Fiber Cement Shingles

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Location: Rehoboth, Delaware

Additional Information:  Fiber Cement Shingles are actually panels which go up quickly and mimic the look of individual sidewall shingles once installed.

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Thompson Silent Knight

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Location: Roxana, Delaware

Additional Information: This Thompson Silent Knight pump, attached to a wellpoint dewatering system in my neighborhood, is equipped with a silent knight noise reducing canopy.

Relative Link: Silent Knight Enclosures

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Wellpoint Dewatering

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Location:  Roxana, Delaware

Additional Information: A wellpoint is a pipe driven into the ground far enough to tap the water table.

In Wellpoint Dewatering, many wellpoints are driven and attached to a manifold or header pipe. The header connects to a pump which draws water up through the wellpoints and out of a localized area so that construction can take place. 

Relative Link: WELLPOINT SYSTEMS

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Checkerboard of Balconies

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Additional Information: A few weeks back I mentioned seeing "apartment buildings in Vilnius, Lithuania, graced with a checkerboard of open and enclosed balconies" Here is a photo I took in 2002.

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Stretcher Bond

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AKA: Running Bond

Location: Rehoboth, Delaware

Additional Information: Bricks laid end to end along their length are called stretchers. Stretcher bond is a wall created entirely in this fashion. Unlike other interlocking bonds, stretcher bond is not very stable without the aid of ties to an underlying structure. Stretcher bond is often used for curtain walls which provide protection from the elements but are not themselves structural. 

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Cedar Impressions 6 1/4" Half-Round

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Location: Milton, Delaware

Additional Information:  Made by the CertainTeed corporation, Cedar Impressions 6 1/4" Half-Round simulates the look of Half-Round Shingles.  It comes in a variety of colors, is applied in panels and is made from an injection molded double polymer.

CertainTeed claims Cedar Impressions will be "Virtually maintenance free" throughout the life of the product. This does not preclude it from developing algae, mold or mildew as do other types of wall coverings. Our example is Barn Red.

Relative Link:  Cedar Impressions® 6 1/4" Half-Round Shingles

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Static Wire

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Location: Rural Delaware

Additional Information: The uppermost wire on a utility pole is known as the Static Wire. It is a grounded wire meant to bleed lightening surge off of power lines during an electrical storm. 

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