A suitcase is a somewhat flat rectangular-shaped bag with rounded corners, either hard plastic or soft or made of cloth, vinyl or leather that more or less keeps its shape. It has a carrying handle on one side and is used mainly for transporting clothes and other possessions during trips. It opens on hinges like a door.
Suitcases lock with keys or a combination. Originally, suitcases were made of wool or linen.
Most modern suitcases have built-in small wheels enabling them to be pulled along on hard flat surfaces by a fixed or extendable handle or by a retractable or stowable leash. Suitcases are a type of luggage.
A smaller, firmer suitcase, used mainly for transporting papers and office supplies is known as a briefcase.
Airlines attach tags to luggage which is transported as checked luggage. (Such checked luggage is occasionally lost or delayed, a significant worry for travellers.) Due to current security concerns, checked luggage may be inspected and the security staff may confiscate belongings that are prohibited on-board aircraft.
Parts
Some suitcases include a telescopic handle and wheels.
The Hatherton Canal is a derelict branch of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in south Staffordshire, England.
When it was built it ran 4 miles (6 km) through eight locks from Hatherton Junction on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal to Churchbridge Junction on the Churchbridge Branch (a short branch with thirteen locks) of the Cannock Extension Canal (a branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal). It was completed in 1860. Subsidence due to mining caused its closure in 1955.
The canal is now part of an active restoration project. However, due to building on the cut, the current plans call for the canal to deviate from the original route in places. This includes new tunnels under the A5 road and a cluvert, already in place, over the M6 Toll motorway.
A canal pound is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks. Canal pounds can vary in length from the non-existent, where two or more immediately adjacent locks form a lock staircase, to many miles.
History
Pounds came into being with the development of Pound locks to replace the earlier flash locks. A key feature of pound locks was that the intervening level between locks remained largely constant, as opposed to the varible levels created by the opening of flash locks.
Types of pound
Pounds can be described in various ways according to their situation;
Summit pound
A summit pound is formed at a summit on the canal, and where all the defining locks descend from the pound. Summit pounds are particularly important in canal design, as every boat entering or leaving the pound causes a loss of water. Summit pounds therefore need an independent form of water supply, which may take the form of weirs on adjacent rivers, reservoirs or pumping stations. Common practice during canal design was to make summit pounds as large as practically possible, in order that losing a lockful of water would not lower the water level too significantly. The Rochdale Canal is a good example of a canal with a relatively short summit pound, which requires restrictions on lock workings at certain times.
Sump pound
The inverse of a summit pound is a sump pound. In contrast to a summit pound, a sump pound is a point where every boat entering or leaving the pound causes an addition of water.
Lock pound
A pound which lies between two locks which lie only a short distance apart. Water levels in the pound are liable to fluctuate as the locks are used.
Side pound
A particular type of extremely short lock pound, which is extended sideways to make up for the short distance between locks so as to avoid excessive level fluctuations. Side pounds should not be confused with side ponds (without the u).
Smarte Carte, Inc. is an American company that manufactures devices such as lockers, strollers, automated mailing devices, and more.
Their products include supplying and maintaining baggage carts, hired with provisions for a small rebate on return of the cart at some airports. The company also has rental lockers at some airports. The company’s products can be found globally at over one thousand airports around the world, and in other settings as well.Lisa Murray. “Smarte Carte’s in the bad for Macquarie; Buys $370m luggage trolley company.” The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2006. p. 17.
The company’s headquarters are located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.Martin J. Moylan. “Smarte Carte Adds Services.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 10 January 2006. p. C1. In 2005, the company emerged from bankruptcy. In 2006, they were purchased for $370 million by Macquarie Bank of Australia.
Other references
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- Ina Paiva Cordle. “Luggage carts to cost MIA millions.” The Miami Herald. 20 July 2007. p. C3.
- Lisa Murray. “Smarte Carte’s in the bag for Macquarie - Buys $370m luggage trolley company.” The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2006. p. 17.
- “Smarte Carte emerges from bankruptcy.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 28 May 2005. p. C2.
- Martin J. Moylan. “Smarte Carte lockers reopen; shut down since 9/11.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 5 March 2003. p. C1.
- Paul McAfee. “Smarte Carte rolls over E-Z Roller, gains airport concessions.” The Business Press/California. 6 November 1995. p. 10.
- Jim Jones. “Smarte Carte does its part in roundup at the supermart.” Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities. 15 April 1988. p. 1D.
Smarte Carte, Inc. is an American company that manufactures devices such as lockers, strollers, automated mailing devices, and more.
Their products include supplying and maintaining baggage carts, hired with provisions for a small rebate on return of the cart at some airports. The company also has rental lockers at some airports. The company’s products can be found globally at over one thousand airports around the world, and in other settings as well.Lisa Murray. “Smarte Carte’s in the bad for Macquarie; Buys $370m luggage trolley company.” The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2006. p. 17.
The company’s headquarters are located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.Martin J. Moylan. “Smarte Carte Adds Services.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 10 January 2006. p. C1. In 2005, the company emerged from bankruptcy. In 2006, they were purchased for $370 million by Macquarie Bank of Australia.
Other references
-
- Ina Paiva Cordle. “Luggage carts to cost MIA millions.” The Miami Herald. 20 July 2007. p. C3.
- Lisa Murray. “Smarte Carte’s in the bag for Macquarie - Buys $370m luggage trolley company.” The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2006. p. 17.
- “Smarte Carte emerges from bankruptcy.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 28 May 2005. p. C2.
- Martin J. Moylan. “Smarte Carte lockers reopen; shut down since 9/11.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 5 March 2003. p. C1.
- Paul McAfee. “Smarte Carte rolls over E-Z Roller, gains airport concessions.” The Business Press/California. 6 November 1995. p. 10.
- Jim Jones. “Smarte Carte does its part in roundup at the supermart.” Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities. 15 April 1988. p. 1D.