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Duckpin bowling is a variation of the sport of bowling.. Duckpin balls are 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (12 cm) to 5 in (12.7 cm) in diameter, weigh 3 lb 6 oz (1.5 kg) to 3 lb 12 oz (1.7 kg) each, and lack finger holes.
A 5-pin bowling pinsetter in use at a bowling alley in Toronto Pinsetters in operation at a bowling alley as seen from behind the lanes. In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck.
A candlepin bowling lane, almost identical to a tenpin bowling lane, has an approach area of 14 to 16 feet (4.3 to 4.9 m) for the player to bowl from, and then the lane proper, a maple surface approximately 41 inches (1.05 m) wide, bounded on either side by a gutter (or "channel" or trough).
The $10 million 60 Forward Center will offer dynamic programming and a place to socialize for people 60 and over.
The Fountain Square Theatre is a theater in Indianapolis, Indiana that now houses restaurants, bars, a hotel, duckpin bowling, as well as the original theater. Construction of the building was completed on Friday, May 4, 1928, with an original capacity of 1,500.
On July 1, 2013, AMF Bowling Worldwide was reorganized out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and combined with Strike Holdings LLC (doing business as Bowlmor Lanes) to form Bowlmor AMF [6] (now known as Bowlero Corporation). On July 31, 2013, QubicaAMF Worldwide announced that it was no longer for sale, stating that, “Under the circumstances a year ...
Tenpin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic ... duckpin and five-pin. ... was constructed at a cost of $47.5 ...
Scale diagram of bowling pins and balls for several variants of the sport. The horizontal blue lines are 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart vertically. Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp. maple) standing between 9 and 16 inches (23 and 41cm) tall.