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Memorial anchor in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland. Massive anchor chain for large ships. The weight of the chain is vital for proper holding of the anchor. [ 1] An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
Gettysburg Address. One of only two confirmed photos of Lincoln (seated in center facing camera) at Gettysburg [ 1][ 2][ 3] taken about noon on November 19, 1863; Lincoln spoke some three hours later. To Lincoln's right is Ward Hill Lamon, his bodyguard. The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the ...
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Mount Ancla. Mount Ancla ( 64°49′S 63°41′W) is a mountain, 815 m, which is snow-covered except for a rock ridge on its south side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Cape Lancaster, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The mountain was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944 and 1955.
Anchor Button (Spanish: Botón de ancla) is a 1961 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Miguel Lluch and starring Manuel Gil, Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva. [1] It is a remake of the 1948 film of the same title about three naval academy cadets. The film was filmed at the Naval Military Academy in Marín ( Pontevedra) and its surroundings.
Anchor (climbing) In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, rope, or load to a climbing surface—typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building—either permanently or temporarily. The intention of an anchor is case-specific but is usually for fall protection, primarily fall arrest and fall restraint.
Anchor Button (Spanish: Botón de ancla) is a 1948 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Antonio Casal, Jorge Mistral, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Isabel de Pomés. [1] The plot focuses on three students at the Spanish naval academy.
Bethaida González. Bethaida Carmen "Bea" Gonzalez is a Latina politician and university administrator in Syracuse, New York. She was the first Latina elected to the Syracuse School Board (1991) and Common Council (2001), and was a candidate for mayor of Syracuse, New York in 2009.