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Jeffrey pine wood and ponderosa pine wood are sold together as yellow pine. [6] Both kinds of wood are hard (with a Janka hardness of 550 lbf (2,400 N)), but the western yellow pine wood is less dense than southern yellow pine wood (28 lb/cu ft (0.45 g/cm 3 ) versus 35 lb/cu ft (0.56 g/cm 3 ) for shortleaf pine).
Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, [ 3 ]bull pine, blackjack pine, [ 4 ]western yellow-pine, [ 5 ] or filipinus pine, [ 6 ] is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America. [ 7 ]: 4.
Coed Coch in c.1885 (from a photograph by John Thomas in the National Library of Wales) The grounds of Coed Coch in 2006. Coed Coch, in Dolwen, Conwy, Wales, is a large 19th-century mansion in the neoclassical style, designed by the architect Henry Hakewill. The building is Grade II* listed, [ 1 ] as is its 18th- and 19th-century parkland.
These were Ladas, Sir Visto, and Cicero from the Crafton Stud; plus Ocean Swell and Blue Peter from the Mentmore stud. Both stud farms were within a kilometre of the mansion and together with the stable yard were designed by the architect George Devey, who also designed many cottages in the estate's villages of Mentmore, Crafton and Ledburn. [7]
Ponderosa pine forest is the largest western forest type in the United States. [ 2 ] Ponderosa pine is the principal species on over 110,000 km 2 (27,000,000 acres) and is present on an additional 55,000 km 2 (14,000,000 acres). Within the western United States, California alone contains the greatest concentrations of ponderosa pine (20,700 km ...
The Horseshoe Pass (Welsh: Bwlch yr Oernant, "Pass of the Cold Stream") is a mountain pass in Denbighshire, north-east Wales. It separates Llantysilio Mountain to the west from the 565 metre (1,854 feet) mountain and Marilyn Cyrn-y-Brain to the east. The A542 road from Llandegla to Llangollen runs through the pass, reaching a maximum height of ...
Gainsborough Stud. Coordinates: 51°21′19″N 1°23′02″W. Gainsborough Stud is a stud farm based in Woolton Hill, Hampshire, 3 miles (4.8 km) outside Newbury. It is owned by United Arab Emirates -based international racing operation Godolphin. It was established in 1910 to stand the racehorse Gainsborough and sold in 1981 to Maktoum bin ...
Stadthaus is a nine-storey residential building in Hackney, London, completed in 2009.With nine stories (30 meters/98 feet), [2] it was considered the second tallest timber residential building made of wood in the world at the time of its construction, after the Forte apartment complex in Melbourne, Australia.