http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-in-the-world/
I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
is definitely more artistic . Now if they
combine it with the mechanical clouds
planned for a stadium in Qatar...
http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to-cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
"Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
you get to Southern California, a look
at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
concept realized.
"Sarcophagus", BTW,
resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
made up the coffins and the wizened
state of the pharonic occupants combined
with the reputation of quicklime played
into formulation of the term.
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>>
>> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-in-the-world/
>>
>> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
>> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
>> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
>> combine it with the mechanical clouds
>> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
>> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to-cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
>
> Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
>
> Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
>
> Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
> that size.
>
>> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
>> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
>> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
>> you get to Southern California, a look
>> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
>> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
>> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
>> concept realized.
>>
>> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
>> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
>> made up the coffins and the wizened
>> state of the pharonic occupants combined
>> with the reputation of quicklime played
>> into formulation of the term.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>
>
The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
Somebody wrote:
> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> combine it with the mechanical clouds
> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
-------------------------------------
Can't comment on the hanger at Tustin, but it rained more than once
inside the Goodyear blimp hanger in Akron, OH.
Probably had something to do with the stellar weather in NE Ohio.
Lew
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-in-the-world/
>
> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> combine it with the mechanical clouds
> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to-cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
that size.
> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> you get to Southern California, a look
> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> concept realized.
>
> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> made up the coffins and the wizened
> state of the pharonic occupants combined
> with the reputation of quicklime played
> into formulation of the term.
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > In article<[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> >>
> >> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-in-the-world/
> >>
> >> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> >> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> >> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> >> combine it with the mechanical clouds
> >> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> >> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to-cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
> >
> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
> >
> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
> >
> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
> > that size.
> >
> >> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> >> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> >> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> >> you get to Southern California, a look
> >> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> >> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> >> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> >> concept realized.
> >>
> >> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> >> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> >> made up the coffins and the wizened
> >> state of the pharonic occupants combined
> >> with the reputation of quicklime played
> >> into formulation of the term.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Edward Hennessey
> >
> >
> The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
>
> http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
It's good sized but the airship hangars have it beat. Tillamook is a
thouand feet long, almost 300 feet wide, and 192 feet tall. The Tustin
hangars are the same design (they were mass-produced to a standard plan
during WWII).
In article <f02c4173-568f-4098-87f4-5143c7fb58b0
@x38g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
>
> On May 11, 10:18 pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> >
> >
> >
> > >http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structur...
> >
> > > I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> > > hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> > > is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> > > combine it with the mechanical clouds
> > > planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> > >http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds...
> >
> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
> >
> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
> >
> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
> > that size.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> > > "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> > > the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> > > you get to Southern California, a look
> > > at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> > > of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> > > detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> > > concept realized.
> >
> > > "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> > > resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> > > made up the coffins and the wizened
> > > state of the pharonic occupants combined
> > > with the reputation of quicklime played
> > > into formulation of the term.
> >
> > > Regards,
> >
> > > Edward Hennessey- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> How do those compare to the Coney Island Cyclone?
You could fit several Coney Island Cyclones into the Tilamook or Tustin
hangars. Can't find exact dimensions on the Cyclone, but measuring it
with Google Earth it's a little under 500 feet long and about a hundred
feet wide and the Wikipedia entry says that it's about 85 feet high.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > In article <[email protected]>,
> > > [email protected] says...
> > >>
> > >> On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > >> > In article<[email protected]>,
> > >> > [email protected] says...
> > >> >>
> > >> >> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-i
> > >> >> n-the-world/
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> > >> >> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> > >> >> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> > >> >> combine it with the mechanical clouds
> > >> >> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> > >> >> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to
> > >> >> -cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
> > >> >
> > >> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> > >> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
> > >> >
> > >> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
> > >> >
> > >> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> > >> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
> > >> > that size.
