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French to English translations [PRO] Construction / Civil Engineering / type of buiding | |||||||
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4 | toll building |
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2 | thoroughfare/throughway tollhouse |
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toll building Explanation: Toll building? http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9770 This web article is about a 'maison de la barrière', a 'toll house': Au pied de la Montagne Sainte-Barbe existait autrefois une « maison de la barrière ». Cette appellation curieuse, qu’on retrouve encore de nos jours dans quelques noms de lieu (Barrière de Champlon, Barrière Hinck, etc.), désigne tout simplement l’ancêtre des péages qui jalonnent certaines autoroutes, françaises notamment. http://www.sijambes.be/monuments-jambois-disparus-ii-la-mais... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-09-19 17:36:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "The earliest record of a toll building..." http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9770 Reference: http://www.sijambes.be/monuments-jambois-disparus-ii-la-mais... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll_houses_of_the_United_Kingdom |
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