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Ames Department Stores, Inc., was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States.The company was founded in 1958 with a store in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and at its peak operated 700 stores in 20 states, including the Northeast, Upper South, Midwest, and the District of Columbia, making it the fourth-largest discount retailer in the country.
Ames Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of swords, tools, and cutlery in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as an iron and bronze foundry. They were a significant provider of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union in the American Civil War .
Typically, a landscaping rake boasts a head measuring 30 to 38 inches or even broader, featuring steel tines set at a 90-degree angle to the handle. A stone rake is similar to a landscape rake, but with a narrower head of about 18 to 28 inches and is constructed from steel or aluminum. The head sits at a 90-degree angle to the handle.
Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products. [1] Its manufacturing plant is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , and produces 85% of the wheelbarrows in the United States and Canada producing 1.7 million wheelbarrows each year.
Rake (architecture), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable; Rake (theatre), a theatre stage that slopes upward away from the audience; Another name for the hooker position in rugby league football; A lock picking technique; The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many Creepypasta stories; Raking, a nickname for a home run
Thatch is popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, parts of France, Sicily, Belgium and Ireland. There are more than 60,000 thatched roofs in the United Kingdom and over 150,000 in the Netherlands. [11] [12] Good quality straw thatch can last for more than 50 years when applied by a skilled thatcher. Traditionally, a ...
The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the " Merry Gang " of courtiers, who included as prominent members John Wilmot , George Villiers , and Charles Sackville , who combined riotous ...
Coccothrinax jamaicensis, the silver thatch [1] or Jamaican silver thatch, [2] is a fan palm that is endemic to Jamaica. [3] Taxonomy.