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41 relations: Anthony Traill (college provost), Ballycastle Railway, Bessbrook and Newry Tramway, British Thomson-Houston, Bushmills, City and South London Railway, Corrugated galvanised iron, County Antrim, Cultra, Dervock railway station, Dunluce Castle, Edward Hopkinson, Electrical injury, General Electric Company, Giant's Causeway, Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, History of rail transport in Ireland, Howth, Hydroelectricity, List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland, Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Narrow-gauge railway, National Transport Museum of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portballintrae, Portrush, Portrush railway station, Railroad tie, Railway electrification system, River Bann, River Bush, Siemens, Siemens Brothers, The Irish Rovers, Third rail, Tram engine, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Water turbine, Wigan, William Atcheson Traill, World War II.
Anthony Traill (college provost)
Anthony Traill (1 November 1838 – 15 October 1914) was a provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
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Ballycastle Railway
| Ballycastle Railway was a narrow gauge railway line which ran from Ballycastle to Ballymoney, both in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Bessbrook and Newry Tramway
The Bessbrook and Newry Tramway operated a narrow gauge, hydro-electrically powered tramway transporting passengers and freight between Bessbrook and Newry in Northern Ireland between 1885 and 1948.
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British Thomson-Houston
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England and founded as a subsidiary of the General Electric Company (GE) of Schenectady, New York, USA.
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Bushmills
Bushmills is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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City and South London Railway
The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.
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Corrugated galvanised iron
Corrugated galvanised iron or steel (colloquially corrugated iron (near universal), wriggly tin (taken from UK military slang), pailing (in Caribbean English), corrugated sheet metal (in North America) and occasionally abbreviated CGI) is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised mild steel, cold-rolled to produce a linear corrugated pattern in them.
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County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim)) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Down to the south.
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Cultra
Cultra (-) is an affluent residential suburban area near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Dervock railway station
Dervock railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.
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Dunluce Castle
Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland.
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Edward Hopkinson
Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician.
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Electrical injury
Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the (human) body.
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General Electric Company
The General Electric Company, or GEC, was a major UK-based industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.
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Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.
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Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway (GC&BR) is a narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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History of rail transport in Ireland
The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain.
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Howth
Howth is a village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.
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List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland
Ireland formerly had numerous narrow-gauge railways, most of which were built to a gauge of.
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Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
The Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England, based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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National Transport Museum of Ireland
The National Transport Museum of Ireland (Iarsmalann Náisiunta Iompair na hÉireann) is based in the grounds of Howth Castle in Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.
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Portballintrae
Portballintrae is a small seaside village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Portrush
Portrush is a small seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on the County Londonderry border.
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Portrush railway station
Portrush railway station is the terminus of the Coleraine-Portrush railway line and serves the seaside town of Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Railroad tie
A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.
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Railway electrification system
A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.
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River Bann
The River Bann (an Bhanna, from ban-dea, meaning "goddess"; Ulster-Scots: Bann Wattèr) is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km (80 mi).
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River Bush
The River Bush (from the an Bhuais) is an Ulster river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Siemens
Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.
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Siemens Brothers
Siemens Brothers and Company Limited was an electrical engineering design and manufacturing business in London, England.
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The Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians, half of whom now live in Canada.
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Third rail
A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
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Tram engine
A tram engine is a steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to work on a street, or roadside, tramway.
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Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland, about east of the city of Belfast.
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Water turbine
A water turbine is a rotary machine that converts kinetic energy and potential energy of water into mechanical work.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester.
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William Atcheson Traill
William Atcheson Traill (1844 - 5 July 1933) was an Irish engineer.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant's_Causeway_Tramway
