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  2. Snow chains - Wikipedia

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    Snow chains, or tire chains, are devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide increased traction when driving through snow and ice. Snow chains attach to the drive wheels of a vehicle or special systems deploy chains which swing under the tires automatically. Although named after steel chain, snow chains may be made of other materials and ...

  3. Sno-Freighter - Wikipedia

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    The Sno-Freighter is a one-of-a-kind land vehicle designed by LeTourneau Technologies (now part of Cameron International) for Alaska Freight Lines in the 1950s. During that decade, Alaska Freight Lines won the contract to transport construction material to build the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW) in far northern Alaska and Canada .

  4. Hose strap - Wikipedia

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    A nylon loop hose strap, with a structural firefighting glove for size comparison. A hose strap (also known as a rope hose tool) is a piece of firefighting equipment. Having a variety of uses, the name derives from the main use of securing a charged hoseline, allowing a firefighter to better control the flow of the water.

  5. Boom (navigational barrier) - Wikipedia

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    Especially in medieval times, the end of a chain could be attached to a chain tower or boom tower. This allowed safe raising or lowering of the chain, as they were often heavily fortified. [2] By raising or lowering a chain or boom, access could be selectively granted rather than simply rendering the stretch of water completely inaccessible.

  6. Bucket brigade - Wikipedia

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    A bucket brigade or human chain is a method for transporting items where items are passed from one (relatively stationary) person to the next. The method was important in firefighting before the advent of hand-pumped fire engines, whereby firefighters would pass buckets of water to each other to extinguish a blaze.

  7. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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    A coiled garden hose. A garden hose, hosepipe, or simply hose is a flexible tube used to convey water. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers (which are used to concentrate water at one point or to spread it over a large area). Hoses are usually attached to a hose spigot or tap.

  8. Metal hose - Wikipedia

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    Corrugated hoses are used as economical, flexible connecting elements that permit movement, thermal expansion and vibrations, and that can be used as filling hoses. The starting material is a seamless or longitudinally welded, thin-walled tube into which corrugations are introduced by mechanical or hydraulic means using special tools.

  9. Hose clamp - Wikipedia

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    A hose clamp used to hold the leather in place while tying-in the bag of bagpipes. They can also be used in a similar way, as a simple means for the transmission of small amounts of power. A short length of hose is clipped between two shafts where vibration or variations in alignment may be taken up by the flexibility of the hose. This ...

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