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"Eliza Smith (died 1732?) was one of the most popular female 18th-century cookery book writers. Unlike other popular woman cookbook authors whose books overlapped with hers, such as Hannah Glasse, nothing seems to be known about her personal life beyond the fact that she was one of the first popular female cookbook authors. Her one book, The Compleat Housewife, or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion (London: J. Pemberton, 1727), went through 18 editions in Britain and in 1742 Smith became the first cookbook author published in colonial America. Prior to her death, the name published in her book was E___ S____. After her death it was published as E. Smith. She was a housekeeper for thirty years: "for the Space of Thirty Years and upwards ... I have been constantly employed in fashionable and noble Families." References * * Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord, "Foreword" in E. Smith, The Compleat Housewife or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion (facsimile ed. Literary Services and Production Ltd., 1968. ) * Theophano, Janet, "Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks They Wrote", St. Martins Press, New York, p. 194\. External links * Google Books text of the 9th edition (1739) of The Compleat Housewife, including the author's preface Category:English food writers Category:English non-fiction writers Category:17th-century births Category:1730s deaths Category:Women cookbook writers Category:17th-century English women writers Category:17th-century writers Category:English women non-fiction writers "
"The Eagle Lake Tramway is a historic timber-transport mechanism in the remote North Maine Woods in northeastern USA. The tramway, built in 1902 and operated until 1907, transported timber across a neck of land between Eagle Lake and Chamberlain Lake, with one end eventually becoming the eastern terminus of the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad in 1927. The remnants of the tramway and rail station were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Tramway Historic District in 1979. The tramway is part of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a Maine state park. Description and history The remote northern interior of Maine was in the 19th-century developed as a major logging region. Because the provincial government of New Brunswick began charging tariffs for timber floated down the Saint John River, American logging interest sought ways to divert timber into the Penobscot River watershed. This was accomplished by the placement of dams in a number of places on Chamberlain Lake and Eagle Lake, whose waters historically reached the Saint John via the Allagash River, which resulted in their waters' diversion toward Webster Lake (now in the far north of Baxter State Park), part of the Penobscot watershed. By the late 19th century the lock dam between Chamberlain and Eagle Lakes had become a hindrance to logging operations. To speed the movement of timbers between the two lakes, the ingenious solution of a cable-drawn steam-powered tramway was implemented. At a neck of land about north of the dam, a pair of tracks was laid across the neck (about ), and a continuous wire cable loop in length was attached to lumber-carrying trucks. The tramway was powered by large steam boilers located at the Chamberlain Lake end, and was capable of transporting logs at per minute, averaging more than 500,000 board-feet of lumber over a typical working day. The tramway was rendered obsolete by the invention of the Lombard Steam Log Hauler, and ceased operation in 1907. Prior to the tramway, oxen hauled wood between Eagle and Chamberlain Lakes. In 1927 the Eagle Lake end of the tramway was adapted as the eastern terminus of the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad, a freight- only operation for hauling timber southward. The railroad operated until 1933; the only major surviving element of its operation are two locomotives, which are vandal-stripped and exposed to the elements. Of the tramway, the cable and elements of its tracks survive, collapsing into the ground as the ties deteriorate, and elements of the steam power plant remain at Chamberlain Lake. The area is now part of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a Maine state park. In 2012, part of the tramway was restored by volunteers.http://bangordailynews.com/2012/09/09/news/aroostook/volunteers- bring-old-allagash-tramway-back-to-life/ See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine References Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Piscataquis County, Maine Category:Defunct Maine railroads Category:Maine logging railroads Category:North Maine Woods Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1902 Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine Category:National Register of Historic Places in Piscataquis County, Maine "
"Grand Morbid Funeral is the fourth studio album by Swedish death metal band Bloodbath. It was released by Peaceville Records on 17 November 2014. Background Grand Morbid Funeral was recorded in 2014 at Ghost Ward and City of Glass in Stockholm, Sweden and self-produced by the band. It was released on 17 November 2014 by Peaceville Records. This is the first Bloodbath album to feature vocalist Nick Holmes from UK metal band Paradise Lost after Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth left, having lost interest in performing death metal. Anders "Blakkheim" Nystrom of the band states that the album is "destructive, raw, heavy, organic and sludgy death metal." The album features guest appearances from Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler from death metal band Autopsy. Critical reception Blabbermouth described the "unapologetic fury" of Grand Morbid Funeral and stated that the album "brings the same old-school, brutalized death metal Bloodbath has been hailed for". MetalSucks commented that new singer "Holmes' voice is just the worm-gut-strewn axe-to-the-skull this music needs" and stated that "if you've spent most of 2014 waiting around to get leveled by a death metal record with a little legacy heft, you might want to get out there and snatch up the new Bloodbath". The review in Exclaim! stated that "Bloodbath have upped the brutality ante with Grand Morbid Funeral" and claimed that Holmes has "surpassed expectations with powerful and sinister throat-gurgling delivery". Track listing Personnel Names given as credited in album credits (real names in brackets). Bloodbath * Old Nick (Nick Holmes) - vocals * Blakkheim (Anders Nyström) - lead guitars, backing vocals * Sodomizer (Per Eriksson) - guitars * Lord Seth (Jonas Renkse) - bass guitar * Axe (Martin Axenrot) - drums Guest musicians *Chris Reifert - guest vocals on "Grand Morbid Funeral" *Eric Cutler - guitar solos on "Total Death Exhumed", "Mental Abortion" and "Unite in Pain" *Nothing - guest solo on "My Torturer" Additional credits *Thomas Eberger - mastering *Néstor Ávalos - artwork *David Castillo - mixing References Category:2014 albums Category:Bloodbath albums Category:Peaceville Records albums "