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WaterFire WaterFire is an environmental art installation created by Barnaby Evans in Providence, Rhode Island. It consists of a series of up to 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence in Waterplace Park (the Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, and Providence rivers) , with accompanying world and classical music, sometimes with live performances.
Watergarden Town Centre Watergarden Town Centre is a major shopping centre located 24km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Taylors Lakes. Built in 1997 this shopping centre is home to 115 specialty stores including two supermarket Bilo and Safeway,a discount department Target and also to Hoyts Cinemas.
Watergate burglaries The Watergate burglaries, which took place on May 28 and June 17, 1972, have been cited in testimony, media accounts, and popular works on Watergate as the pivotal event that led ultimately to the Watergate Scandal. Five men who were apprehended inside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate building during the second burglary implicated themselves on other counts and charges by voluntarily telling investigators about having committed a "first break-in.
Watergate Babies The term Watergate Babies refers to the Democrats elected to the United States Congress in 1974 following president Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal. Disollusioned with the Republican party, voters across the country voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, even in districts that had been Republican strongholds for decades.
Watergate salad Watergate salad is a sweet-tasting dessert made from combining pistachio flavoured instant pudding, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, and small marshmallows although there are many slight variations with additional ingredients.
Watergate tapes The Watergate tapes, also known as the Nixon tapes are a collection of conversations between President Nixon and various White House staff members, recorded on the White House taping system and White House dictabelts. President Nixon had ordered the installation of the recording system by the Technical Services Division of the U.
Waterguard The Waterguard is the name given to a division of HM Customs and Excise responsible for the collection of excise revenue from the passengers and crew of ships and aircraft, and other incoming travellers to the United Kingdom.
Waterhole (radio) The waterhole refers to an especially quiet section of the electromagnetic spectrum between 18 and 21 centimeters. Hydroxyl radiates at 18 centimeters, and hydrogen at 21 centimers; those two combined form water, and as water is currently thought to be essential to extraterrestrial life advanced enough to generate radio signals, the waterhole is a frequent target of investigation.
Waterhouse stop The Waterhouse stop or Waterhouse diaphragm is an interchangeable diaphragm with an aperture (hole) for controlling the entry of light into a camera. A thin piece of metal (the diaphragm) is drilled with a hole (the aperture); a set of these with varying hole sizes makes up a set of Waterhouse stops, corresponding to what today we call f-stops or f-numbers.
Waterkeeper Alliance Waterkeeper Alliance is an environmental organization founded in 1999, responding to a growing movement of organizations with the name Riverkeeper, Baykeeper, Soundkeeper, and other related "keeper" names. The original Riverkeeper, headed by Riverkeeper, John Cronin, started on the Hudson River in New York state in response to the destructive industrial pollution that was destroying the river.
Waterland (novel) Waterland is a novel by Graham Swift, made into a 1992 movie starring Jeremy Irons. It is considered to be the author's premier novel and was nominated for the Booker Prize (a prize Swift finally achieved with Last Orders).
Waterleaf (architecture) In architecture, a waterleaf is a distinctive sculptural motif used on the capitals of columns and pillars in European buildings during the late 12th century. It is characteristic of the "late Norman" style of Romanesque architecture.
Waterless printing Waterless printing is a method of offset printing which is less environmentally damaging than conventional lithographic printing. Traditionally, printing is a huge consumer of resources, including chemicals, water and energy.
Waterline length Waterline length or length, waterline (abbreviated to LWL) is a sailboat term for the length of a boat at the point where it sits in the water. It excludes the total length of the boat, such as features that are out of the water.
Waterloo & City Line The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground railway line in London, which formally opened on 11 July 1898. It has only two stations, Waterloo and Bank (formerly called "City", and still within the City of London, hence the name).
Waterloo & Robinson Waterloo & Robinson are an Austrian band, consisting of Johann Kreuzmayer ("Waterloo") and Josef Krassnitzer ("Robinson"). The origin of the name is unknown, however it may relate to Waterloo, the winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974.
Waterloo (film) Waterloo was a Soviet-Italian-British film of 1970, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It was the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo, and was famous for its lavish battle scenes.
Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station Waterloo railway station is a railway station in Waterloo, England on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It serves a largely residential area and is one of the most heavily used intermediate stations on the Merseyrail Network.
Waterloo (song) "Waterloo" is the first single from ABBA's album Waterloo, which was their second album for Polar and their first for Epic and Atlantic. This was the song that won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and began their path to worldwide fame.
