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Re: pic: Expo 67 geodesic dome

It has 1/2" plywood sheathing, had wood shakes over it. Since it's all triangles, the sheathing doesn't have to work hard, there's little shear load like there would be in a normal rectangular house.

It's on the west side of Tucson, somewhere around this lat/long:



Thanks Al, I guess I got to have fun when I was a kid, maybe it rubbed off on me
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