• The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975–1985 was a 1985 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Pont Neuf in fabric. Planning...
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    The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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    0°33′46.98″W / 44.8384639°N 0.5630500°W / 44.8384639; -0.5630500 The Pont de pierre, or "Stone Bridge" in English, is a bridge in Bordeaux, (in the...
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    A multiple vehicle collision (colloquially known as a pile-up or multi-car collision), is a road traffic collision involving many vehicles. Generally occurring...
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    known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile-1) and the first intended...
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    Wales, died from injuries sustained earlier that night in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Dodi Fayed (Diana's partner) and the driver...
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    produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, in the reactor Chicago Pile-1, which was constructed under the stands of the university's old football...
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    Nancy". UNESCO. "Pont du Gard". UNESCO. "Provins, ville de foire médiévale". UNESCO. "Site historique de Lyon". UNESCO. "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around...
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    The pont Mirabeau (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ miʁabo]) is an arch bridge which spans the Seine in Paris. It was built between 1895 and 1897 and named after...
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  • (Angers). A pile is considered tall when it exceeds 70 m. The slenderness, the ratio of the maximum diameter of the shaft to the height of the pile, is generally...
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    Pont Haearn (meaning: 'Iron Bridge House') is a residential building and is also seventh tallest building in Cardiff, Wales. The building is currently...
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    floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century...
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    manufactory of knotted-pile carpets, enjoying its greatest period c. 1650–1685; the cachet of its name is casually applied to many knotted-pile carpets made at...
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    The Pont Gustave-Flaubert (English: Gustave Flaubert Bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge over the river Seine in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France...
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    adopted by the SC Johnson Company and the Solae Company (a subsidiary of DuPont). Furthermore, Ted London at the William Davidson Institute at the University...
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    to compete with the newly opened bridge. Design The original Pont Briwet was a timber pile viaduct, which were a commonplace feature of coastal railways...
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    include rubbing the pile in the hand, burning a small piece of the fringe to smell the ash and smell smoke, and dissolving the pile by performing a chemical...
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  • No Direction Home (category Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award winners)
    Shot by D. A. Pennebaker, the onstage color footage was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan's vault. The cover photo on the...
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    the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He has been called the "architect...
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    trademarked by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) in 1929; it is currently owned by Invista, a subsidiary of Koch Industries. DuPont introduced Cordura...
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    Nicholas Ridgely in 1749. The house was built in two sections; a double-pile, side-hall three bay structure to the south, and a lower two bay section...
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    Nylon (category DuPont products)
    packaging). Researchers at DuPont began developing cellulose-based fibers, culminating in the synthetic fiber rayon. DuPont's experience with rayon was an...
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    the Garonne, the Pont de pierre built in the 1820s and three modern bridges built after 1960: the Pont Saint Jean, just south of the Pont de pierre (both...
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    Barmouth Bridge (redirect from Pont Abermaw)
    Barmouth Bridge (Welsh: Pont Abermaw), or Barmouth Viaduct is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the River Mawddach...
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    Breaux Bridge (/ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ/; French: Pont-Breaux; Cajun French: Pont-(de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo]) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana...
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    Virginia. It was built about 1777, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, double pile brick dwelling with a steep gable roof. It measures 28 feet by 30 feet, and...
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    (4.90 m roadway and two sidewalks of 90 cm). Called Pont St. Clair (as in 1875), it was renamed Pont Vaïsse on December 21, 1931 in tribute to Claude-Marius...
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    P-9 Project (category DuPont)
    operation at Trail, British Columbia, was upgraded to produce heavy water. DuPont built three plants in the United States: at the Morgantown Ordnance Works...
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    polyether-polyurea copolymer that was invented in 1958 by chemist Joseph Shivers at DuPont. The name spandex, which is an anagram of the word "expands", is the preferred...
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    theater, they saw a bare stage with a pile of bricks in stage center. When the play began, Shawn emerged from the pile of bricks. The startling effect of...
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