западни Врачар), is a former urban neighborhood and municipality of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac to which northern section it generally corresponds today.
West Walker River The West Walker River is a tributary of the Walker River, approximately 75 mi (121 km), in eastern California and western Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the Sierra Nevada range along the California-Nevada border in the watershed of Walker Lake in the Great Basin.
West Wall Medal The West Wall Medal (German: Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen) was a military decoration of Nazi Germany. It was instituted on August 2nd 1939 and was given to those who designed and built the fortifications on Germany's western borders and the troops who served there prior to May 1940.
West Ward Market Building (Ottawa) The West Ward Market Building on Elgin Street was one of two markets in Ottawa, then called Bytown in 1848. The market did not last, facing competition from the Byward Market in th Lower Town and closed in 1849.
West Ward Rural District West Ward was a rural district of the administrative county of Westmorland. The area was directly based on the former West Ward rural sanitary district, and therefore indirectly on the old West Ward or hundred of Westmorland.
West Waterloo Dock The West Waterloo Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the northern end of the dock system, connected to Victoria Dock to the north and Princes Half Tide Dock to the south.
West Wickham railway station West Wickham railway station serves West Wickham in the London Borough of Bromley in south east London, in Travelcard Zone 5. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern, on the Hayes line.
West Wight Sports Centre West Wight Sports Centre is a private/charity run sport and leisure complex in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. It hosts numerous events as well as its ordinary functions, such events include the SNAP(Say No And Phone) Nights as well as the West Wight Triathlon.
West Wiltshire West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England and was formed on 1 April, 1974, further to the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former urban districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, along with Bradford and Melksham Rural District and the Warminster and Westbury Rural District.
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, also known as WW-P North, is a four-year public high school located in Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey serving students in grades 9 through 12. The school is part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, a school district serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County).
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Princeton Junction in Mercer County, New Jersey serving students in grades 9 through 12. The school is part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County).
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a regional school district in New Jersey, serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). As of 2003, the district served approximately 9,140 students, with 3,838.
West Wing The West Wing is the part of the White House in which the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, and the Situation Room are located. Besides serving as the day-to-day office of the President of the United States, it includes offices for senior members of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and their support staff.
West With the Night West With the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya (then British East Africa), in the early 1900s. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature, in 2004 National Geographic Adventure Magazine ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure booksNational Geographic Adventure: 100 Best Adventure Books.
West Wyalong, New South Wales West Wyalong is a town in Australia, the main town for the Bland Shire, located in the Central West region of New South Wales.It is located 486 km west of Sydney and takes almost 5 and a half hours to drive from Sydney] and 3 hours to drive from [[Canberra.
West Wycombe West Wycombe is an area due west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England and is the home of the West Wycombe Caves and the Italianate West Wycombe Park — a stately home accompanied by 5000 acres (20 km²) of land which was built upon in the mid 18th century by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the Hellfire Club which was held within the caves. They were a natural formation which was excavated in the 1750s by Sir Francis Dashwood to give work to the local community, straighten the road to London and to provide him with a private meeting place for members of the secretive Hellfire Club to meet.
West Wycombe Caves West Wycombe Caves, located in the Chiltern hills, Buckinghamshire, England, are most famous for being used as a meeting place for members of The Hellfire Club. The caves were extended by Sir Francis Dashwood (later Lord le Despencer) between 1748–1752 to provide work for unemployed farm workers following a succession of harvest failures, and lie close to Dashwood's country house, West Wycombe Park (now owned by the National Trust).
West Wycombe Park West Wycombe Park is a country house near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. Built between 1740 and 1800 as a pleasure palace for the decadent 18th-century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, the house is long and rectangular, and all four façades are columned and pedimented, three theatrically so.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. It is administered by a joint authority of 22 people who are appointed annually from the five Metropolitan Boroughs of West Yorkshire, known as the "Fire and Rescue Authority".
