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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.
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Ditch Witch, with about 1,700 employees in Perry, has manufactured underground construction equipment for 75 years. The main factory is in a 1.1-million-square-foot building. The addition will ...
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City ditch: a ditch dug in front of the walls, occasionally filled with water to form a moat. Gate tower : a tower built next to, or on top of the city gates to better defend the city gates. Wall tower : a tower built on top of a segment of the wall, which usually extended outwards slightly, so as to be able to observe the exterior of the walls ...
Earth ditch and rampart defences on the Ipf near Bopfingen, Germany Reconstructed pfostenschlitzmauer of the oppidum at Finsterlohr, Creglingen, Germany. The composition and design of ramparts varied from the simple mounds of earth and stone, known as dump ramparts, to more complex earth and timber defences (box ramparts and timberlaced ramparts), as well as ramparts with stone revetments. [2]
An anti-tank ditch has to be wide enough and deep enough to prevent a tank from crossing. Armies have been known to disguise anti-tank ditches [3] to enable the ditch to disable an enemy tank. Anti-tank trenches can be defeated by use of a fascine. Anti-tank ditches can also be crossed by use of bridges either laid by armoured vehicles or built ...