Sentences with 'gauge'

Example sentences and phrases with the word gauge and other words derived from it.

« The Nazis held rallies constantly, creating early versions of "interest groups" to gauge the issues that appealed to the largest popular audience. Even so, they did not have mass support in the 1920s - they won only 2.6% of the national vote in 1928. »
« The first railway in New Zealand was constructed by the Canterbury Provincial Government in 1863. It was built to a broad gauge of 5 feet 3 inches (1600 mm), to suit rolling stock imported from Victoria, Australia. Its primary purpose was to service ships docked at the Ferrymead wharf. »
« On the 5th of February 1867, the Southland Provincial Government opened a branch railway from Invercargill to Bluff. This railway was built to the international standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ inches (1,435 mm). At this stage, the Central Government set the national gauge at 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm). »
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