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    A strand jack (also known as strandjack) is a jack used to lift very heavy loads (e.g. thousands of tons or more with multiple jacks) for construction...
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    dangerous projectile. A strand jack is a specialized hydraulic jack that grips steel cables. Often used in concert, strand jacks can lift hundreds of tons...
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  • forklift Strand jack, used in construction and engineering, and is capable of lifting hundreds of tonnes Boot jack, a device for removing boots Jack plane...
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  • mono-strand A prestressing system utilising tendons with single strands, or tendons able to be tensioned using a mono-strand jack.: 12  mono-strand jack A...
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    Once the wheel was complete it was lifted into an upright position by a strand jack system made by Enerpac. It was first raised at 2 degrees per hour until...
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  • Look up Strand or strand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strand or The Strand may refer to: The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a: Beach...
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    or use the vial to send Whistler back to 2247, which would strand Jack in the present. Jack chooses to inject Weisling with the vial, saving the lieutenant's...
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    specially designed barges and raised into the deck position by a pair of strand jack gantries that could manoeuvre along the main cable. The approach span...
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    The Strand (commonly referred to with a leading "The", but formally without) is a major street in the City of Westminster, Central London. The street,...
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    when flooded, to increase the torque on the hull and to unburden the strand jacks; an arrangement of cables rising from the edge of the ledge over the...
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    "You don't know Jack". The Strand. Retrieved 2024-02-28. "'I Don't Know Jack': Fascinating documentary about 'Eraserhead' star Jack Nance". DangerousMinds...
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  • seaborne survivor named Jack. Madison became concerned about how Strand refused to sleep. Daniel told her he was suspicious of Strand's motives. Once they...
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    Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz...
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  • Jeff Strand (born December 14, 1970) is an American writer, known for his works of comedy horror. He has written novels, short stories, screenplays and...
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    lock. Jack chain may be manufactured as either single-jack chain or as double-jack chain. If double-jack, the lower loop is formed of two strands of wire...
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  • construction - Stone carving - Stone sealer - Stone veneer - Storey - Strand jack - Strap footing - Straw-bale construction - Strength of materials - Strongback...
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  • used to raise the boat. The giant cable reels fed 26 huge hydraulic strand jacks, each mounted on a computer-controlled, pressurised pneumatic heave compensator...
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    The Strand Campus is the founding campus of King's College London and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, adjacent to Somerset House and...
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    North Strand (Irish: An Trá Thuaidh ) is a residential inner city neighbourhood on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. The area is physically bounded by...
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    John Andrew ‘Jack’ Lepiarz (born July 11, 1988), better known by his stage names Jack the Whipper and Jacques Ze Whipper, is an American circus performer...
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    other barge (provided it is large enough to support the GBS) using strand jacks. The jacks shall be released gradually whilst the GBS is ballasted to ensure...
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    William Thomas Strand MBE (1877 – 10 August 1960) was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Lower Hutt on two occasions. Strand was born in 1877 in...
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  • Two Films Open Today – Dolores Costello Has Role in 'Beloved Brat' at StrandJack Holt at Globe". New York Times. April 30, 1938. p. 18. Retrieved January...
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    stabilise the cantilevering lower portions of the main arch using a strand-jack and tie cable between the top of the small arch and the large arch and...
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    Industries, Ltd. Jack Kent Cooke, head of consolidated, is understood to be throwing the weight of the parent company behind Strand in ... Royal Commission...
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  • Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and franchise. An early iteration of...
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    Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific...
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    upright position at an accelerated pace, without further need of the strand jacks and cables. The ship was returned to a fully upright position in the...
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  • of Jack, the boy that Alicia had spoken to on the radio. The newcomers suddenly attack the Abigail group and seize control of the vessel; Strand manages...
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  • increase the ship's buoyancy. Cables were attached to the lifting beams and strand jacks gradually lifted the ship to thirteen metres below the surface, where...
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