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2. Stepping stones - Wikipedia

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   The name "Drukken" steps derives from a person's gait as they stepped from stone to stone whilst crossing the Red Burn. Seven or more stones were originally set in the Red Burn which was much wider than in 2009. [3] Burns himself used the Scots spelling "Drucken" rather than "Drukken". [4] The ruins of the Drukken Steps are in the Eglinton ...

3. Lock and Dam No. 8 - Wikipedia

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   The dam consists of a concrete structure 934 feet (284.7 m) long with five roller gates and 10 tainter gates. The earth embankment is 17,500 feet (5,334.0 m) long with two submersible spillways, 938 feet (285.9 m) long and 1,338 feet (407.8 m) long. The lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long.

4. Concretion - Wikipedia

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   Marleka fairy stone from Stensö in Sweden Iron sulfide concretions, such as the Kansas Pop rocks, consisting of either pyrite and marcasite , are nonmagnetic. [ 79 ] On the other hand, iron sulfide concretions, which either are composed of or contain either pyrrhotite or smythite , will be magnetic to varying degrees. [ 80 ]

5. Lock and Dam No. 10 - Wikipedia

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   It was constructed and placed in operation November 1937. The site underwent major rehabilitation 1989—2006. The dam consists of a concrete dam 763 feet (232.6 m) long with four roller gates and eight tainter gates. The earth embankment is 4,223 feet (1,287.2 m) long [1] with a concrete spillway 1,200 feet (365.8 m) long. The lock is 110 feet ...

6. Box Hill, Surrey - Wikipedia

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   The Stepping Stones at the foot of Box Hill. The photograph is taken from the west bank of the Mole, looking across the river to the Weypole. The Weypole (or Waypole ) is a roughly semi-circular 2.4 ha (5.9-acre) area of level ground at the foot of Box Hill, between The Whites and the River Mole. [ 50 ]

7. Lock and Dam No. 5 - Wikipedia

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   It was constructed and placed in operation May 1935. The site underwent major rehabilitation from 1987 through 1998. The dam consists of concrete structure 1,619 feet (493.5 m) long with six roller gates and 28 tainter gates and an earth embankment 18,000 feet (5,486.4 m) long. The lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long.