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... Brooklyn approach .... 971 " " N. Y. approach .. 66 Total length of of Bridge . 66 1562 6 in . Width of Bridge . Number of Cables .. LIB 5989 P THE ARY Diameter of each Cable . 15 inches . " Y Each Cable consists of 300 parallel ( not ...
... Brooklyn approach .... 971 " " N. Y. approach .. 66 Total length of of Bridge . 66 1562 6 in . Width of Bridge . Number of Cables .. LIB 5989 P THE ARY Diameter of each Cable . 15 inches . " Y Each Cable consists of 300 parallel ( not ...
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... Brooklyn anchorage , where all wire rings are received . A number of them , spliced together , are wound on wooden drums , which are large enough to contain about 12-14 wires of the length of the whole cable . The end of a wire , taken ...
... Brooklyn anchorage , where all wire rings are received . A number of them , spliced together , are wound on wooden drums , which are large enough to contain about 12-14 wires of the length of the whole cable . The end of a wire , taken ...
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... Brooklyn tower foun- dation . In August of 1876 , after various inter- ruptions , towers and anchorages were completed , and the first rope ( one of the traveling ropes ) was taken across the river . During the previous winter all ...
... Brooklyn tower foun- dation . In August of 1876 , after various inter- ruptions , towers and anchorages were completed , and the first rope ( one of the traveling ropes ) was taken across the river . During the previous winter all ...
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... on each anchorage . Fig . 11 represents the arrangement on Fig.ll Belt to Horizontal Shaft . From there a 16 inch belt to engine . Scale 1 inch = 10 fect Traveling Rope diam . the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns. 33 Fig.ll ..
... on each anchorage . Fig . 11 represents the arrangement on Fig.ll Belt to Horizontal Shaft . From there a 16 inch belt to engine . Scale 1 inch = 10 fect Traveling Rope diam . the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns. 33 Fig.ll ..
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With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge Wilhelm Hildenbrand. the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns around a double grooved wheel 11 feet in diameter , called " driving wheel " and then passes around two ...
With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge Wilhelm Hildenbrand. the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns around a double grooved wheel 11 feet in diameter , called " driving wheel " and then passes around two ...
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adjusted anchor anchor bars anchorage ASITY attached Berkeley LIBRARY Brooklyn C. E. Illustrated calculation CALIFORN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth connection consists cradle ropes curve deflection distance drum East River Bridge edition engravings equal equation fastened feet final position foot footbridge formula friction GILLMORE Guide Wire guidewire hence high water horizontal tension HYPSOMETRY land cable land span lashing latter length lithographed plates load manufacture masonry Messrs method morocco motion P₁ parabola placed pounds PRACTICAL TREATISE Prof regulated ring river span rollers rolling friction running wire saddle Scale screw shoe side spliced squeezer squeezing standing wire stays steam engine steel rope strain strand stretch suspended SUSPENSION BRIDGES tangent tion tons traveling rope traveling sheave U. S. Navy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA values vertex W. H. CORFIELD weight wheel wire ropes wooden block wrapping machine wrapping wire Zerah Colburn