The term was also used for a projecting framework from which a ship's anchor might be raised so it is no longer sitting on the seabed, riverbed or dock; "weighing [the] anchor" meant raising it using this apparatus while avoiding striking the ship's hull. The Minister was then driven along the length of the bypass to the Honiton Road bridge where he unveiled a plaque on the parapet, and the County Surveyor thanked Mr Warren for his innovative design for the bridge. The 66 Parallel Trail, a 10-foot-wide shared-use path, has been built alongside I-66 from Dunn Loring to Centreville as part of the project.

The canal had a chequered early history, from being central to the development of the town in the late-18 th Century, to being blamed for a cholera epidemic in the 1850s. The very last boat to make its way down the canal in July 1922 was the steamer Beta, recently purchased by Benjamin C Walls after he set up his carrying company in 1921. The simplest form (as often used in the game " Hangman") resembles an inverted "L" (or a Greek/Cyrillic "Г"), with a single upright and a horizontal beam to which the rope noose would be attached.During the next century and a half, the woollen and worsted industries relied on raw materials delivered by boat from Liverpool and Hull. Many old prints of European cities show such a permanent gallows erected on a prominent hill outside the walls, or more commonly near the castle or other seat of justice. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The town had become a centre of the wool trade by the 13th century, when it was the main source of England's wealth. The northbound span was opened in October 2021 and carried both northbound and southbound traffic while the old bridge was demolished and the southbound portion of the new bridge was constructed.

A total of six seasons featuring 179 episodes were produced and aired in Brazil from August 23, 2005 to August 25, .

With the beginning of Christianization, Ulfilas used the term galga in his Gothic Testament to refer to the cross of Christ, until the use of the Latin term (crux = cross) prevailed.