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Utility Location

Color-coding Yellow spray paint indicating below-street gas utility line. New York city, 2007. Utility color codes are used for identifying existing underground utilities in construction areas with the intent of protecting them from damage during excavation. Public utility systems are often run underground; some by the very nature of their function, others for convenience or […]

Sea Bright Skiff

The Sea Bright Skiff is a development of the Jersey Skiff. It was developed on the northern shore of New Jersey to be used for fishing, by being launched through the surf, sailed to the fishing grounds, and returned through the surf. Description The boat is slightly different from the Jersey Skiff by being more […]

Burnley Tunnel

History The tunnel was constructed between 1996 and 2000 by Transfield-Obayashi Joint Venture. Prior to its opening to traffic, the tunnel was opened to the public to walk through from Southbank to Burnley, on 16 December 2000. The tunnel was opened to traffic on 22 December 2000. In February 2001 it was found that a […]

Motosports Park

Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2008) Motosports Park is a motocross facility in Byron, Illinois, United States. Founded by Joe Vincer in 1969, MSP (as it came to be known) caught on almost immediately in the Midwest motorcycle community. Now run […]

Pcv Valve

The Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve, or PCV valve, is a one-way valve that assists with the continual evacuation of gases from inside a gasoline/petrol internal combustion engine’s crankcase. Explanation As an engine operates, high-pressure gases are contained within the combustion chamber and prevented from passing into the crankcase (containing the crankshaft and other parts) between […]