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11Death Valley National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …
12Dominion Atlantic Railway — Reporting mark DA Locale Nova Scotia, Canada Dates of operation …
13diesel engine — a compression ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure. Also called diesel. [1890 95] * * * Internal combustion engine in …
14Economy of Manchukuo — This article looks at the economies of Manchukuo and Mengjiang, in the period 1931 1945. The effective Japanese annexation of 1931 led to a colonial system (see Manchukuo (administration)). Japan invested in heavy industry, and to a lesser extent …
15Desert Center, California — Desert Center   census designated place   …
16History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) — Canada s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border… …
17Coal mining in the United Kingdom — Coalfields of the United Kingdom in the 19th century. Coal mining in the United Kingdom probably dates to Roman times and took place in many different parts of the country. Britain s coalfields are associated with Northumbria and Durham, North… …
18Eagle Mountain, California — is a modern day ghost town founded in 1948 by iron magnate Henry J. Kaiser. The town is located at the entrance of the now defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel, and located on the… …
19Carbondale — /kahr beuhn dayl /, n. 1. a city in SW Illinois. 27,194. 2. a city in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton: coal mining center. 11,255. * * * ▪ Illinois, United States city, Jackson county, southern Illinois, U.S. It is situated at the northern… …
20East Kent Light Railway — The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager. The line ran from Shepherdswell …
