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2. Pallet jack - Wikipedia

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   Typical manual pallet jack (lowered) A pallet jack, also known as a pallet truck or pallet pump, is a tool used to lift and move pallets.Pallet jacks are the most basic form of a forklift [1] and are intended to move palletized loads within warehouses, distribution centers, retail stores, and construction sites.

3. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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   Cranes are commonly employed in transportation for the loading and unloading of freight, in construction for the movement of materials, and in manufacturing for the assembling of heavy equipment. The first known crane machine was the shaduf , a water-lifting device that was invented in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and then appeared in ...

4. Truck - Wikipedia

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   Freightliner M2 dump truck. A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction, with a cabin that is independent of the payload portion of the vehicle.

5. The Myth of the Ethical Shopper - The ... - The Huffington Post

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   Five minutes later, the floor filled with black smoke; screams could be heard from below. The building had no sprinklers or fire escapes. Workers tried to flee down an internal staircase, but the exits were locked. Those on the lower floors were trapped by boxes of yarn and clothes that had already been completed.

6. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight [1]) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport ( truck , ship , train , aircraft ), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.

7. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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   One span collapsed under the weight of a 47-long-ton (48 t) semi-trailer due to brittle fracture on a very cold winter day 0 killed Beaver Dam Bridge: approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Whitehouse, Quebec: Canada 22 May 1963: Flood damage 6 killed Several vehicles fell into the York river [30] General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge: Maracaibo