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, or 'WYMAS', was the NHS ambulance service covering West Yorkshire and the western side of North Yorkshire. On July 1, 2006 it was merged to the single Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) is the Passenger Transport Executive for the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the executive arm of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority (PTA) and was formed on the 1 April 1974, with the formation of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire Playhouse The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, United Kingdom is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill area of the city. According to the West Yorkshire Playhouse website it has established a reputation both nationally and internationally as one of Britain's most exciting producing theatres, winning awards for everything from its productions to its customer service.
West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (the 14th Regiment of Foot) amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (the 15th Regiment of Foot) in 1958 to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire Urban Area The West Yorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based mainly on Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, but excluding towns such as Castleford, Halifax and Pontefract which though part of the county of West Yorkshire are considered independently.
West Zealand County Vestsjællands Amt (English: West Zealand County) is a former county (Danish: amt) in the west-central part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.
West Zone cricket team The West Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai and Saurashtra.
West/Central Canadian English The West/Central Canadian English dialect is one of the largest and the most homogenous dialect areas in North America. It forms a dialect continuum with the accent in the Western United States, and borders the dialect regions of North, Inland North, and North Central.
Westaflex WESTAFLEX is a large global HVAC brand, owned by German company Westaflex Holding. The company began in 1933 when Lorenz and Ferdinand Westerbarkey, formerly prisoner of war during the Nazi era developed a coil-based tube forming maschine, the first stable and any-shape tube of its kind.
Westall High School UFO At around 10:30 a.m on April 6, 1966, many students and some staff at Westall High School (now called Westall Secondary College), in Rosebank Avenue, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia, witnessed a UFO fly over their school, and then descend into a paddock behind the school.
Westamaran The Westamaran is a pioneer type of passenger transport high speed catamarans developed by Westermoen Hydrofoil in 1973. The craft was highly successful, and introduced a new era of passenger transport along the Norwegian coast and elsewhere.
Westar Westar was the name for the fleet of geosynchronous communications satellites operating in the C band which were launched by Western Union from 1974 to 1984. There were seven Westar satellites in all, five of them launched and operating under the Westar name.
Westar 1 Westar 1 was the first commercially-launched American geosynchronous communications satellite, launched by Western Union and NASA on April 13, 1974. It was built by Hughes for Western Union, using the HS-333 platform of spin-stabilized satellites.
Westbahnhof, Vienna Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station, or Vienna Western Station) is a major Austrian railway station, the starting point of the Austrian Western Railway (Westbahn) for trains to the west and north-northwest (Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich etc). As well as long-distance routes, local trains (S-Bahn) and two underground (U-Bahn) lines reach the Westbahnhof (U3 and U6).
Westbank First Nation The Westbank First Nation is a First Nations government in the Okanagan region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Greater Kelowna metropolitan region. They are a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance.
Westbeach Recorders Westbeach Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood, California famous for recording punk rock groups, such as Bad Religion, NOFX, The Offspring and Pennywise. It was established in 1985 by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz and re-located to Hollywood, California in February 1987 and again in 1988 on Hollywood Boulevard, which is the current location.
Westbeth Artists Community The Westbeth Artists Community, located at 463 West Street in the West Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the largest such community in the world. This low to middle income rental housing was developed with the assistance of the Kaplan Fund and federal funds in 1968 to house artists, their families, and their studios.
Westborn Market Westborn Market is a small chain of produce-specializing supermarkets located in the Metropolitan Detroit area of southeast Michigan. Currently, Westborn Market operates three main stores, which are located in Dearborn, Livonia, and Berkley.
Westboro (Ottawa) Westboro is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Canada, often referred to as Westboro Village. Located along the Ottawa River, the neighbourhood is bordered on the east by Island Park Drive, and on the west by Woodroffe Avenue.
Westbound Records Westbound Records is a Detroit-based label founded by Armen Boladian in 1970. It had a distribution deal with Janus Records from 1970 to 1975, but then it switched distibution to 20th Century Records during 1975 and 1976.
