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2. Window shutter - Wikipedia

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   Operable louvered shutters have louvers (or louvres in British usage), or slats, controlled by a tilt bar or rod to adjust the louver position and keep them in a uniform position, to control light, visibility and airflow. Shutters with operable louvers are described variously as traditional shutters, California shutters, or plantation shutters.

3. List of slave cabins and quarters - Wikipedia

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   Point of Pines Plantation Slave Cabin, Edisto Island, SC, NRHP-listed; Slave Houses, Gregg Plantation, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, NRHP-listed; Annandale Plantation (Georgetown County, South Carolina) Fox House (Lexington, South Carolina) Oakwood (Gadsden, South Carolina) Old House Plantation, South Carolina; Boone Hall, South Carolina

4. Louver - Wikipedia

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   Modern louvers are often made of aluminum, metal, wood, or glass.They may be opened and closed with a metal lever, pulleys, or through motorized operators. [4]The Australian Standard specifies requirements for the construction of buildings using louver in bushfire-prone areas in order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack from burning embers, radiant heat, flame contact and ...

5. List of James River plantations - Wikipedia

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   The plantation remained in the Allen family for over two centuries. The house survives with many alterations. Brandon Plantation is located on the south shore of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. The 5,000-acre (20 km 2) plantation is a working farm and is one of the longest-running agricultural enterprises in the United States.

6. Jalousie window - Wikipedia

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   Joseph W. Walker of Malden, Massachusetts, applied for a US patent for a basic louvered window in 1900.He was issued patent no. 687705 on November 26, 1901. [5] A popular hand-cranked glass, aluminum and screen window combination was later designed by American engineer Van Ellis Huff and found widespread use in temperate climates before the advent of air conditioning. [6]

7. List of plantations in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Plantations continued to develop along the fringes of present-day West Virginia. By the close of the 18th century, Harman Blennerhassett had constructed a mansion on his plantation on Blennerhassett Island and Moses Shepherd had built Shepherd Hall near Wheeling, both in the Ohio River valley. [4]