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Fairwater Library Cardiff
Fairwater may refer to: *Fairwater, Cardiff, Wales **Fairwater (Cardiff electoral ward) **Fairwater railway station * ''Fairwater'', Double Bay, a heritage-listed house in Double Bay, Sydney, Australia *Fairwater, Torfaen, Wales *Fairwater, Wisconsin, U.S.A. *, a ship *Sail (submarine) In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (British/Commonwealth usage) (also known as a fairwater) of a submarine is the tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. Submarine sails once housed the conning t ..., a vertical extension on most submarines that houses the periscopes, masts, and in some cases the conning tower {{disambig, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater, Cardiff
Fairwater ( cy, Y Tyllgoed) is a district and Community (Wales), community in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway. The population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 12,981. Etymologies The original Welsh name Tyllgoed derives from "tyll" meaning "to hole" or "to burrow" and "coed" meaning "woods" or "trees". Tyllgoed is a name common to a number of streams in Wales that burrow through woods and it is likely this name would have originally applied to the stream that still runs through Fairwater today. The similarity of the first element to the Welsh word "tywyll" meaning "dark" led some later writers to derive the name as "dark woods". However, this derivation is now considered a folk etymology, especially given that the name is first recorded under the spellings ''Tull Coit'' and ''Tollcoit in the land of Ystrad Ager'', in the 12th century Book of Llandaff. The e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater (Cardiff Electoral Ward)
Fairwater is the name of an electoral ward in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers Fairwater and Pentrebane on the outskirts of the urban area. The Fairwater ward is bordered to the west by Pentyrch and St Fagans, to the east by Llandaff and to the south by the Ely ward. Background Fairwater has elected three councillors to Cardiff Council since 1995, being represented by the Labour Party until May 2008 when all three seats were taken by Plaid Cymru. Plaid Cymru (''Fairwater and Pentrebane Voice'') and Labour (''Fairwater and Pentrebane Fightback'') have both issued local campaigning newsletters containing allegations and counter-allegations against one another. These have included accusations that Cllr Michael Michael, a hairdresser, was profiting from a council leased building and allegations about Cllr McEvoy's expenses. During the 2008 election campaign former MP Rod Richards, who lived in Fairwater, was arrested after assaulting a fellow Conservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Fairwater station 2014.JPG , borough = Fairwater, Cardiff , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = Transport for Wales , platforms = 2 , code = FRW , classification = DfT category F2 , opened = 1987 , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , mapframe=yes , mapframe-zoom = 13 Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales. The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line. The line on which it is situated on was originally goods only and was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859 to serve the docks at Penarth. Services On M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater, Double Bay
''Fairwater'' is a Heritage register, heritage-listed residence and homestead at 560 New South Head Road, Sydney, New South Head Road, Double Bay, New South Wales, Double Bay in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Horbury Hunt (1882) and J. W. Manson () and built from 1882 to 1970. Acquired by members of the Fairfax family in late 1900, following the 2017 death of Mary Fairfax, Lady Mary Fairfax , the house is managed by the executors of her estate. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 March 2000. In the media, the location of ''Fairwater'' is often incorrectly reported as the suburb of Point Piper, New South Wales, Point Piper. History A Crown land grant, grant was part of John Piper (military officer), Captain John Piper's Point Piper Estate officially granted in 1820. This grant was subsequently acquired by Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet, Daniel Cooper and Solomon Levy in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater, Torfaen
Fairwater is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south east Wales, and was built by the Cwmbran Development Corporation between 1963 and 1966. Development Cwmbran was the only new town in Wales designated by the New Towns Act 1946. Cwmbran Development Corporation was formed in 1949 to develop the new town and building of seven new residential areas ( Coed Eva, Croesyceiliog North and South, Greenmeadow, Oakfield, Pontnewydd, and St Dials) began in 1951, later followed by Llanyrafon. By 1962, when Gordon Redfern took over as chief architect of the corporation, the increased use of cars had to be accommodated in the layout of further housing estates, and Redfern adopted the Radburn system, used most rigidly in Fairwater (built between 1963 and 1966). Notable buildings The remains of Llanderfel Chapel, a medieval chapel important as a stopping point on a pilgrims' route to Penrhys, are in Fairwater. The pilgrim route is now part of the modern l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairwater, Wisconsin
Fairwater is a village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 371 at the 2010 census. The town of Metomen surrounds the village. History The community was founded around the water power of the Grand River in 1848 and was incorporated in 1921. The town prospered under a booming hemp economy spurred by the need for strong rope during World War I. Hemp brought direct income to Fairwater farmers, factory workers and the owners of the Fairwater Hemp Company. An efficient, eco-friendly production process used unwanted parts of the hemp plant to fuel the factory's steam power system. The Fairwater Hemp Company closed in 1931. Geography Fairwater is located at (43.741047, -88.868887). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 371 people, 152 households, and 108 families living in the village. The population dens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sail (submarine)
In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (British/Commonwealth usage) (also known as a fairwater) of a submarine is the tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. Submarine sails once housed the conning tower (command and communications data center), the periscope(s), radar and communications masts (antenna), though most of these functions have now been relocated to the hull proper (and so the sail is no longer considered a "conning tower"). When above the water's surface, the sail serves as an observation platform. It also provides an entrance and exit point on the submarine that has enough freeboard to prevent the submarine being swamped. Under water, the sail acts as a vertical stabilizer. In some submarines, the sail also supports diving planes (or fairwater planes), which are control surfaces used for underwater stability and steering.Office of Naval ResearchSubmarines - How They Work. Retrieved December 24, 2008. See also * Dorsal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conning Tower
A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer in charge can conn the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving orders to those responsible for the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle. It is usually located as high on the ship as practical, to give the conning team good visibility of the entirety of the ship, ocean conditions, and other vessels. The naval term "conn" may derive from the Middle English ''conne'' (study, become acquainted with) or French ''conduire'' from Latin ''conducere'' (conduct). Surface ships On surface ships, the conning tower was a feature of all battleships and armored cruisers from about 1860 to the early years of World War II. Located at the front end of the superstructure, the conning tower was a heavily armored cylinder, with tiny slit windows on three sides providing a reasonable field of view. Designed to shield just enough personnel and devices for navigation during battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
