Trestle (disambiguation)
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Trestle may refer to several different things with a similar structure:
Also, as a place name:
- A trestleTrestleA trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, especially referring to a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by such frames. In the context of trestle bridges, each supporting frame is generally referred to as a bent...
bridge, commonly used for railroads - A trestle deskTrestle deskThere are two kinds of trestle desks, the antique form and the modern improvisation.-Antique trestle desk:The antique trestle desk is usually very much like the writing table desk form, which offers a simple flat desktop surface with a few drawers underneath it...
- A trestle tableTrestle tableA trestle table is an item of furniture comprising two or three trestle supports linked by a longitudinal cross-member over which a board or tabletop is placed. It is the earliest form of table, after the basic pedestal-style table known to be used in ancient times, and was a common structure in...
- Trestle (mill)Trestle (mill)The Trestle of a Post mill is the arrangement of the Main post, crosstrees and quarterbars that form the substructure of this type of windmill. It may or may not be surrounded by a roundhouse...
, part of a post mill - TRESTLETrestleA trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, especially referring to a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by such frames. In the context of trestle bridges, each supporting frame is generally referred to as a bent...
, also known as ATLAS-I or "The Sandia Trestle", a NNEMP (Non-Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse) test facility for aircraft
Also, as a place name:
- TrestlesTrestlesTrestles is a collection of surfing spots at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County, California. Trestles consists of, from north to south, Upper Trestles , Lower Trestles , and Middle Trestles . North of Upper Trestles is the surf spot called Cottons...
, a surfing location in California - Trestle Glen, Oakland, CaliforniaTrestle Glen, Oakland, CaliforniaTrestle Glen is a neighborhood in Oakland, California. It is located east of Lakeshore Avenue, a shopping street which it shares with the Grand Lake District. It lies at an elevation of 144 feet . The streets are laid out in the curvlinear pattern of early 20th century garden suburbs...
, a neighborhood of Oakland, California