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    suspension cables must be anchored at each end of the bridge, since any load applied to the bridge is transformed into tension in these main cables. The main cables...
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    the modern suspension bridge, where the cables supporting the deck are suspended vertically from the main cable, anchored at both ends of the bridge and...
    35 KB (4,176 words) - 23:27, 29 May 2024
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    support cabling and cabling supports were installed, and all of the main cable strands have been placed and compacted, the suspender cables hung, attached...
    106 KB (12,398 words) - 20:42, 27 May 2024
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    The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn...
    241 KB (22,433 words) - 04:32, 29 May 2024
  • time without slowing the system down, which is a main reason for its high efficiency. With a main cable of 800 metres long, 10 riders can waterski or wakeboard...
    6 KB (637 words) - 23:27, 3 February 2024
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    significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. Since then, USA serves as the main cable component of NBC Sports. As of November 2023[update], USA Network is available...
    58 KB (6,487 words) - 06:05, 21 May 2024
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    clamped at its middle to the main cable. The damper is designed to dissipate the energy of oscillations in the main cable to an acceptable level. Wind...
    8 KB (957 words) - 13:11, 18 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for George Washington Bridge
    the main cables had taken ten months in total. After the main cables were laid, workers spun the suspender wires that connected the main cables with...
    166 KB (16,877 words) - 21:38, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Williamsburg Bridge
    in the 2020s. The Williamsburg Bridge's main span is 1,600 feet (490 m) long and is carried on four main cables, which are suspended from two 335-foot...
    279 KB (26,608 words) - 21:11, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cable television
    Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or...
    26 KB (3,366 words) - 16:45, 23 April 2024
  • throat of standardized dimensions, or else through cables and is usually installed outdoors. Ring main cables enter and leave the cabinet. This type of switchgear...
    2 KB (279 words) - 02:31, 17 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bandra–Worli Sea Link
    Bandra–Worli Sea Link (category Cable-stayed bridges in India)
    first cable-stayed bridge to be constructed in open seas in India. Due to the underlying geology, the pylons have a complex geometry and the main span...
    35 KB (3,651 words) - 22:15, 7 May 2024
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    cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct (in the case of a point-to-point cable system) or via a branch from a main cable...
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  • Thumbnail for Self-anchored suspension bridge
    self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or...
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  • A pure suspension bridge is one without additional stay cables and in which the main cables are anchored in the ground. This includes most simple suspension...
    6 KB (574 words) - 21:45, 4 February 2024
  • transportation system, often depicted in science fiction. The main component would be a cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending...
    92 KB (10,920 words) - 01:34, 31 May 2024
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    Virgin Media (redirect from Cable London)
    million customers. Since the acquisition of Smallworld Cable in 2014, Virgin Media is the main cable provider in the UK, with the exception of WightFibre...
    84 KB (8,731 words) - 05:30, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cable layer
    Modern cable ships differ greatly from their predecessors. There are two main types of cable ships: cable repair ships and cable-laying ships. Cable repair...
    41 KB (4,806 words) - 15:10, 20 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Manhattan Bridge
    carried by four main cables, which travel between masonry anchorages at either side of the bridge, and 1,400 vertical suspender cables. Carrère and Hastings...
    223 KB (22,516 words) - 04:49, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fiber-optic cable
    A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that...
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