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  2. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. [1] It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A board foot is a United States and Canadian unit of approximate volume, used for lumber. It is equivalent to 1 inch × 1 foot × 1 foot (144 cu in or 2,360 cm 3). It is also found in the unit of density pounds per board foot. In Australia and New Zealand the terms super foot or superficial foot were formerly used for this unit. The exact ...

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1950, the United States produced 38 billion board feet of lumber, and that number remained fairly constant throughout the decades moving forward, with the national production at 32.9 billion board feet in 1960 and 34.7 billion board feet in 1970. [61]

  5. Lake freighter - Wikipedia

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    It was then sailed to Erie, Pennsylvania and lengthened by over 700 feet. [2] [18] Henry Ford II, Benson Ford: 1924 First lake freighters with diesel engines. [19] Feux Follets: 1967 Last ship built with a steam turbine. Presque Isle: 1973 The first 1,000-foot integrated tugboat/barge and the second 1,000 footer overall. [20] James R. Barker: 1976

  6. List of longest ships - Wikipedia

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    The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than 300 metres (1,000 ft) are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships, ship classes or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped.

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  8. MV American Integrity - Wikipedia

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    Her overall length is 1000 feet, beam is 105 feet and depth 56 feet. She is able to unload 10,000 tons/hour. She has 7 cargo holds and 37 hatches.

  9. Caruso-backed nonprofit partners with builder to give prefab ...

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    The donation from Joe Gebbia, who is also a member of Tesla's board, will underwrite the distribution of factory-made homes built by Samara, another company Gebbia co-founded. ... Caruso said ...