Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 81
hese trusses have a span ofabout 184 feet. The large roof of Machinery Hall, of the Paris Ex-position of 1889, was supported by this type of truss, the span inthis ease being 368 feet, exceeding anything hitherto attempted ina roof truss. The use of this truss in the Manufacturers and Lib-eral Arts… … Fig. 9SA. TYPES OF STEEL TRUSSES. j$ In all of these trusses the arched ribs are supported at the bot-tom on a turned steel pin, and with the exception of the Frankforttruss all abut against a pin at the top, thus giving the name—Three-Hinged Arch.
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