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Adorned by wooden handrails, vintage analog gauges and original tile, the plant's eight turbine units still chug away today, producing carbon-free electricity from the Ohio River.
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Sep. 2025
There is also no handrail on the basement steps.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Grabbing the handrail only to prevent the 20-something from passing on the wrong side made a collision more likely, and was therefore the worse infraction.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
Are there handrails at every set of steps or stairs?
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Sep. 2025
There is also no handrail on the basement steps.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Grabbing the handrail only to prevent the 20-something from passing on the wrong side made a collision more likely, and was therefore the worse infraction.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
Are there handrails at every set of steps or stairs?
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handrail. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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handrail
noun
hand·rail
ˈhan-ˌdrāl 
: a narrow rail for grasping as a support (as on a staircase)
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