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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 ...
Mattabesset River Bridge (c.1880s or 1890s), abandoned lenticular pony-truss in Connecticut spanning the Mattabesset River between Cromwell and Berlin [4] Berlin Bridge (1880) over Webutuck Creek, a lenticular truss bridge manufactured in 1880 and shipped to the area for installation by local residents, NRHP-listed
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.
Tiegs also talks about her first cover for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, noting that the photo was not a part of the official photoshoot. Tiegs first graced the cover of the special issue ...
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked state lawmakers Monday for an additional $25 million in funding to cover the cost of legal battles he expects to have with President-elect Donald ...
Kyle Birch, a theater actor known for playing the lead role of Usher in the Tony-winning musical A Strange Loop in London's West End, has died. He was 26 years old. The late star's longtime agent ...
Covered bridges made with stringers instead of traditional style trusses are considered non-authentic, although in some terms, a stringer construction is also a type of truss. Examples of truss construction on covered bridges include Howe, Town Lattice, Queen-post, King-post, Haupt, Burr, Brown and Pratt. Of the existing historic covered ...
Russell Wilson's career was called dead after a disastrous stint with the Denver Broncos. Now he's quarterbacking a first-place Pittsburgh Steelers team fresh off a shootout win over a division rival.