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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... indicate the defects ? Then I think we can better understand it . Mr. LOCRAFT . I found that the bins were not capable of being erected in a plumb , vertical manner . That is shown on drawing 15200 , which indicates the plumb line and ...
... indicate the defects ? Then I think we can better understand it . Mr. LOCRAFT . I found that the bins were not capable of being erected in a plumb , vertical manner . That is shown on drawing 15200 , which indicates the plumb line and ...
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... indicate there are gaps at those joints which may have been in some cases closed up with rags or paper or in some instances they are open and not quite tight . The CHAIRMAN . In other words , since the bins were constructed , filled ...
... indicate there are gaps at those joints which may have been in some cases closed up with rags or paper or in some instances they are open and not quite tight . The CHAIRMAN . In other words , since the bins were constructed , filled ...
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... indicate the foundation pad which does not fall concentric with the foundation ring . The foundation pad is supposed to be a segment of a true circle . Instead of that , it is a three - centered section of metal , more like giving a ...
... indicate the foundation pad which does not fall concentric with the foundation ring . The foundation pad is supposed to be a segment of a true circle . Instead of that , it is a three - centered section of metal , more like giving a ...
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... indicates will fail pretty soon ? Mr. LOCRAFT . I am not in a position to give you that very definitely . Senator MUNDT . Can you give us a rough guess as to what per- centage of the bins had already failed at the time you made your ...
... indicates will fail pretty soon ? Mr. LOCRAFT . I am not in a position to give you that very definitely . Senator MUNDT . Can you give us a rough guess as to what per- centage of the bins had already failed at the time you made your ...
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... frames by using templates made for that purpose , but of 5 inspectors who had performed inspection duties at B. S. & B. , 4 indicated they had not checked the curvature on foundation rings which is 24 GRAIN BINS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
... frames by using templates made for that purpose , but of 5 inspectors who had performed inspection duties at B. S. & B. , 4 indicated they had not checked the curvature on foundation rings which is 24 GRAIN BINS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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Page 272 - ... supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States...
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Page 61 - ... SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met at 10...
Page 279 - ... articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials...