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LEVEL CROSSING GATE HUT * |
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| Hut for use at Level Crossings that were not adjacent to Signal Boxes. |
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LEVEL CROSSING GATE * |
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| A mechanized gate or barrier at a level crossing used to prevent road vehicles crossing a railway line when a train is approaching. |
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CANAL GATEHOUSE * |
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| A gatehouse bridging a canal. |
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GATE GUARDIAN * |
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| A vehicle or aircraft placed at the entrance to a site as a symbolic guardian. |
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STARTING GATE * |
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| A gate or mechanism designed to allow animals which are being raced to start at the same time. |
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GATEMANS HUT * |
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| A small building used by a gatekeeper. |
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KISSING GATE * |
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| A small gate swinging in a U or V-shaped enclosure, which allows only one person to pass through at a time. |
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SLUICE GATE * |
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| The gate of a sluice which can be opened or shut to let out or retain the water. |
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GATE LODGE * |
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| A dwelling, located at the entrance, or gates, to an estate or park, etc. |
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GATE TOWER * |
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| A tower, containing a gate, built into the walls of a town, castle or similar fortification. |
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WATER GATE * |
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| A gate leading to water, either a river or the sea. Used as a means of supplying castles, for example, with goods brought by water transport. |
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DOCK GATE * |
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| A gate used to seal the entrance to a dock to prevent water escaping from a wet dock or entering a dry dock. |
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GATE PIER * |
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| A pier of brick, masonry, etc, to which the hinges of a gate are attached. |
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GATEHOUSE * |
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| A gateway with one or more chambers over the entrance arch; the flanking towers housing stairs and additional rooms. Use with wider site type where known. |
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LOCK GATE * |
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| A large wooden gate, positioned at either end of a canal or river lock, equipped with sluices to let water through. |
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LYCH GATE * |
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| A covered gateway, at the entrance to a churchyard, where during a funeral a coffin could be set down until the vicar arrived. |
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STOP GATE * |
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| Pairs of canal gates (also called Brindley gates) designed to rapidly shut off a section of a canal to prevent flooding |
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TOLL GATE * |
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| A gate on a toll road where travellers had to pay a toll to the toll-keeper. |
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TOWN GATE * |
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| A highly defensible gateway, usually of stone with two or more storeys, built into the defensive walls of a town or city. |
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GATEWAY * |
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| A substantial structure supporting or surrounding a gate. May be ornate or monumental, and have associated structures such as lodges, tollbooths, guard houses etc. |
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GATE * |
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| A movable stucture which enables or prevents entrance to be gained. Usually situated in a wall or similar barrier and supported by gate posts. |
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