A boom or a chain (also boom defence, harbour chain, river chain, chain boom, boom chain or variants) is an obstacle strung across a navigable stretch...

contain an oil spill Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation Boom (sailing), a sailboat part Boom (windsurfing),...

sensitive estuary, an arrangement of booms with a decelerator is needed. Boom (navigational barrier) Log boom "Boom (containment), in IncidentNews.gov Glossary"...

targeted enemy booms with arms and explosives. Boom (navigational barrier) Timber rafting "The Susquehanna Log Boom, Williamsport, PA, 1890". ExplorePAHistory...

control. (An example of a passive method would be a containment boom.) The pneumatic barrier consists of a perforated pipe and a compressed air source. Air...

The Shoeburyness Boom (also known as the Sheerness Boom, Thames Boom or Thames Estuary Boom) refers to two successive defensive barriers across most of...

incorporated solar-powered monitoring and navigation systems, including GPS, cameras, lanterns and AIS. The barrier and the screen were produced by an Austrian...

bubbles in a deliberate arrangement in water. It is also called pneumatic barrier. The technique is based on bubbles of air (gas) being let out under the...

steadily emerged as a major economic force in the north woods. However, as a barrier to commerce Grandfather Falls ceased to become an issue. In 1938 Wisconsin...

Quiet Supersonic Technology demonstrator to reduce sonic boom noise and damage, to allow "low-boom" supersonic transports to be supersonic over populated...

deck, placing bridge concrete barrier guardrails which also act as wind barriers, placing bridge deck and navigational lighting, constructing the Borden-Carleton...

Dutch a revised Barrier Treaty, replacing that of 1709 which they rejected as overly generous. A significant improvement on the 1697 Barrier, it was subject...

becoming moribund. Two projects were started, Project Beacon on new navigational systems and air traffic control, and Project Horizon on advanced civil...

The 2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill occurred on 3 April 2010, when the Chinese bulk coal carrier, MV Shen Neng 1 ran aground east of Rockhampton in...

sail — Solar thermal rocket — Solid of revolution — Solid rocket — Sound barrier — Space activity suit — Space elevator — Space fountain — Space plane —...

March 2020. "Harbour Map and Navigational Chart. From Netherlands Government chart, 1977". Retrieved 4 March 2020. "Navigation Waypoints referencing to "Bucuti...

aids to navigation (AtoN) system is fairly dense, and growing rapidly. The MSA Beihai Navigational Security Center's Tianjin Aids to Navigation Office...

and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9 Boom defences are barriers to obstruct navigation, such as a chain or bar across a waterway. Wenham...

headed north on the river. In 1776 a chain and boom were built across the river to provide a physical barrier to ships, in addition to the combined firepower...

Francis Scott Key Bridge piers lacked the level of fender system or island barriers required of newer bridges. However, engineering experts debate whether...

by the large number of vessels frequenting the harbor during the whaling boom of the late 1700s and early 1800s. The original Edgartown Light was a wooden...

have doomed NASA chopper - The sandy landscape offered few points of navigational reference for Ingenuity". Space.com. Archived from the original on 31...

Gabison 1976– Filipina actress, comedienne and television personality Taka Boom Yvonne Stevens 1954– American singer Dany Boon Daniel Hamidou 1966– French...

hood like covering over a small hatchway on a ship. boom 1.  A floating barrier to control navigation into and out of rivers and harbors. 2.  A spar attached...

The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's...

charts are produced by the AHS, with conversion of these to electronic navigational chart format due to be completed in 2011. Under international agreements...

Celestial navigation in early modern maritime history. This scaled down version of the instrument used by astronomers served as a navigational aid to measure...

ascent exists to a low pass allowing easier wagon-era travel among the barrier mountains of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians giving access into north-central...

in the United States, both crossings in the circle are equipped with boom barriers. In Kassel, Germany, Lines 4 and 8 pass through the centre of the roundabout...

have more than one fuselage, or it may be fitted with booms with the tail located between the booms to allow the extreme rear of the fuselage to be useful...