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  2. Pole building framing - Wikipedia

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    Poles, from which these buildings get their name, are natural shaped or round wooden timbers 4 to 12 inches (100 to 300 mm) in diameter. [4] The structural frame of a pole building is made of tree trunks, utility poles, engineered lumber or chemically pressure-treated squared timbers which may be buried in the ground or anchored to a concrete slab.

  3. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Corner – Any post at the corner of a building. Story – A post only one story tall as in "storeyed construction" [12] also known as platform framing. Prick – 1) Same as story post, a one-story post for extra support at a particular location; 2) In a roof truss a side post. [13]

  4. King post truss - Wikipedia

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    The king post is the central, vertical member of the truss. Crown posts in the nave roof at Old Romney church, Kent, England. A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above from the beam below).

  5. Nearly automatic truss factory keeps Alpha Building Center ...

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    Nov. 4—SHIPSHEWANA — In an effort to keep up with the needs of area construction companies, Alpha Building Center in Shipshewana has constructed a new near-fully automated truss facility.

  6. Howe truss - Wikipedia

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    All-iron Howe trusses began to be built about 1845. [2] Examples include a 50-foot (15 m) long iron Howe truss was built for the Boston and Providence Railroad [2] [30] and a 30-foot (9.1 m) long railroad bridge over the Ohio and Erie Canal in Cleveland. [31] [32]

  7. Gothic-arch barn - Wikipedia

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    Rilco produced Gothic-arches for farm buildings advertised as “factory-fabricated and engineered”, and were sold in lumber yards in standard sizes for 30–40-foot (9.1–12.2 m) wide barns. The arches were shipped in two pieces with pre-drilled holes and assembly hardware.

  8. Bent (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Bents are the building blocks that define the overall shape and character of a structure. They do not have any sort of pre-defined configuration in the way that a Pratt truss does. Rather, bents are simply cross-sectional templates of structural members, i.e., rafters, joists, posts, pilings, etc., that repeat on parallel planes along the ...

  9. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    A variation of a plank framed truss with metal plate connectors on a pole barn. Plank framed truss was the name for roof trusses made with planks rather than timber roof trusses. In the 20th century, it was typical for carpenters to make their own trusses by nailing planks together with wood plates at the joints.

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