Waterloo (Swedish version) "Waterloo" is widely known as an English recording by supergroup ABBA but when the group won the pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest they sang it in Swedish. The day they won the ESC, the studio recording of this song was released as a single in Sweden.
Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency) Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Waterloo in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Waterloo Bridge Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The name of the bridge is in memory of the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) Waterloo Bridge is a 1931 drama film made by Universal Pictures, directed by James Whale and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.. The screenplay was by Benn Levy and Tom Reed from the popular Broadway play by Robert E.
Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated, also known as WCRI, is a non-profit student housing co-operative located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is owned by its residents, who are mostly students at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, or Conestoga College.
Waterloo Corner, South Australia Waterloo Corner is a rural/urban suburb approximately 22 kilometres north of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. Most of the land is used for agricultural purposes, including wheat, olives, grapes and tomatoes.
Waterloo Creek massacre The Waterloo Creek massacre occurred in January 1838 at Snodgrass Lagoon on Waterloo Creek and may be the largest mass murder in Australian history, some claiming 100-300 Indigenous Australian women and children were slaughtered.
Waterloo Day Waterloo Day is 18 June, the date of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It is remembered and celebrated each year by certain regiments of the British Army, in the same way that the Royal Navy celebrates Trafalgar Day (21 October).
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered farm tractors. Based in Waterloo, Iowa, the company was created by John Froelich and a group of Iowa businessmen in 1893, and was origninally named the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company.
Waterloo Hawks The Waterloo Hawks were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Waterloo, Iowa. The Hawks remain the only sports franchise ever based out of Iowa from any of the Big Four major sports leagues.
Waterloo church "Waterloo church" is one of the names applied to over 600 English churches constructed during the early to mid 19th century using funds from the Church Building Act 1818. Other names include "Commissioners' Churches" and "Million Act Churches", reflecting the role of a government-appointed commission appointed to administer the expenditure of £1 million – allegedly granted as a token of the nation's thanks for victory at the Battle of Waterloo which ended the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
Waterloo Memorial Arena The Waterloo Memorial Arena was an arena located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1947 and primarily used by the Waterloo Siskins junior B hockey team, although it was also once briefly home to the Waterloo Hurricanes major junior team in the Ontario Hockey League.
Waterloo Moraine The Waterloo Moraine is a geophysical landform in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. It covers a large portion of the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, and the township of Wilmot, and some parts of the townships of Wellesley and North Dumfries.
Waterloo Region District School Board Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is the public school board for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It operates 98 elementary schools, 15 secondary schools, and other facilities, serving 60,000 students plus 27,000 continuing education students.
Waterloo Regional Police The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada which encompasses the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and surrounding area.
Waterloo Road (TV series) Waterloo Road is a BBC television drama series based in Rochdale, and is about a failing comprehensive school. The programme focuses on its teachers and students, and confronts issues of affairs, abortion, divorce and suicide, but is ultimately optimistic, showing that a few good teachers can change a school for the better.
Waterloo Road, London Waterloo Road is a road straddling Lambeth and Southwark, London, SE1. It runs between Westminster Bridge Road close to St George's Circus at the south-east end and Waterloo Bridge across the River Thames towards London's West End district at the north-west end.
Waterloo Tunnel The Waterloo Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a former railway tunnel, 862 metres long, which opened in 1849. At its western end was Waterloo Goods railway station, with the line continuing beyond this to Liverpool Riverside railway station and the dock railway system.
Waterloo via Weybridge railway service Waterloo via Weybridge (and in the reverse direction Woking via Weybridge) is a railway service operated by South West Trains connecting inner and outer suburbs and dormitory towns to the south west of central London. It shares tracks with many other commuter and long distance services and calls at the following stations:
Waterloo Vase The Waterloo Vase is a great urn, 15ft (5m) high and weighing 20 tons, fashioned from a single piece of Carrara marble. Since 1906, it has been used as a garden ornament in the garden of Buckingham Palace, London.
Waterloo Village Waterloo Village is a restored 19th Century canal town in Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey and was approximately the half-way point in the roughly 102-mile (165 km) trip along the Morris Canal, which ran from Jersey City (across the Hudson River from New York City) to Phillipsburg, New Jersey (across the Delaware River from Easton, Pennsylvania).
Waterloo with Seaforth Waterloo with Seaforth was and Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire until 1937 when it was annexed to the municipal borough of Crosby, Merseyside. It included the settlements of Seaforth and Waterloo.
