Early 1800-1900: A Comparative Analysis

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Heavy timber construction and mill construction was used a lot in the early 1800-1900’s. The primary use was to build factories, churches, houses and other structures (Brannigan and Corbett, 2015). One will compare and discuss the differences between mill construction and heavy timber construction. The difference that were discovered was the fact that mill constitution was used mostly to build factories known as mills, whereas heavy timber construction was used to build large structures such as churches and barns (Brannigan and Corbett, 2015).
In addition, there was no rules or regulations on how to build mills construction buildings until the late 1800’s. According to Brannigan and Corbett 2015, “the specific features of mill construction

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