View allAll Photos Tagged Dispatch
This Dairy Shippers Dispatch boxcar used to belong to the Milwaukee Road, but sits sadly on an abandoned siding in Fairfield,IA.
Dispatch:OMAHA West-bound rush hour traffic along St. Marys Avenue slows and squeezes down to one lane in order to avoid a massive sinkhole. The spontaneous cave-in near the corner of 24th street swallowed a woman’s car in the early morning hours of Sunday June 22, 2014.
PACIFIC DISPATCH vertrok uit de Botlek met het booreiland PROSPECTOR 5 naar Glengorm , t.h.v Hoek van Holland maakte de VORTEX 29 vast en in de Maasmond de DMS STORK , SMIT CHEETAH , SMIT PANTER en de BEAGLE assisteerden het transport tot in de Maasmond .
Built in 1947 and 1954 at no. 329 West Portage Avenue.
"Sault Ste. Marie (/ˌsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ SOO-seint-ma-REE) is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 14,144 at the 2010 census, it is the second-most populated city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette. It is the central city of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Chippewa County and had a population of 38,520 at the 2010 census.
Sault Ste. Marie was settled as early as 1668, which makes it Michigan's oldest city and among the oldest cities in the United States. Located at the northeastern edge of the Upper Peninsula, it is separated by the St. Marys River from the much-larger city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The two are connected by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, which represents the northern terminus of Interstate 75. This portion of the river also contains the Soo Locks, as well as a swinging railroad bridge. The city is also home to Lake Superior State University.
For centuries Ojibwe (Chippewa) Native Americans had lived in the area, which they referred to as Baawitigong ("at the cascading rapids"), after the rapids of St. Marys River. French colonists renamed the region Saulteaux ("rapids" in French).
In 1668, French missionaries Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette founded a Jesuit mission at this site. Sault Ste. Marie developed as the fourth-oldest European city in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains, and the oldest permanent settlement in contemporary Michigan state. On June 4, 1671, Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson, a colonial agent, was dispatched from Quebec to the distant tribes, proposing a congress of Indian nations at the Falls of St. Mary between Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Trader Nicolas Perrot helped attract the principal chiefs, and representatives of 14 Indigenous nations were invited for the elaborate ceremony. The French officials proclaimed France's appropriation of the immense territory surrounding Lake Superior in the name of King Louis XIV.
In the 18th century, the settlement became an important center of the fur trade, when it was a post for the British-owned North West Company, based in Montreal. The fur trader John Johnston, a Scots-Irish immigrant from Belfast, was considered the first European settler in 1790. He married a high-ranking Ojibwe woman named Ozhaguscodaywayquay, the daughter of a prominent chief, Waubojeeg. She also became known as Susan Johnston. Their marriage was one of many alliances in the northern areas between high-ranking European traders and Ojibwe. The family was prominent among Native Americans, First Nations, and Europeans from both Canada and the United States. They had eight children who learned fluent Ojibwe, English and French. The Johnstons entertained a variety of trappers, explorers, traders, and government officials, especially during the years before the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
For more than 140 years, the settlement was a single community under French colonial, and later, British colonial rule. After the War of 1812, a US–UK Joint Boundary Commission finally fixed the border in 1817 between the Michigan Territory of the US and the British Province of Upper Canada to follow the river in this area. Whereas traders had formerly moved freely through the whole area, the United States forbade Canadian traders from operating in the United States, which reduced their trade and disrupted the area's economy. The American and Canadian communities of Sault Ste. Marie were each incorporated as independent municipalities toward the end of the 19th century.
As a result of the fur trade, the settlement attracted Ojibwe and Ottawa, Métis, and ethnic Europeans of various nationalities. It was a two-tiered society, with fur traders (who had capital) and their families and upper-class Ojibwe in the upper echelon. In the aftermath of the War of 1812, however, the community's society changed markedly.
The U.S. built Fort Brady near the settlement, introducing new troops and settlers, mostly Anglo-American. The UK and the US settled on a new northern boundary in 1817, dividing the US and Canada along St. Mary's River. The US prohibited British fur traders from operating in the United States. After completion of the Erie Canal in New York State in 1825 (expanded in 1832), the number of settlers migrating to Ohio and Michigan increased dramatically from New York and New England, bringing with them the Yankee culture of the Northern Tier. Their numbers overwhelmed the cosmopolitan culture of the earlier settlers. They practiced more discrimination against Native Americans and Métis.
The falls proved a choke point for shipping between the Great Lakes. Early ships traveling to and from Lake Superior were portaged around the rapids[8] in a lengthy process (much like moving a house) that could take weeks. Later, only the cargoes were unloaded, hauled around the rapids, and then loaded onto other ships waiting below the rapids. The first American lock, the State Lock, was built in 1855; it was instrumental in improving shipping. The lock has been expanded and improved over the years.
In 1900, Northwestern Leather Company opened a tannery in Sault Ste. Marie. The tannery was founded to process leather for the upper parts of shoes, which was finer than that for soles. After the factory closed in 1958, the property was sold to Filborn Limestone, a subsidiary of Algoma Steel Corporation.
In March 1938 during the Great Depression, Sophia Nolte Pullar bequeathed $70,000 for construction of the Pullar Community Building, which opened in 1939. This building held an indoor ice rink composed of artificial ice, then a revolutionary concept. The ice rink is still owned by the city." - info from Wikipedia.
Now on Instagram.
Theme Dress Days
April 8th – Plain Clothes Day
April 9th – School Spirit Day, wear something representing your favorite school
April 10th – 80’s Day, dress like it is still 1985
April 11th – Mismatch Day, whatever you wear, make sure it doesn’t match
April 12th – Crazy Hat/Hair Day, do your hair in a crazy style or wear your nuttiest hat
April 13th – Sports Day, wear something in support of your favorite sports team
April 14th – Regular Uniform Day
Open House / Picnic
On Saturday April 14th WSCDC hosted all the local public safety [personnel who were on or off duty for a luncheon. We catered food and decorated the Community Room where we served lunch to over 50 individuals from Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest police and fire departments, along with our employees, family members, a trustee and an Assistant Village Administrator. During the Open House the Morale Committee ran a PowerPoint program that compiled pictures from the past week in the com center.
Bring Your Family to Work Week
Employees were allowed to bring a family member to work to sit along and see what it is like to be a Telecommunicator. The participants were mostly children, but we did have some spouses and parents in attendance.
Trivia Quiz
A quiz titled, “How Much Do You Know About Your Co-Workers” was developed and distributed to all interested employees. Seventeen very intriguing questions were sent out and the three submissions with the highest number of correct answers were presented with gift cards to Portillos. The winners were Lauren O’Boyle, Artelia Withers and Vanessa Underwood.
Rover Dispatch Lander
Built for Febrovery '23
These remote rovers are dispatched in a spiral formation as they explore their landing zone.
In this instance, an arm of the spiral has encountered a deep crater and the lead rover has tipped over. This incident requires service of the Red Rover.
Theme Dress Days
April 8th – Plain Clothes Day
April 9th – School Spirit Day, wear something representing your favorite school
April 10th – 80’s Day, dress like it is still 1985
April 11th – Mismatch Day, whatever you wear, make sure it doesn’t match
April 12th – Crazy Hat/Hair Day, do your hair in a crazy style or wear your nuttiest hat
April 13th – Sports Day, wear something in support of your favorite sports team
April 14th – Regular Uniform Day
Open House / Picnic
On Saturday April 14th WSCDC hosted all the local public safety [personnel who were on or off duty for a luncheon. We catered food and decorated the Community Room where we served lunch to over 50 individuals from Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest police and fire departments, along with our employees, family members, a trustee and an Assistant Village Administrator. During the Open House the Morale Committee ran a PowerPoint program that compiled pictures from the past week in the com center.
Bring Your Family to Work Week
Employees were allowed to bring a family member to work to sit along and see what it is like to be a Telecommunicator. The participants were mostly children, but we did have some spouses and parents in attendance.
Trivia Quiz
A quiz titled, “How Much Do You Know About Your Co-Workers” was developed and distributed to all interested employees. Seventeen very intriguing questions were sent out and the three submissions with the highest number of correct answers were presented with gift cards to Portillos. The winners were Lauren O’Boyle, Artelia Withers and Vanessa Underwood.
Title / Titre :
Dispatch rider leaving with birds for the trenches, His Majesty's Pigeon Service /
Estafette allant porter des pigeons dans les tranchées, Service des pigeons de Sa Majesté
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : William Rider-Rider
Date(s) : November 1917 / novembre 1917
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 3381001
central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3381...
Location / Lieu : Unknown / Inconnu
Credit / Mention de source :
William Rider-Rider. Canada. Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada, PA-002069 /
William Rider-Rider. Canada. Ministère de la défense nationale. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, PA-002069
The dispatch boxes that sit in the Senate Chamber in Parliament Buildings. Learn more about the history of Parliament Buildings by taking a public tour. Visit www.niassembly.gov.uk/visiting.htm to book now.
Charles "Jiggs" Jackman manning the Monon desk at the Union Station in Louisville. By this time the Monon was under L&N control.
St. Petersburg Times, July 31, 1965: Barbara Sibo, new dispatcher. The article reported, "The West Pasco County Sheriff's office will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, beginning Sunday. Chief Deputy George Lindsay said three new dispatchers were hired this week and a relief dispatcher also will be added to the force. Dispatchers assuming duties this week are Mrs. Barbara Sibo, Stanley Swaitek and Fred Stauffer. A deputy, Curtiss Kuene, is assigned to the Hudson area and other deputies in the West Pasco office are, Lindsay, chief deputy; Al Grove, Harold Foster and Jim Bell." (7263)
The Pelotonia Finish Line at Kenyon College in Gambier on Saturday, August 5, 2017. [Barbara J. Perenic/Dispatch]
Two vauxhall vivaro's dog units, un-marked citoren display and a high top vauxhall vivaro dog unit at a traning Exercise.
An easy option of fare estimation is provided so that a passenger can make his decision of starting a ride or not, easily. The passenger and the driver both can rate each other through the feedback option provided on the driver and the passenger application
Dispatch:OMAHA The city established its first police department in 1857. By 1941, police badges were so widely used among non-officers that a design change was necessary. Since then, Omaha’s police insignia has remained the same: a buffalo atop the city’s seal. According to the Omaha police department, the buffalo serves as “a reminder of the great herds that once roamed the vast plains.” The seal itself features a settler and a Native American standing before a bluffy landscape in the sunshine. They hold an image of a buffalo head, which is a sign for the early West. The Native American is a reminder of the area’s many tribes.
These 8-foot by 27-foot panels give up-to-the-minute weather conditions and continuous operation updates. Visit tour.americaspower.org for more.
After three years as a fire dispatcher, PSC Sarah Manning has earned the respect of her peers, field personnel and all those she works with. She is a team player, always willing to assist, but also works well independently, making sound decisions with little to no consultation. She has a reputation for being calm, confident, professional and authoritative, never allowing any questionable emotion to be displayed over the radio. This was evidenced on the “Final Call” during services for Technician Mark Baban. The Baban family expressed their appreciation, stating that they felt that she was speaking directly to them.
Photograph taken by my late father on December 16, 1957 and shows “Perks Auctioneers” and “Baker King & Co” (soap manufacturers) on Caxton Street, East London, Cape Province, South Africa. It is the view from the front door of the Daily Dispatch newspaper in East London, looking up Caxton Street to where Caxton House now stands – ironically it is the home of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.
I think this image is just beautiful. It’s important to me because not only was it captured by my father, but because he was a journalist in those turbulent days of “Grand Apartheid”, and this was the view from his office at the Daily Dispatch. The image is also very evocative, and to me it has come to symbolise “the journey” I am on to learn as much as I can about my family history.
51 years later I was in the offices of the Daily Dispatch doing some research - the first time I have been there since the early-1960's. Leaving the building I walked out of the door and turned left...and something looked familiar. I pulled out my pocket camera and shot two pictures. Back in the UK at all fell into place - I was standing in almost exactly the same spot as my father before me! See that picture here - it's certainly not up to the standard of the original!
The Pelotonia Finish Line at Kenyon College in Gambier on Saturday, August 5, 2017. [Barbara J. Perenic/Dispatch]
The Pelotonia Finish Line at Kenyon College in Gambier on Saturday, August 5, 2017. [Barbara J. Perenic/Dispatch]
Southbury Volunteers were dispatched to a morning fire at 126 Lower Fish Rock Rd the initial dispatch was for a fire involving a wood stove. They arrived to find a 2 story wood home set below the road on a lot with a steep incline sloping down to Lake Zoar with heavy fire showing. The large smoke column from the fire was clearly visible for miles due to the still and cold morning air. As fire fighters stretched in to attack the fire mutual aid was responding from Southbury Training School FD, Oxford, Sandy Hook, Woodbury, and Bethlehem in the form of tankers, engines, and a quint to help battle the blaze which was quickly spreading through out the dwelling. Several attempts were made to get the quint up the narrow and icy road without success. A water fill station at the travel center off I-84 was manned by Woodbury Engine 4 to resupply the multiple tankers shuttling water to the supply site at the intersection of Upper and Lower Fish Rock Rds. A defensive attack was established due to the damage and heavy fire in the upper floors of the structure and the stubborn fire would burn several hours before it was brought under control. At least one fire fighter was examined by EMS after he reported feeling ill at the scene. No civilian injuries were reported and the fire marshal was on scene to start the investigation as to the cause of the fire.
See all the pictures of this incident on my website at