Waterloo Warriors The Waterloo Warriors are the athletic teams that represent the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. As a top tier academic university, Waterloo sports programs are not generally renowned for an outstanding tradition of success.
Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School is a high school just outside Baden, Ontario, Canada operated by the Waterloo Region District School Board. It opened in 1955 and is the only rural high school in Waterloo Region.
Waterloo, Fauquier County, Virginia Waterloo (38°41'45"N 77°54'23"W) is a village in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the United States. Straddling the Rappahannock River at its confluence with Carter's Run, it is the location of what was, until the 1950s, the only bridge crossing the Rappahannock north of Fredericksburg.
Waterloo, Louisiana Waterloo is the name of a ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The once bustling town was destroyed by a levee breach during the Great Flood of 1927; most structures were destroyed with the exception of a few well-built cottages that were moved west beyond the rail-road tracks into New Roads, Louisiana, which was only spared from flooding because of the railroad tracks that were laid atop a higher than normal embankment to most of the city a little extra insurance in the event of just this type of disaster.
Waterloo—Wellington Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It continues to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Waterlow Park Waterlow Park is a 26 acre (105,000 m²) park to the south east of Highgate Village, in North London, England. It was given to the public by Sir Sydney Waterlow, as "a garden for the gardenless" in 1889.
Waterman Block The Waterman Block is located along Illinois Route 64 as it passes through the DeKalb County, Illinois city of Sycamore. The Waterman Block is part of the Sycamore Historic District and part of the National Register of Historic Places.
Waterman Broadcasting Corporation The Waterman Broadcasting Corporation is a company that is based in Fort Myers, Florida. The company owns the broadcast stations WBBH (NBC), in Fort Myers, Florida, WZVN (ABC) in Naples, Florida*, and WVIR (NBC) in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Waterman pens The Waterman pen company is a major manufacturer of fountain pens. Established in 1883 in New York City by Lewis Edson Waterman, it is one of the few first-generation fountain pen companies that survives to this day, under the guise of Waterman S.
Waterman Phileas Waterman Philéas is a series of writing instruments including fountain pens, rollerballs, ballpoints and pencils produced by the Waterman pen company. It is well-known because of its good price-quality ratio and therefore it is often recommended for novice fountain pen users and collectors.
Watermark A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears lighter when viewed by transmitted light (or darker when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background). A watermark is made by impressing a water-coated metal stamp or dandy roll onto the paper during manufacturing.
Watermarks (film) Watermarks is a 2004 documentary directed by Yaron Zilberman that features women from the Viennese Hakoah swim team during the rise of fascism in 1930s Austria. The film describes the women's success as athletes leading up to the Anschluss of 1938 when the swimmers fled Austria to disparate locations in Palestine, England, and the United States.
Watermelon Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Family Cucurbitaceae) is a fruit and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa and one of the most common type of melon . This flowering plant bears an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call a false berry.
Watermelon Crawl The Watermelon Crawl is a country-western song by Tracy Byrd from his album "No Ordinary Man". It chronicles the adventure of the narrator to a small town in Georgia where an annual watermelon festival is held.
Watermelon Man (film) Watermelon Man is a 1970 comedy-drama film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and based on the book The Night the Sun Came out on Happy Hollow Lane by Herman Raucher. Written by Herman Raucher and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation, it tells the story of a typical 1960s, somewhat bigoted white insurance salesman named Jeff Gerber who wakes up one morning to find that he has become black.
Watermen Watermen were river workers who transferred passengers across and along the city centre rivers in Britain. Most notable were those on the River Thames in London but other rivers such as the River Tyne and River Dee, Wales also had their watermen who formed guilds in mediæval times.
Watermill A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour or lumber production, or metal shaping (rolling, grinding or wire drawing). A watermill that only generates electricity is more usually called a hydroelectric plant.
Watermill Theatre The Watermill Theatre is a privately owned repertory theatre in England. It is housed in a converted watermill situated in beautiful gardens beside the River Lambourn in the hamlet of Bagnor, near the town of Newbury in the county of Berkshire.
Waterphone A waterphone is a unique type of atonal acoustic musical instrument constructed largely of a stainless steel resonator "bowl" with a cylindrical "neck", containing a small amount of water, and with brass rods around the rim of the bowl. The waterphone produces a vibrant ethereal type of music sometimes classified as "ambient music.
