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2. Riding a rail - Wikipedia

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   Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The subject was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.

3. Split-rail fence - Wikipedia

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   Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...

4. Iron railing - Wikipedia

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   An iron railing is a fence made of iron. This may either be wrought iron , which is ductile and durable and may be hammered into elaborate shapes when hot, or the cheaper cast iron , which is of low ductility and quite brittle.

5. Picket fence - Wikipedia

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   A horizontal top rail and bottom rail are attached to fence posts, which are installed upright into the ground. Evenly spaced boards are affixed vertically to the rails. These boards with pointed tops are called "pickets" for their resemblance to the pointed stakes historically used by infantry to repel cavalry.

6. Lehigh Valley Transit Company - Wikipedia

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   Management quickly sent crews out to rip up rails, remove signals, and take down trolley wire to prevent being ordered back to rail operation. Cars were sent to the nearby Bethlehem Steel plant for scrapping. [53] The shutdown of the Liberty Bell Limited caused considerable loss of employment at the shops at Allentown and Souderton.

7. Deck railing - Wikipedia

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   The most common residential deck railing design is built on-site using pressure treated lumber, with the vertical balusters regularly spaced to meet building code. [1] Wood railing could be in different styles such as Victorian, Chippendale railing and others. [2] A popular alternative to wood railing is composite lumber and PVC railing. [3] [4 ...