enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bow window - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_window

    Art Nouveau style bow window on the Boulevard De Smet de Nayer in Brussels. A bow window or compass window [1] is a curved bay window. [2] Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide a wider view of the garden or street outside and typically combine four or more windows, which join to form an arch, differentiating them from the ...

  3. Caboose - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose

    In a bay window caboose, the crew monitoring the train sits in the middle of the car in a section of wall that projects from the side of the caboose. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, so the caboose type is called a bay window caboose. This type afforded a better view of the side of the train and ...

  4. Bay window - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_window

    A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. It typically consists of a central windowpane, called a fixed sash, flanked by two or more smaller windows, known as casement or double-hung windows. The arrangement creates a panoramic view of the outside, allows more natural light ...

  5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

    Bay window A window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted: with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window: curved. Oriel: rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the dais end of a medieval great hall. Belfry A chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung.

  6. What do the new Olbiston Apartments have to offer, who can ...

    www.aol.com/olbiston-apartments-offer-live...

    1 person: $36,960 or less. 2 people: $42,240 or less. 3 people: $47,520 or less. 4 people: $52,740 or less. There are also a handful of apartments that will be rented out to households earning up ...

  7. Oriel window - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriel_window

    An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. [1] Supported by corbels, brackets, or similar cantilevers, an oriel window generally projects from an upper floor, but is also sometimes used on the ground floor. Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of ...

  8. Hopper car - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopper_car

    A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. They are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. [2][3][4] The hopper car was developed in parallel with the development of automated ...

  9. Presidential state car (United States) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car...

    The first serving president to ride in a car was President William McKinley, who briefly rode in a Stanley Motor Carriage Company steam car on July 13, 1901. [9] According to the United States Secret Service, it was customary for them to follow the presidential horse-and-buggy on foot, but that with the popularization of the automobile, the Secret Service purchased a 1907 White Motor Company ...