A snow shed is a structure that provides avalanche protection for roads and railroad tracks. “Big Hill†on the CPR, 1890. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Look up Structure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Himalayan avalanche. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rail tracks. ...
Depending on the threat level and size of area to be protected, they are built of wood or reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete in some countries, is concrete in which reinforcement bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the material that would otherwise be brittle. ...
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