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  2. Hobart's Funnies - Wikipedia

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    The tank could place demolition charges at heights up to 12 feet. The tank was driven against a wall, and the framework was lowered into the ground against the wall. The tank then backed up 100 feet, laying out an electric detonating cable. The explosives were then detonated by the tank driver. It was the successor to the single-charge device ...

  3. Derwent Entertainment Centre - Wikipedia

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    In 2014, the Glenorchy City Council planned to spend around $1.2 million on venue maintenance between 2014 and 2015, while expecting to regenerate $1.4 million from the facility. [ 32 ] On 2 February 2015, Dave Grohl warmingly gestured and commented onstage, during a sold-out Foo Fighters concert, "Thank God we're playing a respectable-sized ...

  4. Percy Hobart - Wikipedia

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    Hobart was born in Naini Tal, British India, to Robert T. Hobart (of the Indian Civil Service), and Janetta (née Stanley). His mother was born in County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) and lived at Roughan Park, near Newmills, between Cookstown and Dungannon. She married Robert Hobart in Tullaniskin Parish Church, Dungannon, on 7 October 1880.

  5. Petri Camera - Wikipedia

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    They returned to the M42 mount in 1974 with the Petri FTX body, [2] continuing to use it on low cost bodies such as the FT1000/500 and the compact MFT1000 and Micro MF-1 bodies. For the pictured Petri 7 1.8 the company offered a kit that included a front adapter lens marked AUX TELEPHOTO which screws onto the primary lens; a similar lens for ...

  6. Hobart Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing , cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems , and weighing , wrapping, and labeling systems and products.

  7. Hobart - Wikipedia

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    Hobart's largest arthouse cinema, the State Cinema in North Hobart, was established as the North Hobart Picture Palace in 1913. It was acquired by the Reading Cinemas chain in 2019. [ 109 ] Located in New Town , the Rewind Cinema, formerly the Hidden Theatre, is housed in a 19th-century convict-built structure.

  8. Tasman Bridge disaster - Wikipedia

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    View of the bridge as it stood in 2006 The Tasman Bridge after the collision. The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge and caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse ...

  9. Wrest Point Hotel Casino - Wikipedia

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    Historically, Dunkley's Point was a camping ground held by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, who held a permanent settlement at nearby Long Beach called kreewer. [2] [3] Norfolk Islander Thomas Chaffey constructed his residence on the point between 1808 and 1813, during the British colonisation of Tasmania, which became known as Chaffey's Point by the end of his life.