Sròn
Sròn is the Scottish Gaelic word for nose and is the name of some hills in the Scottish Highlands. Before the abolition of the acute accent in Scottish Gaelic, it was sometimes spelt as srón
The name Sròn is often applied to the pointy hill or promontory that forms the edge of a mountain massive and that is indeed a bit "nose"-shaped.
As such, the Sròns are often not the highest hilltops; in fact only one of the 284 Munros is called Sròn: Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh ("the nose of the rough corrie"), located west of Loch Lochy.
Sròn also appears in names of towns (often anglicized as Stron), such as Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìtheinn), the nose of the fairies (Sìth), and Stranraer, (An t-Sròn Reamhar) the fat nose.
Illinois Route 102
Illinois Route 102 is a state route in northeast Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 53 in Wilmington to the concurrency of U.S. Route 45 and U.S. Route 52 in Bourbonnais, just north of Kankakee. This is a distance of 18.33 miles (29.50 km).
Route description
Illinois 102 runs parallel to and north of the Kankakee River for its entire length. For 2 miles (4 km), Illinois 102 is located next to the Kankakee River State Park. Entrances to the park's two major campgrounds are located off Illinois 102.
Illinois Route 113 takes a mostly parallel route, but on the south side of the river.
The road is two lanes for its entire length, except for a four-lane stretch with center turn lanes measuring approximately 1.5 miles (2.5 km) near its eastern terminus in Bourbonnais. A center turn lane also exists within a two-lane section for a few blocks inside the city of Wilmington.
History
Illinois 102 and Illinois 113 were both established in 1924, and originally both routes were numbered as Illinois 113. In 1940, the branch of Illinois 113 on the north side of the river became Illinois 113N, and the south branch became Illinois 113S. In 1961, Illinois 113N was renumbered as Illinois 102, and Illinois 113S became Illinois 113 again.
SR.N2
The Westland/Saunders-Roe SR.N2 hovercraft first flew in 1961. It weighed 27 tons and could carry 48 passengers. Although only one was built it can be regarded as the prototype for commercial hovercraft, following on from the SR.N1 research craft. It was demonstrated on the Saint Lawrence River, Canada in 1962 and operated as a ferry crossing the Bristol Channel between Weston Super Mare and Penarth in 1963. It was then fitted with deeper (4 ft) skirts to improve its performance in rough seas. Southdown Motor Services and Westland Aircraft ran the SR.N2 on the Solent between Eastney and Ryde in 1963/4, carrying 30,000 passengers. It was eventually broken up.
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