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  2. Signalling control - Wikipedia

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    Signalling control was originally exercised via a decentralised network of control points that were known by a variety of names including signal box (International and British), interlocking tower (North America) and signal cabin (some railways e.g., GCR).

  3. RAF Tibenham - Wikipedia

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    The control tower was used until 1975 as a club house by the Gliding Club. Later that year the club moved into a new home which was constructed nearby. It was said that the old control tower was haunted; and at least four members of the Gliding Club were afraid to enter the building, even in daytime.

  4. O'Hare International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Control tower and Terminals 3 and 2 seen from ATS (Airport Transit System) In 2018, the city and airlines committed to Phase I of a new Terminal Area Plan dubbed O'Hare 21. The plan was to build two all-new satellite concourses to the southwest of Concourse C, and to expand Terminals 2 and 5 with additional gates, lounges, and updates to ...

  5. Silo - Wikipedia

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    The Swissmill Tower in Zürich (Switzerland) is the world highest silo. Henninger Turm, Frankfurt, Germany, before demolition in 2013, had an observation deck and 2 revolving restaurants, height: 120 metres; Swissmill Tower, Zürich, Switzerland, height: 118 metres, the world highest silo in activity. Schapfen-Mill-Tower, Ulm, Germany, height ...

  6. Flak tower - Wikipedia

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    a G-Tower (German: Gefechtsturm) "Combat Tower", also known as the Gun Tower, Battery Tower or Large Flak Tower, and an L-Tower (German: Leitturm ) "Lead Tower" also known as the Fire-control tower, command tower, listening bunker or small flak tower.

  7. Suvarnabhumi Airport - Wikipedia

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    Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS) [5] [6] is the main international airport serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. [7] [8] Located mostly in Racha Thewa subdistrict, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan province, it covers an area of 3,240 ha (32.4 km 2; 8,000 acres), making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub for aviation.

  8. Precision approach path indicator - Wikipedia

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    The PAPI system is co-opted for use by the Final Approach Runway Occupancy Signal (FAROS) system being introduced [7] by several major airports in the United States for the purpose of allowing pilots to resolve a runway incursion without requiring a priori notice of an occupied runway from the control tower. In FAROS, automated line-of-sight ...

  9. Cell site - Wikipedia

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    Cellular lattice tower A cell tower in the bush in Africa. A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network.