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 HELL GATE—THE LARGEST ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD
The lower arch member has a section of 9 feet by 6 feet at the bearing and 5 feet by 5 feet at the center, the width decreasing evenly from the bearing to the crown.
The main arches are placed in vertical planes 60 feet apart, and the longitudinal portion of the floor system consists of eight lines of stringers, or two beneath each of the four lines of railroad track.
The abutments of the arch will be monumental stone and concrete towers, which will serve to divide the arch bridge proper from the steel viaduct which forms the approaches to it.
www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/brhellg.Html   (1271 words)

  
 Small diamond crown of Queen Victoria
It was made up of four Half-arch (crowns), which met at a Monde (crown), on which sat a cross.
After the death of Mary's husband, George V of the United Kingdom the crown ceased to be worn by her.
The small diamond crown had technically belonged to Queen Victoria personally, rather than to the British Crown, and thus was not part of the British Crown Jewels.
in-northcarolina.com /search/Small_diamond_crown_of_Queen_Victoria.html   (1271 words)

  
 Small diamond crown of Queen Victoria
It was made up of four Half-arch (crowns), which met at a Monde (crown), on which sat a cross.
When the new Queen consort, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon decided not to wear the small diamond crown it was deposited in the Jewel House in the Tower of London in 1937, where it remains on show.
After the death of Mary's husband, George V of the United Kingdom the crown ceased to be worn by her.
in-northcarolina.com /search/Small_diamond_crown_of_Queen_Victoria.html   (1271 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
India is rich in archælogical monuments of various kinds, and presents a remarkable variety of architectural works of highest excellence, embodying the history of the past.
The next foreign invaders were the Mohammedans of Afghanistan, who gradually took possession of the northern half of the peninsula, while in the south the supremacy of the Chalukyas was succeeded by that of the Cholas.
India consists of eight ecclesiastical provinces, seven of which are in the peninsula and the eighth in Ceylon.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm   (12511 words)

  
 Manitou SX 98 Reviews, Specs and Shopping
My 97 Manitou SX blew the cartridge in two months then the arch cracked in half in less than a year.
The lowers were literally busted in half,and both staunchions broke loose from the crown.This was obviously COMPLETELY my fault,so I can't complain about that...
My first fork, that came with my GT Avalanche LE, was a Rock Shox Judy XC that last only 7 months (!!) because it's magnesium covered legs were completely destroied.
www.mtbr.com /reviews/Front_Shock/product_21421.shtml   (4085 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Affirmed beat Alydar in 7 of 9 meetings
Affirmed was the 11th Triple Crown winner and, for the first time, there were successive winners (Seattle Slew won in 1977).
It was Affirmed's seventh victory in nine meetings with his arch-rival.
Alydar was the only horse to finish second in all three legs of the Triple Crown.
espn.go.com /classic/s/add_affirmed_alydar.html   (744 words)

  
 "JOHNNY ENGLISH" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Johnny English stars Rowan Atkinson (Bean) as an accident-prone MI-7 agent on a mission to rescue Britain’s crown jewels and save the country and the monarchy from a Machiavellian French business magnate.
Lastly, there is a scene where Johnny pulls down the Arch Bishop of Canterbury's drawers and we are exposed to his naked "butt" which takes up about half the screen.
Most squemish scene for my kids and I was a question to Johnny English about "making love," and while the character pretends to be experienced with women, it's clear he's not.
www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2003/johnnyenglish.html   (1596 words)

  
 Rouen, Normandie, Normandy ,France
After the Edict of Nantes in 1685 over half of the population left Rouen, which did not regain prosperity till the renaissance of the textile industry in the 18th century.
The clock was originally on the belfry but the people of Rouen wanted to make it more conspicuous and so in 1525 built the arch to incorporate it.
During the 100 year war it again fell under the English crown (1419-1449) after a 6 months siege by Henry V. May 30, 1431,
www.centralia.ctc.edu /~vfreund/FrenchResources/Frenchslides/Normandy/Rouen/RouenA.html   (254 words)

  
 The Spirit of St. Louis » The Anthropik Network
St. Louis' most telling icon is the Gateway Arch, the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park.
He had taken off the previous day from Roosevelt Airfield on Long Island, New York and flown through the night for thirty-three and a half hours to make the first non-stop, trans-Atlantic flight.
That plane is now one of the crown jewels of the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., a kind of holy of holies of secular American religion.
anthropik.com /2005/10/the-spirit-of-st-louis   (3206 words)

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