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Ditch Witch, a trade name of Charles Machine Works, is an American brand of underground utility construction equipment, principally trenchers, which has been in operation since 1949. It is the leading subsidiary of Charles Machine Works, headquartered in Perry, Oklahoma. Charles Machine Works is, since 2019, a subsidiary of Toro Company. [1 ...
A wheel trencher in South Africa Stealth Communications' Microtrenching in Chinatown (Manhattan), for installing fiber optic cables in microducts.. A trencher is a piece of construction equipment used to dig trenches, especially for laying pipes or electrical cables, for installing drainage, or in preparation for trench warfare.
Joseph Bramah patented the hydraulic press in 1795. [1] While working at Bramah's shop, Henry Maudslay suggested a cup leather packing. [2] [clarification needed] Because it produced superior results, the hydraulic press eventually displaced the steam hammer for metal forging.
The Ditch Witch Food Wagon is a food truck on Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, Suffolk County, New York in the US. [1] Since 1994, it has been a hub for surfers, tourists and local residents. [2] [3] The truck offers a porch and seating on the beach. It serves high-end food wraps and coffee. [4]
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
By c.1500 the original gateway was out of use, and its entrance blocked up, in favour of an adjacent archway. [19] In the northernmost corner of the castle there was a sally port beneath a large tower and a drawbridge over the ditch outside the wall. [20] These were destroyed in 1774 and no trace now remains. [21]
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The earliest parts of the structure were built circa 1780 and the building was significantly expanded in the decades that followed. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Harrison-Smith House Bardstown: KY c.1780 - 1795 Residential Original section possibly the "oldest stone house in Kentucky" [42] [43] [102] [103] Findowrie ...