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Furnas is located in the easternmost of three active trachytic volcanoes on the island of São Miguel, in the historically active Volcanic Complex of Furnas.With a complicated 100,000 year history, the central caldera of the Furnas Volcano is a naturally explosive trachyte structure composed of two main calderas, that through formation, collapse and explosion have marked the natural history of ...
It has an area of 2,069 hectares (5,110 acres), and is in the hydrographic basin of the Córrego do Pedregulho. [1].The terrain consists of medium hills with flat tops and slopes with small canyons. The name Furnas do Bom Jesus means "Caves of the Good Jesus", after the Bom Jesus canyon which leads through the park. Altitudes range from 300 to ...
Furnas continued to wrestle as a singles wrestler throughout 1998 before he too eventually left and retired. Lafon worked in Mexico, returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling and the independent circuit in Western Canada until retiring in 2014. Furnas died in February 2012 and his body was found on March 2, 2012 at 52 from a heart attack.
Construction on the dam began in 1957 and was the first large dam in Brazil. It was built by Wimpey Construction and was completed in 1963. [1] It is built on the canyon of the Grande River, before joining the Sapucaí River downstream. The dam is 127 metres (417 ft) tall, 550 metres (1,800 ft) long, and 15 metres (49 ft) wide at its crest.
Eletrobras Furnas (Furnas – Centrais Elétricas SA) is a regional power utility and a major subsidiary of Eletrobras. The company generates or transmits electricity to 51% of households in Brazil and more than 40% of the nation's electricity passes through their grid. The company has a generating capacity of 10,050 MW which corresponds to 10% ...
Vilarinho da Furna (alternately called Vilarinho das Furnas) [2] was a former-village, located in the civil parish of Campo de Gerês, in the municipality of Terras de Bouro, in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. Located on margins of River Homem and Ribeira do Eido, in 1972, it was intentionally submerged by the Portuguese State during ...
Clifford Cook Furnas (October 24, 1900 – April 27, 1969) was an American author, Olympic athlete, scientist, expert on guided missiles, university president, and public servant. He was first cousin of the author Evangeline Walton. [1] Furnas participated in the 5,000-meter event at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. [2]
A magnetic starter has a contactor and an overload relay, which will open the control voltage to the starter coil if it detects an overload on a motor. [1] [2] The overload relay opens a set of contacts that are wired in series with the supply to the contactor feeding the motor. The characteristics of the heaters can be matched to the motor so ...