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  Electricity pylon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two well-known crossings of broad rivers are the Elbe crossings 1 and 2 in Germany.
On the carrying pylon of the Elbe crossing 1 there is a radar facility belonging to the Hamburg water and navigation office.
Two well-known crossings of wide rivers are the Elbe crossing 1 and Elbe crossing 2.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
The origin of the word may be traced to the cross made of cloth and worn as a badge on the outer garment of those who took part in these enterprises.
After pronouncing a solemn vow, each warrior received a cross from the hands of the pope or his legates, and was thenceforth considered a soldier of the Church.
The princes of the West assumed the cross in order to appropriate to their own use the tithes which, for the defrayal of crusade expenses, they had levied upon the property of the clergy.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Stade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There is also a nuclear power plant at the Elbe River, which was connected to the power grid in 1972, making it Germany's second oldest reactor.
Near Stade there are the gigantic pylons of Elbe crossing 1 and Elbe crossing 2.
The pylons of Elbe Crossing 2 are the tallest in the world.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Stade   (357 words)

  
 SWEDEN - LoveToKnow Article on SWEDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The average annual increase was 7~86 per thousand in the 19th century, reaching a maximum of 1 O~39 in 1841-1860, before the period of extensive emigration set in.
In the midlands and south fine castles and manor houses of the 1 6th and I7th centuries are fairly numerous, and there are a few remains of previous date.
By this truce Sweden was, for six years, to retain possession of her Livonian conquests, besides holding Elbing, the Vistula delta, Braunsberg in West, and Pillau and Memel in East Prussia, with the right to levy tolls at Pillau, Memel, Danzig, Labiau and Windau.
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 Elbe - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Elbe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A canal system connects the Elbe with Berlin and the Oder River (to the east), with the Ruhr region and the Wesser and Rhine rivers (to the west), and the Baltic Sea (to the north).
After World War II, the Elbe lost much of its traffic due to the establishment of a separate port for the German Democratic Republic at Rostock, and the diversion of traffic away from Hamburg.
In the 1970s the Elbe Lateral Canal was built connecting Hamburg to the Mittelland Canal via Lüneburg.
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 Elbe crossing 1: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Elbe[For more, click on this link] Crossing 1 is a group of masts providing an overhead crossing of 220kV three phase AC current alternating current quick summary:
Luehesand is a 1.24 square kilometre large island in the river elbe southeastly from stade....
Elbe crossing 1 was supplemented in the 1970s[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] by Elbe crossing 2[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link].
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 Pylons of Messina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pylons of Messina are the pylons of the former above-ground 220kV-high voltage line crossing the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, part of a longer power line from Sorgente to Rizziconi.
In a difference from usual practice, the corners of the pylons are arranged diagonally along the direction of the course of the line.
The pylons of Messina were the model of the pylons of Elbe crossing 1 in Germany and were, until the completion of Elbe crossing 2, the highest pylons of the world.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Rimbert: Life of Anskar, Apostle of the Nth
Anskar, who was greatly distressed that this had occurred within his own diocese, went at once to the chiefs who were responsible and, after an impassioned appeal, persuaded them to release all their captives.
The emperor had given him a place situated beyond the river Elbe, which was called Welanao,***** so that whenever he went into those parts he might have a place in which to stay.
After this had been settled the matter was again carefully discussed in a council of bishops****** who thought that it was not right that the episcopal see to which be had been ordained should be held by another bishop ­ for Hammaburg had at that time fallen to the share of Waldgar.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/anskar.html   (16525 words)

