San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 277
e designed to span the width of thestraight sections of roof, namely, about16 feet. The spreading action of the roofis resisted by the sloping side sections ofthe roof acting as approximately horizontalgirders and transferring the entire thrustto the end walls where the necessary ten-sile steel in… … TRACTING COMPANY.CONSTRUCTION. Upon removal of the shores the centerdropped a total of 1 8 and each side wallspread 1 16. When the sun warmedthe roof, the expansion caused the centerto rise to its original position but, of course,the lateral spread w^as not decreased. In this particular instance, a…
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