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  2. Livestock crush - Wikipedia

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    A cattle crush and an anti-bruise race in Australia. Chin (or neck) bar in operation during mouthing.. A cattle crush (in UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Botswana and Australia), squeeze chute (North America), cattle chute (North America), [1] [2] standing stock, or simply stock (North America, Ireland) is a strongly built stall or cage for holding cattle, horses, or other livestock safely while ...

  3. Cattle chute - Wikipedia

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    A curved "V" (tapered) race or alley leading to a covered crush. A cattle chute (North America) or cattle race (Australia, British Isles and New Zealand) also called a run or alley, [1] is a narrow corridor built for cattle that separates them from the rest of the herd and allows handlers and veterinarians to provide medical care or restrain the animal for other procedures.

  4. Bucyrus-Erie - Wikipedia

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    Bucyrus-Erie 50-R, 55 feet high and housing a massive drill, was used in the successful rescue of two miners during the 1963 Sheppton, Pennsylvania mining disaster. [ 17 ] 1250-B/W and 1260-W walking draglines, with buckets between 33 and 45 cu yd (25 and 34 m 3 ).

  5. Excavator - Wikipedia

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    For example, Caterpillar's smallest mini-excavator weighs 2,060 pounds (930 kg) and has 13 hp; [8] their largest model is the largest excavator available (developed and produced by the Orenstein & Koppel, Germany, until the takeover 2011 by Caterpillar, named »RH400«), the CAT 6090, which weighs in excess of 2,160,510 pounds (979,990 kg), has ...

  6. Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Indiana County was an active hub of the Underground Railroad. [7] At least 90 county residents are known to have been conductors or agents, guiding fugitive slaves between hiding places on their way to freedom in Canada. [10] In the 21st century, Indiana County comprises the Indiana, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

  7. Environmental impact of fracking in the United States

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    Hydraulic fracturing uses between 1.2 and 3.5 million US gallons (4,500 and 13,200 m 3) of water per well, with large projects using up to 5 million US gallons (19,000 m 3). Additional water is used when wells are refractured. [28] [29] An average well requires 3 to 8 million US gallons (11,000 to 30,000 m 3) of water over its lifetime.

  8. Flume - Wikipedia

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    Some varieties of flumes are used in measuring water flow of a larger channel. When used to measure the flow of water in open channels, a flume is defined as a specially shaped, fixed hydraulic structure that under free-flow conditions forces flow to accelerate in such a manner that the flow rate through the flume can be characterized by a level-to-flow relationship as applied to a single head ...

  9. Hydraulically activated pipeline pigging - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulically activated pigs apply high pressure liquid jets either supplied by high pressure hoses (depended) or made available by the kinetic energy locally available. Depended hydraulically activated pigs are limited in reach due to the hose which needs to be inserted into the pipeline and guides the cleaning head.