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2. Tainter gate - Wikipedia

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   The Tainter gate is used in water control dams and locks worldwide. The Upper Mississippi River basin alone has 321 Tainter gates, and the Columbia River basin has 195. A Tainter gate is also used to divert the flow of water to San Fernando Power Plant on the Los Angeles Aqueduct. [1] Tainter gate at McAlpine Dam, Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky

3. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

4. Wicket gate - Wikipedia

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   A wicket gate is also used for a stand-alone gate that provides convenient secondary access, for example to the rear of a walled park or garden. The cricket term "wicket" comes from this usage. [7] "The Wicket Gate" is an important feature in John Bunyan's 17th-century Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. As the first stage of the journey ...

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6. Four-quadrant gate - Wikipedia

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   The gates can also be operated automatically, as long as the crossing is still checked for obstruction with a suitable detection technology. The first four-quadrant gate in the United States was installed in 1952. [1]: 7 They have become common for new installations and replacements since. Unlike the UK, many are automated by the rail line's ...

7. City gate - Wikipedia

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   When absolutism in Denmark came to an end after the revolutions of 1848, gate consumption was abolished in 1852, and since then the city gates also began to disappear. [1] Medieval Danish city gates are found today only in Vesterport, Faaborg, and Mølleporten, Stege, as well as in Flensburg, today in Germany. Further city gates, in one form or ...