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  2. List of Whaling Walls - Wikipedia

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    New construction has covered all but a sliver of wall. Signature still visible but not much else. 74: Orcas Passage: Indianapolis, Indiana: September 29, 1997 75: Song of the Whales: Cleveland, Ohio: October 6, 1997. Restoration completed and wall rededicated October 4, 2019 [15] 76: Whale Tower: Broderick Tower, Detroit, Michigan: October 13 ...

  3. Figurehead (object) - Wikipedia

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    A large figurehead, being carved from massive wood and perched on the very foremost tip of the hull, adversely affected the sailing qualities of the ship. This, and cost considerations, led to figureheads being made dramatically smaller during the eighteenth century, and in some cases they were abolished altogether around 1800.

  4. Marine art - Wikipedia

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    The large Nile mosaic of Palestrina (1st-century BCE) is a version of such compositions, with a view intended to show all the course of the river. From Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages marine subjects were shown when required for narrative purposes, but did not form a genre in the West, or in Asian ink painting traditions, where a ...

  5. Fontana del Moro - Wikipedia

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    The original design of the fountain was carried out by Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s. [1] Its function was to hold water from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct. [1] Ludovico Rossi was the original stone-carver who created the basins in 1575 and later the balustrades, a row of column-like objects topped with a railing, made from travertine in 1577.

  6. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    Commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. bulk carrier. Also bulk freighter or bulker. A merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo in its cargo holds. bulkhead An upright wall within the hull of a ship, particularly a watertight, load-bearing wall. bull ensign. Also boot ensign or George ensign.

  7. New York Yacht Club Building - Wikipedia

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    The New York Yacht Club Building is a seven-story Beaux-Arts clubhouse at 37 West 44th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States.Opened in 1901, the building was designed by architect Whitney Warren of Warren and Wetmore as the sixth clubhouse of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC).