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2. Stanchion - Wikipedia

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   In industrial installations, walkway lighting may be mounted with a stanchion that is secured to a hand-rail. Stanchion lights are typically spaced 50' along walkways, such as conveyor platforms. Stanchions ( balusters or bollards ) are also the upright posts inserted into the ground or floor to protect the corner of a wall.

3. Lewis and Clark's keelboat - Wikipedia

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   1 swivel gun and 2 blunderbusses. Lewis and Clark's keelboat was built as a galley in Pittsburgh in 1803 for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, after detailed specifications by Meriwether Lewis. [1][2] A keelboat, it could be propelled by oars, sails, poles and towlines. The boat was the expedition's main vessel until the spring of 1805, when it ...

4. Long-tail boat - Wikipedia

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   The long-tail boat (Thai: เรือหางยาว, RTGS: ruea hang yao, [1] pronounced [rɯ̄a̯ hǎːŋ jāːw]) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia that uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [2] A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight, long ...

5. Setting pole - Wikipedia

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   Setting pole. A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank of the river. If used from the stern of the craft ...

6. International maritime signal flags - Wikipedia

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   International maritime signal flags. International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International Code of Signals. [1] Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have historical ...

7. Boom (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the foot of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail. The primary action of the boom is to keep the foot flatter when the sail angle is away from the centerline of the boat. The boom also serves as an attachment point for more sophisticated control lines.