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  2. Barbed wire - Wikipedia

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    An example of the costs of fencing with lumber immediately prior to the invention of barbed wire can be found with the first farmers in the Fresno, California, area, who spent nearly $4,000 (equivalent to $102,000 in 2023) to have wood for fencing delivered and erected to protect 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) of wheat crop from free-ranging livestock ...

  3. Chain-link fencing - Wikipedia

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    Common heights include one-foot increments from 3 feet (0.91 m) to 8 feet (2.4 m), and other heights including 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m), 10 feet (3.0 m), and 12 feet (3.7 m) although almost any height is possible. Mesh is commonly 9, 11, or 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 wire gauge. Mesh length can also vary based on need, with the standard diamond size being 2 ...

  4. Wicket gate - Wikipedia

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    In the Middle Ages the narrow doors in the city walls also enabled late arrivals to gain entry after the main gates had been closed. [1] If the small entrance in the door of a large gate has a high threshold, it may be called a manway. If it is a separate, narrow entrance next to the main gate, it may be called a pedestrian entrance.

  5. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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    Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood particularly in Canada) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using ...

  6. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus From ...

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    In adults and children age 2 and older, use it only on the neck and chest to ease coughing during a cold, per the Mayo Clinic. Vicks VapoRub is made of ingredients such as camphor, eucalyptus oil ...

  7. Randy Moss announces cancer battle, says he has undergone ...

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    Randy Moss took a medical leave of absence from ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown," where he has been an analyst since 2016. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) (Mark Brown via Getty Images)

  8. Concertina wire - Wikipedia

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    Several such coils with a few stakes to secure them in place are just as effective as an ordinary barbed wire fence, which must be built by driving stakes and running multiple wires between them. A platoon of soldiers can deploy a single concertina fence at a rate of about a kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mile) per hour. Such an obstacle is not very ...

  9. DC officials brace for high-profile events for Congress vote ...

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    Temporary fencing is visible on Dec. 31, 2024, around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the election certification on Jan. 6, 2025, and the inauguration set for Jan. 20.