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    Barge often refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled...
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    undertow. "Articulated tug and barge" (ATB) units also utilize mechanical means to connect to their barges. The tug slips into a notch in the stern and is...
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    (MARAD) designation for World War II barges. Barges are very low cost to build, operate and move. Barges were needed to move large bulky cargo. A tug boat...
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  • Look up barge or barges in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A barge is a flat-bottomed boat. Barge or barges may also refer to: France Barges, Côte-d'Or...
    981 bytes (165 words) - 15:20, 29 May 2019
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    A Dutch barge is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuiderzee and the waterways of Netherlands...
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  • John D. Barge is the former superintendent of schools for the U.S. state of Georgia. He was a candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2014 election,...
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  • La Barge may refer to: La Barge, Wyoming, United States La Barge (Puy-de-Dôme), a village in the commune of Saint-Priest-des-Champs, France This disambiguation...
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    Car float (redirect from Railroad barge)
    or rail barge is a specialised form of lighter with railway tracks mounted on its deck used to move rolling stock across water obstacles, or to locations...
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  • A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were...
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  • Concrete ship (redirect from Concrete barge)
    commissioned to serve as petrol-carrying barges. The barges weighed 160 tons and were constructed on the London dockside before being craned into the water...
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    barge is a type of barge commonly designed to transport commodities like coal, steel, rocks, sand, soil and waste. 'Hopper barge' can also refer to a...
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    Jackup rig (redirect from Jack-up barge)
    mobile offshore drilling platform. This barge had ten legs which had spud cans to prevent them from digging into the seabed too deep. When DeLong-McDermott...
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    Crane vessel (redirect from Crane barge)
    A crane vessel, crane ship, crane barge, or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads, typically exceeding 1,500 t (1,476...
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    Vasaorden is a Swedish royal barge originally constructed in 1774 based on a design by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. It is used for ceremonies such as state...
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    Crane Barges". Fukada Salvage & Marine Works Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2019. "Lifting to Greater...
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    Solar barque (redirect from Solar barge)
    went to the skies. Ra was said to travel through the sky on the barge, providing light to the world. Each twelfth of his journey formed one of the twelve...
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    -122.569430 The McBarge, officially named the Friendship 500, is a former McDonald's restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) barge for Expo '86 in Vancouver...
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    A royal barge is a ceremonial barge that is used by a monarch for processions and transport on a body of water. Royal barges are currently used in monarchies...
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    A flexible barge is a non-rigid barge usually made of fabric. This[which?] test ended on April 29 when the fabric of one of the two bags under tow developed...
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  • 27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003), better known by her stage name Gillian Barge was an English stage, television and film actress. She was born in Hastings...
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