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Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is a brackish lake located on the Calcasieu River in Southwest Louisiana, United States, situated almost entirely within the Lake Charles city limits. The Calcasieu Ship Channel flows along the western side for large ships to pass and is the western boundary of the city limits. [ 1 ]
Lake Charles is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state.
Between Sulphur and Lake Charles there is an interchange with I-210. I-10 crosses the Calcasieu River Bridge into Lake Charles, passing north of the center of town, before meeting the western end of I-210. Between Lake Charles and Lafayette, I-10 bypasses several small towns including Iowa, Welsh, Jennings, and Crowley.
KPLC (channel 7) is a television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus.It is owned by Gray Media, which provides certain services to dual Fox/ABC affiliate KVHP (channel 29) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with American Spirit Media.
The I-10 bridge has been listed by the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) as Structurally Deficient with a rating of 3 and a Sufficiency Rating of 9.9 out of 100. [6] Louisiana has 13,361 bridges with 1,722 (12.89%) listed as SD. [7] It was reported in March 2017 [8] that the sufficiency rating has dropped to 6.6 out of 100 [9]
[2] [3] [7] In China, it is a traditional dye for leather goods. Lac for dye has been somewhat replaced by the emergence of synthetic dyes, [7] though it remains in use, and some juices, carbonated drinks, wine, jam, sauce, and candy are coloured using it. [9] It is still used as sealing wax by the India Post [10] but its use is being phased ...
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Fuel tanks were also added to the wing pontoons, with 7.5 US gal (28 L) per side, taking fuel capacity from 40 US gal (151 L) to 55 US gal (208 L). [ 1 ] A six-seat development in 1982, with a lengthened hull was named Renegade , this had either a 250 hp (186 kW) or a turbocharged 270 hp (201 kW) engine.