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A liftboat is a self-propelled, self-elevating vessel used in support of various offshore mineral exploration and production or offshore construction activities. A liftboat has a relatively large open deck to accommodate equipment and supplies, and the capability of raising its hull clear of the water on its own legs so as to provide a stable ...
Craigslist headquarters in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco prior to 2010. The site serves more than 20 billion [17] page views per month, putting it in 72nd place overall among websites worldwide and 11th place overall among websites in the United States (per Alexa.com on June 28, 2016), with more than 49.4 million unique monthly visitors in the United States alone (per Compete.com ...
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A Higgins Industries torpedo boat plant in New Orleans, 1942. Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.. Higgins Industries is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), which was used extensively in the Allied forces' D-Day ...
The 23 inclined planes of the Morris Canal in New Jersey; The inclined plane of the South Hadley Canal, Massachusetts; The inclined plane of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; The inclined planes of the Allegheny Portage Railroad connecting branches of the Pennsylvania Canal near Altoona, Pennsylvania
Put up for sale in 2016 Unknown - Listed for sale in 2016: General characteristics; Length: 144.2 feet (44.0 m) Depth: 16 feet (4.9 m) Installed power: 1945: 1,200 ihp (890 kW) 3-cylinder 24 x 20 Skinner Uniflow steam engine; 1967: 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) General Motors 567C EMD F-7 diesel engine; 1990: Two 12-cylinder turbo EMD engines; Propulsion ...
Park Avenue Bridge – New York City bridge with twin 340-foot (100 m) spans, which replaced a swing bridge in 1956, carrying all Metro-North lines operating out of Grand Central Terminal. PATH Lift Bridge – Carries Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) tracks over Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey, built in 1900.
Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop and shipyard in Alameda. The Alameda Works Shipyard, in Alameda, California, United States, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the country. The only building remaining from the yard is the Union Iron Works Powerhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.1956. [2]