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  2. Pole building framing - Wikipedia

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    Pole building design was pioneered in the 1930s in the United States originally using utility poles for horse barns and agricultural buildings. The depressed value of agricultural products in the 1920s, and 1930s and the emergence of large, corporate farming in the 1930s, created a demand for larger, cheaper agricultural buildings. [2]

  3. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Story – A post only one story tall as in "storeyed construction" [12] also known as platform framing. Prick – 1) Same as story post, a one-story post for extra support at a particular location; 2) In a roof truss a side post. [13] Ridge – A post extending from the ground or foundation to the ridge beam.

  4. Post and beam - Wikipedia

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    Post and beam is a general term for building with heavy timbers. More specific types of post and beam framing are: More specific types of post and beam framing are: Timber framing , an ancient traditional method of building using wooden joinery held together with pegs, wedges and rarely iron straps

  5. Functionally classified barn - Wikipedia

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    Wooden cattle barn (early 20th century) in Nunspeet, Netherlands. A functionally classified barn is a barn whose style is best classified by its function. Barns that do not fall into one of the broader categories of barn styles, such as English barns or crib barns, can best be classified by some combination of two factors, region and usage.

  6. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    'BT' – to mark it as a British Telecom UK Pole (This can also be PO (Post Office) or GPO (General Post Office) depending on the age of the pole) a horizontal line marking 3 metres from the bottom of the pole; the pole length, typically 8 to 10 metres, [22] and size. 9L is a 9 metres long, light pole, other letters used are 'M' (Medium) and 'S ...

  7. King post - Wikipedia

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    The king post is the central, vertical member of the truss. Crown posts in the nave roof at Old Romney church, Kent, England. A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above from the beam below).