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Driveway gate openers can be the rollback (sliding) type that retracks a gate along the fence or wall on wheels or bearing, or the swing type that draws the gate open or closed on hinges. They are usually operated by a remote controller or a sensor
A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice ' sliding gate ') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1] A portcullis gate is constructed of a latticed grille, made of wood or metal or both, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
A slide fence is typically found in a rock-cut area, where rocks could fall on the track and present a danger to approaching trains. The length of the fence may range from 100 feet (30 meters) to several miles (kilometers), depending on the length of the rock cut and the area being protected.
Gate from Bucharest (Romania) Art Nouveau gate of Castel Béranger (Paris) Candi bentar, a typical Indonesian gate that is often found on the islands of Java and Bali. A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" [1] meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port.
A kissing gate is a gate that allows people, but not livestock, to pass through. The normal construction is a half-round, rectangular, trapezoidal or V-shaped part-enclosure with the free end of a hinged gate trapped between its arms. When the gate is touching an arm it must be pulled or pushed to pass through.
Image credits: Catherine Lee #6. Once while hiking in the Great Smoky Mts NP, we spent the night at a shelter, that had galvanized fencing across the front, with a gate.
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