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PHMSA is issuing an advisory bulletin to owners and operators of natural gas cast iron distribution pipelines and state pipeline safety representatives. Recent deadly explosions in Philadelphia and Allentown, Pennsylvania involving cast iron pipelines installed in 1942 and 1928, respectively, gained national attention and highlight the need for continued safety improvements to aging gas pipeline systems. This bulletin is an update of two prior Alert Notices (ALN-91-02; October 11, 1991 and ALN-92-02; June 26, 1992) covering the continued use of cast iron pipe in natural gas distribution pipeline systems. This advisory bulletin reiterates two prior Alert Notices which remain relevant, urges owners and operators to conduct a comprehensive review of their cast iron distribution pipelines a...
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One of Loren Shuck's favorite stories to tell is the one about the little old lady from Aroostook County who, in her younger years, would knock her husband around with a cast-iron frying pan in order to show him who was boss. At least, that's what she said she did. The pan in question, which Shuck purchased from her at a yard sale a while back, has the dings and dents to indicate the possibility of such activity.
She said she got it in a six-piece Griswold frying pan set she got for a wedding gift, and that was the only one left. Now, who knows if she really did hit her husband with it, but that pan is really old, and normally it would totally shatter if it got smashed around like that," said Shuck. "Who knows? It could be true. It sure looks beat up.
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In accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b), Ford Motor Company (Ford) filed a request for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (PRC) so that the order can be revoked with respect to a particular brake fluid tube connector (connector). The domestic industry has affirmatively expressed a lack of interest in the continuation of the order with respect to this product. In response to the request, the Department is initiating a changed circumstances review and issuing a notice of preliminary intent to revoke, in part, this order. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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Gnomes have gone from kitsch to fabulous since they became animated movie stars in "Gnomeo and Juliet." But they have been used in gardens since the mid-18th century.
Ceramic garden gnomes known as "Gartenswerg" (garden dwarf) were first made in Thuringia, Germany. Local storytellers said that helpful gnomes would secretly visit yards at night to do some garden digging and weeding.
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Examining numerous cases of cast iron 'anomalies,' this AFS Cast Iron Div. project uncovers the causes of these odd microstructural conditions.
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By Ralph And Terry Kovel
ALMOST ALL CHAIRS AND TABLES were made of wood until the beginning of the 19th century, when new materials inspired new designs. When it was first used, iron had to be hand-wrought. But with the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, iron could be molded or cast. The earliest cast-iron furniture in England, made about 1823, was used in gardens, parks and cemeteries. But it was the 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition that made cast iron popular. Benches that looked as if they had been made from branches, ferns or grapevines were made for gardens. Soon geometric patterns, leaves and scrolls were designed so the furniture resembled Gothic or Rococo Revival styles of wooden furniture. The garden could be furnished with iron chairs, tables, benches, urns, fountains and...
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