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2. Jackstaff - Wikipedia

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   The US naval jack (2002–2019) being raised on a jackstaff in 2002. A jack staff (also spelled as jackstaff) is a small vertical spar (pole) on the bow of a ship or smaller vessel on which a particular type of flag, known as a jack, is flown. [1]

3. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.

4. International Code of Signals - Wikipedia

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   Commercial code flags until 1900. The International Code of Signals was preceded by a variety of naval signals and private signals, most notably Marryat's Code, the most widely used code flags prior to 1857. What is now the International Code of Signals was drafted in 1855 by the British Board of Trade and published in 1857 as the Commercial ...

5. List of flagpoles by height - Wikipedia

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   Cairo Flagpole: New Administrative Capital, Cairo Egypt: 201.952 m (662.57 ft) [1] 26 December 2021 Free–standing 2 National Flag Square Flagpole 2 (2024-now) Neftchiler Avenue, Bayil, Baku Azerbaijan: 191 m (626.64 ft) [2] 2 August 2024

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7. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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   The two ends of the poles were placed in receptacles called push pole pockets. [197] The practice of using a push pole for switching was called "poling". [198] Push–pull train A configuration for locomotive-hauled trains, allowing them to be driven from either end of the train, whether having a locomotive at each end or not. See also: Auto train.