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  2. Electrofishing - Wikipedia

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    Electrofishing is a fishing technique that uses direct current electricity flowing between a submerged cathode and anode. This affects the movements of nearby fish so that they swim toward the anode, where they can be caught or stunned .

  3. Melville Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center

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    Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit was staffed by 30 officers and 950 enlisted men. Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit trained men on repair of the three 1,500-horsepower Packard 4M-2500 engines built by Packard. MTB Training Center Melvill also had a Naval Fuel Depot with high-octane fuel for the boats. Also by the Training Base was ...

  4. Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence that the Fox River valley near Silver Springs was populated by indigenous people near the end of the last ice age, 10–14,000 years ago. [1] The original 1,250 acres (510 ha) tract of land that became Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area was purchased by the state of Illinois in 1969, and has been open since January of that year.

  5. Lifeboat College - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 13 December 2022, at 14:27 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, the school began offering the Trade and Industrial Teacher Training Service. Supervised by the school's Agricultural Education department, the program was designed to train industry professionals to teach trade and industrial courses at Texas public schools. [5] [6] The School of Vocational Training took over the program in 1924, with ...

  7. Chapman School of Seamanship - Wikipedia

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    Classes began at the School on board a 93 ft. former Coast Guard cutter donated by Canadian monks. From its humble beginnings the School grew from one vessel/classroom to an 8-acre campus, from 3 students to 1,100 a year and to a training fleet of 30 vessels.

  8. Plano, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Plano is a city near Aurora in Kendall County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 11,847 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area , being about 55 miles (90 km) from Chicago.

  9. Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology - Wikipedia

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    The Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology is a distance learning school of yacht design in Bath, Maine, United States, established in 1930. Graduates of the school receive the Westlawn Diploma in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Yacht Design. The 320' three-masted schooner Eos was designed by Westlawn graduate Antonio Ferrer. [1]