Half a mile ( 800 m ) further on, the canal reaches the top of the Marsworth flight of seven locks, which begin the descent to the Vale of Aylesbury.

The valley is about long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines.

Half a mile upstream of the city centre is Woodston Wharf — the site of the old sea lock — originally the extent of the tidal River Nene until the Dog in a Doublet lock at Whittlesey was opened in 1937.

Half a mile out of the village is Lumb Bank, the first of the Arvon Foundation's residential centres for writers.

Half a mile south of the Hill of Tara is another hill fort known as Rath Maeve, the fort of either the legendary queen Medb, who is more usually associated with Connacht, or the less well known legendary figure of Medb Lethderg, who is associated with Tara.

Half a mile to the south, Whitton Tower is an exceptionally well-preserved 14th century pele tower.

Half a mile from the start of the bypass and a short distance before the arterial makes a turn eastward to traverse Canandaigua Lake to the southeast, NY 5 and US 20 meet NY 21 at a four-way intersection.

Half a mile to the south, a rubber dinghy was thrown overboard to provide additional ' evidence ' of a crash.

Half a mile of stone quays were built along the river front, and the railway line was extended to the steamer pier opposite Queen's Terrace, where the imposing new railway station was built in 1883.

Half a mile from the highway's western terminus, to the I-880 intersection, Route 237 is constructed to Interstate standards, and is named the Southbay Freeway.

Half a mile away, there were seven cancer victims living on one block.

Half a mile ( 0. 7 km ) north, McVicar's Hardware Store ( 1946 – 1986 )— in the space in the 8500 block of 35th Avenue NE that is now dance studio All That Dance — opened shortly after World War II.

Half a mile to the north of the present village lies the ruins of Beaurepaire Priory, built in the 13th century by monks from Durham Cathedral.

Half a mile to the north are the earthwork remains of the twelfth century Brockhurst Castle.

Half a mile away, overlooking the town, is the Bishop's Palace, now a ruin ( hence the local name of the old walls ), that was built in the 13th century by Walter de Bronescombe, and expanded later by Grandisson.

:" Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.

Half a mile below the lake there are prehistoric hut circles and other signs of early human inhabitation.

Half a mile before the BT Satellite dishes is Goonhilly Craft Shop and Tea Room.

Half a mile upstream of the castle are the remains of a watermill that still had a working waterwheel up to about the First World War.

Half a mile west of the village is a manor house ( now a farm ).

Half a mile west along the Blackfen Road, on the south side is the " Jolly Fenman ", built in the 1950s.

Half a mile west to Vesterbro Torv is one of the cities most famous landmarks, Den Gamle By located within Aarhus Botanical Gardens.

Half a mile south-east are the surviving earthworks, much overgrown, of Hangthwaite Castle, a medieval motte-and-bailey castle.

Surfers and spectators in boats at Mavericks ( location ) | Mavericks, a world-renowned big wave break a half mile off the coast of Half Moon Bay, California

Half a century later, the father-and-son team of Harold Babcock and Horace Babcock showed that the solar surface is magnetized even outside of sunspots ; that this weaker magnetic field is to first order a dipole ; and that this dipole also undergoes polarity reversals with the same period as the sunspot cycle ( see graph below ).

* Half dollar: The mintmark is below the center of John F. Kennedy's bust, above the date.

Half of the house was below street level when the level of Fourth Avenue had been graded up at the end of the nineteenth century.

Half of the space of the complex ( floors 9 to 57 of the Tower ) is located above the 8th floor and half ( including the retail, hotel, and floors 1 to 8 of the Tower and annex building ) is located below the 8th floor.

Roughly a walk round the boundary would be, Hollingbank Lane, White Lee Side then across the school playing field to the Half way House on the A62, down the A62 to ginnel below Lillybets, then a line from that to the right of the Crown ( the Crown is not in Heckmondwike ) down the back of the houses on Boundary Street to the beck, then down the back to where the railway used to cross Smithies Lane-the High one not the low one-( with the exception of the site of the old Beehive Mills on the south of the Beck, who lobbied to be included in Heckmondwike so the could get cheaper rates

Half of affected patients are below the age of six, and 90 % are under ten.

