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2. Corbel - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, [1] a type of bracket. [2] A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in ...

3. Corbel arch - Wikipedia

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   A corbel arch (or corbeled / corbelled arch) is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge. A corbel vault uses this technique to support the superstructure of a building's roof.

4. List of decorative stones - Wikipedia

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   The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks. Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade.

5. His wife adored the holidays. Days after she died, he found ...

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   The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has sentimental roots.. The tree was planted by the Albert family back in 1967 in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, when Earl Albert and his late wife ...

6. Cyclopean masonry - Wikipedia

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   Cyclopean masonry, backside of the Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or [1] no use of mortar.

7. Federal government proposes 19,112 square mile protected zone ...

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   (The Center Square) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to take action to protect the threatened Canada lynx population in the continental United States. The Service proposed changes to ...