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1Concrete shell — Oceanografic Valencia A concrete shell, also commonly called thin shell concrete structure, is a structure composed of a relatively thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses. The shells are most commonly flat …
2Structure relocation — Hydraulically powered dollies move an historic 19th century church in Salem, Massachusetts. A structure relocation is the process of moving a structure from one location to another. There are two main ways for a structure to be moved:… …
3Reinforced concrete — is concrete in which reinforcement bars ( rebars ), reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867.[1] The term… …
4Types of concrete — There are many types of concrete, variations of installation, composition, finish and performance characteristics. A highway paved with concrete …
5Chet Holifield Federal Building — The Chet Holifield Federal Building is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California constructed in Laguna Niguel, California between 1968 and 1971. It is managed by the General Services Administration …
6Betelgeuse incident — The Betelgeuse incident, also known as the Betelgeuse or Whiddy Island disaster, occurred on 8 January 1979, at around 1:00 a.m., when the oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in Ireland, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal, due to… …
7Traymore Hotel — The Traymore Hotel was a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Begun as a small boarding house in 1879, the hotel expanded and became one of the city s premiere resorts. As Atlantic City began to decline in its popularity as a resort town, during… …
8Kirkfield Lift Lock — Infobox Waterlock lock name = Kirkfield Lift Lock caption= waterway = Trent Severn Waterway county = Canada maint = Parks Canada operation = Hydraulic first = 1907 latest = 1969 length = 42.4 m width = 10.1 m fall = 14.9 m sealevel = 256.2 m enda …
9Downtown Halifax — Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia Places and Communities in Halifax Regional Municipality …
10Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
