Editing Flag (section)

===Design===
Flagpoles can be designed in one piece with a taper (typically a steel taper or a [[entasis|Greek entasis]] taper),<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228014231/http://lingoinc.com/tapers.htm |archive-date=2005-02-28 |url=http://lingoinc.com/tapers.htm |title=Cone Tapered vs. Venetian Entasis Tapered |publisher=Lingo Flagpoles Inc}}</ref> or be made from multiple pieces to make them able to expand. In the United States, [[ANSI|ANSI/NAAMM]] guide specification FP-1001-97 covers the engineering design of metal flagpoles to ensure safety.

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File:Bickleigh , Bickleigh Maize Maze - Flagpole - geograph.org.uk - 1223767.jpg|Flagpole of modest size, with simple [[Truck (rigging)|truck]]
File:New Zealand flag at Auckland Airport.jpg|Large flagpole, showing structured [[Truck (rigging)|truck]] (New Zealand)
File:Two official flags of New Caledonia on same flagpole.png|[[New Caledonia]] has two flags, flown here in [[Nouméa]], the capital city, on a single flagpole with a crossbar
File:Thanjavur periya kovil-tamil nadu.JPG|[[Dwajasthambam]] (flagpole) at [[Brihadeeswarar Temple]] in [[Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu]], India
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