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2. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. 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.

3. Gin pole - Wikipedia

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   A gin pole in use loading logs A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. A gin pole is a mast supported by one or more guy-wires that uses a pulley or block and tackle mounted on its upper end to lift loads. The lower end is braced or set in a shallow hole and ...

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5. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad - Wikipedia

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   They also provided freight services and interchanged with the NYC and the Delaware and Hudson railroads. Passenger ridership declined before and during Great Depression . Following a determined and expensive effort to recapture passenger business by acquiring five ultra modern high-speed Brill Bullet interurban cars in 1932, the FJ&G abandoned ...

6. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   A block and tackle [1] [2] or only tackle [3] is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads.. The pulleys are assembled to form blocks and then blocks are paired so that one is fixed and one moves with the load.

7. FreightCar America - Wikipedia

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   In 2008, the company produced 10,349 freight cars, but its output decreased to 3,377 cars in 2009. [8] During fiscal year 2010, FreightCar America had a profit of $36.52 million on revenue of $141.3 million. [2] In June 2014, the Danville plant brought back over 100 employees with promises of work and being able to retire from the plant.