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Crowd control barriers (also referred to as crowd control barricades, with some versions called a French barrier or bike rack in the USA, and mills barriers in Hong Kong) are commonly used at many public events. They are frequently visible at sporting events, parades, political rallies, demonstrations, and outdoor festivals. Event organizers, venue managers, and security personnel use barricades as part of their crowd management planning.
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at www.cornille-mct.be Interlocking steel barriers were patented in France in 1951.
Article about sawhorses used for crowd control
* ttp://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1998/09/09/1998-09-09_tale_of_2_men_at_the_barrica.html ''New York Daily News'' article on steel barrier use in New York City Crowd control Perimeter security Street furniture
Crowd control barriers (also referred to as crowd control barricades, with some versions called a French barrier or bike rack in the USA, and mills barriers in Hong Kong) are commonly used at many public events. They are frequently visible at sporting events, parades, political rallies, demonstrations, and outdoor festivals. Event organizers, venue managers, and security personnel use barricades as part of their crowd management planning.
History
Nadar
Brussels mayorJules Anspach
Baron Jules Victor Anspach (20 July 1829 – 19 May 1879) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels, best known for his renovations surrounding the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871). He is buried in Brussels Cemetery.
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has been credited with the invention of the crowd control barrier for the occasion of the visit of the French photographer Nadar
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first perso ...
to Brussels. On his visit to Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
with the balloon ''Géant'', on September 26, 1864, Anspach erected mobile barriers to keep the crowd at a safe distance. Up to this day, crowd control barriers are known in both Belgian Dutch and Belgian French as ''Nadar barriers''.at www.cornille-mct.be Interlocking steel barriers were patented in France in 1951.
See also
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* 2009 Birmingham Millennium Point stampede
Notes
External links
{{commons category, Crowd control barriers, Crowd control barrierArticle about sawhorses used for crowd control
* ttp://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1998/09/09/1998-09-09_tale_of_2_men_at_the_barrica.html ''New York Daily News'' article on steel barrier use in New York City Crowd control Perimeter security Street furniture