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2. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. The cord is then tightened and tied to the pole at the bottom.

3. Lunar Flag Assembly - Wikipedia

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   The horizontal and vertical poles were each made of one-inch aluminum tubes in two telescoping parts, anodized with a gold color. Due to the limits of the astronauts' spacesuits, the total height of the flagpole was limited to their 28-inch (71 cm) minimum and 66-inch (170 cm) maximum reach. The flag cost $5.50 and the tubing cost $75. [2]

4. Raghadan Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A view of Amman with the Raghadan Flagpole. The Raghadan Flagpole is a 126.8-metre (416 ft) tall flagpole located in Amman, Jordan. [1] It was built from steel and erected on the grounds of Raghadan Palace at the royal compound of Al-Maquar.

5. Independence Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   The material used for the new flagpole is Q345 steel. The steel and two cranes of the flag pole were both imported from Hong Kong. [1] The flagpole's construction took less than a month and was finished in September 2013. [5] The newer flagpole was divided into three segments. The old flagpole was moved to the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite. [4]

6. Alam (finial) - Wikipedia

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   An 'alam (Arabic: علَم, lit. 'flag') or alem (Turkish: alem) is a standard or flagpole in Islamic culture, typically topped by an ornate metal finial. [1] [2] [3 ...

7. Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly - Wikipedia

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   According to one account, Kelly climbed his first pole at the age of seven, and at nine he performed a "human fly" trick, climbing up the side of a building. [1]He is credited with popularizing the pole-sitting fad after sitting atop a flagpole in 1924, either in response to a dare from a friend [7] or as a publicity stunt to draw customers to a Philadelphia department store. [8]