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Stock car (rail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2516 words) |
 | Certain costly inefficiencies were inherent in the process of transporting live animals by rail, particularly due to the fact that some sixty percent of the animal's mass is composed of inedible matter. |
| The fish were transported from hatcheries in the Midwest to locations along the Pacific coast to stock the rivers and lakes for sportfishing. |
| Fish car use declined in the 1930s as fish transportation shifted to a speedier means of transport by air, and to trucks as vehicle technology advanced and road conditions improved. |
| skyscraper - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about skyscraper (877 words) |
| The centre of a city is characterized by high-rise buildings and a concentration of public transport. |
| Owing to the advanced public transport system, the city centre is very accessible and attracts large numbers of shoppers and visitors, although large cities such as Tokyo tend to become congested. |
| Building so tall that it appears to ‘scrape the sky’, developed 1868 in New York, USA, where land prices were high and the geology allowed such methods of construction. |
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