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  • ...uilt by the Midland Railway to take the Settle-Carlisle Railway across the top of Ribblesdale. It is today a Grade II* listed structure.<ref name=NHLE>{{N ...25 feet deep. Every sixth pier is 50% thicker to mitigate against complete collapse should any pier fail. The north end of the viaduct is 13 feet higher in ele ...
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  • {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid grey;" cellpadding="2" ...Brac's eastern part, which rises to 141 feet above sea level, the [[County top#Territory tops|highest point]] on the islands. ...
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  • ...aditional local industries during the 1970s and 1980s, coinciding with the collapse of coal mining in the area. ...umber of new reservoirs were constructed on the outskirts of the town. The collapse of the dam wall of one of these reservoirs in 1864 resulted in the Great Sh ...
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  • An interesting feature of the town is the former police barracks at the top right-hand corner of the market square which is quite unlike any other poli ...and is Tyrone's only representative in the league, following Omagh Town's collapse. The club represented Northern Ireland in European competition in 2005-06 a ...
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  • ...has been interpreted as maintenance work due to the ramparts beginning to collapse as the timber box started to rot.<ref>Cunliffe (1983), p.&nbsp;51.</ref> Ar ...robably have been surmounted by a dry stone wall made from flint. From the top of the ramparts to the bottom of the ditch is about 52 feet.<ref name=c53>C ...
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  • ...s been unstable and subject to erosion. The castle's gun platform began to collapse into the sea and, by the 1950s, had been entirely destroyed. The ruins were ...ced the main fall in 1835, and T. Groves argued in favour of a more recent collapse in the second half of the 19th century. ...
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  • The site was chosen on top of a local ridge, overlooking the Thames estuary, formed from a geologicall ...e built on the site was probably of an octagonal design, running along the top of the ridge, protected by square and semi-circular mural towers, with a ba ...
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  • ...nt stone circle, believed to have been built in the Bronze Age, set on the top of a small hill in [[Aberdeenshire]]. This circle stands at the top of a small hill about half a mile south of [[Tarland]] in Aberdeenshire. ...
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  • ...influence on its formation has been storm waves throwing shingle over the top of the beach crest, where it is protected from ordinary wave action.<ref na ...ined manner. In the event of a larger accident, the roofs were designed to collapse onto the building, sealing it with a lid of concrete. ...
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  • ...s first street lamp was erected by the town council. In the late 1920s the top portion was replaced with twin electric lamps. In the 1960s the lamp was re ...
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  • ...lang-communities-top-list-8784233 Rutherglen and Cambuslang communities at top of list of most deprived areas in Scotland], Edel Kenealy, Daily Record, 8 ....co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-40119852 |title=Landscaping firm collapse costs 135 jobs |publisher=BBC News|date=1 June 2017 |accessdate=23 August 2 ...
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  • The ring centres on Slieve Gullion, the [[county top]] of Armagh. It measures roughly 26 miles by 11 miles and encompasses some ...of the ring dyke was produced when the active volcano's caldera underwent collapse producing a concentric suite of faults providing space into which magma was ...
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  • ...century, although some damage in recent years has resulted in the partial collapse of the south side wall. Among the main castle ruins of Inishowen are Carric ...competition several times), past Five Finger Strand and then up onto cliff top viewpoint and car park at Knockamany Bens, then down again to sea level wi ...
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  • .... There are several chain shops, including Boots the Chemist and until its collapse, a Woolworth's store which lies empty. ...n to the area's employment and economic status. Redbrick Mill, houses many top end furniture retailers such as Heal's and Multi York and local textile man ...
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  • ...uction or design; with the actual collapse most probably caused by a vault collapse.<ref name=BGS>{{cite book|last=Musson|first=R.M.W.|title=The seismicity of ...ger connected to the adjoining stonework, and repairs were made to prevent collapse. The most recent problem was the discovery that the stonework of the Dean's ...
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  • Until early 1813, the Moot Hall at the top of Briggate was the seat of Leeds Corporation and was used for judicial pur ...Evening Post''|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/opening-titles-ready-to-roll-on-2012-leeds-international-film-festi ...
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  • ...ed in 1750. The wooden cupola with a lantern for shipping was added to the top of the tower in 1703. A ring of eight bells was given at the same time. Two ..."temporary" brick wall was found to have become unstable and in danger of collapse, which made the completion work pressing. The task of the architects was to ...
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  • {| class="wikitable toccolours" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid grey;" cellpadding="2"; width="100%" {| class="wikitable toccolours" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid grey;" cellpadding="2"; width="100%" ...
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  • ...it Chelsea Bridge to avoid the Royal Family's association with a potential collapse. In 1926 it was proposed that the old bridge be rebuilt or replaced, due to ...d about the reliability of suspension bridges and did not want a potential collapse to be associated with the Queen.{{sfn|Cookson|2006|p=134}} ...
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