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  2. Guard stone - Wikipedia

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    Obsolete cannons were often used as wheel guards in the Netherlands, such as for the Catherine's gate in Dordrecht. A guard stone, jostle stone or chasse-roue (French lit. "wheel chaser"), is a projecting metal, concrete, or stone exterior architectural element located at the corner and/or foot of gates, portes-cochères, garage entries, and walls to prevent damage from vehicle tires and wheels.

  3. List of historic properties in Tucson, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation was established in March 1984. The foundations mission is to save Tucson's neon signs and list numerous properties on the National Register of Historic Places. However, the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation does not have the ability to deny a demolition permit.

  4. Skew arch - Wikipedia

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    Colorado Street Bridge, an example of a false skew arch. The strength of a regular arch (also known as a "square" or "right" arch) comes from the fact that the mass of the structure and its superincumbent load cause lines of force that are carried by the stones into the ground and the abutments without producing any tendency for the stones to slide with respect to one another.

  5. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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    An example of a common residential guard rail (US) handrail (Brit.) is a wood railing around a deck or patio. In the US this is typically built on-site from pressure treated lumber thus featuring a simplistic design of vertical baluster spaced every 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) demonstrating compliance with Building Codes (Standards).

  6. Miracle Mile Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the mid-twentieth century, this commercial strip, known as “Miracle Mile,” functioned as the northern vehicular gateway of Tucson for travelers traversing the nation. The Miracle Mile Historic District follows the alignment of the following extant arterials: Stone Avenue, Drachman Street, Oracle Road, and Miracle Mile.

  7. Tactile paving - Wikipedia

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    A set of yellow truncated domes on the down-ramp in a parking lot. Tactile paving (also called tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile tiles, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface indicators, or detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicators found at roadsides (such as at curb cuts), by and on stairs, and on railway ...

  8. Bright Angel Shale - Wikipedia

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    A reddish brown coloration is imparted to a number of the sandstone and siltstone beds by the high percentage of hematitic ooids and iron oxide cements that they contain. Isolated beds of coarse-grained sandstone with either basal conglomerate or conglomeratic sandstone also locally occur within the Bright Angel Shale.

  9. Tucson Ring meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson Ring meteorite is a brezinaite meteorite fragment, first described by Bunch and Fuchs. [2] It was reported as one of several masses of virgin iron found at the foot of the Sierra de la Madera and transported to the plaza of Tucson , Arizona circa 1850, where it was used as an anvil in a blacksmith's shop.

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