> > >> >
> > >> >> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> > >> >> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> > >> >> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> > >> >> you get to Southern California, a look
> > >> >> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> > >> >> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> > >> >> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> > >> >> concept realized.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> > >> >> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> > >> >> made up the coffins and the wizened
> > >> >> state of the pharonic occupants combined
> > >> >> with the reputation of quicklime played
> > >> >> into formulation of the term.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Regards,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Edward Hennessey
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
> > >>
> > >> http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
> > >
> > > It's good sized but the airship hangars have it beat. Tillamook is a
> > > thouand feet long, almost 300 feet wide, and 192 feet tall. The Tustin
> > > hangars are the same design (they were mass-produced to a standard plan
> > > during WWII).
> > >
> >
> > For low values of mass produced ... :o)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Dome
Seems to be dimensionally similar to the Tacoma dome.
The hangars really were mass-produced. The structure was all built in a
factory somewhere as subassemblies that would fit on a truck or flatcar
and delivered to the construction site where it was assembled. Same
concept as roof trusses today, only _big_.
In article <[email protected]>,
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> >>
> >> On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> >> > In article<[email protected]>,
> >> > [email protected] says...
> >> >>
> >> >> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-i
> >> >> n-the-world/
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> >> >> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> >> >> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> >> >> combine it with the mechanical clouds
> >> >> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> >> >> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to
> >> >> -cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
> >> >
> >> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> >> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
> >> >
> >> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
> >> >
> >> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> >> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
> >> > that size.
> >> >
> >> >> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> >> >> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> >> >> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> >> >> you get to Southern California, a look
> >> >> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> >> >> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> >> >> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> >> >> concept realized.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> >> >> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> >> >> made up the coffins and the wizened
> >> >> state of the pharonic occupants combined
> >> >> with the reputation of quicklime played
> >> >> into formulation of the term.
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >>
> >> >> Edward Hennessey
> >> >
> >> >
> >> The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
> >>
> >> http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
> >
> > It's good sized but the airship hangars have it beat. Tillamook is a
> > thouand feet long, almost 300 feet wide, and 192 feet tall. The Tustin
> > hangars are the same design (they were mass-produced to a standard plan
> > during WWII).
> >
>
> For low values of mass produced ... :o)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Dome
On May 11, 10:18=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>
>
> >http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structur...
>
> > I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
> > hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
> > is definitely more artistic . Now if they
> > combine it with the mechanical clouds
> > planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> >http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds...
>
> Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
> the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
>
> Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
>
> Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
> wooden building at 2,800 square meters. =A0Tillamook is nearly ten times
> that size.
>
>
>
> > Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
> > "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
> > the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
> > you get to Southern California, a look
> > at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
> > of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
> > detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
> > concept realized.
>
> > "Sarcophagus", BTW,
> > resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
> > made up the coffins and the wizened
> > state of the pharonic occupants combined
> > with the reputation of quicklime played
> > into formulation of the term.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Edward Hennessey- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
How do those compare to the Coney Island Cyclone?
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>>
>> On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> > In article<[email protected]>,
>> > [email protected] says...
>> >>
>> >> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-in-the-world/
>> >>
>> >> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
>> >> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
>> >> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
>> >> combine it with the mechanical clouds
>> >> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
>> >> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to-cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
>> >
>> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the area of
>> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
>> >
>> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
>> >
>> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the biggest
>> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten times
>> > that size.
>> >
>> >> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
>> >> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
>> >> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
>> >> you get to Southern California, a look
>> >> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
>> >> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
>> >> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
>> >> concept realized.
>> >>
>> >> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
>> >> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
>> >> made up the coffins and the wizened
>> >> state of the pharonic occupants combined
>> >> with the reputation of quicklime played
>> >> into formulation of the term.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Edward Hennessey
>> >
>> >
>> The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
>>
>> http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
>
> It's good sized but the airship hangars have it beat. Tillamook is a
> thouand feet long, almost 300 feet wide, and 192 feet tall. The Tustin
> hangars are the same design (they were mass-produced to a standard plan
> during WWII).
