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  2. Setting pole - Wikipedia

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    Three punt pole shoes in varying states of wear. A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank of the river.

  3. Punt (boat) - Wikipedia

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    It is usual to carry one or two spare poles in a race, so that one can keep punting if a pole gets stuck or is dropped. A punt pole differs from the Fenland quant in that it does not have a cross piece at the top, and from the more generally used setting pole in that it only has a metal shoe on one end. [5]

  4. Talk:Setting pole - Wikipedia

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  5. Quant - Wikipedia

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    Quant may refer to: Quant (surname) Quant pole, used to propel a barge; A financial jargon term for: Quantitative analyst, someone who applies mathematical techniques to financial investment; Quantitative fund, an investment fund managed by use of numerical methods; Quantitative investing, investing using such techniques

  6. Brockton Point - Wikipedia

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    Brockton Point Lighthouse. Brockton Point is a headland off the Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver, on the north side of Coal Harbour.Named after Francis Brockton, it is the most easterly part of Stanley Park [1] and is home to a 100-year-old lighthouse and several hand-carved totem poles made in British Columbia.

  7. Pole (surveying) - Wikipedia

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    Surveying prism pole with instrument attached. In surveying, a pole is bar made of wood or metal and normally held vertical, upon which different instruments can be mounted: a prism, a GPS device, etc. [1] It may be manufactured with a predetermined length (e.g., 2 meters) or may be graduated for different heights or stages.

  8. Pole sitting - Wikipedia

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    Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388 –459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years. [1] 14-year-old William Ruppert breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days, in 1929

  9. Ranging rod - Wikipedia

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    These colours are used so that the rod can be properly sighted in case of long distance or bad weather. Ranging rods of greater length, e.g. 3 to 6 m, are called ranging or range poles, and are used for very long survey lines. [3] Another type of ranging rod is known as an offset rod, which has no flag at the top. It is used for measuring small ...