Waterplace Park [Park is an urban park situated in downtown Providence], [[Rhode Island. Finished in 1994, Waterplace Park is connected to 3/4 mile of cobblestone-paved pedestrian walkways along the waterfront known as Riverwalk.
Waterproof fabric Waterproof fabrics are usually natural or synthetic fabrics that are laminated to or coated in some sort of permanently waterproofing material, such as rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), silicone elastomer, and wax. Examples include the rubberised fabric used in Mackintosh jackets and inflatable boats.
Waterproof vibrator Waterproof vibrator is a sex toy containing a waterproof mechanism which can be used underwater. The motor, batteries and other parts of this vibrator are enclosed, so underwater use is absolutely safe without the risk of damaging the mechanism or the user(s).
Watershed (television) Watershed is a term used in the United Kingdom (as well as Canada) to describe a time in television schedules beyond which it is permissible to show television programmes which have 'adult content'. It is known in the US as "Safe Harbor".
Watershed Media Centre The Watershed Media Centre opened in a disused warehouse in central Bristol in 1982, and claims to be the United Kingdom's first dedicated media centre. Following a major refurbishment in 2005, the building houses three cinemas, a café/bar, events/conferencing spaces, and office spaces for administrative and creative staff.
Watership Down Watership Down is the title of Richard Adams's first and most successful novel: since its initial publication, it has never been out of print.The novel is about a group of rabbit]s and is named after [[Watership Down, Hampshire|a hill in the north of Hampshire, England.
Watership Down (film) Watership Down is an acclaimed animated film directed by Martin Rosen and based on the book Watership Down by Richard Adams. It was released in October 1978 and was largely financed by Jake Eberts' company, Goldcrest Films.
Watership Down (TV series) Watership Down is an animated adaptation for television of the novel of the same name by Richard Adams, co-produced by Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada. The director of the feature film version, Martin Rosen, produced this series.
Waterside Plaza Waterside Plaza is a Mitchell-Lama Housing Program funded apartment complex constructed in 1974 and located in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan. The apartment buildings (as well as the neighboring United Nations International School) were constructed on top of piers above the East River.
Waterson:Carthy Waterson:Carthy are a British folk group comprising Norma Waterson on vocals, her husband Martin Carthy on guitar, their daughter Eliza Carthy on fiddle and Tim Van Eyken on melodeon. Tim joined the group after 1996 when Saul Rose left the group.
Waterspout A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud. In the common form, it is a nonsupercell tornado over water, and brings the water upward.
Waterstock House Training Centre Waterstock House Training Centre (WHTC) is situated in the village of Waterstock in Oxfordshire, England. It is an equestrian centre, and more recently has been converted into a conference centre and catering establishment.
Waterstone Musical Instruments, Robert Singer With an impressive line of electric, acoustic and bass guitars offering artist-level performance, and arena-stage playability, Waterstone Guitars has quickly established itself as a unique company with high-quality instruments borne of dedication and precision. And the man behind the design of the instruments is one who has applied that same dedication and precision to his other line of work.
Waterstop A waterstop is an element of a concrete structure, intended to provide watertightness when embedded in and running through concrete joints. Waterstops are frequently manufactured from extruded plastics such as: PVC or thermoplastic elastomeric rubber (TPER); formed metal such as: stainless steel, copper, or carbon steel; or extruded thermosets such as: natural rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, or neoprene rubber.
Waterton Lakes National Park Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Glacier National Park in the United States and the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. Both parks are declared Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Heritage Site.
Watertown (MBTA station) Watertown Square in Watertown, Massachusetts is the termination point of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's route 71 trackless trolley and several bus routes, including (as of 2005) the , , , and . Buses and pass through Watertown Square.
Watervale, South Australia Watervale () is a town located in the Clare Valley, South Australia, approximately 9 kilometres north of Auburn and 15 kilometres south of Clare. It is surrounded by a number of small wineries and several B&Bs.
Waterview Tower Waterview Tower is a mixed used development under construction in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Slated for completion in 2009, it will be the fifth tallest building in Chicago (and the third tallest residential building).
Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio Waterville Township is one of the 11 townships that make up Lucas County, Ohio. The villages of Waterville and Whitehouse are part of the township, and together they make up part of the Anthony Wayne Local School District.
Waterville Valley BBTS The Waterville Valley BBTS ski educational foundation is a ski and snowboard club based out of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. With almost 400 people, the club is growing and seeks a consistent effort for fundraising opportunities.
