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Crow's Nest is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) in length from east to west, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across and rises 160 feet (49 m) above the surrounding Accokeek and Potomac creeks. The peninsula is highly dissected on its north and south sides by steep ravines flowing into these two fresh-water tidal creeks.
A crow's nest is a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a structure that is used as a lookout point. On ships, this position ensured the widest field of view for lookouts to spot approaching hazards, other ships, or land by using the naked eye or optical devices such as telescopes or binoculars .
The Crow's Nest had a blacksmith's shop operated by a spring running a hydraulic ram. [7] The ruins of the spring and ram were remaining through until the 1960s. In the 1950s the farm became the Crow's Nest and is located at E1100N (NE Wawasee Drive) and N. Lung Drive. The Crow house and huge barn became the Crow's Nest Yacht Club in 1959.
Besides being dark and mysterious, crows are extremely intelligent birds. So smart, in fact, that it might be a little bit scary. Even though their brains are the size of a human thumb, their ...
Ledyard E. Ross Hall is a building on the East Carolina University campus at MacGregor Downs Road in Greenville, North Carolina in the United States, adjacent to the ECU Health Sciences Building. The facility was named after Ledyard E. Ross, a class of 1951 ECU graduate and notable Greenville orthodontist.
Manning the crow's nest. Barrelman is in reference to a person who would be stationed in the barrel of the foremast or crow's nest of an oceangoing vessel as a navigational aid. In early ships the crow's nest was simply a barrel or a basket lashed to the tallest mast. Later it became a specially designed platform with protective railing.
Crows Nest, Crow's Nest or Crowsnest may refer to: Crow's nest, a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship, or a structure that is used as a lookout point;
Bird's Nest Soup. Believe it or not, but some bird's nests are edible, including those of the Indian swiftlet. The nests are primarily made out of the bird's saliva and are often sold for ...