Westbourne Park tube station Westbourne Park is a London Underground station on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Ladbroke Grove and Royal Oak stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. Although the Metropolitan Railway had been extended to Notting Hill and Hammersmith on 1 June 1864 the first station by this name did not open until February 1, 1866.
Westbourne, Dorset wWestbourne is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, with several small shops and from early 2007 a large M&S Food Hall, replacing Waitrose which has recently moved to the Ashley Road area of Poole. Also home to the head office of Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company, which has two buildings, Frizzel House in the centre and Victoria House on the edge of County Gates roundabout, a large local employer with around 1600 staff.
Westbourne, London Westbourne is an area now in west London which has transferred its name to local streets such as Westbourne Grove and also to the River Westbourne which used to form the eastern boundary of the area but which has been diverted underground to form one of the lost or Subterranean rivers of London.
Westbrae, Berkeley, California Westbrae is a neighborhood in the northern part of Berkeley, California in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Area. Westbrae is "centered" on the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and Gilman Street, although the main extent is east, south and west of this intersection, with the Albany city limit only a short distance north.
Westbrook Van Voorhis Cornelius Westbrook Van Voorhis (September 21, 1903 - July 13, 1968) was a narrator for television programs and movies. He is perhaps best known for his work on the March of Time radio and newsreel series, where he became known as the "Voice of Doom", as well as for the catchphrase, "Time...
Westbury (LIRR station) Westbury is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line. All trains for the Port Jefferson Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch run through it, though only some trains on the Port Jefferson branch stop (and none on the Ronkonoma Branch do).
Westbury (UK Parliament constituency) Westbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Westbury Manor Museum Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red bricks in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall.
Westbury-on-Severn Westbury-on-Severn is a rural village that is the centre of the large, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn. The Village is situated on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and Newnham on Severn) and bounded by the River Severn to the south and west.
Westbury, Tasmania Westbury is a town in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 30 km west of Launceston on the Bass Highway, and has a population of 1,241; having no real decline in the last decade (2001 census It is part of the Municipality of Meander Valley].
Westbury, Wiltshire Westbury is a town and civil parish (population 11,135 in the 2001 census) in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. The bury part of the town's name is a form of borough, which has cognates in many languages e.
WestBam WestBam, also known as Maximillian Lenz (born 4 March 1965 in MĂĽnster, Westphalia, Germany) is one of the most successful and popular rave techno DJs in Germany. His brother is Fabian Lenz, also known as DJ Dick.
Westcar Papyrus Westcar Papyrus is a fragmentary text about Khufu, a 4th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh, and contains a cycle of five stories about marvels performed by priests. Each of these tales is being told at the court of Khufu by his sons.
Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff-on-Sea is a town in the south of the East of England within the borough and unitary authority of Southend-on-Sea. It is situated on the northern side of the mouth of the Thames Estuary and about 34 miles (54.
Westcliff, Dumbarton Westcliff is a Council housing estate situated in the western part of Dumbarton, Scotland, across from Castlehill. It is one of the towns poorer areas and like the other housing estates in Dumbarton, it too has it's share of drugs and crime.
Westcliffe Elementary Westcliffe Elementary is located in the Berea section of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. It has a partnership with North Greenville College, whose students work with its hispanic students and parents.
Westcombe Park railway station Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the North Kent line connecting suburbs (eg: Deptford, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich, to Dartford, Kent) along the south side of the River Thames with central London stations (London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross).
Westcott Reservoir The Westcott Reservoir is a 110 million gallon (41,580 mÂł) reservoir serving the City of Syracuse, New York. The reservoir's location would be outside the City limits but for a gerrymandering City border that reaches out and grabs it.
Westcountry Television Westcountry Television is the ITV franchise holder in the South West of England, replacing its predecessor, TSW (Television South West), on 1 January 1993. It covers Devon, Cornwall, and areas of Somerset and Dorset.
