Word: stringer
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...Decay of parts, due to action of weather on unpainted stock, especially of the pin and surrounding wood which fastened the summer to the stringer...
...opinion is that the weight on the diagonal support pushed out the pile, separated the stringer and summer, tearing off the small piece of stringer which rested directly on top of the pile, and so brought down the other parts...