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unusual facts about Lock and Dam No. 16



35 cm Marinekanone L/45 M. 16

It was nicknamed "Lange Georg" by the troops and the first task assigned was to support the Strafexpedition targeting at the Italian command center in Asiago 34 km away, where Italians believed to be out of range by artillery attacks.

Shortly afterwards it was sent to the Italian Front and installed in the train yard of Calceranica al Lago near the shore of Caldonazzo lake, where it fired 122 shots before it was returned to Skoda on 30 May 1916 for refurbishing.

Lock and Dam No. 19

At the time it was completed it was second in length only to the Aswan Low Dam on the Nile River.

Nikolai Myaskovsky

The Symphony No. 12 was inspired by a poem about the collectivization of farming, while No. 16 was prompted by the crash of the huge airliner Maxim Gorky and was known under the Soviets as the Aviation Symphony.

The Kingston Trio No. 16

The Kingston Trio #16 is an album by the American folk music group The Kingston Trio, released in 1963 (see 1963 in music).

Upper Mississippi River

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