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... inches . " Y Each Cable consists of 300 parallel ( not twisted ) steel wires No. gauge , close- ly wrapped to a solid cylinder . Ultimate strength of each Cable .... 11.200 tons . Depth of Tower foundation below high water , Brooklyn ...
... inches . " Y Each Cable consists of 300 parallel ( not twisted ) steel wires No. gauge , close- ly wrapped to a solid cylinder . Ultimate strength of each Cable .... 11.200 tons . Depth of Tower foundation below high water , Brooklyn ...
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... inch pin of iron to two anchor bars 11 × 9 inches . The wires do not pass around the pins directly , but around a cast iron shoe , which rests against the pin and which increases the curve of bending from 7 to 17 inches diameter . The ...
... inch pin of iron to two anchor bars 11 × 9 inches . The wires do not pass around the pins directly , but around a cast iron shoe , which rests against the pin and which increases the curve of bending from 7 to 17 inches diameter . The ...
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... inches , and then lowered in their final position . A second strand is made in the same man- and so on until with the nineteenth the cable is ready for wrapping . The strands occupy in the cable a certain ner , 930- -272 Cradle ...
... inches , and then lowered in their final position . A second strand is made in the same man- and so on until with the nineteenth the cable is ready for wrapping . The strands occupy in the cable a certain ner , 930- -272 Cradle ...
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... 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 , which are moveable on a cast- iron bed - plate , 4 inches thick and weighing 18.
... 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 , which are moveable on a cast- iron bed - plate , 4 inches thick and weighing 18.
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... inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro- vide for the probable ...
... inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro- vide for the probable ...
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