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Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland The inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1]
Tapsel gate at St Simon and St Jude church, East Dean. Tapsel gates are made of wood and are balanced on a solid wooden or metal pivot, instead of being hinged on one side. [2] [3] They can be opened easily, in either direction, with a small push; they therefore are much easier to negotiate than more typical gates. Common problems of side ...
The original Chicago Ferris Wheel and the Ferris wheel concept George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer . He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition .
Animation showing the operation of a drawbridge. A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.In some forms of English, including American English, the word drawbridge commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the ...
Crane Gate (Polish: Brama Żuraw) (German: Krantor), Gdańsk was built before 1366. It was destroyed by the soviet troops during the fighting for the city in early 1945. The brick structure survived, the wooden parts have been restored.
A half-round kissing gate A kissing gate at Wrotham Park A wooden kissing gate, leading into a pasture, outside of West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania The same gate as the above from another viewpoint, showing how it works. A kissing gate is a gate that allows people, but not livestock, to pass through.