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  2. Shaft-driven bicycle - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic Runabout 7 shaft-driven bicycle Drive-shaft housing. A shaft-driven bicycle is a bicycle that uses a drive shaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel. Shaft drives were introduced in the 1880s, but were mostly supplanted by chain-driven bicycles due to the gear ranges possible with sprockets and derailleurs ...

  3. Tulare Lake - Wikipedia

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    Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in surface area. [ 2 ]

  4. Randsburg, California - Wikipedia

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    Randsburg Opera House. Randsburg is located at It is on the west side of U.S. Route 395 between Kramer Junction to the south and Ridgecrest to the north. Randsburg is in the Rand Mountains, and is separated by a ridge from the neighboring community of Johannesburg.

  5. Line shaft - Wikipedia

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    A line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to each piece of machinery, line shafting was used to distribute power from a large central power source ...

  6. Drive shaft - Wikipedia

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    A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to ...

  7. Standard Shaft, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Standard Shaft is an unincorporated community located near Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, in Mount Pleasant Township. History [ edit ]

  8. Lake Meade, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The lake is an impoundment of Mud Run, a tributary of Bermudian Creek, the water of which flows via Conewago Creek to the Susquehanna River and eventually Chesapeake Bay. According to the United States Census Bureau , the community has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km 2 ), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2 ) is land and 0.42 square ...

  9. Lake Heritage, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Lake Heritage is a residential community surrounding a 154-acre artificial lake of the same name 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Gettysburg.The outlet of the lake flows into White Run, a tributary of Rock Creek, one of the headwater streams of the Monocacy River and part of the Potomac River watershed.