** Barbed wire fence

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire ( and sometimes bob-wire or bobbed wire ), is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand ( s ).

Barbed wire fencing requires only fence posts, wire, and fixing devices such as staples.

Barbed wire was the first wire technology capable of restraining cattle.

Barbed wire production greatly increased with Glidden and Ellwood ’ s establishment of the Barb Fence Company in DeKalb following the success of " The Winner ".

Barbed wire played an important role in the protection of range rights in the U. S. West.

Barbed wire also emerged as a major source of conflict with the so called “ Big Die Up ” incident in the 1880s.

Barbed wire was used for the first time in the Spanish-American War during the siege of Santiago by the Spanish defenders.

Barbed wire entanglements were placed in front of trenches to prevent direct charges on men below, increasingly leading to greater use of more advanced weapons such as high powered machine guns and grenades.

Barbed wire could be exposed to heavy bombardments because it could be easily replaced, and its structure included so much open space that machine guns rarely destroyed enough of it to defeat its purpose.

Barbed wire and containment: Japanese prisoner of war 1945

Barbed wire served the purpose of keeping humanity contained and was cheap, easy to install, and deadly at the same time.

Barbed wire fences remain the standard fencing technology for enclosing cattle in most regions of the US, but not all countries.

Barbed wire for agricultural fencing is typically available in two varieties: soft or mild-steel wire and high-tensile.

Barbed wire and razor wire

Barbed wire has been reported as a tool for human torture.

Barbed wire fence in line brace

Barbed wire obstacles were vulnerable to being pushed about by artillery shells and in the First World War this frequently resulted in a mass of randomly entangled wires that could be even more daunting than a carefully constructed obstacle.

Barbed wire concertinas could be pre-prepared in the trenches and then deployed in no-man's-land relatively quickly under cover of darkness.

" Barbed hooks may be in a tackle box but must not be on the fishing line.

Barbed hooks must be pinched before being attached to a fishing line.

From the 1890s until the early 1900s, the fort at Inchkeith underwent a sequence of gun improvements and replacements, with the shore being covered in Barbed Wire, and the island being made ready in August 1914 for the first world war.

Barbed tape was first manufactured by Germany during World War I, as an expedient measure during a shortage of wire.

Kamp Staaldraad ( Afrikaans words, translated idiomatically as Camp Barbed Wire ) was a military-style " boot camp " organized as a " team building " exercise for the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks ( or Boks ), during their preparation for the 2003 Rugby World Cup ( RWC ).

Barbed wire became common in the American West in the 1870s and in World War I first found wide use in fortifications.

In the 1960s, La Crosse became a regional center of barbed wire collecting, leading to the establishment of the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum and the nicknaming of the city as " The Barbed Wire Capital of the World ".

In spite of this betrayal, Flair signed a rematch at Uncensored 1999 which was billed as a First Blood Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match against Hogan where Flair's presidency and Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Championship were on the line.

* Ric Flair defeated Hollywood Hogan in a First Blood Barbed Wire Steel Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and permanent control of WCW ( 14: 19 )

Kingston returned to Combat Zone Wrestling on February 14, 2009 at its 10th Anniversary Show, in a losing effort to CZW World Heavyweight Champion Drake Younger in a No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch.

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It produced the singles " Barbed Wire and Roses " and " I Drove All Night ", both of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts.

His compositions include " Trumbology " ( 1927 ), " Plantation Moods " with David Rose, " Red Hot ", " Wringin ' an ' Twistin '" with Fats Waller, " Barbed Wire Blues ", " Troubled ", " I Like That ", " Bass Drum Dan ", " Break it Down ", " I'm Glad ", " Choo Choo ", " Sun Spots ", " Eclipse ", " Meteor ", " Krazy Kat ", " G Blues ", " Tailspin " with Jimmy Dorsey, " Crying All Day ", " Loved One ", " Apple Blossoms " with Joe Venuti, Lennie Hayton, and Eddie Lang, " Three Blind Mice " with Chauncey Morehouse, " The Mayor of Alabam '", " Flight of a Haybag ", " Cinderella's Wedding Day ", " Runnin ' Ragged ", and " For No Reason at All in C " with Bix Beiderbecke in 1927, which was released as a single on Okeh, Columbia, and Parlophone.

An early handmade specimen of Glidden's " The Winner " on display at the Barbed Wire History Museum in DeKalb, Illinois.

Barbed wire's introduction in the West in the 1870s dramatically reduced the cost of enclosing land.

Barbed wire for agriculture use is typically double-strand 12½-gauge, zinc-coated ( galvanized ) steel and comes in rolls of length.

Barbed wire is usually placed on the inner ( pasture ) side of the posts.

* The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse, Kansas is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to barbed wire and the history of fencing.

* Barbed Wire Photo Gallery: DeKalb photos included, barbed wire examples pgs.

* The History of Barbed Wire About. com

Barbed tape or razor wire is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans.

Barbed tape is very similar, but has no central reinforcement wire.

Barbed tape is also characterized by the shape of the barbs.