A Complete history of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge : from its conception in 1866 to its completion in 1883 (1883)
Green, S. W. (Samuel W.), Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC · New York : S.W. Green's Son · leaf 48
nd, weighing nearly50 tons. The skein is wrapped, at intervals of 28 inches, with ahalf-dozen turns of No. 14 galvanized iron wire, to keep its threadsin place till the final wrapping of the completed cable. This isdone by men in buggies. A most plentiful coating of linseed-oilis also applied.… … SECTION OF CABLE BEFORE THE STRAND FORMATIONS WERE DESTROYED, ANDNUMBERED TO SHOW THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE PUT IN PLACE INTHE SADDLES. perpendicular position in which they are to lie between the fingersof the anchor-bars, and gradually let forward. The iron rollerswhich support the strand above…
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