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Tunnel Vault

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The term in architecture given to the semicircular or elliptical vault over underground passages, in contradistinction to the wagon or barrel vault of edifices above ground.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tunnel Vault'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/tunnel-vault.html. 1910.
 
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