High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is an under construction 243 m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo river in Ethiopia. Once completed it would be the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa with a power output of about 1870 Megawatt (MW), thus more than doubling total installed capacity in Ethiopia from its 2007 level of 814 MW. The Gibe III dam would be part of the Gibe cascade, a series of dams including the existing Gibe I and Gibe II dams as well as the planned Gibe IV (1472MW) and Gibe V (560MW) dams. The existing dams are owned and operated by the state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, which is also the client for the Gibe III...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Giotto’s Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Glacier View Dam was proposed in 1943 on the North Fork of the Flathead River, on the western border of Glacier National Park in Montana. The 416-foot (127 m) tall dam, to be designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the canyon between Huckleberry Mountain and Glacier View Mountain, would have flooded in excess of 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of the park. In the face of determined opposition from the National Park Service and conservation groups, the dam was never built.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Glamorganshire Canal was a canal in south Wales, UK, running from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff. Construction started in 1790, and the 25 miles (40 km) of canal was fully opened by 1794. Its primary purpose was to enable the Merthyr iron industries to transport their goods, and it later served the coal industry. It closed progressively between 1898 and 1951, as a result of subsidence and competition from the railways, and much of its course is now buried beneath the A470 Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil trunk road.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The glass-liquid transition (or glass transition for short) is the reversible transition in amorphous materials (or in amorphous regions within semicrystalline materials) from a hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber-like state. An amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. Supercooling a viscous liquid into the glass state is called vitrification, from the Latin vitreum, "glass" via French vitrifier.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Glen Donnelly is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richard Huggett. He made his first on-screen appearance on 7 December 1990. Glen was the secret son of Jim Robinson. He arrives in Ramsay Street to meet his father and to ask for money to pay for his mother`s funeral. Glen`s most notable storyline was an inappropriate relationship with his sister, Lucy. Scenes between them were edited out by the BBC on their UK airing. Glen departed on 6 February 1992 after running away from a hospital, following an accident which left him paralyzed.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HM Prison Glen Parva is a male juvenile`s prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Glen Parva is operated by Her Majesty`s Prison Service.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Glenelg is a popular beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Located on the shore of Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, it has become a popular tourist destination due to its beach and many attractions, home to several hotels and dozens of restaurants.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Glenview is a suburban village located approximately 18 mi (29 km) north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 44,692.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Global Combat Ship (GCS) also known as the Type 26 Global Combat Ship and sometimes referred to as the Type 26 frigate is a ship design and construction programme currently under way by the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom. The first Type 26 GCS is expected to enter service starting in 2021 to replace the thirteen Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. Robotics is related to the sciences of electronics, engineering, mechanics, and software.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless different shapes, sizes and configurations. An extensive terminology has evolved to describe their common features. This glossary provides definitions for these terms.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term railroad and the international term railway (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the US) is the most obvious difference in rail terminology (see usage of the terms railroad and railway for more information). There are also others, due to the parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gloucester railway station (formerly known as Gloucester Central station) is a railway station serving the city of Gloucester in England. The station was originally built as the terminus of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840, but the arrival of the (broad gauge) Bristol and Gloucester Railway and Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in 1844, and then conversion to a through station for the South Wales Railway in 1851 resulted in a very complex layout. Subsequent closures and rationalization have left Gloucester with a station that is located off the main Bristol-Birmingham line, meaning trains that call at Gloucester usually have to reverse. Only trains that continue along the...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A glow stick is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence, so it does not require an external energy source. The light cannot be turned off, and can be used only once. Glow sticks are often used for recreation, but may also be relied upon for light during military, police, fire, or EMS operations.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Goalkeeper is a Dutch close-in weapon system (CIWS) introduced in 1979 and in use as of 2012, which primarily defends ships against incoming missiles and ballistic shells. This system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which in typically six seconds detects incoming fire, determines its trajectory, and aims and fires the gun. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The name comes from the defensive position in Association Football and other sports. The system is made by Thales Navy Netherlands. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields.