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2. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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   Rarely a post may have an "integral bracket" [14] which is a mid-post flair to carry a lower timber. The portion of a flared post extending upward at the top is called the upstand [15] and one of the top tenons is called a teazle (teasel) tenon. Jetty – A post supporting a jetty; Door – A post framing a doorway.

3. Building material - Wikipedia

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   Wood-cement compatibility is the ratio of a parameter related to the property of a wood-cement composite to that of a neat cement paste. The compatibility is often expressed as a percentage value. To determine wood-cement compatibility, methods based on different properties are used, such as, hydration characteristics, strength, interfacial ...

4. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other media. A corbel or console are types of brackets. [3] In mechanical engineering a bracket is any intermediate component for fixing one part to another, usually larger, part. What makes a bracket a bracket is that it is intermediate between the two and fixes the one to the other.

5. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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   A utility pole, commonly referred to as a transmission pole, telephone pole, telecommunication pole, power pole, hydro pole, telegraph pole, or telegraph post, is a column or post used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and ...

6. Chehalis Downtown Historic District - Wikipedia

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   The Lewis County Historical Society and Museum, known also as the Burlington Northern Depot, is located in the west portion of the district and has been listed on the NRHP since 1974. [33] The second site is the St. Helens Hotel, marking the southern edge of the historic area on Market Street, was originally a wood structure that opened in 1894 ...

7. Builders Square - Wikipedia

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   Builders Square was a big-box home improvement retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. [1] A subsidiary of Kmart, its format was quite similar to The Home Depot, Menards, and Lowe's with floor space of about 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2), [2] [3] and inventories in excess of 35,000 different items. [4]

8. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. A Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6, 1978 ; 47 years ...

9. Arch bridge - Wikipedia

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   In China, the oldest existing arch bridge is the Zhaozhou Bridge of 605 AD, which combined a very low span-to-rise ratio of 5.2:1, with the use of spandrel arches (buttressed with iron brackets). The Zhaozhou Bridge, with a length of 167 feet (51 m) and span of 123 feet (37 m), is the world's first wholly stone open-spandrel segmental arch ...