Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 90
type to the variety of trusses in thepark, although they are not at all economical. The truss as builtwas noticeably heavy. The lantern truss is a separate quadrangular truss supported bythe cantilevers at the points C and P. Provision for expansion and contraction in this roof was made bymeans of… … Fig. 112. Fig. 112 is a diagram of one of the cantilever trusses supportingthe roof of the grand stand at the Monmouth Park (N. J.) racingtrack, the details of which were published in Architecture andBuilding in February, 1890. This is an instance where the canti-lever was the only type of truss…
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