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  2. Mayfair Pumping Station - Wikipedia

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    Seven steam driven pumps are used to pump water. The venturis at the station do not have bronze throat-liners, unlike those at other Chicago-area pumping stations, but this is not reported to be a problem (B. Whalin, USDA-ARS Water Conservation Laboratory, written communication, October 11, 2000).

  3. Wilson Avenue station - Wikipedia

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    Wilson Avenue opened on July 14, 1928, as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This extension, done as part of the Dual Contracts , connected Montrose Avenue , which had opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction , which was the western end of the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie . [ 4 ]

  4. Granite Construction - Wikipedia

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    Granite's Mountain Group comprises five regions, representing states and specific markets in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and the Water/Mineral Division. Granite Construction works in both public and private sector transportation infrastructure projects that include: roads and highways, bridges, dams, water reservoirs ...

  5. Blacksmith - Wikipedia

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    Wayland's smithy in the centre, Níðuð's daughter Böðvildr to the left, and Níðuð's dead sons hidden to the right of the smithy. Between the girl and the smithy, Wayland can be seen in an eagle fetch flying away. From the Ardre image stone VIII on Gotland. In Hindu mythology, Tvastar also known as Vishvakarma is the blacksmith of the devas.

  6. Graniterock - Wikipedia

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    Granite Rock Company was founded on February 14, 1900 by Arthur Roberts, (A.R.) Wilson, and Warren R. Porter. Wilson was born in San Francisco in 1866, graduated from MIT with the class of 1890, and returned to California where he partnered with Kimball G. Easton in a Bay Area street paving and construction firm known as Easton and Wilson ...

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilson ...

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    Roughly bounded by E. Gold and Academy Sts., Ward Blvd., Woodard Street Ave. and Elvie St., and Railroad and Pender Sts. 35°43′10″N 77°54′10″W  /  35.719444°N 77.902778°W  / 35.719444; -77.902778  ( East Wilson Historic

  8. Robert & William Wilson - Wikipedia

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    Robert and William Wilson were brothers. Robert, the elder, started making silver at 25 Dey Street, New York City, in 1803. By 1812 he apparently worked in Philadelphia, and was joined by William in 1825. They helped champion the Rococo Revival style. After Robert died in 1846, the company continued to mark goods as R & W Wilson for another 30 ...

  9. Metalsmith - Wikipedia

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    The ancient traditional tool of the smith is a forge or smithy, which is a furnace designed to allow compressed air (through a bellows) to superheat the inside, allowing for efficient melting, soldering and annealing of metals. Today, this tool is still widely used by blacksmiths as it was traditionally.