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2. Miracle (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Miracle is a forgiving and versatile sailing dinghy, ideal for beginners or experts, children and adults alike. There is a class association based in the UK, with several active fleets around the country. The Miracle was supplied initially as a plywood kit and designed for home building, based on the slot and glue method of construction. As ...

3. 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.

4. John Calvin Jureit - Wikipedia

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   John Calvin Jureit (July 24, 1918 – September 9, 2005) was an American civil engineer and the inventor of the Gang Nail connector plate, used in building construction specifically for the joining of timber truss joints of roof, floor trusses and prefabricated wall panels. This invention has been widely credited for the boom in affordable ...

5. Kit house - Wikipedia

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   Cover of the 1916 catalog of Gordon-Van Tine kit house plans A modest bungalow-style kit house plan offered by Harris Homes in 1920 A Colonial Revival kit home offered by Sterling Homes in 1916 Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar Illustration of kit home materials loaded in a boxcar from a 1952 Aladdin catalogue

6. Vierendeel bridge - Wikipedia

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   The form is more commonly employed in building structures where large shear walls or diagonal elements would interfere with the building's aesthetics or functionality. The first such bridge was built in steel at Avelgem , Belgium in 1902, following development of the truss form and a method to calculate its strength in 1896 by Arthur Vierendeel.

7. Hammerbeam roof - Wikipedia

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   A hammer-beam is a form of timber roof truss, allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber.In place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof, short beams – the hammer beams – are supported by curved braces from the wall, and hammer posts or arch-braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.