>
For low values of mass produced ... :o)
--
"I'm the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo ..."
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Somebody wrote:
>
>> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
>> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
>> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
>> combine it with the mechanical clouds
>> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> -------------------------------------
> Can't comment on the hanger at Tustin, but it rained more than once inside
> the Goodyear blimp hanger in Akron, OH.
>
> Probably had something to do with the stellar weather in NE Ohio.
>
> Lew
Or NW Ohio. It's not the heat, ...
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On 5/11/2011 11:28 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Somebody wrote:
>
>> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
>> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
>> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
>> combine it with the mechanical clouds
>> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
> -------------------------------------
> Can't comment on the hanger at Tustin, but it rained more than once
> inside the Goodyear blimp hanger in Akron, OH.
>
> Probably had something to do with the stellar weather in NE Ohio.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
Don't recall it raining in the MCAS Tustin hangar but had clouds form
about three times a year. Had to have the weather just right because
the humidity was normally too low.
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> > > In article <[email protected]>,
>> > > [email protected] says...
>> > >>
>> > >> On 05/11/2011 07:18 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> > >> > In article<[email protected]>,
>> > >> > [email protected] says...
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> http://laughingsquid.com/metropol-parasol-the-largest-wooden-structure-i
>> > >> >> n-the-world/
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I don't have dimensions on the ex-USMC
>> > >> >> hanger in Tustin to contest size, but this
>> > >> >> is definitely more artistic . Now if they
>> > >> >> combine it with the mechanical clouds
>> > >> >> planned for a stadium in Qatar...
>> > >> >> http://inhabitat.com/scientists-in-qatar-develop-solar-powered-clouds-to
>> > >> >> -cool-world-cup-stadium/qatar-cloud-cover-3/
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Supposedly the Metropol Parasol is 5,000 square meters and the
>> > >> > area of
>> > >> > the facility as a whole is 12,800 square meters.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Tillamook and Tustin are over 20,000 square meters.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Wikipedia seems to think that a Buddhist temple in Japan is the
>> > >> > biggest
>> > >> > wooden building at 2,800 square meters. Tillamook is nearly ten
>> > >> > times
>> > >> > that size.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Aside, RDJ, I enjoyed your merry exchange with
>> > >> >> "Cheop(s)" on another group. I haven't seen
>> > >> >> the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas yet but if
>> > >> >> you get to Southern California, a look
>> > >> >> at The Pyramid gymnasium on the campus
>> > >> >> of Cal State Long Beach will be reward the
>> > >> >> detour. The elevating bleachers alone are a
>> > >> >> concept realized.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> "Sarcophagus", BTW,
>> > >> >> resolves to "flesh eating" given that limestone
>> > >> >> made up the coffins and the wizened
>> > >> >> state of the pharonic occupants combined
>> > >> >> with the reputation of quicklime played
>> > >> >> into formulation of the term.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Edward Hennessey
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> The Tacoma dome has to rate right up there - for the roof.
>> > >>
>> > >> http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/SeattleSonics/oldindex.htm
>> > >
>> > > It's good sized but the airship hangars have it beat. Tillamook is
>> > > a
>> > > thouand feet long, almost 300 feet wide, and 192 feet tall. The
>> > > Tustin
>> > > hangars are the same design (they were mass-produced to a standard
>> > > plan
>> > > during WWII).
>> > >
>> >
>> > For low values of mass produced ... :o)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Dome
>
> Seems to be dimensionally similar to the Tacoma dome.
>
> The hangars really were mass-produced. The structure was all built in a
> factory somewhere as subassemblies that would fit on a truck or flatcar
> and delivered to the construction site where it was assembled. Same
> concept as roof trusses today, only _big_.
>
>
The domes had sub-assemblies Factory produced. Mass production implies
hundreds, if not thousands of domes.
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