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  2. Slipway - Wikipedia

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    A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small boats on trailers towed by automobiles and flying boats on their undercarriage .

  3. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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    A Braby pontoon constructed at Evans Bay in Wellington, New Zealand in 1951 consisted of 124 large square steel tanks connected together and ballasted with water and oil. [9] The pontoon was U-shaped, 110 feet (34 m) long and 74 feet (23 m) wide. Flying boats were winched tail-first into the U so that passengers could step onto the pontoon dock ...

  4. Float (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on nautical floats for buoyancy. Common boat designs are a catamaran with two pontoons, or a trimaran with three. [2] In many parts of the world, pontoon boats are used as small vehicle ferries to cross rivers and lakes. [3] An anchored raft-like platform used for diving, often referred to as a pontoon

  5. Animal-loving pilot who flew rescue dogs to be adopted dies ...

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    A pilot known for rescuing shelter dogs was killed when a small plane crashed in the Catskills as he was transporting several dogs up for adoption to an upstate animal shelter.

  6. Pontoon bridge - Wikipedia

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    A pontoon bridge is a collection of specialized, shallow draft boats or floats, connected together to cross a river or canal, with a track or deck attached on top. The water buoyancy supports the boats, limiting the maximum load to the total and point buoyancy of the pontoons or boats. [ 2 ]

  7. Inside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from ...

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    Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state.

  8. Royal Engineers bridging and trackway equipment - Wikipedia

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    To build the bridge, the ABLE builds its launch rail across the gap and the BVs park either side of it, and, simultaneously, pass the bridge panels onto the ABLEs building platform. When the bridge is at the required length, it is lowered onto the ground and disconnected from the launch rail.

  9. Floatplane - Wikipedia

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    A typical single engine flying boat is unable to bring the hull alongside a dock for loading while most floatplanes are able to do so. A Vought UO-1 floatplane of the U.S. Navy Floats inevitably impose extra drag and weight, rendering floatplanes slower and less manoeuvrable during flight, with a slower rate of climb, than aircraft equipped ...

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