Grain Bins--Department of Agriculture: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, July 22, August 2, 3, and 4, 1955 |
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... corrugation , to engage the superstructure which is corru- gated metal of 18 - gage material . The wall sheets , the corrugated wall sheets of the bin , are variously of 18- and 20 - gage material as the height gets greater and the ...
... corrugation , to engage the superstructure which is corru- gated metal of 18 - gage material . The wall sheets , the corrugated wall sheets of the bin , are variously of 18- and 20 - gage material as the height gets greater and the ...
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... corrugations which are supposed to lap and fit together snugly , making the metal more or less all as one ; they are ... corrugation formed in them , fabricated in them , so that there would be a snug fit between the top of the plain ...
... corrugations which are supposed to lap and fit together snugly , making the metal more or less all as one ; they are ... corrugation formed in them , fabricated in them , so that there would be a snug fit between the top of the plain ...
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... corrugation at the top which would fit in later with the corrugation of the first wall sheet . It However , that foundation ring was not fabricated that way . had the angle at the bottom ; it had a vertical section up to the begin- ning ...
... corrugation at the top which would fit in later with the corrugation of the first wall sheet . It However , that foundation ring was not fabricated that way . had the angle at the bottom ; it had a vertical section up to the begin- ning ...
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... corrugation crumpled and just folded up one over the other . The CHAIRMAN . What effect would that have on the grain in the bins ? Mr. LOCRAFT . Pictures and visual observations of several bins indicate there are gaps at those joints ...
... corrugation crumpled and just folded up one over the other . The CHAIRMAN . What effect would that have on the grain in the bins ? Mr. LOCRAFT . Pictures and visual observations of several bins indicate there are gaps at those joints ...
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... corrugation of the wall - sheet ring in assembling the bin , 2 inspec- tors did not check to see if this corrugation was properly formed , and 3 did not recall whether they did . The inspectors advised of finding only minor faults in ...
... corrugation of the wall - sheet ring in assembling the bin , 2 inspec- tors did not check to see if this corrugation was properly formed , and 3 did not recall whether they did . The inspectors advised of finding only minor faults in ...
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9 feet assembled BAILEY BECRAFT believe body sheets bolt holes Bottom ring sheet center to center Chair CHAIRMAN CHRISTIANSEN committee Commodity Credit Corporation CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction correct corrugation County defective delivery Department of Agriculture Dickenson County door drawings DUFFY engineer erection contractor exhibit fabrication fault floor footing pad foundation pad foundation ring sheet foundation sheet furnished gage galvanizing GIBSON Government grain bins Grain Division HUFF inches at center inches center inspec inspection investigation Iowa joint Kans Kansas City KENNEDY letter LINEBERRY LOCRAFT manufacturer manufacturer's MARVIN L McLain ment metal MOLANDER naval inspector Navy Photo shows pilot model plant punched PURPUS question request responsibility roof scalloped Senator BENDER Senator MUNDT Senator SYMINGTON shipment shop drawings Sivalls & Bryson specifications statement structures testimony tion United States Department vertical wall sheets Washington WHEELER
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