To all,a little more digging...the hole into which the railing end(root)
is inserted is called a "core" and the material that fills the core is
referred to as "core filler".This comes from an exerpt of an 1890's
Installation Manual.I hope this is some help.
Peter
Peter Burns
Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge,MA 02138
USA
Phone: 617-495-8317
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