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September 29, 2007 [ 1] The Yale-Cady Octagon House and Yale Lock Factory Site is a private residence at 7550 North Main Street in Newport, New York, comprising an historic octagonal house and the adjoining site of the lock factory of Linus Yale, Sr. and his son Linus Yale, Jr., the inventor of the cylinder lock and the founders of the Yale ...
The Lockkeeper's House is the oldest building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [2] It was built in 1837 [2] at what is now the southwest corner of 17th Street, NW and Constitution Avenue, NW, near Constitution Gardens . The building dates to a period when the south end of 17th Street, NW was a wharf and Constitution Avenue, NW was the ...
Here is a non-exhaustive list of historical projects undertaken by the Yale Lock Company, where they equipped buildings with their locks and hardware: [16] [17] Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Company (1909) Woolworth Building, the headquarters of the Woolworth Company (1912)
Ballard Locks. / 47.66556°N 122.39722°W / 47.66556; -122.39722. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, or Ballard Locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of Salmon Bay in Seattle, Washington's Lake Washington Ship Canal, between the neighborhoods of Ballard to the north and Magnolia to the south. [ 2]: 2 [ 3][ 4]: 6.
Pont des Arts. / 48.85833°N 2.33750°E / 48.85833; 2.33750. The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square ( cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire ).
A maison key system is a keying system that permits a lock to be opened with a number of unique, individual keys. Maison key systems are often found in apartment building common areas, such as main entrance or a laundry room where individual residents can use their own apartment key to access these areas.
A typical modern padlock and its keys. A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or password), by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one side, such as a door chain.
Aerial view of the locks at Lock and Dam 19. The 1957 lock is the largest at left, with the dewatered drydock and 1913 lock at its right. The old Keokuk Rail Bridge and Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge are visible in the foreground. View is upriver to the northeast. The main lock was constructed from 1952 to 1957 and is 1,200 feet (366 m) long and 110 ...