Sentences with phrase «of railway bridge»

The oil must be offloaded onto tankers there, then shipped through the «Second Narrows,» a shallow strait that is subject to strong tidal currents, and confined by the piers of a railway bridge.

It is these London landscapes, from a sombre charcoal from 1952 of the railway bridge at Mornington Crescent, to the Arnold Circus drawings that he made 60 years later, that are the basis of his latest exhibition.

During the Second World War the Nordland line was a target for saboteurs, the most famous of these is the destruction of a railway bridge near Snåsa.

«Bridge on the River Kwai» (1957) A British colonel cooperates to oversee a construction of a railway bridge for their captors after settling differences with a Japanese POW camp.

An unprecedented study titled, «Lifecycle Assessments of Railway Bridge Transitions Exposed to Extreme Events,» published in Frontiers in Built Environment, benchmarks the costs and carbon emissions for the life cycle of eight mitigation measures and reviews these methods for their effectiveness in three types of extreme environmental conditions.

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There have been no new railways, but the government has funded everything from refurbishment of Montreal's largest bridges to replacing doorknobs in RCMP offices in Charlottetown.

We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land,» Trump said, calling for public and private infrastructure investments of at least $ 1.5 trillion over 10 years.

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Tankers exiting the Kinder Morgan Westridge Terminal in Burnaby must thread the narrow spans of the CN Railway bridge in Second Narrows, only at the highest tides, and only during daylight hours.

At the conference, held under the Victorian railway arches of London Bridge, Collab's Nigel Clarke, an innovation partner there, gave us a hands - on demo of the money - transfer prototype with an exclusive screen - by - screen walkthrough.

When it was done, the railway consisted of 582 miles of permanent track, weighing 50 pounds per yard, with 162 bridges.

The stampede occurred about 7 p.m. after someone fell from a platform bridge in Allahabad, the scene of this year's Kumbh Mela festival, North - Central Railway spokesman Sandeep Mathur said.

Railway tunnels and depots may not be as snazzy as bridge and airport dedications, but it has become a much delayed lesson for you to learn about the relevance of all transport infrastructure.

In this regard, it is seeking partnerships to extract and process the massive deposits of bauxite at Nyinahin and Kibi, with a potential value of $ 460 billion, to fund the construction of thousands of kilometres of railway lines, roads, provide irrigation facilities and dams, and construct bridges, among others.

In the award - winning film, Nicholson is the embodiment of irrational willpower as he supervises the construction of a new railway bridge for enemy forces in western Thailand.

And we have asked My Noble Friend Lord West to oversee over this summer a further overview of how best we protect crowded places and our buildings and national infrastructure - roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, water systems and utilities.

The most important being that the leadership of the National Assembly has given us a commitment that the National Assembly will re-instate the budgetary allocations for all the important executive projects, such as the railway standard gauge projects, the Mambilla Power Project, the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos — Ibadan Expressway etc. which they had reduced to fund some of the new projects they introduced.

Cabinet meetings are now about how trillions of Naira are to be used to provide long delayed infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railway, power, drugs and equipment for hospitals.

Amaechi, who spoke with journalists along with Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State at the Ijoko Railway Station, the site of the flyover bridge, said the bridge and the right of way issues would have to be addressed before actual construction work could commence on the modern rail line.

At a news briefing Tuesday afternoon, officials said sonar spotted a possible body late Monday near Strawberry Island, down - river from the most intensively searched section of the river between Broderick Park and the International Railway Bridge.

Nineteen railway bridges along the north - south coastal mainline of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway are wrecked as well.

The triangular supports, a common feature of shorter - span railway bridges, give the deck greater rigidity, which dissipates, or distributes, both compression and tension forces.

West of London Bridge a series of new road and railway bridges were built to serve the expanding city.

Overall, the study finds that elastic rail pads, soft baseplates, and UBMS are most suitable for short - span bridges, relying on a range of materials such as elastic materials, chloroprene rubber, or polymeric compounds to provide reduce railway stiffness.

The prisoners of war who had been used as slaves to build two railway bridges deep in the jungle of Siam (now Thailand) welcomed the destruction, even though it meant they had to rebuild them again and again.

