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  2. Fishplate - Wikipedia

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    A fishplate joins two lengths of track. A fishplate, splice bar or joint bar is a metal connecting plate used to bolt the ends of two rails into a continuous track. The name is derived from fish, [1] a wooden reinforcement of a "built-up" ship's mast that helped round out its desired profile. [2] The top and bottom faces taper inwards along ...

  3. Houston Ship Channel - Wikipedia

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    Houston Ship Channel. Coordinates: 29°42′30″N 95°00′18″W. The Buffalo Bayou portion of the Houston Ship Channel. The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of ...

  4. History of the railway track - Wikipedia

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    The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. It is described as a permanent way because, in the earlier days of railway construction, contractors often laid a temporary track to ...

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  6. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    Green can #11 near the mouth of the Saugatuck River (IALA region B). Green Can #11 on a nautical chart. NOAA Weather buoy. A buoy ( / ˈbɔɪ, buː.i /; boy, BOO-ee) [1] [2] is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents.

  7. J. Courtney Sullivan on Judy Blume, 'Pachinko,' and The Book ...

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    The author of 'Maine' and 'The Cliffs' on Judy Blume, 'Pachinko,' and The Book That She Brought on Her Honeymoon.

  8. YouTube (YouTube channel) - Wikipedia

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    The Ultimate 2016 Challenge became YouTube's fastest video to reach 100 million views, doing so in just 3.2 days. It is also the eighth most-liked non-music video of all time with over 3.40 million likes. On December 14, 2016, shortly after The Ultimate 2016 Challenge was released, the Spotlight channel surpassed 1 billion total video views.

  9. Channel Home Centers - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Levy. (Founder of preceding lumber company) Morris Charin. (Levy's partner) Parent. Family owned through 1977; W. R. Grace and Company (1977-86) Channel Home Centers (formerly known as Channel Lumber Company and often simply known as Channel) was a chain of home-improvement centers that was based in Whippany, New Jersey .