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  2. Dump station - Wikipedia

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    The holding tank can be safely emptied at a dump station. Greywater holding tanks can also be emptied at a dump station. Dump stations are often located at campgrounds , RV parks , truck stops , RV storage facilities, highway rest areas, recreation vehicle dealerships, marinas and other places that are frequented by recreational vehicles and boats.

  3. Recreational vehicle - Wikipedia

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    An example of a Class C recreational vehicle, recognisable by the extension of the cabin over the cab Motor home Map symbol used by the US NPS to indicate an RV campground. A recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motor vehicle or trailer that includes living quarters designed for accommodation. [1]

  4. Storage tank - Wikipedia

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    A bulk milk cooling tank is a storage tank located in a dairy farm's milkhouse used for cooling and holding fluid milk at a low temperature until it can be picked up by a milk hauler. Since milk leaves the udder at approximately 35 °C, milk tanks are needed to rapidly cool fresh raw milk to a storage temperature of 4 °C to 6 °C, thereby ...

  5. Gas holder - Wikipedia

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    The tank was above ground and was lined with wood; the lift was guided by tripods and cables. Pulleys and weights were supplied to regulate the gas pressure. [13] Brick tanks were introduced in 1818, when a gas holder could have a capacity of 20,000 cubic feet (570 m 3). The engineer John Malam devised a tank with a central rod-and-tube guide ...

  6. Underground storage tank - Wikipedia

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    Many thousands of old underground tanks were replaced with newer tanks made of corrosion resistant materials (such as fiberglass, steel clad with a thick FRP shell, and well-coated steel with galvanic anodes) and others constructed as double walled tanks to form an interstice between two tank walls (a tank within a tank) which allowed for the ...

  7. Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia

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    The guidestones' "Astronomic features" Undated instructions for the site's time capsule. On the left side of the tablet was a column of text (metric conversion added): Astronomic features 1. Channel through stone indicates celestial pole 2. Horizontal slot indicates annual travel of sun 3. Sunbeam through capstone marks noontime throughout the year

  8. Ballast tank - Wikipedia

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    Cross section of a vessel with a single ballast tank at the bottom. A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating structure that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide hydrostatic stability for a vessel, to reduce or control buoyancy, as in a submarine, to correct trim or list, to provide a more even load distribution along the hull to reduce structural ...

  9. Water tank - Wikipedia

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    Water tank used in municipal water treatment plant in Houston, Texas Water tank from 1876 in Hanover, Germany Derelict water tank near the Boorowa railway line, Galong,Australia A water tank is a container for storing water , for many applications, drinking water, irrigation, fire suppression, farming, both for plants and livestock, chemical ...