  
 Elbe
There are pasture fences that cross the path and if there are animals (sheep mostly) in the pastures then each rider must negotiate a gate in the fence.
As we cross the river, we are crossing into the former East Germany and there is an old guard tower here.
This is the end of the Elbe River ride at the Bahnhof in Magdeburg.
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 Elbe articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Elbe ELBE [Elbe], Czech Labe, a major river of central Europe, c.725 mi (1,170 km) long, rising in the Krknoše Mts., NW Czech Republic, and traversing NW Czech Republic in a wide arc.
Long a strategic crossing point on the Elbe, Torgau was chartered in the 13th cent.
Harburg HARBURG [Harburg], district of Hamburg, N Germany; a port on the Elbe River.
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 EMPA Recommendation 1
Below the rigid part (1), a pilot ladder of approximately 2.50 metres in length (at least 8 steps) corresponding in every way to I.S.O. This ladder to be used exclusively for the hoist.
Cross access from bridge wing to bridge wing should be unimpeded and of sufficient width to allow two persons to pass in comfort.
Conscious of the threat of head injuries when crossing decks of unfamiliar ships in the dar, in particular container ships, the use of protective headgear complying with respective port safety regulations is recommended.
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 Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad - Location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Elbe is located in western Washington near Mt Rainier National Park We're approximately 75 miles south of Seattle, WA and 125 miles north of Portland, OR.
Elbe is on State Route 7, also known as the "Mountain Highway", the main route to Mt Rainier National Park
It's very easy to find, Elbe is only about 3 blocks long and you'll see the tracks as you enter town.
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 Virtual Globetrotting: Elbe Crossing 2
Elbe Crossing 2 is a group of pylons providing overhead lines for four 380kV three phase AC current circuits across the River Elbe.
It was constructed between 1976 and 1978 to supplement Elbe Crossing 1, and consists of 4 masts.
This one is on the northern side of Elbe, the other one is on the island of Lühesand.
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 wing ELBE
This gathering of the 'high brass' all around was to decide once and for all the fate of their country in a kind of a 'big trial', the bombardiers accusing the fighter pilots for the fate of the war in the air.
Sonderkommando Elbe) due to the neighbouring river who at that time was the final frontier before Berlin.
Most of the german Elbe fighters after having tried their attempt were either returning for another one or were lost in the skies chased fiercely by the Mustangs.
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In the afternoon we applied to cross the infinite widths of the Hungarian flat country on the road.
The border crossing to Romania afterwards was against it a pure formality.
At a crossing a driver was in such a manner seized when bending of the unusual sight that he rested into a horse bottom plate driving before the Flykes.
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 CHAPTER VI
The initial crossing was to be made by Companies K and L, in assault boats, after which a pontoon bridge would be constructed for the crossing of heavier equipment.
The 113th Cavalry Squadron was to support the crossing from positions north and west of the Saale River by firing on the wooded area in the vicinity of (D850775).
Company L, after crossing the river with little opposition, reaches the vicinity, (D852762) by 1835, where it was ordered by Battalion to move north to clear the wooded area at (D845778) and secure Kl Rosenburg, despise the fact that Company K had still not completely cleared the town of Gr Rosenburg.
www.army.mil /cmh/documents/elbe-ch6.htm   (4043 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the first instance we crossed some narrow streets, where we met numerous groups of galley slaves, with particolored trousers, grey and yellow, working under the orders and the sticks of severe taskmasters, and finally reached the Vor-Frelser's-Kirk.
I thoroughly understood and appreciated the necessity for waiting, before crossing the fjord, for that moment when the sea at its highest point is in a state of slack water.
Accustomed as I had been to the steam ferry boats of the Elbe, I found the long oars of the boatmen but sorry means of locomotion.
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 Calyx Publishing Journal and Books
She is the author of Crossing the Peninsula for which she received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
CALYX Journal is pleased to name Susan Elbe of Madison, Wisconsin, as the recipient of the inaugural Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry prize.
Elbe’s poem “Dog Days” is published in CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Volume 21, number 1, Winter 2002.
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 Herrenknecht AG - Pressearchiv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The four pipe Elbe Tunnel, the biggest tunnel in the world to be constructed underwater with a shield tunnelling machine in loose stone, can now be completed for road traffic.
The fact that the 4 pipes had to be integrated in the location and height of the existing Elbe Tunnel dictated the linear direction of the new tunnel route.
At some points the overlying ground between the tunnel and the bed of the Elbe was as little as 7 m deep – with pressures of up to 5 bar.
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 Elbe -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Of the numerous small streams whose waters compose the infant river, the most important is the Bílé Labe, or White Elbe.
After plunging down the 60 m of the Labský vodopád, the latter stream unites with the steep torrential Malé Labe, and thereafter the united stream of the Elbe pursues a southerly course, emerging from the mountain glens at and continuing on to Pardubice, where it turns sharply to the west.
Thus augmented, and swollen into a stream 140 m (459 ft) wide, the Elbe carves a path through the basaltic mass of the České Středohoří, churning its way through a deep, narrow rocky gorge.
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 World Almanac for Kids
Among the important rivers in the E are the Elbe, which flows to the North Sea, and the Oder, which, along with the smaller Neisse R., forms most of Germany’s border with Poland.
It is crossed by the Rhine, Weser, Elbe, and Oder rivers flowing north and by the Danube flowing east.
Anxious to restore imperial claims to Italy, Henry VII crossed the Alps in 1310 and temporarily subdued Lombardy; he was crowned by the Roman people, because the popes had left Rome and were then living in Avignon, France—the so-called Babylonian Captivity.
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 Elbe
Elbe Hills ORV Area has a reputation that precedes it.
Elbe has the reputation for being very tight in trees.
If you are serious about visiting the Elbe ORV Area these are my suggestions.
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 Buck's Crossing Update - Groundspeak Forums
The Good Stuff and I had planned to hike on DNR Elbe Hills Horse trails to be a FTF on Buck's Crossing by Rentakid.
The 911 operator was still on the line and she said she heard the whole conversation.
The omnibus hearing is where the judge hears a little bit about the case, maybe hears from a few witnesses, and determines if there's probable cause to actually hold the trial, or if it's so weak that it should be dismissed outright.
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 Megalithic Tombs and Interregional Communication
[43] The river is a tributary of the Elbe.
The tomb clusters near such crossings may, therefore, be the result of powerful chiefdoms that directly or indirectly benefited from interregional communication and trade.
A competitive crossing may have been established up river at a later date when the grand-dolmen were built.
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 41st Armored Infantry Regiment
From the perspective of the infantryman involved the Elbe river crossing was an operation that started in confusion and ended in confusion.
The word was we were stopping at the Elbe and the Russians would be allowed to take Berlin, However late that afternoon the battalion was alerted for an assault on the east bank.
Many of the GIs who were out celebrating what was thought to be the end of the war for us, were not aware of the alert and we had to search the town for them..
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 CHAPTER 22: World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy
On September 3 a British force under Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina and landed on the toe of the Italian boot against surprisingly moderate opposition.
Crossing these rivers on bridges to be secured by the airborne troops, the Second Army was to drive all the way to the Ijssel Meer (Zuider Zee), cutting off Germans farther west and putting the British in a position to outflank the West Wall and drive into Germany along a relatively open north German plain.
To the south, a division of the Third Army on March 22 made a surprise crossing of the Rhine in assault boats.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/AMH/AMH-22.htm   (8860 words)

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