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  2. Bank barn - Wikipedia

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    This bank barn in Illinois has a ramp of dirt and stone. The design of some bank barns is called a "high-drive bank barn" [8] allowed wagons to enter directly into the hay loft, making unloading the hay easier. Sometimes the high-drive was accessed by an earthen or wood ramp, and sometimes the ramp was covered like a bridge to make it more durable.

  3. Multistorey car park - Wikipedia

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    A multistorey car park in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic The interior of a shopping mall's parking garage in Kungälv, Sweden. A multistorey car park [1] [2] (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), [1] also called a multistorey, [3] parking building, parking structure, parkade (), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle ...

  4. Shed - Wikipedia

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    Vinyl-sided, wood-framed sheds blend the strength of a wood frame with the maintenance-free aspect of vinyl siding (it does not need to be painted or varnished). The International Building Code (IBC) defines a shed as a building or structure of an accessory character; it classifies them under utility and miscellaneous group U (Chapter 3 Section ...

  5. Inclined plane - Wikipedia

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    Wheelchair ramp, Hotel Montescot, Chartres, France Demonstration inclined plane used in education, Museo Galileo, Florence.. An inclined plane, also known as a ramp, is a flat supporting surface tilted at an angle from the vertical direction, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising or lowering a load.

  6. Ramp meter - Wikipedia

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    Metered ramp on I-894 in the Milwaukee area. A Portland, Oregon ramp meter. A ramp meter, ramp signal, or metering light is a device, usually a basic traffic light or a two-section signal light (red and green only, no yellow) together with a signal controller, that regulates the flow of traffic entering freeways according to current traffic conditions.

  7. Nissen hut - Wikipedia

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    Neither the Nissen nor the Quonset developed into popular housing, despite their low cost. One reason was the association with huts: a hut was not a house, with all the status a house implies. The second point was that rectangular furniture does not fit into a curved-wall house very well, and, thus, the actual usable space in a hut might be ...

  8. Kings Island - Wikipedia

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    In August 2016, Kings Island revealed plans to build Mystic Timbers, a 109-foot-tall (33 m) wooden roller coaster that opened in 2017. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] The new ride added 3,265 feet (995 m) of track bringing the park's wooden coaster total to 18,804 feet (5,731 m), making it the most of any amusement park in the world.

  9. List of solved missing person cases: post–2000 - Wikipedia

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    Grant made numerous media appearances, with the local police holding daily press conferences during her disappearance. Stephen then started accusing the local police of harassing him. On March 2, they obtained a search warrant of the family home, and discovered Tara's dismembered torso stored in plastic bags in the garage.