The fuselage is a latticework of carbon composite tubes arranged like an old - fashioned railway bridge.

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The attractions in the city district of Kanchanaburi Province like the famouse Bridge on the River Kwai, the Death Railway, the JEATH War Museum, Kao Pun Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Loosely based on Lomax's autobiography, The Railway Man is The Bridge on the River Kwai for a society that no longer accepts stoicism in the face of torment.

We briefly see the three of them running toward a train in a railway yard to the sound of guitar music, and Linda says offscreen, «In fact all three of us been goin» places, lookin» for things, searchin» for things...» She pauses and there's a sudden cut to an astonishingly beautiful shot of a train in the distance against a cloud - strewn sky, moving from right to left over an elevated bridge, trailing plumes of black smoke.

There, once it sinks in that the Japanese intend to use the Brits to build a railway west of Baghdad through mountains and valleys, a vast, unenviable and soul - crushing undertaking (famously fictionalized in the Oscar - winning film The Bridge on the River Kwai).

It stands alone or it can be linked with other units on the Flinders Ranges such as the rise and fall of Kanyaka Station, Goyder's Line, The abandoned settlement of Bruce on the Willochra Plains, the day the railway bridge disappeared.

Today, the White House released a report to highlight the importance of rebuilding our roads, bridges, railways, and airports across the nation.

Thanks to the leadership of Senators Boxer and Inhofe, working with their colleagues from the Banking, Commerce and Finance Committees, states are one step closer to putting Americans to work rebuilding our roads, bridges, transit systems and railways.

Doug is a self - proclaimed nerd who is building a matchstick replica of the Golden Gate Bridge for his model railway town; Andy is a popular football player and actor.

A notable tourist attraction in Thailand is the bridge «over the River Kwai» — part of the Death Railway built during World War II by the Japanese using the labor of Allied POWs under atrocious conditions.

Building the railway was an extraordinary feat of engineering, with 103 tunnels, more than 864 bridges and around 919 curves.

Built more than 120 years ago the Kuranda Scenic Railway is a two - hour journey taking you past the mountainous walls of the Barron Gorge National Park, through 15 hand carved, solid granite rock tunnels, 37 bridges and past tumbling rainforest waterfalls.

We will also pass by the Hookina Railway Siding where, in 1955, 250 millimetres of rain fell within six hours in the nearby ranges, causing a flood, which collapsed the Ghan Railway Bridge and resulted in a temporary line being built until such time as the line ceased to be used.

Conveniently situated in the Central Railway region of Sydney, Bounce Hostel is within walking distance to all the major tourist attractions including Darling Harbour and Chinatown, and only 2 stops on the subway from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House.

«symbols of security, here the love locks are a symbol of romance» At first glance the Hohenzollernbrücke railway bridge of...

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Enjoy the breathtaking scenery over Moraca gorge with torrents of water gushing through, making its way to Skadar Lake, and the colossal Mala - Rijeka - Viaduct, the highest railway bridge in Europe.

Today you continue on Rocky Mountaineer to the town of Whistler, marvelling along the way as you cross one of the highest railway bridges in the world, Deep Creek Bridge.

There are three islands — Óbuda Island, Margaret Island and Csepel Island — and nine bridges, two of which carry railway lines.

Awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2008, the railway itself is a marvel of engineering, travelling from the Shivalik foothills through 102 tunnels, over 864 bridges and around 919 curves.

A number of smaller waterfalls are passed on the journey through the mountains, including Stoney Creek Falls, which passengers are treated to an excellent view of as the train crosses the curved lattice railway bridge just metres away from the flowing water.

From here, we continue to Devil's Bridge, where we join the steam - hauled * Vale of Rheidol Railway for a scenic journey through Welsh valleys to Aberystwyth.

Inspired by the 1950s novel - turned - film, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Western travellers began flocking here decades ago to pay respects to the thousands of Australian, British, Dutch and other Allied POWs, and many more Asian labourers, who died while being forced to work on the Thai - Burma military supply railway from 1942 - 45.

The Top End Tour takes in the very best the area has to offer including Redbank Cliffs, Old Salt Works, Trans Australia railway line (time permitting), views of the Flinders Ranges, the historic port and wharf and old barges used before bridges were built.