Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 58
c. The truss shown in Fig. 58, which is over the large hall of theMechanics Charitable Association Building in Boston, is a good ex-ample of this type. In this truss the braced arch, possesses in it-self sufficient strength and rigidity to transmit the roof load to thesupports in the same way that… … Fig. 58. 5° BUILDIXG COXSTRUCTIOX. Fig. 59 shows one-half of a truss, which, with seventeen others,was designed for supporting the central bay of Sanger Hall, Phila-delphia,* Messrs. Hazelhurst & Huckel, architects. This building was erected, in 1897, for the use of the EighteenthNational…
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