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Scientific American, Vol. 79, No. 13 (1898) (1898)

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ted but not sisting of two CUNARD PIER SHED IN COURSE OF ERECTION. inclosed. Both posts and a (This building, adjoining the Wilson Line Shed, survived the storm.) structures were smaller lattice completed, will cover an area 120 feet wide by about 730 feet long. the columns just below the roof… … found in the extraordinary force of the truss and floor girder, the whole struc- DETAIL VIEW SHOWING FRACTURE OF ONE OF THE POSTS IN FIER SHED. wind, coupled with the sinall amount ture was altogether deficient. The only The nature of the attach- columns. The walls consisted of built-up columns, |…

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