Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 217
lower chord or tie which takesthe thrust from the foot of the arch truss. This chord is a single12-iiich 100-pound I-beam with the web reinforced to 5-J- inches inthickness for the pin bearing. It crosses the train shed in a closedtrough under the floor level, and is composed of 30-foot… … Section on Center Lino of Truss. Crping. The shoes are alike at bothends of the trusses, but thepedestal at one end has a cen-ter rib riveted to the base plateto lock and guide it on a nestof six 3-inch rollers 2 feet long-,which travel on 3 x 7-inchbearing strips on a ^6-inch bedplate 30 inches…
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