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A storey pole (or story pole, storey rod, [1] story stick, [2] jury stick, [3] scantling, [4] scantillon [5]) is a length of narrow board usually cut to the height of one storey. [6] It is used as a layout tool for any kind of repeated work in carpentry including stair-building , framing , timber framing , siding , brickwork , and setting tiles.
Trolley pole on a Toronto streetcar, tipped with a trolley shoe. A trolley pole is a tapered cylindrical pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" (electrified) overhead wire to the control and the electric traction motors of a tram or trolley bus. It is a type of current collector.
Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) – several marquees can be seen in the background Traditional white pole tent. A pole marquee or pole tent is a variety of large tent often used to shelter summer events such as shows, festivals, and weddings. They are particularly associated with typical English country garden weddings and village fetes.
Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a
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Shelton was one of the few Snohomish to speak both English (which he learned when he enrolled himself in a mission school) and Lushootseed, the language of the Coast Salish. During his lifetime, Shelton carved a number of story poles (often mistakenly called totem poles [3]), very few of which still remain. One of those remaining story poles ...
Poles, from which these buildings get their name, are natural shaped or round wooden timbers 4 to 12 inches (100 to 300 mm) in diameter. [4] The structural frame of a pole building is made of tree trunks, utility poles, engineered lumber or chemically pressure-treated squared timbers which may be buried in the ground or anchored to a concrete slab.
Nordic walking poles are extremely popular [citation needed] in Europe. Walking with two poles in the correct length radically reduces the stress to the knees, hips and back. These special poles come with straps resembling a fingerless glove, durable metal tips for off-road and removable rubber tips for pavement and other hard surfaces.