Firestone

Firestone

Firestone may refer to:

People

Harvey Firestone family

*Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938), founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
*Harvey Samuel Firestone, Jr., son of Firestone founder
*Elizabeth Parke Firestone, daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone and mother of Martha Firestone
*Leonard Firestone, son of founder Harvey Firestone
*Brooks Firestone, son of Leonard Firestone
*Martha Firestone, daughter of Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
*Andrew Firestone, great-grandson of founder Harvey Firestone and the son of Brooks Firestone
*Nick Firestone, racing car driver
* Diego Firestone,

Others

*Dennis Firestone, CART driver, 1979-1987
*Robert W. Firestone, author, artist, and clinical psychologist, Santa Barbara
*Roy Firestone, sports journalist
*Shulamith Firestone (b. 1945), Jewish Canadian-born feminist

Places

;Liberia
*Firestone District, Margibi County

;United States
*Firestone, Colorado, a town in Weld County
*Firestone Country Club, in Akron, Ohio
*Firestone Fieldhouse, a multipurpose arena in Malibu, California
*Firestone High School, on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio
*Firestone (LACMTA station), a Los Angeles bus station
*Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, the main library at Princeton University

Companies

Tire Manufacturing

*Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, a subsidiary of Bridgestone

Other companies

*Firestone Building Products, headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
*Firestone Communications, diversified media and communications, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
*Firestone Diamond Mining, Avontuur and Oena in Namaqualand, South Africa
*Firestone Employees Society, New Zealand Trade Union
*Firestone Peruvian Ranch, horse breeding stud, Kingman, Arizona, USA
*Firestone Ventures, Canadian mining company
*Firestone Vineyard, Santa Barbara, California, USA
*Firestone Walker Fine Ales, Paso Robles, California, USA
*Firestone's Restaurant, Frederick, Maryland, USA

Other

*"The Voice of Firestone", a weekly broadcast of classical music which appeared on the NBC radio network
*"The Firestone Direct Sugar Shack", a New Zealand TV program
*Firestone (Pern), a fictional phosphine bearing rock found on the planet Pern in the "Dragonriders of Pern" series of novels by Anne McCaffrey

Controversy/Events

*Firestone Liberian controversy
*Firestone and Ford tire controversy
*Great American Streetcar Scandal

Motor Racing (United States)

*Firestone Indy 200, IndyCar Series race held at Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee
*Firestone Indy 225, IndyCar Series race held at Nazareth Superspeedway, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
*Firestone Indy 400, IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan

ee also

*Feuerstein


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  • Firestone — steht für: Firestone Tire Rubber Company, US amerikanischer Reifenhersteller, 1988 von der Bridgestone Tire Company übernommen. Jay Firestone, kanadischer Filmproduzent Shulamith Firestone, kanadische Feministin eine US amerikanische Stadt; siehe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Firestone — Firestone, CO U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 1908 Housing Units (2000): 664 Land area (2000): 5.342994 sq. miles (13.838290 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.040001 sq. miles (0.103603 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.382995 sq. miles (13.941893 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Firestone, CO — U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 1908 Housing Units (2000): 664 Land area (2000): 5.342994 sq. miles (13.838290 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.040001 sq. miles (0.103603 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.382995 sq. miles (13.941893 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Firestone — Fire stone (?; 110), n. [AS. f[=y]rst[=a]n flint; f[=y]r fire + st[=a]n stone.] 1. Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint. [1913 Webster] 2. A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • firestone — [fīr′stōn΄] n. 1. Historical flint or iron pyrites used for striking fire 2. a stone that can withstand intense heat …   English World dictionary

  • Firestone — Изготовление шин на заводе Firestone, Акрон (Огайо), декабрь 1941 Эта статья  об американской компан …   Википедия

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