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2. List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways - Wikipedia

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   Worked by adhesion between 1878 and 2001, currently out of service. 1 in 22. (4.5%) Balsam Mountain Grade. Balsam N.C. Balsam Mountain, home of highest railroad station east of the Rockies; average grade about 4.0%, max 4.5%. 1 of 2 grades on southern railways former Murphy branch that are +4% grade.

3. Cape May County, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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   There are 25 public elementary and/or middle schools in Cape May County, including two in Avalon and Stone Harbor (which, since 2011, agree to share each other's schools), [126] one in Cape May, [127] two in Dennis Township, [128] five in Lower Township, [129] [130] three in Middle Township, [131] one in North Wildwood, [132] two in Ocean City ...

4. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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   The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II . The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I, then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...

5. Disneyland - Wikipedia

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   In 2023, the park saw 17.25 million visitors, making it the second most visited amusement park in the world that year, behind only Magic Kingdom, the very park it inspired. [4] According to a 2005 Disney report, 65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort, including about 20,000 direct Disney employees and 3,800 third-party employees ...

6. Credit default swap - Wikipedia

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   Credit default swaps in their current form have existed since the early 1990s and increased in use in the early 2000s. By the end of 2007, the outstanding CDS amount was $62.2 trillion, [3] falling to $26.3 trillion by mid-year 2010 [4] and reportedly $25.5 [5] trillion in early 2012.

7. Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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   The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...