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  2. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    It was used along with the metric system for a while, but is long discontinued. A metric lieue was used in France from 1812 to 1840, with 1 metric lieue being exactly 4,000 m, or 4 km (about 2.5 mi). [4] It is this unit that is referenced in both the title and the body text of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870). [5]

  3. Brooklyn Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The anchor plates measure 16 by 17.5 feet (4.9 by 5.3 m), with a thickness of 2.5 feet (0.76 m) and weigh 46,000 pounds (21,000 kg) each. Each anchor plate is connected to the respective main cable by two sets of nine eyebars , each of which is about 12.5 feet (3.8 m) long and up to 9 by 3 inches (229 by 76 mm) thick.

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    [25] [26] The standard FIFA football pitch for international matches is 105 m (344 ft) long by 68 m (223 ft) wide (7,140 m 2 or 0.714 ha or 1.76 acres); FIFA allows for a variance of up to 5 m (16.4 ft) in length in either direction and 7 m (23.0 ft) more or 4 m (13.1 ft) less in width (and larger departures if the pitch is not used for ...

  5. Panzerwerfer - Wikipedia

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    The Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier weighed 7.1 tonnes, was six meters long, two meters wide, and nearly three meters high. It was capable of reaching speeds of up to 40 km/h. One of these half tracked vehicles generally carried a Nebelwerfer 41 launching system, which was specially designed to be mounted on the Opel-engine powered Panzerwerfer.

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The decimetre (SI symbol: dm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10 −1 metres (⁠ 1 / 10 ⁠ m = 0.1 m). To help compare different orders of magnitude , this section lists lengths between 10 centimeters and 100 centimeters (10 −1 meter and 1 meter).

  7. List of longest suspension bridge spans - Wikipedia

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    The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States until 2019. Queenston-Lewiston Bridge US and Canada: 317 m (1,040 ft) 1851–1866: The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long.

  8. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  9. Parking space - Wikipedia

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    A new standard size of 2.6 meters wide (8.5 ft) and 5 meters long (16.4 ft) has been proposed. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In Australia, the dimensions are defined in AS2890 and are 2.4 m wide by 5.4 m long.