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  2. Well car - Wikipedia

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    Well car. 40 foot containers in well cars on the BNSF line through La Crosse. A well car, also known as a double-stack car (or also intermodal car / container car), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport. The "well" is a depressed section that sits ...

  3. Oakley-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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    The 37-foot (11.3 m) Oakley was designed for carriage launching, while the larger 48-foot-6-inch (14.8 m) version was designed for slipway launching or to lie afloat. During their service they saved a combined total of 1,456 lives in 3,734 rescue launches. The class is known by the name of its designer, RNLI naval architect Richard Oakley.

  4. Solent-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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    The Solent-class lifeboat is a steel-hulled version of the 48-foot-6-inch (14.78 m) Oakley-class self-righting lifeboat and is sometimes referred to as the 48-foot, 6-inch Oakley-class Mark III. [2] Solent Operational Numbers followed on from the first three 48-foot, 6-inch Oakleys and were interrupted by the last two Oakleys (48-12 and 48-13 ...

  5. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  6. Semi-trailer truck - Wikipedia

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    This will result in the total maximum length of the semi-trailer truck being 57 ft (17.5 m) for trailers 48 ft in length, and 61 ft (18.55 m) for trailers 51 ft long. The increase in length will not result in the 97,000 lb weight limit being exceeded and will allow some operators to approach the weight limit which may not have been previously ...

  7. List of schooners - Wikipedia

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    A 190 ft (58 m), 230 ton, wooden-hull Schooner Yacht built in 1885 in Brooklyn, New York for racing, is one of the oldest and largest schooner yachts in the world two masts [26] Creole: 1927: Palma, Majorca: World's longest wooden yacht, refitted by Cantiere Navale Ferrari-Signani: three masted staysail: Downeast Rover: 1983 Manteo, North Carolina

  8. 47ft Watson-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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    Propulsion. 2 × 60bhp Gardner 5LW 5-cyl. diesel. Speed. 9 knots. Range. 280 nm. Crew. 8. The 47 ft Watson-class was a class of non self-righting displacement hull lifeboat built from 1955 to 1963 and operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution between 1956 and 1991.

  9. Northrop YF-23 - Wikipedia

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    The NATF-23 had an increased 48 ft (14.63 m) wingspan, while length was reduced to 62 ft 8.5 in (19.11 m), the same as the F-14. Folded wingspan would be 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m). Like the Air Force version, the NATF-23 had both single-seat and two-seat variants.