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  2. Glass float - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy.

  3. Bay Road (Bristol County, Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    Bay Road is a 17.2-mile (27.7 km) north-south road in southeastern Massachusetts. The road is in parts a very old road, dating to colonial times, when it was known as the King's Highway. The road is in parts a very old road, dating to colonial times, when it was known as the King's Highway.

  4. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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    Glass floats were large glass balls for long oceanic nets, now substituted by hard plastic. They were used by fishermen in many parts of the world, not only to keep fishing nets afloat, but also for dropline and longline fishing. Often larger floats have marker flags for easier spotting. Glass floats are now collectors' items.

  5. Fishing float - Wikipedia

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    Fishing rod float. Lake Baikal. Eastern Siberia. It is impossible to say with any degree of accuracy who first used a float for indicating that a fish had taken the bait, but it can be said with some certainty that people used pieces of twig, bird feather quills or rolled leaves as bite indicators, many years before any documented evidence.

  6. Japanese glass fishing float - Wikipedia

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  7. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    Bay Villa 1862 Second Empire: Staten Island: Built for John M Pendleton, it was the summer house of Anson Phelps Stokes between 1868 and 1886, was abandoned in 1910s and later demolished in 1930. Wyckoff Mansion 1895 Tudor Revival: William Henry Miller: Carleton Island: Was built for William O. Wyckoff, the mansion is abandoned today. more ...

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