Built Environment :

Structures

An Introduction (under construction)

Buildings

Enclosed structures sheltering human activity

All buildings are structures, but not all structures are buildings. Buildings are structures which can comfortably shelter ongoing human activity. They are covered in their own Buildings webchapter.

Coal Tipples

Vertical, tower structures

These are sometimes similar in appearance to Grain Elevators, but are used to raise, store, and deliver coal. Unlike Grain Elevators, they do no other processing or sorting (I think...). They are typically sawn timber frame (especially earlier specimens), poured concrete, or steel frame. They may hold other than coal...

Culverts, Trestles, Bridges

Structures to cross over obstacles

Culverts

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Box
Arch

Trestles
Bridges

Slab
Beam/Girder
Truss

Through
Pony
Deck
Plate Girder

Frame?
Arch
Cable-Stayed?
Suspension

Sources:

Adapted in part from ODOT Bridge Appraisal and Coding Guide 1995, Appendix C
See also Wikipedia entry on bridges
See also Wikipedia entry on trestles
See also Library of Congress image search

Bins & Tanks

Hollow, tubular containers

These structures are hollow, squarish or cylindrical in cross-section, and are used to hold liquids or aggregate solids.

Bins

Grain Bins
Corn Bins

Square
Polygonal
Round

Silos

Tower Silo

Square
Polygonal
Round

Tanks

Water Tanks
Fuel Tanks
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Other...

Structures

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Towers

Windmill Tower
Antenna
Signal Tower
Utility Tower
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