Waterville, County Kerry Waterville (An Coireán in Irish) is a town in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, on the Iveragh peninsula. The town is sited on a narrow isthmus, with Lough Currane on the east side of the town, and Ballinskelligs Bay on the west, and the Currane River connecting the two.
Waterville, Quebec Waterville is a city of 1,800 people in southeastern Quebec, Canada, in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Waterville owes its existence to water-power, harnessed first by a sawmill (1810) and subsequently by several other industries.
Watervliet Arsenal The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, along the Hudson River. It is the oldest, continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars, and tanks.
Waterwalker Waterwalker is a documentary film by Bill Mason, a well known Canadian outdoorsman, painter, canoeist and environmentalist, who made many films on the art of canoeing and on the appreciation of nature. Released theatrically in Canada in 1984, this was his only feature-length film.
Waterways forming and crossings of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway This is a list of waterways that form the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and crossings (bridges, tunnels and ferries) across it. The list runs from west to east (Brownsville, Texas to Carrabelle, Florida), in order of decreasing mile markers to Harvey, Louisiana and increasing after Harvey.
Waterways Ireland Waterways Ireland (; Ulster Scots: Watterweys Airlann) is one of the six All-Ireland North/South Implementation Bodies established under the Belfast Agreement in 1999. It is responsible for the management, maintenance, development, and restoration of inland navigable waterways primarily for recreational purposes.
Waterwheel plant The waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) is the sole species in the flowering plant genus Aldrovanda of the family Droseraceae. This plant feeds on small aquatic invertebrates using traps very similar to those of the Venus Flytrap.
Waterwolf The word waterwolf is a Dutch word for the tendency of lakes in low-lying peaty land to enlarge by flooding and eroding their shores, aided sometimes by men digging peat for fuel. See Haarlemmermeer and Braakman.
Waterworks Mall The Waterworks Mall is an outdoor shopping and entertainment venue located on Freeport Road in between the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburbs of Aspinwall and Fox Chapel. Built in 1982, Waterworks Mall is now anchored by Wal-Mart, The Children’s Place, Old Navy, Bed Bath and Beyond, Marshalls, Barnes & Noble, Giant Eagle and T.
WaterWorld Too WaterWorld Too is a compilation album released by One Be Lo's Subterraneous Records. It was released after his former group Binary Star had disbanded and was intended more as a compilation to showcase artists from the label, rather than a follow up to either Masters of the Universe or Waterworld.
Watford Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, UK, situated 34 km (21 miles) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough lies just to the north of Greater London, but is not part of it.
Watford and Edgware Railway The Watford and Edgware Railway (W&ER) was a railway company established in the 1860s that intended to build a railway that would run between Edgware and Watford, via Bushey. Nothing substantial was ever constructed.
Watford and Rickmansworth Railway The Watford and Rickmansworth Railway Company (WRR) was a short-lived company that, quite unsurprisingly, ran services between Watford and Rickmansworth, it was incorporated in 1860 and the line actually opened in 1862.
Watford Gap Watford Gap and the small village of Watford in Northamptonshire, is the traditional crossing point on the old east-west coaching route across England. Here, a natural gap in the hills affords the easiest route between the Midlands and South East England, as well as linking to the important north-south route provided by Watling Street.
Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Grammar School for Boys (in short more commonly WBGS than WGSB) is a secondary school in Watford, Hertfordshire, is located 3 minutes walk from the Watford Metropolitan station on the London Underground's Metropolitan Line, and is well known for the high academic achievements of its pupils. It is a state school, and frequently ranks highly in the league tables for state school examination results (at GCSE and A Level).
Watford Junction railway station Watford Junction station is a railway station in Watford, Hertfordshire,United Kingdom. Located a short distance from the town centre, it is served by the West Coast Main Line (WCML), the local DC electric line to Euston and a branch line to St Albans.
Watford rail crash In the early evening of Thursday 8 August 1996, a passenger train travelling from London Euston on the West Coast Main Line passed a signal at danger and collided with an empty coaching stock train approximately 700m south of Watford Junction. One person was killed and 69 were injured, including four members of the trains crew.
Watford Rural Watford Rural is a civil parish in the Three Rivers district of, Hertfordshire, England. The parish covers the area known as South Oxhey, which although part of the Watford urban area, does not form part of the borough of Watford.
Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne. It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction.

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