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  2. Aldgate Pump - Wikipedia

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    Aldgate Pump. The Aldgate Pump, looking east towards Whitechapel prior to August 2019 restoration. Aldgate Pump is a historic former water pump located at the junction where Aldgate High Street meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street in the City of London. The pump is considered to be the symbolic start point of the East End of London .

  3. North American Water and Power Alliance - Wikipedia

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    Map of the NAWAPA project (right), as compared with the GRAND, a continental water management scheme of similar scale. The North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWPA or NAWAPA, also referred to as NAWAPTA from proposed governing body the North American Water and Power Treaty Authority) was a proposed continental water management scheme conceived in the 1950s by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

  4. Rotary vane pump - Wikipedia

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    An eccentric rotary vane pump Another eccentric rotary-vane pump design. Note that modern pumps have an area contact between rotor and stator (and not a line contact). 1. pump housing 2. rotor 3. vanes 4. spring. A rotary vane pump is a type of positive-displacement pump that consists of vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside a cavity. In ...

  5. Water supply and sanitation in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Urban coverage is 100% for water and 85% for improved sanitation, including 53% access to sewerage, the remainder being accounted for by on-site sanitation. Coverage in rural areas, where 13% of Brazil's population lives, is much lower. It stands at 85% for improved water supply and only 44% for improved sanitation.

  6. Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Concrete [1] [2] Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport ( Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav, IATA: GHV, [3] ICAO: LRBV) is an airport located in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania. It is the first airport to be built in Romania in the last 50 years, [4] and the 17th commercial airport in the country. Flights commenced on 15 June 2023.

  7. Circulator pump - Wikipedia

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    Circulator pump. A circulator pump or circulating pump is a specific type of pump used to circulate gases, liquids, or slurries in a closed circuit. They are commonly found circulating water in a hydronic heating or cooling system. Because they only circulate liquid within a closed circuit, they only need to overcome the friction of a piping ...

  8. Biserica Neagră - Wikipedia

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    The Black Church ( Romanian: Biserica Neagră, German: Die Schwarze Kirche, Hungarian: Fekete templom ), stands in the city of Brașov in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was built by the local Transylvanian Saxon ( German) community of the city during medieval times and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well ...

  9. Brașov - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2021 census, with 237,589 inhabitants, Brașov is the 6th most populous city in Romania. [2] [6] The metropolitan area was home to 371,802 residents. [2] Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about 166 km (103 mi) north of Bucharest and 380 km (236 mi) from the Black Sea.