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Arch Soffit

Temporary shoring ["centering"] frame supporting DeTurk cellar vault (2009)
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Temporary centering frame for vault arch

DeTurk · 07/21/2009

Temporary shoring [”centering” {1}] frame supporting root cellar vault during restoration of vault abutment wall. This is the upper segment with a sheet of plywood ”scribed” to the ”intrados”{2}. FOOTNOTE {1} "Centering" (“false-work” in early usage) is the term customarily applied to the timber frame supporting an arch or vault during construction until

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