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  • Thumbnail for Barton Swing Aqueduct
    form of swing bridge. When closed, it allows canal traffic to pass along the Bridgewater Canal. When large vessels need to pass along the ship canal underneath...
    11 KB (1,188 words) - 15:02, 27 February 2024
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    Keel (redirect from Swing keel)
    centreplate or swing keel), retract upwards (lifting/retracting keel or daggerboard), or swing sideways in the water (canting keels) to move the ballasting...
    10 KB (1,165 words) - 21:43, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pirate ship (ride)
    pirate ship is a type of amusement ride based on pirate ships, consisting of an open, seated gondola (usually in the style of a pirate ship) which swings back...
    10 KB (1,048 words) - 15:31, 14 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swing bridge
    A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support...
    45 KB (3,654 words) - 14:55, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swing boat
    forth. A similar ride called a pirate ship swings in a similar motion but without the rider pulling on ropes. Swing boats were one of the earliest fairground...
    2 KB (200 words) - 06:18, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Manchester Ship Canal
    60 ft (18 m) to the canal's terminus in Manchester. Landmarks along its route include the Barton Swing Aqueduct, the world's only swing aqueduct, and...
    73 KB (8,638 words) - 05:19, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bank effect
    bank suction, bank cushion, stern suction, ship-bank interaction) is the tendency of the stern of a ship to swing toward the near bank when operating in a...
    3 KB (300 words) - 13:19, 10 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tralee Ship Canal
    it was opened to ships. The canal was 2 miles (3.2 km) in length with a new canal basin built in Tralee, lock gates and a wooden swing bridge constructed...
    5 KB (437 words) - 09:26, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph May Swing
    11th Airborne Division during the campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War II. Joseph May Swing was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February...
    17 KB (1,417 words) - 07:31, 2 November 2024
  • Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell. It also features...
    16 KB (1,557 words) - 09:03, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Calumet (1973 ship)
    Great Lakes bulk freighter currently in operation. The ship was built in 1973 by the American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio as the William R. Roesch...
    4 KB (243 words) - 18:44, 22 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ship motions
    Seakeeping – Response of a vessel to sea conditions Stern suction – Tendency of the stern of a ship making way to swing toward the near bankPages displaying...
    5 KB (698 words) - 17:47, 13 October 2024
  • Mistral (redirect from Mistral (ship))
    version of the de Havilland Vampire jet fighter Swing Mistral, a German paraglider design built by Swing Flugsportgeräte OpenSkies, an airline with the...
    3 KB (403 words) - 20:46, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swing Out Sister
    2015, Swing out Sister shipped their album, Rushes, to those who had signed up to the pledge; this included short samples of the songs that Swing Out Sister...
    21 KB (2,679 words) - 09:16, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barton Road Swing Bridge
    Barton Road Swing Bridge (or Barton Road Bridge) is a swing bridge for road traffic in Greater Manchester that crosses the Manchester Ship Canal between...
    16 KB (1,449 words) - 15:04, 27 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ship's wheel
    counterclockwise would cause the tiller to angle to starboard and therefore the rudder to swing to port causing the vessel to also turn to port (see animation).: p.152 ...
    7 KB (885 words) - 14:23, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Goole railway swing bridge
    known as the Hook bridge or Goole railway swing bridge, is a large viaducted hogback plate girder bridge with swing span over the River Ouse, Yorkshire near...
    19 KB (2,240 words) - 18:10, 21 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Edward Leader Williams
    the scheme included the Barton Swing Aqueduct (carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal) and a neighbouring swing bridge for road traffic at Barton...
    5 KB (511 words) - 02:48, 10 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pressure swing adsorption
    Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a technique used to separate some gas species from a mixture of gases (typically air) under pressure according to the species'...
    13 KB (1,677 words) - 03:07, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota
    News. "Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (12 – 14 October 2024)". Redfield & Wilton Strategies. October 16, 2024. "Latest US Swing States Voting Intention...
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