Brake shoe

Rarity: Common

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Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

1

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What Wikipedia says

A brake shoe is the part of a braking system which carries the brake lining in the drum brakes used on automobiles, or the brake block in train brakes and bicycle brakes.

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