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The GPO is modelled on the Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur, Karnataka. It was designed by British architect John Begg, a consultant architect to the British government. Begg designed the structure in 1902, and construction began on 1 September 1904. It was completed on 13 March 1913 at a cost of ₹ 1,809,000.
Ronas Voe has been named Shetland's "only true fjord". [27] The cliffs of Ronas Voe are the result of ancient glaciers cutting through a ridge of raised land. [28] The cliffs at the Brough are an example of a roche moutonnée, in which the exposed rock has been sculpted by the passing glacier creating a smooth surface up-ice, and a rough exterior on the rock down-ice.
The service was established during the First World War and used again during the Second World War. [1] The sites were operated by a range of agencies including the Army, Navy and RAF, and the Foreign Office (MI6 and MI5). The General Post Office and the Marconi Company provided some receiving stations, ashore and afloat. There were more than ...
In 1895, GPO North was opened immediately to the north of GPO West (and connected to it across Angel Street by a second-floor footbridge), as the GPO continued to expand. [33] Known as Post Office Headquarters (PHQ), it was designed by Henry Tanner to house the Postmaster General and the GPO's administrative departments (the Secretary's Office ...
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
Tasman Sea – 2.3 million km 2 (0.89 million sq mi) Bay of Bengal – 2.172 million km 2 (0.839 million sq mi) Bering Sea – 2 million km 2 (0.77 million sq mi) Sea of Okhotsk – 1.583 million km 2 (0.611 million sq mi) Gulf of Mexico – 1.550 million km 2 (0.598 million sq mi) Gulf of Alaska – 1.533 million km 2 (0.592 million sq mi)
The anchor begins to sink and the mooring cable unwinds until the plummet reaches the sea floor (5). Triggered by the decreasing tension on the deep line, the mooring cable is clamped. The anchor continues sinking down to the bottom of the sea, pulling the mine below the water surface to a depth equal to the length of the deep line (6).