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Keystone or key-stone or ''variation'', may refer to: * Keystone (architecture), a central stone or other piece at the apex of an arch or vault * Keystone (cask), a fitting used in ale casks Business * Keystone Law, a full-service law firm * Digital Keystone, a developer of digital entertainment software * Keystone Aircraft Corporation * Keystone Bridge Company, an American bridge building company * Keystone (beer brand) * Keystone Camera Company * Keystone (gasoline automobile) * Keystone (steam automobile) * Keystone Pipeline, a crude oil pipeline * Keystone-SDA/Keystone-ATS, a Swiss press agency * Keystone View Company, a US photo agency * Keystone (Berkeley, California), a defunct music club Entertainment * ''Keystone'' (video game), part of the Xbox Live Arcade title ''Fable 2 Pub Games'' * Keystone (band), led by jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas ** ''Keystone'' (album), a 2005 album by the band * Keystone Cops, a silent movie series * '' Keystone Kapers'', a classic Atar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keystone (architecture)
A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. In both cases it is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight. In arches and vaults (such as quasi-domes) keystones are often enlarged beyond the structural requirements and decorated. A variant in domes and crowning vaults is a lantern. Keystones, as a hallmark of strength or good architecture, or their suggested form are sometimes placed in the centre of the flat top of doors, recesses and windows for decorative effect, so as to form an upward projection of a lintel. Although a masonry arch or vault cannot be self-supporting until the keystone is placed, the keystone experiences the least stress of any of the voussoirs, due to its position at the apex. Old keystones can decay due to vibration, a condition known as bald arch. Architecture In a rib-vaulted c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keystone (album)
''Keystone'' is the twenty-fifth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2005 and features performances by Douglas, Jamie Saft, DJ Olive, Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland, and Brad Jones. The music was written to accompany Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's silent films and a DVD containing the complete film ''Fatty and Mabel Adrift'' (1916) and a collage of Arbuckle's scenes set to "Just Another Murder" is included with the album. Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "''Keystone'' is an excellent, brave, and exciting offering from a man whose talent and vision are perfectly balanced". On All About Jazz Michael McCaw said "''Keystone'' is an incredibly mature-sounding album from Dave Douglas—not because his work up till now has not been complete, but because he has fully integrated the technology and mode of the music first espoused by Miles Davis. Yet he has moved beyond that reference point and created a group sound that is tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keystone, Ohio
Keystone (previously known as Keystone Station) is an unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located south of the city of Jackson, at the intersection of Franklin Valley Road and Keystone Station Road, at . Keystone was founded as a company town for the Keystone Furnace, built between 1849 and 1853. The furnace itself is still standing at , and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v .... At one time, the community had a population of 300-500 people. The post office was originally established as the Hughes Post Office on November 7, 1848. The name was changed to Keystone Post Office on October 1, 1849, and the branch was discontinued on July 16, 1853. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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