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  • Thumbnail for Tunnel
    A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is enclosed except for the...
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  • Thumbnail for Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers...
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    The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 Alkali), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile. The development of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Ranger 9
    Ranger 9 was a Lunar probe, launched in 1965 by NASA. It was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs...
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  • Thumbnail for HMCS Cape Breton (K350)
    HMCS Cape Breton was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort...
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  • Thumbnail for Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà, Barcelona
    Plaça d'Ildefons Cerdà (often known simply as Plaça Cerdà) is a square in Barcelona, part of La Bordeta, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, very close to...
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  • Thumbnail for MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis)
    The MacArthur Bridge is a truss bridge that connects St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois over the Mississippi River. The bridge was initially...
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  • Thumbnail for French submarine Redoutable (S611)
    Le Redoutable (S 611) was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the...
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  • SS Golar Patricia was an oil tanker built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Sakaide in Japan for Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Company and launched in 1969. Gotaas-Larsen...
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  • National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam...
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  • Thumbnail for RAF Collyweston
    RAF Collyweston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south west of Stamford, Lincolnshire and 11 miles (18 km) north...
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  • Anthony Bull CBE CStJ (18 July 1908 – 23 December 2004) was a British transport engineer and was president of the Institute of Transport. The son of Sir...
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  • Valdebebas (Spanish pronunciation: [baldeˈβeβas]) is an urban development under construction in the city of Madrid, Spain near Barajas Airport. It will...
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  • Thumbnail for Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives
    The first Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives were ordered in 1864 for the Metropolitan Railway, to replace the Great Western Railway locomotive that...
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  • The Princes Channel wreck, also known as the Gresham Ship is an Elizabethan shipwreck (c. 1574) that was discovered in the Princes Channel in the Thames...
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  • Thumbnail for Flottille 17F
    Flottille 17F is a squadron of French Naval Aviation which currently flies the Dassault Rafale M from Landivisiau Naval Air Base. It was formed during...
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  • Thumbnail for Weigel Motors
    Weigel Motors Ltd was a British automobile manufacturer from 1907–1910 at Coswell Road in London. The company built the first British cars to participate...
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  • 54°10′01″N 4°28′05″W / 54.167°N 4.468°W / 54.167; -4.468 Cunningham's Camp Escalator was a moving seated escalator open c. 1919 to 1968 from a short...
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