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  2. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    The beams are continuously formed, so the length of the beam is limited only to the maximum length that can be handled and transported. Typical widths are 3 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 or 7 inches (89, 133 or 178 mm); typical depths are 9 + 1 ⁄ 2, 11 + 7 ⁄ 8, 14, 16 and 18 inches (240, 300, 360, 410 and 460 mm). Typically the beams are made to a ...

  3. Flitch beam - Wikipedia

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    A flitch beam (or flitched beam) is a compound beam used in the construction of houses, decks, and other primarily wood-frame structures. Typically, the flitch beam is made up of a vertical steel plate sandwiched between two wood beams, the three layers being held together with bolts. In that common form it is sometimes referenced as a steel ...

  4. List of area code overlays - Wikipedia

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    In addition to being the sole area code in the Space Coast region around the Kennedy Space Center, this is the only partial overlay area code in North America 323: 213: Central Los Angeles, incl. Downtown L.A. and Hollywood: 326: 937: Southwest Ohio: 331: 630: Western suburbs of Chicago: 332, 646 , 917: 212

  5. Glued laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    Glulam brace with plates used for connections Glulam frame of a roof structure. Glued laminated timber, commonly referred to as glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives so that all of the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis.

  6. Saginaw, Texas - Wikipedia

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    76131, 76179. Area code: 817: FIPS code: 48-64112 [3] GNIS feature ID: ... 1989, Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 crashed near Saginaw, killing both pilots ...

  7. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s double-sided disk map was designed to minimize all six types of map distortions. Not properly "a" map projection because it is on two surfaces instead of one, it consists of two hemispheric equidistant azimuthal projections back-to-back. [5] [6] [7] 1879 Peirce quincuncial: Other Conformal Charles Sanders Peirce

  8. Topography - Wikipedia

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    The topography of an area may refer to the landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary science and is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief , but also natural , artificial, and cultural features such as roads, land boundaries, and ...

  9. Area codes 713, 281, 832, and 346 - Wikipedia

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    On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...