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Vertical transom and stern of a modern cargo ship. In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel. Historically, they are a development from the canoe stern (or "double-ender") wherein which both bow and stern are pointed. Transoms add both strength and width to the stern.
Tram stop Clemenstorget, near Lund C. The Lund tramway (Swedish: Lunds spårväg) consists of a single double-track 5.5 km (3.4 mi) 9-stop tram line in Lund, Sweden. [1] It connects Lund Central Station with the hospital, Lund University (LTH), Ideon Science Park, the new upcoming district of Brunnshög, [1] the MAX IV synchrotron light source, and the European Spallation Source [2] with a 15 ...
Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window, or the window above such a bar; Transom (nautical), that part of the stern of a vessel where the two sides of its hull meet; Operation Transom, a World War II bombing raid on Surabaya in Java; Transom knot, a simple lashing knot; Tug Transom, a British daily ...
Lund Cathedral, the former Catholic and the now Lutheran cathedral in Lund, is the seat of the bishop of Lund of the Church of Sweden. Lund also has a city theatre (though without a professional local ensemble of its own) and a number of other places for concerts and theatres.
Lund Central Station (Swedish: Lunds centralstation) or Lund C is the main railway station of Lund, Sweden and one of the busiest train stations in Sweden. [2] It is located on the Southern Main Line and the West Coast Line. There is a number of restaurants and convenience stores located in the station. [3]
The O'Day 222 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centerboard.
The large bulk of Vasa, over 600 cubic meters (21,000 cu ft) of oak timber, constituted an unprecedented conservation problem. After some debate on how to best preserve the ship, conservation was carried out by impregnation with polyethylene glycol (PEG), a method that has since become the standard treatment for large, waterlogged wooden ...
Lund was born on the island of Bornholm, Denmark in 1890. His father. Mathias Lund, was captain of the three-masted schooner, Veset, sailing between Denmark and ports in England, Sweden, and Russia. [2] Lund apprenticed to a boat builder at age 14 in his native Denmark. At age 18, he moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a boat ...