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... feet . 78 feet . Size of Towers at high water line , 140x59 feet . Total height of towers above high wa- ter .277 feet . Clear height of Bridge in centre of river span above high water , at 50 degs F. 135 feet . Height of floor at ...
... feet . 78 feet . Size of Towers at high water line , 140x59 feet . Total height of towers above high wa- ter .277 feet . Clear height of Bridge in centre of river span above high water , at 50 degs F. 135 feet . Height of floor at ...
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... feet long and weighs 870 tons , shows , that insurmountable obstacles would resist the locomotion of such a mass and that no tower could withstand the side thrust caused by the friction in taking the cable over . Before going into ...
... feet long and weighs 870 tons , shows , that insurmountable obstacles would resist the locomotion of such a mass and that no tower could withstand the side thrust caused by the friction in taking the cable over . Before going into ...
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... feet between centers of towers , and two side or land spans each 930 feet from center of tower to face of anchorage or 954 feet to point of cable attachment . Each cable consists of nineteen strands of 332 paral- lel steel - wires and ...
... feet between centers of towers , and two side or land spans each 930 feet from center of tower to face of anchorage or 954 feet to point of cable attachment . Each cable consists of nineteen strands of 332 paral- lel steel - wires and ...
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... feet in the center of river span , is produced in two ways : first , on the towers the strand rests on rollers above the saddle and at the anchorages , the above - mentioned shoe is temporarily secured 10 or 12 feet behind the anchor ...
... feet in the center of river span , is produced in two ways : first , on the towers the strand rests on rollers above the saddle and at the anchorages , the above - mentioned shoe is temporarily secured 10 or 12 feet behind the anchor ...
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... feet . The summit is 272 feet , and the saddles in which the cables rest , 267 feet 6 inches above high water . The cast iron saddles , ( see Figs . 39 and 40 ) , weighing 12 tons each , rest on 43 iron rollers of 3 inches di- ameter ...
... feet . The summit is 272 feet , and the saddles in which the cables rest , 267 feet 6 inches above high water . The cast iron saddles , ( see Figs . 39 and 40 ) , weighing 12 tons each , rest on 43 iron rollers of 3 inches di- ameter ...
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Cable-Making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of ... Wilhelm Hildenbrand No preview available - 2018 |
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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