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Housewrap (or house wrap), also known by the genericized trademark homewrap (or home wrap), generally denotes a modern synthetic material used to protect buildings. Housewrap functions as a weather-resistant barrier , preventing rain or other forms of moisture from getting into the wall assembly while allowing water vapor to pass to the exterior.
Fire Engine House No. 9, at 1810-1812 Keene St. in Houston, Texas was built in 1899. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It was designed by "prominent Houston architect" William A. McMillen and was, besides McMillen's house at 510 Gray, the only surviving example of his work.
House-built Newcomen atmospheric engine The tower at Goldney Hall. A folly, it is an extravagant example of an engine house for a water well beam engine. A house-built engine is a stationary steam engine that is built into an engine house, such that it uses the masonry of the engine house as an integral part of the support of the engine. [1]
House-built engines, where the engine is the house. A house-built engine is a large beam engine where the engine house itself forms the frame of the engine. The term "engine house" is also used, widely in the United States and perhaps elsewhere, to mean: Fire station, which hold fire engine trucks.
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The West Broad Street engine house was designed in 1896, to be identical in interior and exterior design to the original Engine House No. 11 on East Main Street. [1] Both were locations on the National Road. [2] The station was built from August 1896 to February 1897 [3] at a cost of $22,140. [4]
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It was built in 1894–95. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The firehouse is one of eight designed by Leon E. Dessez in Washington. [2] Engine Company 10 was formed on July 2, 1895, at this firehouse and was equipped with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and an 1895 McDermott Bros. hose reel ...