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2. Pontoon boat - Wikipedia

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   A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain buoyant. These pontoons (also called tubes) contain much reserve buoyancy and allow designers to create large deck plans fitted with a variety of accommodations including expansive lounge areas, stand-up bars, and sun pads. More horsepower is now able to be applied to the stern ...

3. Float (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on nautical floats for buoyancy. Common boat designs are a catamaran with two pontoons, or a trimaran with three. In many parts of the world, pontoon boats are used as small vehicle ferries to cross rivers and lakes. An anchored raft-like platform used for diving, often referred to as a pontoon

4. Navy lighterage pontoon - Wikipedia

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   The Navy Lighterage pontoon (NLP) was a type of pontoon developed in World War II by Capt. John N. Laycock Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and used by United States Navy Construction Battalions ( Seabees) [1] on invasion beaches and shallow harbors or harbors where the facilities had been destroyed or did not exist.

5. Pontoon - Wikipedia

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   Any of various objects that float on pontoons, including: Pontoon (boat), a flat-bottomed boat supported by two or more pontoons. Floatplane, also known as a pontoon plane. Floating dock (jetty), a platform supported by pontoons. Pontoon bridge, a bridge supported by shallow draft open boats or encased floats.

6. Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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   The Swan Boats are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Swan Boats have been in operation since 1877, and have since become a cultural icon for the city. They operate beginning the second weekend of April and ending Labor Day weekend in September. [1]

7. Cumberland Pontoons - Wikipedia

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   Cumberland pontoons were folding pontoon bridges developed during the American Civil War to facilitate the movement of Union forces across the rivers of the Mid-South as the Federal forces advanced southward through Tennessee and Georgia. Early pontoon bridges during the Civil War were heavy and awkward, and required special long-geared pontoon ...