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Page 12
... running out of the wires takes place from the 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 ...
... running out of the wires takes place from the 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 ...
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... runs with twice the speed of the working rope . After their arrival at the New York anchorage , the wires are taken from the sheave and laid around the shoe in such a manner , that all standing wires occupy one side of it , and all running ...
... runs with twice the speed of the working rope . After their arrival at the New York anchorage , the wires are taken from the sheave and laid around the shoe in such a manner , that all standing wires occupy one side of it , and all running ...
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... corners , are at the foundation 132 × 119 feet 4 inches , at groundline 124 × 111 feet and at top 117 × 104 feet . In front the given widths are 10 feet less . Two arches run lengthwise through the masonry , dividing it in three 19.
... corners , are at the foundation 132 × 119 feet 4 inches , at groundline 124 × 111 feet and at top 117 × 104 feet . In front the given widths are 10 feet less . Two arches run lengthwise through the masonry , dividing it in three 19.
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With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge Wilhelm Hildenbrand. run lengthwise through the masonry , dividing it in three piers , in which the anchor chains are bedded . The total height of the anchorage above high ...
With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge Wilhelm Hildenbrand. run lengthwise through the masonry , dividing it in three piers , in which the anchor chains are bedded . The total height of the anchorage above high ...
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... runs along the front face of the anchorage and which , by a 16 inch belt , is in con- nection with a steam engine located in the yard below . The 8 inch belt runs loosely on the pulley and receives ad- hesion by tightening 34.
... runs along the front face of the anchorage and which , by a 16 inch belt , is in con- nection with a steam engine located in the yard below . The 8 inch belt runs loosely on the pulley and receives ad- hesion by tightening 34.
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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