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Westminster Hammer beams

Stone Conversations : Archive 11 : Message 00328

From: "daedelus lanthanien" <daedeluslanthanien@zzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:26:20 -0600
Subject: Westminster Hammer beams

Does anybody have a good understanding of the design of hammer beams? I have
been studying medieval structures and I am fascinated by Westminsters load
bearing hammer beams and how they work. Has anybody seen them personally?
Are they rooted in buttresses? Where are they jointed? Is it possible to do
this in stone?

daed

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