#" Half of the children are below average.

*" Half Circle or Quarter Circle ": a half or quarter circle above or below a symbol, but not touching the symbol.

A K with a half circle below it, open side facing down, would be read as " K Half Circle ".

Half mast is the term describing flying a flag below the summit of the flagpole ( mast ).

The land below the Sullivan Line between the Des Moines and Mississippi was set aside as Half Breed Tract.

Half of the Tumlinson Ranger's corps protected the non combatants, accompanying them toward Nacogdoches along the San Antonio Road, with the remainder serving as rear guard between the Texan army below and the three pursuing Mexican vanguards.

In the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2, Dr. Eli Vance uses a prosthetic leg after losing his own leg below the knee helping his colleague Dr. Isaac Kleiner over a wall while escaping Black Mesa in the original " Half Life " game.

A junior admiral rank, known as Flottillenadmiral rates below Konteradmiral and is generally considered the equivalent of a Rear Admiral ( Lower Half ).

Half the manhours you pay for on most jobs are wasted because the job was not planned right, so the right tools were not handy at the right place at the right time, or the right materials were not delivered to the handiest spots or materials were not stacked in the right order for erection, or you bought cheap materials that took too long to fit, or your workmen had to come back twice to finish a job they could have done on one trip.

When the Half Moon put in at Dartmouth, England, in the fall of 1609, word of Hudson's findings leaked out, and English interest in him revived.

The mate, Robert Juet, who had kept the journal on the Half Moon, was experienced -- but he was a bitter old man, ready to complain or desert at any opportunity.

Half an hour after he finished his round, Player holed out at the 18th green with a 69 and a three-round total of 206, four strokes ahead of Palmer.

A Half Wheeler trailer bike at the Golden Gate Bridge

Bogart told her, " Half the world's female population would throw themselves at Frank's feet and here you are flouncing around with guys who wear capes and little ballerina slippers.

On October 19, 1991, Glover bought a samosa from Catherine Martinez at the Farmers ' Market with Half HOUR # 751 — the first use of an HOUR.

Douglas Hunter, in Half Moon ( 2009 ), believes Hudson may not have mentioned his supposed discovery of the island because he was " loath to address a crew insurrection that might well have erupted at that time, when the men realized where he was trying to take them.

Half a manatee's day is spent sleeping in the water, surfacing for air regularly at intervals no greater than 20 minutes.

On March 14, 1942, the first patient was treated for streptococcal septicemia with US-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co. Half of the total supply produced at the time was used on that one patient.

Half a dozen or more times a day, Potsdamer Platz ground to a halt while a train of 60 to 100 wagons trundled through at walking pace preceded by a railway official ringing a bell.

* " Theodore Roosevelt Dies Suddenly at Oyster Bay Home ; Nation Shocked, Pays Tribute to Former President ; Our Flag on All Seas and in All Lands at Half Mast ".

With the sound era, films like All Quiet on the Western Front ( 1930 ) ( and its much darker German counterpart Westfront 1918 ), Howard Hawks ' Road to Glory ( 1936 ) and Grand Illusion ( 1937 ), focused on the futility of war for non-American soldiers whilst Hollywood produced American soldiers featuring in World War I comedies such as Buster Keaton's Doughboys ( 1930 ) and Wheeler & Woolsey's Half Shot at Sunrise ( 1930 ), or exciting tales of the U. S. Marine Corps putting down rebellions in Central America, China, and the Pacific Islands in films like Frank Capra's Flight ( 1930 ), The Leathernecks Have Landed ( 1936 ) and Tell it to the Marines ( 1926 film ).

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

The marathon is the only road running event featured at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics, although there is also an annual IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

Upon his return in round 13, Carey spent much of the remainder of the Home and Away season at Centre Half Back.

Stints at Centre Half Back and in the midfield that year had him notch consecutive 30-plus possession games and add yet another dimension to his game.

In the Bay Area, for example, the average maximum temperature in July is about at Half Moon Bay on the coast, at Walnut Creek only inland, and at Tracy, just inland.

Between them both, at the eastern end of the valley, is Half Dome, the most famous and most recognizable natural feature in the Sierra Nevada.