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Not the usual thing for us, but the Construction Historian thinks this definitely counts as a (niche?) part of construction history.
The Construction Historian loves nail history but also the story of how the Norwegian Stave churches were built with hand-cleaved planks. Norwegian government funded major research into how to split a tree into 8 planks.
One of the most fascinating papers I have heard at any CHS conference.
Construction History Society
Construction History Society
An appeal for help from one of our CHS members. If you know where to get this paper, please let me know so I can put you in touch with the enquirer.
Traditional Japanese tiles, made it the same manner for centuries.
c1890
(c) Rijksmuseum
If you were assembling a list of essential books on cities and how they work, what would be on it?