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A lean-to is originally defined as a structure in which the rafters lean against another building or wall, also referred to in prior times as a penthouse. [2] These structures characteristically have shed roofs, also referred to as "skillions", or "outshots" and "catslides" when the shed's roof is a direct extension of a larger structure's.
The Shaw Group is a pipe and steel fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston , Texas , Shaw employs approximately 1,400 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East.
Shed roof attached to a barn. A shed roof, also known variously as a pent roof, lean-to roof, outshot, catslide, skillion roof (in Australia and New Zealand), and, rarely, a mono-pitched roof, [1] is a single-pitched roof surface. This is in contrast to a dual- or multiple-pitched roof.
It was built to pipe the gas from the well to nearby shops, Hart improvised a gasometer at the well site and laid pipe to the properties of his first customers. [5] [6] Hart was later consulted to develop a gas lighting system for the Barcelona Lighthouse in 1829. [7] These early pipelines (no longer in use) were made of pine logs. [8]
This is a list of notable Lustron houses. A Lustron house is a home built using enameled metal. There were about 2500 prefabricated homes built in this manner. [1] [2] Numerous Lustron houses have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Pipe Creek is located on Texas State Highway 16, about 9 mi (14 km) east of Bandera [4] and 30 mi (48 km) north of San Antonio [5] in central Bandera County. Other notable places located in Pipe Creek include churches, the public library, and parts of the Bandera Falls residential community. Large portions of the area are accessed from FM1283.
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 181 people, 71 households, and 48 families residing in the city. The population density was 83.2 inhabitants per square mile (32.1/km 2).
Tow (/ t aʊ /, rhymes with "cow") [1] is a small unincorporated community in Llano County, Texas, United States. [2] Its population was 1,249 at the 2010 census. [citation needed] Tow was a thriving community, until the central Texas drought that started in 2007. It then lost about half of its population, forcing many businesses to shut down.