pontoon

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What to Do: Rent a pontoon boat on Lake Wallenpaupack, then work off the camp-candy crash with a hike through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The last time, it was a Soviet-made pontoon bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Rescue teams from Thursday used earth moving equipment on a pontoon to dredge a channel through the sand to allow the animal to escape.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Volunteers then walk the pontoon system into deeper water and rock it to help the whale recover its muscle and blood circulation - a process that can take hours and involves co-ordinated teamwork.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

After they positioned the pontoon boat at the edge of the water, the workmen attached the iron tracks with the cannonballs in them.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman