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    Blockhouse No. 1, colloquially known as The Blockhouse, is a small fort in the North Woods section of Central Park, Manhattan, New York City. Finished...
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    A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It...
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    Morningside Park. The blockhouses at Morningside Park were along the cliff and were numbered from north to south: No. 2 at 113th–114th Streets, No. 3 at 121st Street...
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  • formed from the merger of Blockhouse Bay (founded 1948) and Green Bay-Titirangi United (founded 1973) in 1998. Blockhouse Bay had been a prominent Auckland...
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    original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2009. "Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse No. 1 Burgersdorp". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from...
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  • The Blockhouse is a 1973 drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour. It is based on a 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clébert...
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    NRHP-listed site Astor Row, a set of New York City landmark houses: 207  Blockhouse No. 1, Fort Clinton, and Nutter's Battery, part of Central Park, a New York...
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    Blockhouse Bay is a residential suburb in the south west of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour...
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    northeast section of the park, on the north shore of the Harlem Meer. Blockhouse No. 1, the oldest extant structure within Central Park, and built before...
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    connecting the crew, the Operations and Checkout Building, and the Complex 34 blockhouse control room. The poor communications led Grissom to remark: "How are...
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  • of a Hessian encampment during the American Revolutionary War, and Blockhouse No. 1, a still-extant fortification built during the War of 1812. Mount St...
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    the southeast (Blockhouse No. 1) able to accommodate 120 soldiers, whereas the blockhouse situated near the circular battery (Blockhouse No. 2) is capable...
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    within Central Park, predating the park's construction. Only the 1814 Blockhouse No. 1 is older. The Arsenal was designed by Martin E. Thompson, originally...
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    a blockhouse at the site, which they used as a base until 1793 when federal troops arrived. Between 1793 and 1796, the Southwest Point Blockhouse was...
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    before completion. Remains of blockhouses, with recreated launch ramp and mock V1. La Coupole, near Saint-Omer, has a V-1 that it was lent by the Science...
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    father of U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hamilton Fish). Only Blockhouse No. 1 remains of the system of defense. Fort Fish was the southern extremity...
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    Fort Blockhouse is a former military establishment in Gosport, Hampshire, England, and the final version of a complicated site. At its greatest extent...
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    Blockhouse, and a ring of six other blockhouses -- to guard the approaches to Toronto in case there was another rebellion. The Sherbourne Blockhouse was...
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    The Tellico Blockhouse was an early American outpost located along the Little Tennessee River in what developed as Vonore, Monroe County, Tennessee. Completed...
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    Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013. Launch Complex 26 Blockhouse Archived 25 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine This article...
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    Gravesend Blockhouse was an artillery fortification constructed as part of Henry VIII's Device plan of 1539, in response to fears of an imminent invasion...
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    was no rating in the final week.   Housemates in the Glasshouse at the time of reveal.   Housemates in the Blockhouse at the time of reveal. ^Note 1 :  ...
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    The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and...
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  • The Blockhouse of Boston was a pioneering art and design cooperative of alumni from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts that opened...
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    platform, umbilical tower, mobile service tower, fueling facilities, and a blockhouse. Two steel flame deflectors were mounted on rails to allow placement beneath...
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    The No. 7 Caobao Road Bridge Blockhouse is a historical site situated on the north side of the eastern embankment of the No. 7 Caobao Road Bridge (also...
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    The Swaggerty Blockhouse is a historic structure near Parrottsville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The structure was originally believed to have been...
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  • The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and...
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    the morning of 12 October. For the first few minutes of the launch, the blockhouse was extremely tense knowing that the cosmonauts were doomed if any problem...
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    Hopetown Blockhouse Kaalfontein/Zuurfontein Blockhouse Modder River Blockhouse Noupoort Blockhouse Orange River Station Pampoennek Blockhouse Prieska Blockhouse...
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