WestCOT WestCOT was a planned park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was intended to be a west coast version of Epcot, a park devoted to international science and knowledge which is located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Westdale, Ontario Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada centered on the quaint Westdale Village shopping district and located near McMaster University. It is bordered to the north by Cootes Paradise, an extensive nature reserve marking the western end of Lake Ontario.
Westende Junior School Westende Junior School is a mixed-sex junior school in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, established in 1974. The school caters for children from the ages of seven to eleven, and there are 216 children on roll (2006/7).
WestendstraĂźe 1 WestendstraĂźe 1, at 208 metres (53 floors), is the fourth tallest building in Frankfurt, Germany. The Kronenhochhaus (German: "crown high-riser"), as it is commonly called, is the seat of the DZ Bank.
Wester Hailes railway station Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network.
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) (near Westerbork (camp), north of Westerbork (village), Midden-Drenthe, in the northeastern Netherlands) is an aperture synthesis interferometer that consists of a linear array of 14 antennas arranged on a 2.7 km East-West line.
Westerburg Westerburg is a small town of roughly 6000 inhabitants, located in the northeast of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (district: Westerwaldkreis). The city is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval central part of the city.
Westerdeichstrich Westerdeichstrich is a municipality belonging to the Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde ("collective municipality") BĂĽsum in the district Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It consists of the parts Westerdeichstrich, Groven, Augustenhof and Stinteck.
Westerfield railway station Westerfield railway station is a railway station serving the village of Westerfield, near Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. The station is a junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe, and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft 6 km (3½ miles) east of Ipswich.
Westerkerk The Westerkerk ("Western Church") is a Protestant church in Amsterdam, built in 1620-1631 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser. The church is in Amsterdam's Jordaan district, at the bank of the Prinsengracht canal.
Westerland (Schleswig) Westerland (Danish: Vesterland, Frisian: Wäästerlön) lies on the North Sea island of Sylt and is Germany's northernmost town. Only the smaller communities of List, Wenningstedt and Kampen – none an incorporated town – lie farther north in Germany.
Westerlies The Westerlies are the prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles. The winds are predominantly from the southwest in the Northern Hemisphere and from the northwest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Westermark sign In chest radiography, the Westermark Sign, is a sign that represents a focus of oligemia (vasoconstriction) seen distal to a pulmonary embolus (PE). While the chest x-ray is abnormal in the majority of PE cases, the Westermark sign is seen in only 2% of patients.
Westermoen BĂĄtbyggeri og Mek Verksted A/S Westermoen BĂĄtbyggeri og Mek Verksted was a shipyard located in Mandal, Norway, who specialized in high speed craft. Under the leadership of Toralf Westermoen in the 1950s, the yard has produced a long range of high speed boat types, such as:
Western & Southern Financial Group Western & Southern Financial Group® (W&SFG) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned and under management in excess of $40 billion. With a heritage dating to 1888, W&SFG is a Fortune 500 company that has consistently received high financial strength ratings from A.
Western (genre) The Western is an American fiction genre, predominantly seen in film and television, but also employed in literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set in the 19th Century American West (and sometimes Mexico, Canada or the Australian Outback, during the same time period), with the setting occasionally portrayed in a romanticised light.
Western and Atlantic Railroad The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad that runs from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded on December 21 1836 as the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia, the line is still owned by the State of Georgia from Atlanta to CT Tower in Chattanooga.
Western astrology Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. In Western horoscopic astrology, it is based on an exact moment in time, such as a person's birth, in which various cosmic bodies are said to have an influence.
Western Addition, San Francisco, California The Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Historically, it was an addition to the city west of Van Ness Avenue sandwiched between the Upper and Lower Haight neighborhoods and Pacific Heights.
Western Air Western Air Limited is an airline based in San Andros, North Andros Island, Bahamas. It was established in 2001 by Rex and Shandrice Rolle, currently the firm's president and CEO and vice president and COO, respectively.
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