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    The term barge has a rich history, and therefore there are many other types of barges. "Barge" is attested from 1300, from Old French barge, from Vulgar...
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  • BARGE, the Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion, is a yearly convention held in Las Vegas during the summer, usually a weekend in late July or the first...
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    An ice cream barge was a vessel employed by the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II to produce ice cream in large quantities to...
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  • Look up barge or barges in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A barge is a flat-bottomed boat. Barge or barges may also refer to: France Barges, Côte-d'Or...
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    Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II barges. Barges are very low cost to build, operate and move. Barges were needed to move large bulky cargo. A...
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  • La Barge may refer to: La Barge, Wyoming, United States La Barge (Puy-de-Dôme), a village in the commune of Saint-Priest-des-Champs, France This disambiguation...
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    Container on barge is a form of intermodal freight transport where containers are stacked on a barge and towed to a destination . There is limited use...
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    as in crowded harbors or narrow canals, or cannot move at all, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms. Some are ocean-going, and...
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  • John D. Barge is the former superintendent of schools for the U.S. state of Georgia. He was a candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2014 election,...
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    A royal barge is a ceremonial barge that is used by a monarch for processions and transport on a body of water. Royal barges are currently used in monarchies...
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    A Dutch barge is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuiderzee and the waterways of Netherlands...
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    A hopper barge is a type of barge commonly designed to transport commodities like coal, steel, rocks, sand, soil and waste. 'Hopper barge' can also refer...
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  • 27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003), better known by her stage name Gillian Barge was an English stage, television and film actress. She was born in Hastings...
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    Thailand's Royal Barge Procession (Thai: กระบวนพยุหยาตราชลมารค; RTGS: krabuan phayuhayattra chonlamak) is a ceremony of both religious and royal significance...
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    Vasaorden is a Swedish royal barge originally constructed in 1774 based on a design by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. It is used for ceremonies such as state...
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    101 was an American whaleback barge that was usually towed by a steam driven freighter or a tugboat. She was significant as she was the first whaleback...
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  • A pleasure barge is a flat-bottomed, slow-moving boat used for leisure. It is contrasted with a standard barge, which is used to transport freight. Many...
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  • Beauty and the Barge may refer to: Beauty and the Barge (play), a 1905 play by W. W. Jacobs Beauty and the Barge (1914 film), a silent British film directed...
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    A flexible barge is a non-rigid barge usually made of fabric. This[which?] test ended on April 29 when the fabric of one of the two bags under tow developed...
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  • "Barge of the Dead" is an episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is the third episode of the sixth season and...
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    spits in Dutch) is a steel motorised inland waterway barge of up to 350 tonnes' capacity. Péniche barges were built to fit the post-1880s French waterways...
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  • Johannes Barge (23 March 1906 – 28 February 2000) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who was responsible for German military...
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  • Concrete ship (redirect from Concrete barge)
    space for cargo.) During the late 19th century, there were concrete river barges in Europe, and during both World War I and World War II, steel shortages...
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    Powership (redirect from Power barge)
    powerships, known as power barges, are power plants installed on a deck barge. These are sometimes called "floating power plants" or "barge mounted power plants"...
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    The Google barges were a group of four floating barges built between 2010 and 2012, intended by Google to serve as "an interactive space where people...
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  • A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were...
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    -122.569430 The McBarge, officially named the Friendship 500, is a former McDonald's restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) barge for Expo '86 in Vancouver...
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  • James Gene Barge (born August 9, 1926) is an American tenor and alto saxophonist and composer in several bands. Born in Norfolk, Virginia on August 9...
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    Kingdom. Until the mid-19th century, the Royal Family frequently used a royal barge for transport along the River Thames. The role of the King's Bargemaster...
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    The Girl on the Barge is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt and Sally O'Neil. In addition...
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