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Page 13
... stretched from anchorage to anchorage . The latter , called " traveling or working rope , " passes at each anchorage around horizontally placed wheels which , connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with ...
... stretched from anchorage to anchorage . The latter , called " traveling or working rope , " passes at each anchorage around horizontally placed wheels which , connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with ...
Page 14
... stretched . The regulating is done by men standing on light platforms called . " cradles , " which , supported by wire ropes , are erected at different places along the line of the cable . It is therefore necessary , that these cradles ...
... stretched . The regulating is done by men standing on light platforms called . " cradles , " which , supported by wire ropes , are erected at different places along the line of the cable . It is therefore necessary , that these cradles ...
Page 17
... the guidewires and other preparations required three - quarters of a year longer , until on May 29th , 1877 , the first wire for actual cable - making was stretched . It is estimated , that it will require from 2 to 2 years to com- plete ...
... the guidewires and other preparations required three - quarters of a year longer , until on May 29th , 1877 , the first wire for actual cable - making was stretched . It is estimated , that it will require from 2 to 2 years to com- plete ...
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... stretch , than was anticipated , in the cradle ropes , the above deflection of 66 feet was a lit- tle increased , in order to hang the strand most conveniently for the regulator . This necessitated a shorter length of leg than ...
... stretch , than was anticipated , in the cradle ropes , the above deflection of 66 feet was a lit- tle increased , in order to hang the strand most conveniently for the regulator . This necessitated a shorter length of leg than ...
Page 37
... stretching wire are the wire drums . There are altogether 32 drums , 8 for each cable , the chief object of which is to serve as reservoirs of wire ready for being worked into strands . Each drum is 8 ' 2 " in diameter , 15 " wide and ...
... stretching wire are the wire drums . There are altogether 32 drums , 8 for each cable , the chief object of which is to serve as reservoirs of wire ready for being worked into strands . Each drum is 8 ' 2 " in diameter , 15 " wide and ...
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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