In 1872 the capital was moved to Kingston, as the port city had far outstripped the inland Spanish Town in size and sophistication.

Historically, the Kingston waterfront was Jamaica's main port with many finger piers at which freighters and passenger liners could dock.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Kingston remained an important Great Lakes port and a centre for shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturing, including the Canadian Locomotive Company, at one time the largest locomotive works in the British Empire.

** Port of Hull, a major passenger and freight port in Kingston upon Hull

Other targets included Birmingham and Coventry, and strategically important cities, such as the naval base at Plymouth and the port of Kingston upon Hull.

* The Humber Bridge: Previously the world's longest bridge, the Humber bridge links the counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire near the port city of Kingston upon Hull

Today, Montego Bay is known for its large regional hospital ( Cornwall Regional Hospital ), port facilities, second homes for numerous upper class Jamaicans from Kingston as well as North Americans and Europeans, fine restaurants, and shopping opportunities.

On November 8, he commanded Oneida when the 19-gun warship and four of the newly acquired schooners encountered HMS Royal George — a large, 24-gun, ship-rigged sloop-of-war off Kingston and chased her into that port.

Two of the ships were later rescued and towed to port in Kingston, Ontario by the Calvin and another rescue ship named Armenia, but the Bavaria was not immediately found.

* Kingston: The former port of Rondout, the north end of the barges ' route, has been recognized as the Rondout-West Strand Historic District and revitalized, still in use as a waterfront and a draw for visitors to the city.

It became economically important in the 19th century when the Delaware and Hudson Canal followed closely alongside it from Napanoch to the village of Rondout, now part of Kingston, which grew rapidly as the canal's northern port.

Ironically, by this point, the migration of port facilities downstream to the deeper waters of the Firth of Clyde and improvements in engineering technology had allowed the consideration of bridges downstream of the city centre, namely the Kingston Bridge and, much further downstream than the Tunnel, the Erskine Bridge.

In July is the annual Steer Bar-B-Que in Kingston, and Heart of the Valley Festival in Middleton.

Georgetown, the capital of the Cayman Islands is south of Havana, Cuba, and northwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and are between Cuba and Central America.

The CUC is divided into four regions: " BC " ( British Columbia ), " Western " ( Alberta to Thunder Bay ), " Central " ( between Thunder Bay and Kingston ), and " Eastern " ( Kingston, Ottawa and everything east of that ).

The practice of Guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario reported children going " guising " around the neighborhood.

The International Seabed Authority ( ISA ) (, ) is an intergovernmental body based in Kingston, Jamaica, that was established to organize and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, an area underlying most of the world ’ s oceans.

Its fifteenth session was held in Kingston 25 May-5 June 2009 and its sixteenth session is scheduled for 26 April to 7 May 2010.

The coffee is exported from Kingston.

An oil refinery is located near Kingston converts crude petroleum obtained from Venezuela into gasoline and other products.

The Highway 2000 project, which seeks ultimately to link Kingston with Montego Bay and the north coast, is currently undergoing a series of phases / legs.

Phase 1 is the highway network between Kingston and Mandeville which itself has been divided into sub-phases: Phase 1a ( Kingston-Bushy Park ( in actuality, Kingston-Sandy Bay ) highway and the upgrade of the Portmore Causeway ) which was completed June 2006, and Phase 1b ( Sandy Bay-Williamsfield ).

The container terminal at the Port of Kingston has undergone large expansion in capacity in recent years to handle growth both already realised as well as that which is projected in coming years.

So many buildings in Kingston, Ontario, Canada were constructed from it that it is nicknamed the ' Limestone City '.

The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16. 3sec.

Nial ( from " Nested Interactive Array Language ") is a high-level array programming language developed from about 1981 by Mike Jenkins of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

New Malden is a small town and shopping centre in the south-western London suburbs, mostly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and partly in the London Borough of Merton, and is situated from Charing Cross.

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has one of the largest expatriate community of South Koreans in Europe, and is said to be one of the most densely populated area of Koreans outside South Korea.

According to different sources, the Korean population in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is around 20, 000, of whom around 8000 reside in the Kingston Borough portion of New Malden.

* 1841 – Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

When the colony was captured by the British in 1781, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Kingston chose the mouth of the Demerara River for the establishment of a town which was situated between Plantations Werk-en-rust and Vlissengen.

Richmond Park's Kingston Gate is situated within the borough's boundary.

* Hampton Court Palace and Palace Grounds-The home of King Henry VIII, the magnificent palace is situated in Hampton Court just a short drive from Kingston

Kingston was by far the most active and important community, being situated on both the heavily traveled King's Road and Millstone River, combining commercial activities of both mills and taverns.

Finally, there is Kingston Bridge House which is situated on the edge of Bushy Park at the Hampton Wick end of Kingston Bridge, London.

It is situated at the west end of Sydenham Lake and located north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields, which form part of the Commons and are situated in Kingston Vale, provide football and rugby pitches for local schools and clubs.

Tiffin School is a selective boys ' grammar school, situated in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England.

Kingston Maurward House is a large Georgian English country house set in a 750 acre ( 3 square km ) estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.

It is situated in an area known for ancient tumuli and the Kingston Russell Stone Circle.

The suburb of Kingston is situated about 4 km from the centre of Canberra.

As it was separated from the rest of the suburb by Wentworth Avenue and was situated to the north of the railway station the Causeway was a distinct district within the suburb of Kingston, however, it is now abutted by the new Kingston foreshore development.

The Brother Islands are situated between Amherst Island and the Lemoine Point Conservation Area in Kingston, Ontario.

Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre.

In March 1949 Richardson announced that he would seek Liberal and Country League ( LCL ) pre-selection for the new federal Division of Kingston, situated in Adelaide's south.

Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes is a suburb in South West London situated across the boundary between the London Borough of Merton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the north and east by a line drawn from Victoria Park Avenue northeast along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Craigton Drive, south along the Canadian National Railway, east along Eglinton Avenue East, south along Bellamy Road South, southwest along Kingston Road, and southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

The name of the street is derived from Kingston, Ontario as the road was the primary route used to travel from Toronto to the settlements east of it situated along the shores of Lake Ontario ; in the west end of Kingston, this highway was referred to as the York Road until at least 1908.

It is a unique coastal geographical indication situated approximately 300 kilometres from Adelaide and halfway between the historic townships of Kingston SE and Robe in the south east of South Australia.