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  2. Common Berthing Mechanism - Wikipedia

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    A vestibule is composed of an ACBM ring (1) mounted to a flanged bulkhead (3) and a PCBM ring (2) mounted to a flanged bulkhead or barrel section (4). The rings, both machined from 2219 Aluminum forgings, mate at a "molded seal" (5); each ring is sealed at its inboard end by a pair of concentric o-rings (6).

  3. Architecture of the oil tanker - Wikipedia

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    A cofferdam is a small space left open between two bulkheads, to give protection from heat, fire, or collision. [2] Tankers generally have cofferdams forward and aft of the cargo tanks, and sometimes between individual tanks. [3] A pumproom houses all the pumps connected to a tanker's cargo lines. [1] Some larger tankers have two pumprooms. [1]

  4. Bulkhead - Wikipedia

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    Torpedo bulkhead, a type of armor plate or protective covering designed to keep a ship afloat even if the hull is struck by a shell or by a torpedo; Bulkhead (barrier), a retaining wall used as a form of coastal management, akin to a seawall, or as a structural device such as a bulkhead partition

  5. If bulkhead construction followed state and local procedures ...

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    This photo shows the original bulkhead on Philip Bayley's property, built in the 1930s. The new construction has occurred to the right of the home in the photo.

  6. Cofferdam - Wikipedia

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    A cofferdam is a space between two watertight bulkheads or decks within a ship. It is usually a void (empty) space intended to ensure that the contents of nearly adjacent tanks cannot leak directly from one to the other which would result in contamination of the contents of one or both of the compartments. [11]

  7. Evacuation orders remain in place after fire breaks out at ...

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    The district serves more than 4,500 K-12 students, and covers a 70 square-mile area that includes neighborhoods in Castroville, Prunedale, Moss Landing, Aromas and parts of Salinas, its website says.

  8. TSA shocked to find 82 fireworks and 3 knives in a woman's ...

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    In Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport, a TSA officer flagged a carry-on bag with 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica firearms and a canister of pepper spray.

  9. Emergency light - Wikipedia

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    The emergency lighting heads have usually been either incandescent PAR 36 sealed beams or wedge base lamps, but LED illumination is increasingly common. All units have some sort of a device to focus and intensify the light they produce. This can either be in the form of a plastic cover over the fixture, or a reflector placed behind the light ...